*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RO2800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Oxalic acid, diethyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 95-92-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0606350
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01848 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H10-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 146.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2OVVO2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Diethylester kyseliny stavelove
   * Diethyl ethanedioate
   * Diethyl oxalate
   * Ethanedioic acid, diethyl ester
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,373,1986
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - antipsychotic
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 46(5),87,1981

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5432
       No. of Facilities: 96 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 17
       No. of Employees: 1483 (estimated)

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

 
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