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EC number: 201-147-5 | CAS number: 78-82-0
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- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
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- Flash point
- Auto flammability
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- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
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- Short-term toxicity to fish
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- Toxicological Summary
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- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
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- Additional toxicological data

Eye irritation
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- eye irritation: in vivo
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Study was conducted pre-GLP and pre-guideline, so details in the report are lacking. However, the study was conducted at a highly reputable laboratory, and was done to the state of the art at the time.
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 960
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- The study was conducted prior to OECD guidelines, but it follows the general layout of OECD 405.
- GLP compliance:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Butyronitrile
- EC Number:
- 203-700-6
- EC Name:
- Butyronitrile
- Cas Number:
- 109-74-0
- Molecular formula:
- C4H7N
- IUPAC Name:
- butanenitrile
Constituent 1
Test animals / tissue source
- Species:
- rabbit
- Strain:
- not specified
- Details on test animals or tissues and environmental conditions:
- None given
Test system
- Vehicle:
- unchanged (no vehicle)
- Controls:
- no
- Amount / concentration applied:
- 1 drop
- Duration of treatment / exposure:
- 14 days
- Observation period (in vivo):
- 14 days
- Number of animals or in vitro replicates:
- 1
- Details on study design:
- One drop of test article was applied to the eyes of a single rabbit followed by a 14-day observation period
Results and discussion
In vivo
Results
- Irritation parameter:
- other:
- Time point:
- other: 24 hours
- Score:
- > 0 - < 0
- Reversibility:
- not specified
- Remarks on result:
- other: No score was given but as TCC demands a value, dummy numbers were used.
- Irritant / corrosive response data:
- Eyes were held closed briefly. Slight erythema of conjunctiva. Normal at 1 hr and 24 hours, although there was slight staining of nictitating membrane with fluorescein. Normal at 14 days.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Interpretation of results:
- slightly irritating
- Remarks:
- Migrated information Criteria used for interpretation of results: expert judgment
- Conclusions:
- The test article was minimally irritating.
- Executive summary:
The test article was minimally irritating.
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