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Substance Name: Thiocyanate sodium [NF]
RN: 540-72-7
UNII: 5W0K9HKA05
InChIKey: VGTPCRGMBIAPIM-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Classification Codes

  • Agricultural Chemical
  • Drug / Therapeutic Agent
  • Herbicide

Molecular Formulas

  • C-H-N-S.Na
  • C-N-S.Na

Molecular Weight

  • 81.074
 
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Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Sodium thiocyanate
  • Thiocyanate sodium [NF]

Synonyms

  • Caswell No. 796A
  • CCRIS 3967
  • EC 208-754-4
  • EINECS 208-754-4
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 068202
  • Haimased
  • Natrium rhodanatum
  • Natrium thiocyanat
  • Natriumrhodanid
  • Natriumrhodanid [German]
  • Scyan
  • Sodium isothiocyanate
  • Sodium rhodanate
  • Sodium rhodanide
  • Sodium sulfocyanate
  • Sodium sulfocyanide
  • Sodium thiocyanate
  • Sodium thiocyanide
  • Thiocyanate sodium
  • UNII-5W0K9HKA05
  • USAF EK-T-434

Systematic Names

  • Sodium thiocyanate
  • Thiocyanic acid, sodium salt
  • Thiocyanic acid, sodium salt (1:1)

Superlist Names

  • Sodium thiocyanate solution
  • Sodium thiocyanate solution (56% or less)

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 540-72-7

FDA UNII

  • 5W0K9HKA05

Other Registry Numbers

  • 104345-12-2
  • 13249-87-1
  • 885623-98-3

System Generated Number

  • 0000540727

Molecular Formulas

Molecular Formulas

  • C-H-N-S.Na
  • C-N-S.Na

Molecular Formula Fragments

  • C-H-N-S
  • C-N-S
  • COMPONENT
  • Na

Structure Descriptors

InChI

1S/CHNS.Na/c2-1-3;/h3H;/q;+1/p-1

InChIKey

VGTPCRGMBIAPIM-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Smiles

[Na+].C([S-])#N

Toxicity

Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
dog LDLo intravenous 100mg/kg (100mg/kg) GASTROINTESTINAL: NAUSEA OR VOMITING Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. Vol. 169, Pg. 429, 1933.
guinea pig LDLo intraperitoneal 500mg/kg (500mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: EXCITEMENT

BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

BEHAVIORAL: MUSCLE CONTRACTION OR SPASTICITY)		 Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. Vol. 169, Pg. 429, 1933.
guinea pig LDLo oral 600mg/kg (600mg/kg)   Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition. Vol. 29, Pg. 152, 1940.
guinea pig LDLo subcutaneous 500mg/kg (500mg/kg)   Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition. Vol. 29, Pg. 152, 1940.
mouse LD50 intraperitoneal 500mg/kg (500mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: RESPIRATORY STIMULATION

PERIPHERAL NERVE AND SENSATION: FLACCID PARALYSIS WITHOUT ANESTHESIA (USUALLY NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKAGE)		 Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. Vol. 3, Pg. 99, 1954.
mouse LD50 intravenous 484mg/kg (484mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: DYSPNEA		 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition. Vol. 29, Pg. 152, 1940.
mouse LD50 oral 362mg/kg (362mg/kg)   "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects, GKNT, 1982Vol. -, Pg. 106, 1982.
mouse LDLo subcutaneous 400mg/kg (400mg/kg)   Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition. Vol. 29, Pg. 152, 1940.
rabbit LDLo intravenous 100mg/kg (100mg/kg)   Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. Vol. 169, Pg. 429, 1933.
rabbit LDLo oral 750mg/kg (750mg/kg)   Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. Vol. 169, Pg. 429, 1933.
rabbit LDLo subcutaneous 200mg/kg (200mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM: OTHER (DIRECT) PARASYMPATHOMIMETIC

BEHAVIORAL: FOOD INTAKE (ANIMAL)		 Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. Vol. 152, Pg. 250, 1930.
rat LD50 intraperitoneal 540mg/kg (540mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

BEHAVIORAL: TREMOR

BEHAVIORAL: EXCITEMENT		 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Vol. 96, Pg. 416, 1949.
rat LD50 intratracheal 232mg/kg (232mg/kg)   "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects, GKNT, 1982Vol. -, Pg. 106, 1982.
rat LD50 oral 764mg/kg (764mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD

LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: DYSPNEA		 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition. Vol. 29, Pg. 152, 1940.

Physical Properties

Physical Property Value Units Temp (deg C) Source
Melting Point 287 deg C   EXP
log P (octanol-water) -2.520 (none)   EST
Water Solubility 5.80E+05 mg/L   EXP
Vapor Pressure 3.73E-08 mm Hg 25 EST
Atmospheric OH Rate Constant 0.0 cm3/molecule-sec 25 EST

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