1-Dodecanethiol

RTECS #

JR3155000

CAS #

112-55-0
See: NMAM or OSHA Methods

Updated

December 2017

Molecular Weight

202.44

Molecular Formula

C₁₂H₂₆S

Synonyms

1-Dodecyl mercaptan
1-Mercaptododecane
Dodecyl mercaptan
Lauryl mercaptan
M-Dodecyl mercaptan
M-Lauryl mercaptan
NCI-C60935
Pennfloat M
Pennfloat S

Mutation Data and Reference

System Test	Route/Organism/Tissue	Dose	Reference
Cytogenetic Analysis	inhalation/rat	5020 µg/m³/16W	BZARAZ 27(6),102,1974

Route/Organism	Dose	Effect	Reference
In Vitro/Human, skin	Inhibitor Concentration Low: 100 µmol/L/2H	In Vitro Toxicity Studies: Cell viability (mitochondrial reductase assays): MTT, XTT, MTS, WSTs assays etc.	TIVIEQ 29,762,2015

Organization	Standard	Reference
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)	Threshold Limit Value-time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (sen)	DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2013

Organization	Standard	Reference
Occupational Exposure Limit-BELGIUM	time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (0.84 mg/m³), MAR2002

Organization	Standard	Reference
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO 1-DODECANETHIOL-air	ceiling concentration 0.5 ppm/15M	NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983	Hazard Code 83562; Number of Industries 47; Total Number of Facilities 3452; Number of Occupations 60; Total Number of Employees Exposed 92230; Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 17777
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 2131

Organization	Reference
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001

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