*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SI7700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Phenetole
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 103-73-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H10-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 122.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2OR
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzene, ethoxy-
   * Ether, ethyl phenyl
   * Ethoxybenzene
   * Ethyl phenyl ether
   * Phenetol
   * A Phenoxyethane
   * Phenyl ethyl ether
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - tremor
   Liver - fatty liver degeneration
REFERENCE :
   RMSRA6 Revue Medicale de la Suisse Romande.  (Societe Medicale de La Suisse
   Romande, 2 rue Bellefontaine, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland)  V.1-    1881-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,561,1895
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - excitement
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 88,400,1946
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   38MKAJ "Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology," 3rd rev. ed., Clayton,
   G.D., and F.E. Clayton, eds., New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1978-82.
   Vol. 3 originally pub. in 1979; pub. as 2nd rev. ed. in 1985.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2A,2526,1981

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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