The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

1 - Dodecanethiol

RTECS #: JR3155000

CAS #: 112-55-0

UPDATE: October 1997 MW: 202.44 MF: C12H26S


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. MUTATION DATA:
  3. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  4. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  5. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Dodecyl mercaptan
  2. M - Dodecyl mercaptan
  3. 1 - Dodecyl mercaptan
  4. Lauryl mercaptan
  5. M - Lauryl mercaptan
  1. 1 - Mercaptododecane
  2. NCI - C60935
  3. Pennfloat M
  4. Pennfloat S


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
cytogenetic analysis inhalation
rat 		5,020 µg/m3/16 week BZARAZ 27(6),102,1974


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
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

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


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO 1-DODECANETHIOL-air ceiling concentration 0.5 ppm/15 minute NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 83562;
Number of Industries 5;
Total Number of Facilities 137;
Number of Occupations 13;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 2,131
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 83562;
Number of Industries 47;
Total Number of Facilities 3,452;
Number of Occupations 60;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 92,230;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 17,777


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as flotation reagent, intermediate for manufacture of organic chemicals
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
BZARAZ Biologicheskii Zhurnal Armenii. Biological Journal of Armenia. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.19- 1966-
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.

Used as flotation reagent, intermediate for manufacture of organic chemicals

RTECS Compound Description:
   Mutagen

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