*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : DB7151000
CHEMICAL NAME : Benzenesulfonic acid, methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 80-18-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0908448
REFERENCE : 4-11-00-00029 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C7-H8-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 172.21
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* AI3-06624
* Methyl benzenesulfonate
* 20ND3-5
* NSC 06624
*** 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 : 740 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(1),82,1986
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(1),82,1986
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 2400 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Liver - liver function tests impaired
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(1),82,1986
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***
