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Substance Name: Cresol [JAN:NF]
RN: 1319-77-3
UNII: GF3CGH8D7Z

Molecular Formula

  • C7-H8-O

Molecular Weight

  • 109.1471
 

Classification Codes

Classification Codes

  • Agricultural Chemical
  • Disinfectant
  • Fungicide, Bactericide, Wood Preservative
  • Human Data
  • Insecticide
  • Tumor Data

Superlist Classification Codes

  • 2007 CERCLA Priority List, Rank: 227
  • 2011 CERCLA Priority List, Rank: 240
  • Reportable Quantity (RQ) = 1000 lb
  • TWA (5 ppm); skin
  • TWA 5 ppm (22 mg/m3); skin

Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Cresol
  • Cresol [JAN:NF]
  • Methylphenol, mixed
  • Mixed cresols
  • Phenol, methyl-. mixed

Synonyms

  • 4-06-00-02035 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
  • Acede cresylique
  • Acede cresylique [French]
  • Acide cresylique
  • Acide cresylique [French]
  • AI3-02360
  • ar-Toluenol
  • Bacillol
  • BRN 0506719
  • CCRIS 6006
  • Cresol
  • Cresoli
  • Cresoli [Italian]
  • Cresolum crudum
  • Cresylate
  • Cresylic acid
  • EC 215-293-2
  • EINECS 215-293-2
  • HSDB 250
  • Hydroxymethylbenzene
  • Hydroxytoluole
  • Hydroxytoluole [German]
  • Kresole
  • Kresole [German]
  • Kresolen
  • Kresolen [Dutch]
  • Kresolum venale
  • Krezol
  • Krezol [Polish]
  • Methyl phenol
  • Methylphenol
  • Phenol, methyl-
  • RCRA waste number U052
  • Tekresol
  • Tricresol
  • Tricresolum
  • Trikresolum
  • UNII-GF3CGH8D7Z

Systematic Names

  • Cresol
  • Cresol, pure
  • Phenol, methyl-

Superlist Names

  • Coal tar phenols
  • Cresol
  • Cresol (isomers and mixture)
  • Cresol (mixed isomers)
  • Cresol, all isomers
  • Cresols
  • Cresols / cresylic acid (isomers and mixture)
  • Cresols, mixed isomers
  • Cresylic acid
  • Cresylic acid (isomers and mixture)
  • Cresylic acid [UN2022] [Poison]
  • Cresylic acid, dephenolized
  • Phenol, methyl-
  • RCRA waste no. U052
  • UN2022

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 1319-77-3

FDA UNII

  • GF3CGH8D7Z

Other Registry Numbers

  • 116804-25-2
  • 52037-47-5
  • 8003-33-6
  • 8006-62-0
  • 8026-94-6
  • 8027-16-5

Related Registry Numbers

  • 12002-51-6 (potassium salt)
  • 28503-70-0 (titanium(4+) salt)
  • 34689-46-8 (hydrochloride salt)

System Generated Number

  • 0001319773

Toxicity

Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
human LDLo oral 114mg/kg (114mg/kg) VASCULAR: OTHER CHANGES "Merck Index; an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals", 11th ed., Rahway, NJ 07065, Merck & Co., Inc. 1989Vol. 11, Pg. 404, 1989.
man TDLo oral 177mg/kg (177mg/kg) BLOOD: OTHER CHANGES

BLOOD: OTHER HEMOLYSIS WITH OR WITHOUT ANEMIA		 Canadian Medical Association Journal. Vol. 130, Pg. 1319, 1984.
mouse LD50 oral 760mg/kg (760mg/kg)   Kyushu Shika Gakkai Zasshi. Journal of the Kyushu Dental Society. Vol. 36, Pg. 932, 1982.
rabbit LD50 skin 2gm/kg (2000mg/kg)   Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. Vol. 42, Pg. 417, 1977.
rat LD50 oral 1454mg/kg (1454mg/kg)   National Technical Information Service. Vol. PB214-270,
women TDLo oral 700uL/kg (0.7mL/kg) BLOOD: "CHANGES IN SERUM COMPOSITION (E.G., TP, BILIRUBIN, CHOLESTEROL)"

BLOOD: OTHER CHANGES		 American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol. 16, Pg. 667, 1998.

Physical Properties

Physical Property Value Units Temp (deg C) Source
pKa Dissociation Constant 10.22 (none) 25 EXP
log P (octanol-water) 1.95 (none)   EXP
Water Solubility 9070 mg/L 25 EST
Vapor Pressure 0.17 mm Hg 25 EXP
Henry's Law Constant 6.19E-07 atm-m3/mole 25 EST
Atmospheric OH Rate Constant 4.11E-11 cm3/molecule-sec 25 EST

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