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Substance Name: Cobaltous chloride hexahydrate
RN: 7791-13-1
UNII: 17AVG63ZBC
InChIKey: GFHNAMRJFCEERV-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Classification Codes

  • Drug / Therapeutic Agent
  • Mutation Data
  • Reproductive Effect
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Molecular Formula

  • Cl2-Co.6H2-O

Molecular Weight

  • 237.928
 
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Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Cobaltous chloride hexahydrate

Synonyms

  • CCRIS 7729
  • Chlorek cobaltawy
  • Chlorek cobaltawy [Polish]
  • Cobalt chloride hexahydrate
  • Cobalt dichloride hexahydrate
  • Cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate
  • Cobaltous chloride, hexahydrate
  • UNII-17AVG63ZBC

Systematic Names

  • Cobalt chloride (CoCl2), hexahydrate
  • Cobalt chloride, hexahydrate
  • Cobalt(II) chloride, hexahydrate

Superlist Name

  • Cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 7791-13-1

FDA UNII

  • 17AVG63ZBC

System Generated Number

  • 0007791131

Molecular Formulas

Molecular Formula

  • Cl2-Co.6H2-O

Molecular Formula Fragments

  • Cl2-Co
  • COMPONENT
  • H2-O

Structure Descriptors

InChI

1S/2ClH.Co.6H2O/h2*1H;;6*1H2/q;;+2;;;;;;/p-2

InChIKey

GFHNAMRJFCEERV-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Smiles

[Co+2].[ClH-].O.[ClH-].O.O.O.O.O

Toxicity

Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
dog LDLo intravenous 30300ug/kg (30.3mg/kg)   Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. Vol. 1, Pg. 1, 1975.
guinea pig LD50 intravenous 26mg/kg (26mg/kg)   Archiv fuer Toxikologie. Vol. 24, Pg. 235, 1969.
mouse LD50 intraperitoneal 90mg/kg (90mg/kg)   Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. Vol. 244, Pg. 17, 1962.
mouse LDLo subcutaneous 100mg/kg (100mg/kg)   Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. Vol. 1, Pg. 1, 1975.
rabbit LDLo intravenous 25400ug/kg (25.4mg/kg)   Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. Vol. 1, Pg. 1, 1975.
rabbit LDLo subcutaneous 200mg/kg (200mg/kg)   Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. Vol. 1, Pg. 1, 1975.
rat LD50 intraperitoneal 35mg/kg (35mg/kg) SKIN AND APPENDAGES (SKIN): "DERMATITIS, OTHER: AFTER SYSTEMIC EXPOSURE"

CARDIAC: OTHER CHANGES		 Journal of Applied Physiology. Vol. 32, Pg. 315, 1972.
rat LD50 oral 766mg/kg (766mg/kg)   Food and Chemical Toxicology. Vol. 20, Pg. 311, 1982.
rat LD50 oral 766mg/kg (766mg/kg) GASTROINTESTINAL: "HYPERMOTILITY, DIARRHEA"

BEHAVIORAL: TREMOR		 Food and Chemical Toxicology. Vol. 20, Pg. 311, 1982.
rat LD50 skin > 2gm/kg (2000mg/kg)   Research and Consulting Company, Technical Reports. Vol. NOTOX1073/1335, Pg. 1998,
rat LDLo subcutaneous 121mg/kg (121mg/kg)   Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. Vol. 1, Pg. 1, 1975.