The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Acetic acid, 2 - pentyl ester

RTECS #: AJ2100000

CAS #: 626-38-0

UPDATE: May 2004 MW: 130.21 MF: C7H14O2


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  3. REVIEWS:
  4. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  5. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  6. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  7. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. 2 - Acetoxypentane
  2. 1 - Methylbutyl acetate
  3. 2 - Pentanol, acetate (8CI,9CI)
  4. 2 - Pentyl acetate
  1. sek.Amylester kyseliny octove (Czech)
  2. 2 - Amylester kyseliny octove (Czech)
  3. sec - Amyl acetate (ACGIH:OSHA)


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

SYSTEM TEST ROUTE/
ORGANISM/
TISSUE 		DOSE REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R N/R


REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
inhalation
guinea pig 		lowest published lethal concentration: 10,000 ppm/5 hour Olfaction: Other olfaction effects

Eye: Lacrimation

Behavioral: Somnolence (general depressed activity) 		PHRPA6 51,811,1936
inhalation
human 		lowest published toxic concentration: 200 ppm Olfaction: Other olfaction effects

Eye: Conjunctiva irritation

Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Other changes 		JIHTAB 25,282,1943


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 50 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2002
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 50 ppm; short term exposure limit 100 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value short term exposure limit 100 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2002


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air time-weighted average 125 ppm (650 mg/m3) DTLVS* 3,13,1971
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 125 ppm (650 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 125 ppm (650 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 125 ppm (650 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) 8 hour time-weighted average 125 ppm (650 mg/m3) CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 125 ppm (665 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 100 ppm (525 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 125 ppm (665 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 100 ppm (525 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 125 ppm (670 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 100 ppm (525 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 50 ppm (260 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 125 ppm (650 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN time-weighted average 100 ppm (500 mg/m3), short term exposure limit 150 ppm (800 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 100 ppm (540 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - TURKEY time-weighted average 100 ppm (525 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 50 ppm (270 mg/m3), short term exposure limit 100 ppm (541 mg/m3),SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

short term exposure limit 100 ppm
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
short term exposure limit 100 ppm


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO sec-AMYL ACETATE-air 10 hour time-weighted average 125 ppm NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Esters I, 1450


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. (Cambridge, MA) V.18-31, 1936-49. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
PHRPA6 Public Health Reports. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1878-

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