*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SC3300000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pentyl sulfoxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1986-90-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1754689
REFERENCE               : 3-01-00-01608 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H22-O-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 190.38
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Di-n-amyl sulfoxid
   * Diamyl sulfoxide
   * Dipentyl sulfoxide
   * Pentane, 1,1'-sulfinylbis-
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 438 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   PHARAT Pharmazie.  (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Neue Gruenstr. 18,
   Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   26,96,1970
 
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