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Lindane

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

γ-BHC, 1α,2α,3β,4α,5α,6β-Hexachlorocyclohexane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H6Cl6
CAS Number:
58-89-9
Molecular Weight:
290.83
Beilstein:
1907337
EC Number:
200-401-2
MDL number:
MFCD00135947
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329756821
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

product line

PESTANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

113-115 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 8.35 g/L at 25 °C

application(s)

agriculture
cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

Cl[C@H]1[C@H](Cl)[C@H](Cl)[C@@H](Cl)[C@H](Cl)[C@@H]1Cl

InChI

1S/C6H6Cl6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h1-6H/t1-,2-,3-,4+,5+,6+

InChI key

JLYXXMFPNIAWKQ-GNIYUCBRSA-N

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General description

Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide, widely employed in agriculture and in the pharmaceutical treatment of scabies and lice.

Application

Lindane may be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in environmental samples using isotope dilution method with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
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Legal Information

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

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Lact. - STOT RE 2

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Lot/Batch Number
BCCM2311
BCCG0114
BCCB7997
BCBR4136V
BCBR4136

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Design and fabrication of molecularly imprinted polymer-based potentiometric sensor from the surface modified multiwalled carbon nanotube for the determination of lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane), an organochlorine pesticide
Anirudhan.ST and Alexander S
Biosensors And Bioelectronics, 64, 586-593 (2015)
Determination of atrazine, lindane, pentachlorophenol, and diazinon in water and soil by isotope dilution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Lopez-Avila V, et al.
Analytical Chemistry, 57(14), 2797-2801 (1985)
John Vijgen et al.
Environmental science and pollution research international, 18(2), 152-162 (2010-11-26)
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers (α-, β- and γ- (Lindane)) were recently included as new persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Stockholm Convention, and therefore, the legacy of HCH and Lindane production became a contemporary topic of global relevance. This article wants
Kaoruko Mizukawa et al.
Marine pollution bulletin, 70(1-2), 296-302 (2013-03-19)
We analyzed polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethane and its metabolites, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and hopanes, in plastic resin pellets collected from nine locations along the Portuguese coast. Concentrations of a sum of 13 PCBs were one order
L A Videla et al.
Free radical biology & medicine, 9(2), 169-179 (1990-01-01)
The development of an oxidative stress condition in the liver by lindane intoxication is discussed as a possible hepatotoxic mechanism of the insecticide. Lindane is metabolized by liver microsomal enzymes to a variety of metabolites, which are susceptible of conjugation
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