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6-Chloropyridine-3-carboxylic acid

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

6-Chloronicotinic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H4ClNO2
CAS Number:
5326-23-8
Molecular Weight:
157.55
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329761073
EC Number:
226-201-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
115993
MDL number:
MFCD00006241

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Product Name

6-Chloropyridine-3-carboxylic acid, PESTANAL®, analytical standard

InChI key

UAWMVMPAYRWUFX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H4ClNO2/c7-5-2-1-4(3-8-5)6(9)10/h1-3H,(H,9,10)

SMILES string

OC(=O)c1ccc(Cl)nc1

grade

analytical standard

product line

PESTANAL®

assay

≥98.0% (HPLC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

185-190 °C
190 °C (dec.) (lit.)

application(s)

agriculture
environmental

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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Application

6-Chloropyridine-3-carboxylic acid may be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in biological samples and animal derived foods using different chromatography techniques.
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General description

6-Chloropyridine-3-carboxylic acid is a metabolite of the neonicotinoid pesticides, imidacloprid and acetamiprid and occurs in different environmental matrices.(3) It is widely used in agricultural crop protection, domestic insect control and environmental pest management.
Find more information here: Neonicotinoids

Legal Information

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

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

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, Gloves

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BCCC8977

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A green HPLC technique with a 100\% water mobile phase for detecting imidacloprid and its metabolite 6-chloronicotinic acid
Furusawa N
Current Chemistry Letters, 5(1), 27-32 (2016)
Qualitative profiling and quantification of neonicotinoid metabolites in human urine by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry
Taira K, et al.
PLoS ONE, 8(11) (2013)
Qualitative profiling and quantification of neonicotinoid metabolites in human urine by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry
Taira K, et al.
Testing, 8(11) (2013)
A Segura Carretero et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1003(1-2), 189-195 (2003-08-06)
A method is described for the analysis of the insecticide imidacloprid [1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine] and its metabolite 6-chloronicotinic acid by micellar electrokinetic chromatography with diode-array detection at 270 and 227 nm, respectively. The best results were obtained using sodium dodecyl sulphate at
Mehmet Karabacak et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 71(3), 876-883 (2008-03-25)
The experimental and theoretical study on the structures and vibrations of 6-chloronicotinic acid (6-CNA, C(6)H(4)ClNO(2)) are presented. The Fourier transform infrared spectra (4,000-50 cm(-1)) and the Fourier transform Raman spectra (3,500-50 cm(-1)) of the title molecule in solid phase have
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