CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :

CW0960000

CHEMICAL NAME :

Benz(a)anthracene, 7-chloromethyl-

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :

6325-54-8

BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. :

1977752

LAST UPDATED :

199612

DATA ITEMS CITED :

4

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C19-H13-Cl

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

276.77

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

L D6 B666J J1G

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

1384 ug/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

700 ug/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Mutation in microorganisms

TEST SYSTEM :

Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium

DOSE/DURATION :

1 ug/plate

REFERENCE :

PNASA6 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. (National Academy of Sciences, Printing & Pub. Office, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418) V.1- 1915- Volume(issue)/page/year: 72,5135,1975