*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RP0400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Oxamide, N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-dinitroso-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7601-87-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1790241
REFERENCE               : 1-04-00-00341 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H6-N4-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 174.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ONN1&VVN1&NO
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dimethyldinitrosooxamid
   * N,N'-Dimethyl-N,N'-dinitrosooxamide
   * N,N'-Dinitroso-N,N'-dimethyloxamid
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 96 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZEKBAI Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-75,
   1903-71.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   69,103,1967
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L/10M
REFERENCE :
   ZEVBA5 Zeitschrift fuer Vererbungslehre.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.89-98,
   1958-66.  For publisher information, see MGGEAE. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   95,82,1964

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae-reversion

 
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