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RTECS NUMBER            : OZ3675500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methacrylic acid, tert-butyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 585-07-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1746394
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01526 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H14-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 142.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1X1&1&OVY1&U1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * tert-Butyl methacrylate
   * 1,1-Dimethylethyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate
   * 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 8549 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,125,1982

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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