*** 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 *** END OF RECORD ***