Chemical Property of Profenofos
Chemical Property:
- Appearance/Colour:pale yellow liquid with garlic-like odor
- Vapor Pressure:2.66E-06mmHg at 25°C
- Melting Point:<25 °C
- Refractive Index:1.552
- Boiling Point:401.8 °C at 760 mmHg
- Flash Point:196.8 °C
- PSA:70.64000
- Density:1.482 g/cm3
- LogP:5.76910
- Storage Temp.:APPROX 4°C
- Water Solubility.:28 mg l-1 (25 °C)
- XLogP3:4.7
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:0
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:4
- Rotatable Bond Count:7
- Exact Mass:371.93514
- Heavy Atom Count:18
- Complexity:296
- Transport DOT Label:Poison
- Purity/Quality:
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99% *data from raw suppliers
Profenofos *data from reagent suppliers
Safty Information:
- Pictogram(s):
Xn,
N
- Hazard Codes:Xn,N,T
- Statements:
20/21/22-50/53-24-20/22-43
- Safety Statements:
36/37-60-61-45-9-7
- MSDS Files:
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SDS file from LookChem
Useful:
- Chemical Classes:Pesticides -> Organophosphate Insecticides
- Canonical SMILES:CCCSP(=O)(OCC)OC1=C(C=C(C=C1)Br)Cl
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Description
Profenofos is a pale yellow liquid, bp 100 ?C/1.80 Pa, vp
0.124 mPa (25 ?C). Solubility in water is 28 mg/L (25 ?C).
It is miscible with most organic solvents. Log Kow = 4.44.
It is relatively stable in neutral and mild acid media but
hydrolyzed in alkaline media; DT50 values (20 ?C) at pH 5,
7, and 9 are 93 d, 14.6 d, and 5.7 h, respectively.
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Uses
A broad-spectrum organophosphorous pesticide that is used widely in cotton fields for insect control. Insecticide; acaricide. Profenofos is used to control insects (particularly caterpillars and
Lepidoptera eggs) and mites on cotton, maize, sugar beet, soyabean,
potatoes, vegetables, tobacco and a number of other crops