*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RZ2544000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pentaerythritol, cyclic disulfite
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3670-93-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1795184
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-02815 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H8-O6-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 228.25
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6OSO EXTJ BO E-& ET6OSO EXTJ BO
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Neopentanetetrayl sulfite
   * Pentaerythritol disulfite
   * Sulfurous acid, cyclic diester with pentaerythritol
   * 2,6,8,10-Tetraoxa-3,9-dithiaspiro(5.5)undecane, 3,9-dioxide
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 15200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   EXPEAM Experientia.  (Birkhaeuser Verlag, POB 133, CH-4010 Basel,
   Switzerland)  V.1-    1945-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,15,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ug/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#09067
 
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