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EC number: 201-159-0 | CAS number: 78-93-3
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
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Acute Toxicity: oral
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: oral
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 1986
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Guideline study without detailed documentation, for read-across substance
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 986
- Report date:
- 1986
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- equivalent or similar to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 423 (Acute Oral toxicity - Acute Toxic Class Method)
- Version / remarks:
- -reliability scoring was based on 2001 guideline
- Deviations:
- yes
- Remarks:
- -insignificant deviation, guideline suggests using animals of all the same sex; no necropsy conducted
- GLP compliance:
- yes
- Test type:
- acute toxic class method
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Butan-2-ol
- EC Number:
- 201-158-5
- EC Name:
- Butan-2-ol
- Cas Number:
- 78-92-2
- Molecular formula:
- C4H10O
- IUPAC Name:
- butan-2-ol
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report): Secondary Butyl Alcohol
- Physical state: colourless, clear liquid
- Analytical purity: 99.5%
- Expiration date of the lot/batch: one calendar month from the date of issue
- Lot/batch No.: Indent 9200/9530
- Stability under test conditions: Test substance was judged to have been stable for the duration of this study.
- Storage condition of test material: Following its arrival in compound control this test substance was stored in the dark at ambient temperature.
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Fischer 344
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Charles River U.K. Ltd.
- Age at study initiation: 9 to 11 weeks old
- Weight at study initiation: Weight on Day 1 = 189 to 219 g (males) and 125 to 149 g (females)
- Fasting period before study: Fasted overnight (18 h) prior to dosing.
- Housing: Two days before dosing, the rats to be used were housed in groups of 2 or 3 animals of the same sex per cage.
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): Food (PRD, Labsure Animal Foods, Dorset), ad libitum
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): Filtered but untreated water from the public supply, ad libitum
- Acclimation period: not reported
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): air temperature was 19 to 25 °C
- Humidity (%): not reported
- Air changes (per hr): not reported
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: gavage
- Vehicle:
- unchanged (no vehicle)
- Details on oral exposure:
- MAXIMUM DOSE VOLUME APPLIED: not reported
CLASS METHOD (if applicable)
- Rationale for the selection of the starting dose: Range finding studies were performed. - Doses:
- 950, 1200, 1500, 2000, and 2400 mg/kg
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 5 rats/sex/dose
- Control animals:
- no
- Details on study design:
- - Duration of observation period following administration: 14 days
- Frequency of observations and weighing: Rats were observed for clinical signs over 14 days. Body weight measurements were recorded on Days 1, 7, and 14.
- Necropsy of survivors performed: no
- Other examinations performed: clinical signs, body weight - Statistics:
- Acute oral LD50 values were calculated using probit analysis (Finney, 1977).
Results and discussion
Effect levelsopen allclose all
- Sex:
- male
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- 2 054 other: mg/kg
- Remarks on result:
- other: 95% fiducial limits were 1283 - 4018 mg/kg
- Sex:
- female
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- 2 328 other: mg/kg
- Remarks on result:
- other: 95% fiducial limits were 1470 - 5428 mg/kg
- Sex:
- male/female
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- 2 193 other: mg/kg
- Remarks on result:
- other: 95% fiducial limits were 1608 - 4146 mg/kg
- Mortality:
- Over the 14-day observation period, 0, 1, 2, 1, and 8 animals died in the 950, 1200, 1500, 2000, and 2400 mg/kg dose groups, respectively. For more details, refer to Table 1 (attached).
- Clinical signs:
- other: All rats at all dose levels had gait and/or posture abnormalities. In the higher dose groups some rats were comatose or prostrate within a few hours of dosing, with some animals being unconscious for 24 hours or more. Some rats in the top dose group (2400
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Interpretation of results:
- GHS criteria not met
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