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Methoxychlor

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis-(p-methoxyphenyl)ethane, 2,2-Bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane, DMDT

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C16H15Cl3O2
CAS Number:
72-43-5
Molecular Weight:
345.65
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329755307
EC Number:
200-779-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2057367
MDL number:
MFCD00000803

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Product Name

Methoxychlor, PESTANAL®, analytical standard

InChI key

IAKOZHOLGAGEJT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C16H15Cl3O2/c1-20-13-7-3-11(4-8-13)15(16(17,18)19)12-5-9-14(21-2)10-6-12/h3-10,15H,1-2H3

SMILES string

COc1ccc(cc1)C(c2ccc(OC)cc2)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl

grade

analytical standard

product line

PESTANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

86-88 °C (lit.)

application(s)

agriculture
environmental

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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Application

Methoxychlor may be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in milk, vegetables, sea water and eggs by various chromatography techniques.
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Biochem/physiol Actions

Pesticide with estrogenic activity.

General description

Methoxychlor is a member of organochlorine class of pesticides with a weak estrogenic action.

Legal Information

PESTANAL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Repr. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

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Insecticide Residues in Milk, Determination of Methoxychlor and/or Metabolites in Milk Following Topical Application to Dairy Cows.
Cluett ML, et al.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 8(4), 277-281 (1960)
Effects of low subchronic doses of methoxychlor on the rat hypothalamic-pituitary reproductive axis.
Goldman JM, et al.
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 86(3), 474-483 (1986)
Determination of organochlorine pesticides in seawater using liquid-phase hollow fibre membrane microextraction and gas chromatography?mass spectrometry.
Basheer C, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 968(1-2), 191-199 (2002)
Effects of methoxychlor on skin tumor development.
Dwivedi C and Tabbert J
Toxicology Letters, 74(3), 235-240 (1994)
In situ fluorimetric determination of pesticides on vegetables.
Hassoon S and Schechter I
Analytica Chimica Acta, 405(1-2), 9-15 (2000)
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