tetramethyllead
Names
[ CAS No. ]:
75-74-1
[ Name ]:
tetramethyllead
[Synonym ]:
tetramethylplumbane
Piombo tetra-metile [Italian]
Plumbane,tetramethyl
EINECS 200-897-0
Tetramethyllead
Tetramethyl-plumban
Lead tetramethyl
Tetramethylolovo [Czech]
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
1.3 g/mL at 25ºC
[ Boiling Point ]:
110ºC
[ Melting Point ]:
-27.5ºC
[ Molecular Formula ]:
C4H12Pb
[ Molecular Weight ]:
267.33800
[ Flash Point ]:
37.7ºC
[ Exact Mass ]:
268.07100
[ LogP ]:
1.95440
[ Index of Refraction ]:
n20/D 1.497
[ Stability ]:
Stable. Flammable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. Heat sensitive.
[ Water Solubility ]:
insoluble
MSDS
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
- TP4725000
- CHEMICAL NAME :
- Plumbane, tetramethyl-
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
- 75-74-1
- BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. :
- 3902986
- LAST UPDATED :
- 199712
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
- 58
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
- C4-H12-Pb
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
- 267.35
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
- 1-PB-1&1&1
HEALTH HAZARD DATA
ACUTE TOXICITY DATA
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 105 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- MELAAD Medicina del Lavoro. Industrial Medicine. (Via S. Barnaba, 8, 20122 Milan, Italy) V.16- 1925- Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,486,1963
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LC - Lethal concentration
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Inhalation
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- >9840 mg/m3/1H
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- BJIMAG British Journal of Industrial Medicine. (British Medical Journal, Box 560B, Kennebunkport, ME 04046) V.1- 1944- Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,277,1961
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intraperitoneal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 90 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- MELAAD Medicina del Lavoro. Industrial Medicine. (Via S. Barnaba, 8, 20122 Milan, Italy) V.16- 1925- Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,486,1963
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intravenous
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 88 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- MELAAD Medicina del Lavoro. Industrial Medicine. (Via S. Barnaba, 8, 20122 Milan, Italy) V.16- 1925- Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,486,1963
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Parenteral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 105 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- AOHYA3 Annals of Occupational Hygiene. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,226,1961
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Inhalation
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - mouse
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 8500 mg/m3/30M
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- 85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,1258,1986
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 24 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- SAIGBL Sangyo Igaku. Japanese Journal of Industrial Health. (Nippon Sangyo Eisei Igakkai, Kosu Eisei Bldg., 1-29-8, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,3,1973
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Administration onto the skin
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 3391 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- SAIGBL Sangyo Igaku. Japanese Journal of Industrial Health. (Nippon Sangyo Eisei Igakkai, Kosu Eisei Bldg., 1-29-8, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,3,1973
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intravenous
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 90 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified Behavioral - muscle weakness Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
- REFERENCE :
- JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams & Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10- Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,161,1930
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - guinea pig
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 109 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- YAKUD5 Gekkan Yakuji. Pharmaceuticals Monthly. (Yakugyo Jihosha, Inaoka Bldg., 2-36 Jinbo-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,455,1980 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Inhalation
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 900 mg/m3/1H/5D-I
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes Behavioral - irritability Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
- REFERENCE :
- NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0533656-1
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intravenous
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Primate - monkey
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 42 mg/kg/7D-I
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
- REFERENCE :
- TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,187,1978 ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 112 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 9-11 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants) Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus)
- REFERENCE :
- TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,265,1972
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 80 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 9-11 day(s) after conception
- REFERENCE :
- TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,265,1972 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3, monitoring (skin) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW 85DHAX "Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants Series," Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-77 Volume(issue)/page/year: Pb,255,1972 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 (skin) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,253,1971 OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.075 mg(Pb)/m3 (skin) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1910.1000,1994 OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 (skin) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1926.55,1994 OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 (skin) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1915.1000,1993 OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 0.075 mg(Pb)/m3 CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,50-204.50,1994 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.05 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.15 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.075 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.15 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.007 ppm (0.05 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.075 mg/m3;STEL 0.23 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.15 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.075 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.04 mg(Pb)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.005 mg/m3;STEL 0.01 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.15 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.07 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.005 ppm (0.01 mg(Pb)/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.05 mg(Pb)/m3 (resp. dust) JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.05 mg/m3;STEL 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.075 mg/m3);STEL 0.02 ppm;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.07 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.2 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO TETRAMETHYLLEAD-air:10H TWA 0.075 mg/m3 (Sk) REFERENCE : NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda. Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992 NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 71860 No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 1 No. of Employees: 7 (estimated)
Safety Information
[ Hazard Codes ]:
T+;N
[ Risk Phrases ]:
61-10-26/27/28-33-38-50/53-62
[ Safety Phrases ]:
53-26-28-36/37/39-45-60-61
[ RIDADR ]:
UN 1649
[ Packaging Group ]:
I
[ Hazard Class ]:
6.1(a)