telluric chloride

Names

[ Name ]:
telluric chloride

[Synonym ]:
Tellurium chloride (TeCl4), (T-4)-
Tetrachloro-λ-tellane
Tellurium(IV) chloride
Tellurium chloride, (T-4)-
telluric chloride
TETRACHLOROTELLURIUM
tellurium tetrachloride
MFCD00011262
Tellurium, tetrachloro-
TELLURIUM CHLORIDE
EINECS 233-055-6

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Density]:
3.26 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

[ Boiling Point ]:
380 °C(lit.)

[ Melting Point ]:
224 °C(lit.)

[ Molecular Formula ]:
Cl₄Te

[ Molecular Weight ]:
269.412

[ Flash Point ]:
380°C

[ Exact Mass ]:
269.781647

[ LogP ]:
2.37720

[ Water Solubility ]:
MAY DECOMPOSE

MSDS

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Toxicological Information

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :: WY2635000

CHEMICAL NAME :: Tellurium chloride

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :: 10026-07-0

LAST UPDATED :: 199712

DATA ITEMS CITED :: 24

MOLECULAR FORMULA :: Cl4-Te

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :: 269.40

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :: .TE..G4

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :: TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :: Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :: Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :: 276 mg/kg/35D-C

TOXIC EFFECTS :: Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - dehydrogenases Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - other transferases

TYPE OF TEST :: TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :: Intratesticular

DOSE :: 21552 ug/kg

SEX/DURATION :: male 1 day(s) pre-mating

TOXIC EFFECTS :: Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :: DNA repair

TEST SYSTEM :: Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis

DOSE/DURATION :: 1 mmol/L

REFERENCE :: MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 77,109,1980 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1910.1000,1994 OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1926.55,1994 OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1915.1000,1993 OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,50-204.50,1994 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3;STEL 0.3 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3;STEL 0.5 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

Safety Information

[ Symbol ]:

GHS05

[ Signal Word ]:
Danger

[ Hazard Statements ]:
H314

[ Precautionary Statements ]:
P280-P305 + P351 + P338-P310

[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
Eyeshields;Faceshields;full-face particle respirator type N100 (US);Gloves;respirator cartridge type N100 (US);type P1 (EN143) respirator filter;type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

[ Hazard Codes ]:
C:Corrosive;

[ Risk Phrases ]:
R34

[ Safety Phrases ]:
S26-S36/37/39-S45

[ RIDADR ]:
UN 3260 8/PG 2

[ WGK Germany ]:
3

[ RTECS ]:
WY2635000

[ Packaging Group ]:
II

[ Hazard Class ]:
8

Synthetic Route

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Articles

Tellurium tetrachloride and diphenyl ditelluride cause cytotoxicity in rat hippocampal astrocytes.

Food Chem. Toxicol. 49(10) , 2564-74, (2011)

Tellurium tetrachloride (TeCl(4)) and diphenyl ditelluride (DPDT) cytotoxicity, was investigated in rat astrocytes. Concentrations of 0.24-250μM (24h) were tested for viability using MTT(3-[4,5-dimeth...

Myocardial ultrastructural alterations in ducklings fed tellurium.

Am. J. Vet. Res. 43(11) , 2000-9, (1982)

Seventy newly hatched ducklings were fed a commercial ration with 500 mg of added Te (as tetrachloride)/kg of feed for up to 28 days. Ducklings were euthanatized at day 14, 21, and 28, the hearts were...

Cytometric analysis of adverse action of diphenyl ditelluride on rat thymocytes: cell shrinkage as a cytotoxic parameter.

Environ. Toxicol. 19(6) , 614-9, (2004)

Despite the growing use of organotellurium compounds in the chemical and biomedical fields, there has been no great concern about their toxicity until now. To test the possibility that diphenyl ditell...