*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QJ4750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2,3-Naphthalenediol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 92-44-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0742375
REFERENCE               : 4-06-00-06564 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H8-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 160.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L66J CQ DQ
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2,3-Dihydroxynaphthalene
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 56 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#03884

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83337
       No. of Facilities: 10 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 30 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83337
       No. of Facilities: 644 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 5646 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2925 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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