*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : TM3500000
CHEMICAL NAME : Piperidine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 110-89-4
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 28
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C5-H11-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 85.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6MTJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Reproductive Effector
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Azacyclohexane
* Cyclopentimine
* Cypentil
* Hexahydropyridine
* Hexazane
* Pentamethyleneimine
* Pentamethylenimine
* Piperidin
* Pyridine, hexahydro-
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Open irritation test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 100 ug/24H
REFERENCE :
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf
Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
23,95,1962
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 5 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Severe
REFERENCE :
85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,837,1986
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 250 ug/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Severe
REFERENCE :
85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,837,1986
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and
Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
Volume(issue)/page/year: 18(2),29,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 4000 ppm/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf
Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
23,95,1962
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 30 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. For English translation,
see TNICS*. (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR) No.1- 1961-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,116,1979
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 6000 mg/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. For English translation,
see TNICS*. (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR) No.1- 1961-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,116,1979
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JEPTDQ Journal of Environmental Pathology and Toxicology. (Park Forest
South, IL) V.1-5(3), 1977-81(?). For publisher information, see JEPOEC.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 4(2-3),345,1980
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 145 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,100,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 276 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf
Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
23,95,1962
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
change
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
JPMRAB Japanese Journal of Medical Sciences, Part 4: Pharmacology. (Tokyo,
Japan) V.1-16, 1926-43. For publisher information, see JJPAAZ.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,128,1933
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 160 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
change
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
JPMRAB Japanese Journal of Medical Sciences, Part 4: Pharmacology. (Tokyo,
Japan) V.1-16, 1926-43. For publisher information, see JJPAAZ.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,128,1933
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION : 1750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
change
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
85IXA4 "Structure et Activite Pharmacodyanmique des Medicaments du Systeme
Nerveux Vegetatif," Bovet, D., and F. Bovet-Nitti, New York, S. Karger, 1948
Volume(issue)/page/year: -,595,1948
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION : 22400 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. For English translation,
see TNICS*. (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR) No.1- 1961-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,90,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION : 6500 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. For English translation,
see TNICS*. (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR) No.1- 1961-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,90,1975
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 900 mg/kg/2W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Liver - hepatitis (hepatocellular necrosis), zonal
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0533716
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/m3/4H/17W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
REFERENCE :
TNICS* Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. English
translation of TPKVAL. (USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Meditsina,
Moscow, USSR) Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,95,1973
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/m3/4H/17W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
REFERENCE :
TNICS* Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. English
translation of TPKVAL. (USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Meditsina,
Moscow, USSR) Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,95,1973
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 3 mg/m3/24H
SEX/DURATION : female 4 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. For English translation,
see TNICS*. (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR) No.1- 1961-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,40,1975
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 100 mg/m3/24H
SEX/DURATION : female 4 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - litter size (e.g. # fetuses per litter; measured
before birth)
REFERENCE :
TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. For English translation,
see TNICS*. (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR) No.1- 1961-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,40,1975
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 8020 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 203,155,1988
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 5050 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUTAEX Mutagenesis. (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House, Southfield Road,
Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK) V.1- 1986- Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,193,1988
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 84370
No. of Facilities: 33 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 2
No. of Occupations: 3
No. of Employees: 720 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 84370
No. of Facilities: 29 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 3
No. of Occupations: 20
No. of Employees: 5797 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 729 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Host-mediated assay
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
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