Toxicological assessment of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran and cyclopentyl methyl ether in support of their use in pharmaceutical chemical process development

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 939-941

  Antonucci, Vincent ^a   Coleman, John ^a   Ferry, James B ^a   Johnson, Neil ^a   Mathe, Michelle ^a   Scott, Jeremy P ^b   Xu, Jing ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-METHYLTETRAHYDROFURAN; ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS; ANIMAL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATION; CYCLOPENTYL METHYL ETHERS; ETHEREAL SOLVENTS; EXPOSURE LIMITS; GENOTOXICITIES; LABORATORY PRACTICES; MUTAGENICITY; PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMICALS; TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ETHERS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; SOLVENTS; TOXICITY;

INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES;

EID: 79960517189     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: 1520586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/op100303c     Document Type: Article

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