RTECS NUMBER : MO8400000
CHEMICAL NAME : Hexanoic acid, epsilon-lactone
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 502-44-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0106919
REFERENCE : 5-17-09-00034 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C6-H10-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 114.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T7OVTJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Caprolactone
* epsilon-Caprolactone
* 6-Hexanolactone
* 1,6-Hexanolide
* 6-Hydroxyhexanoic acid lactone
* epsilon-Kaprolakton
* 2-Oxepanone
*** 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 : 4290 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
(Chicago, IL) V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC)
V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,911,1979
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 5990 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
(Chicago, IL) V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: SHE-clonal assay; Host-mediated assay
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: L5178Y cells in vitro-TK test; E coli
polA without S9
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: E coli polA with S9; Histidine
reversion-Ames test
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: In vitro SCE-nonhuman; S
cerevisiae-homozygosis
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
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