Agent Name
Glutaric anhydride
Major Category
Plastics & Rubber
Synonyms
Anhydrid kyseliny glutarove [Czech]; Glutaric acid anhydride; Pentanedioic acid anhydride; Pentanedioic anhydride; Pyroglutaric acid; 2H-Pyran-2,6(3H)-dione, dihydro-; [ChemIDplus] Dihydro-2H-pyran-2,6(3H)-dione; [ECHA REACH Registrations]
Category
Acid Anhydrides, Cyclic
Description
Off-white flakes or crystals; [Alfa Aesar MSDS]
Sources/Uses
Used to make fine chemicals; [ExPub: ECHA REACH Registrations]
Comments
Causes somnolence, necrotic gastrointestinal changes, and diffuse hepatitis in oral lethal-dose studies of rats; [RTECS] An irritant that may cause serious eye injury; Toxic by ingestion and skin absorption; [Alfa Aesar MSDS] See "Acid Anhydrides."
Hepatotoxin
Hepatoxic (a) from occupational exposure (secondary effect) or (b) in animal studies or in humans after ingestion
Other Information
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