CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :

MJ1935000

CHEMICAL NAME :

Heptanoic acid, 7-chloro-

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :

821-57-8

BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. :

1752111

LAST UPDATED :

199612

DATA ITEMS CITED :

4

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C7-H13-Cl-O2

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

1800 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - excitement Behavioral - muscle weakness Behavioral - tetany

REFERENCE :

GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 27(10),12,1962

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

1800 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - excitement Behavioral - muscle weakness Behavioral - tetany

REFERENCE :

GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 27(10),12,1962

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

2200 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - general anesthetic

REFERENCE :

GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 27(10),12,1962 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

22680 mg/kg/11W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count

REFERENCE :

GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 27(10),12,1962