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RTECS NUMBER            : SB1550000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Pentenal
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 764-39-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H8-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 84.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VH1U4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * gamma-Methylcrotonaldehyde
   * Pent-2-enal
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 244 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZolH## Personal Communication from H. Zollner, Institut fur Biochemie, Der
   Universitat, Gras, Oct. 23, 1975  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23OCT1975
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 244,153,1990

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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