RTECS NUMBER : SD8240000
CHEMICAL NAME : Peroxide, bis(hydroxymethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 17088-73-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1733451
REFERENCE : 4-01-00-03046 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C2-H6-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 94.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Q1OO1Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Bis(hydroxymethyl)peroxide
* Bis-(1-hydroxymethyl)peroxide
* Dihydroxydimethyl peroxide
* Dihydroxymethyl peroxide
* Methanol, dioxybis
* Methanol, dioxydi
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION : 20 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
NATUAS Nature. (Nature Subscription Dept., POB 1018, Manasguan, NJ 08736)
V.1- 1869- Volume(issue)/page/year: 177,979,1956
TYPE OF TEST : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION : 20 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
BSBGAQ Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft. (Zurich,
Switzerland) V.1-90, 1891-1980. Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,180,1972
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION : 20 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
BSBGAQ Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft. (Zurich,
Switzerland) V.1-90, 1891-1980. Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,180,1972
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION : 20 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
BSBGAQ Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft. (Zurich,
Switzerland) V.1-90, 1891-1980. Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,180,1972
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: N crassa-reversion; D melanogaster
Sex-linked lethal
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