*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SA0320000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pentane, 1,5-dibromo-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 111-24-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1209245
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-00314 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H10-Br2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 229.97
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : E5E
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,5-Dibromopentane
   * Pentamethylene bromide
   * Pentamethylene dibromide
 
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                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 umol/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 141,11,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   34,2576,1974

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: E coli polA without S9
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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