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Pentachloronitrobenzene

suitable for plant cell culture, BioReagent, ≥94% (GC), powder

Synonym(s):

PCNB, Quintozene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6Cl5NO2
CAS Number:
82-68-8
Molecular Weight:
295.33
Beilstein:
1914324
EC Number:
201-435-0
MDL number:
MFCD00007065
UNSPSC Code:
10171502
PubChem Substance ID:
24898950
NACRES:
NA.72

product line

BioReagent

Assay

≥94% (GC)

form

crystalline powder
powder

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

mp

140-143 °C (lit.)

solubility

toluene: 50 mg/mL, clear, faintly to slightly yellow

density

1.718 g/cm3 at 25 °C

antibiotic activity spectrum

fungi

application(s)

agriculture

Mode of action

DNA synthesis | interferes

SMILES string

[O-][N+](=O)c1c(Cl)c(Cl)c(Cl)c(Cl)c1Cl

InChI

1S/C6Cl5NO2/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12(13)14)5(11)3(1)9

InChI key

LKPLKUMXSAEKID-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) is used as a fungicide to suppress the growth of fungi in selective culture media such as Nash and Snyder medium (NS).

Other Notes

Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place.Keep in a dry place.

Pictograms

Exclamation markEnvironment
GHS07,GHS09

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H302,H317,H410

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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J-M Durgnat et al.
Food additives and contaminants, 22(12), 1224-1230 (2005-12-17)
Ginseng extracts are available as ingredients for improving energy and vitality and can be used in functional foods and as flavouring ingredients. A survey was been performed to determine the content of pesticides and toxic metals in ginseng extracts. Forty-seven
Didem Okutman Tas et al.
Environmental science & technology, 39(21), 8264-8272 (2005-11-22)
The reductive transformation of pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB), an organochlorine fungicide, was investigated with a mixed, methanogenic culture developed from a contaminated estuarine sediment. Batch assays performed with this enrichment culture resulted in the biotransformation of PCNB to pentachloroaniline (PCA), which was
J Alexandra Hakala et al.
Environmental science & technology, 41(21), 7337-7342 (2007-11-30)
Nitroaromatic pesticides (NAPs) are hydrophobic contaminants that can accumulate in sediments by the deposition of suspended solids from surface waters. Fe(II) and dissolved organic matter (DOM), present in suboxic and anoxic zones of freshwater sediments, can transform NAPs in natural
Hsiao-Wei Wen et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 176(1-3), 280-287 (2009-12-05)
This study investigates the feasibility of using gamma irradiation for photodegradation of a common residual fungicide, pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB), in ginseng, and for microbial decontamination. American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, was subjected to gamma irradiation. PCNB residues were analyzed by gas chromatography
Kazuhiro Takagi et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 75(13), 4452-4458 (2009-05-12)
A novel aerobic pentachloronitrobenzene-degrading bacterium, Nocardioides sp. strain PD653, was isolated from an enrichment culture in a soil-charcoal perfusion system. The bacterium also degraded hexachlorobenzene, a highly recalcitrant environmental pollutant, accompanying the generation of chloride ions. Liberation of (14)CO(2) from
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