*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : NQ9350000
CHEMICAL NAME : Isocyanic acid, methylenedi-p-phenylene ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 101-68-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0797662
REFERENCE : 4-13-00-00396 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED : 46
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C15-H10-N2-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 250.27
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OCNR D1R DNCO
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
Mutagen
Human
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Benzene, 1,1'-methylenebis(4-isocyanato-
* Bis(p-isocyanatophenyl)methane
* Bis(1,4-isocyanatophenyl)methane
* Bis(4-isocyanatophenyl)methane
* Caradate 30
* Desmodur 44
* Difenylmethaan-dissocyanaat
* Difenil-metan-diisocianato
* 4-4'-Diisocyanate de diphenylmethane
* 4,4'-Diisocyanatodiphenylmethane
* Diphenylmethan-4,4'-diisocyanat
* Diphenyl methane diisocyanate
* p,p'-Diphenylmethane diisocyanate
* 4,4'-Diphenylmethane diisocyanate
* Diphenylmethane 4,4'-diisocyanate
* Diphenylmethane diisocyanate
* Hylene M50
* Isonate
* Isonate 125M
* Isonate 125 MF
* MDI
* Methylenebis(4-isocyanatobenzene)
* 1,1'-Methylenebis(4-isocyanatobenzene)
* Methylenebis(p-phenylene isocyanate)
* Methylenebis(4-phenylene isocyanate)
* p,p'-Methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate)
* Methylenebis(p-phenyl isocyanate)
* Methylenebis(4-phenyl isocyanate)
* 4,4'-Methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate)
* Methylene bisphenyl isocyanate
* 4,4'-Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate
* Methylenedi-p-phenylene diisocyanate
* Methylenedi-p-phenylene isocyanate
* 4,4'-Methylenediphenylene isocyanate
* Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate
* 4,4'-Methylenediphenyl isocyanate
* Nacconate 300
* NCI-C50668
* Rubinate 44
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H
REFERENCE :
EJTXAZ European Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene. (Paris,
France) V.7-9, 1974-76. For publisher information, see TOERD9.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,41,1976
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg
REACTION SEVERITY : Moderate
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516728
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human
DOSE/DURATION : 130 ppb/30M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Immunological Including Allergic - increased immune response
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature increase
REFERENCE :
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf
Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
27,121,1966
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 9200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - ataxia
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516728
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 178 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf
Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
43,89,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 2200 mg/kg
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: -,63,1982
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 3 mg/m3/18H/90D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - effect, not otherwise
specified
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
Blood - other changes
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0534539
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 50 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
SWEHDO Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. (Haartmaninkatu
1, SF-00290 Helsinki, 29, Finland) V.1- 1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
6,221,1980
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
TEST SYSTEM : Human
DOSE/DURATION : 20 ppb/15M (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 60,131,1992
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 540 mg/L
REFERENCE :
TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,37,1987
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 2170 mg/L
REFERENCE :
TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,37,1987
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.051 mg/m3 (0.005 ppm)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997
IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,303,1979
IARC Cancer Review:Animal No Adequate Data
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,303,1979
IARC Cancer Review:Group 3
IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49
Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) No.1- 1979- Volume(issue)/page/year:
7,56,1987
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD:air-CL 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
3,170,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):CL 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1910.1000,1994
OSHA PEL (Construc):CL 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1926.55,1994
OSHA PEL (Shipyard):CL 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1915.1000,1993
OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):CL 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
41,50-204.50,1994
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.005 ppm (0.051 mg/m3);STEL 0.02 ppm JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.005 ppm (0.050 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg/m3);STEL 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.05 mg/m3;STEL 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.05 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.5 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.005 ppm (0.05 mg/m3);STEL 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg/m3);STEL 0.02 ppm JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.02 mg/m3;STEL 0.07 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO MDI-air:10H TWA 0.005 ppm;CL 0.02 ppm/10M
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 27780
No. of Facilities: 2896 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 41
No. of Occupations: 48
No. of Employees: 53321 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 13421 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0892-9111
On EPA IRIS database
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Isocyanates, monomeric, 5521
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1996: Isocyanates, 5522
OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #18, SUPERSEDED BY #47
THE CONFIRMATION OF THE UREA DERIVATIVE BY THERMO ENERGY ANALYZER (TEA)
METHOD #33
*** END OF RECORD ***
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