RTECS NUMBER : MO8401400
CHEMICAL NAME : Hexanoic acid, methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 106-70-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1744683
REFERENCE : 4-02-00-00921 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 10
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C7-H14-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 130.21
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Methyl caproate
* Methyl capronate
* Methyl hexanoate
* Methyl n-hexanoate
* Methyl hexoate
* Methyl hexylate
*** 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 : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
20,745,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 14 gm/m3/2H
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: -,82,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 48 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
RESJAS Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society. (1964) (Res: Journal of
the Reticuloendothelial Society, New York) V.1(1)-14(6), 1964-73.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,250,1966
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
20,745,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION : 11500 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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(5),61,1986
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - M0807
No. of Facilities: 28 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 1
No. of Occupations: 2
No. of Employees: 476 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - M0807
No. of Facilities: 42 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 1
No. of Occupations: 2
No. of Employees: 255 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
*** END OF RECORD ***
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