*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BQ4365400
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium, (ethylenebis(oxyethylene))bis(trimethyl-,
                          diiodide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 108876-72-8
LAST UPDATED            : 198909
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H30-N2-O2.2I
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 488.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1K1&1&2O2O2K1&1&1 &I 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * (Ethylenebis(oxyethylene))bis(trimethylammonium iodide)
   * 500 HC
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 90 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
   (usually neuromuscular blockage)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   THERAP Therapie.  (Doin, Editeurs, 8, Place de l'Odeon, F-75006 Paris,
   France)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,314,1954
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 52500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 94,1,1953
 
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