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Difenacoum

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

3-(3-Biphenyl-4-yl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthyl)-4-hydroxycoumarin, 3-(3-Biphenyl-4-yl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-naphthalen-1-yl)-4-hydroxychromen-2-one

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C31H24O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
444.52
Beilstein:
8360065
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

product line

PESTANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

agriculture
environmental

format

neat

SMILES string

OC1=C(C2CC(Cc3ccccc23)c4ccc(cc4)-c5ccccc5)C(=O)Oc6ccccc16

InChI

1S/C31H24O3/c32-30-26-12-6-7-13-28(26)34-31(33)29(30)27-19-24(18-23-10-4-5-11-25(23)27)22-16-14-21(15-17-22)20-8-2-1-3-9-20/h1-17,24,27,32H,18-19H2

InChI key

FVQITOLOYMWVFU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Difenacoum is a coumarin anticoagulant, which is developed as a rodenticide, in order to control warfarin‐resistant rodents.

Application

Difenacoum may be used as a reference standard in the determination of difenacoum in tissue samples using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
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Legal Information

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

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Dermal - Acute Tox. 1 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 1 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Repr. 1B - STOT RE 1

Target Organs

Blood

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Field trials of second-generation anticoagulants against difenacoum-resistant Norway rat population.
Greaves HJ, et al.
Epidem. Inf., 89(2), 295-301 (1982)
M J Kelly et al.
Journal of chromatography, 620(1), 105-112 (1993-10-22)
A rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the analysis of cis and trans diastereomers of the anticoagulant rodenticide difenacoum has been described. The methodology demonstrates potential for the analysis of diastereomers of related 4-hydroxycoumarin anticoagulants. Separations were achieved
Helen Atterby et al.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 24(2), 318-323 (2005-02-22)
The present study investigated the whole-carcass residue carried by resistant and susceptible laboratory rat strains following 5, 10, or 20 d of feeding on a diet of 25 mg difenacoum/kg bait. The mean whole-carcass residue of difenacoum was determined by
Determination of coumarin anticoagulant rodenticide residues in animal tissue by high-performance liquid chromatography: I. Fluorescence detection using post-column techniques.
Hunter K, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 270, 267-276 (1983)
R Wallin
The Biochemical journal, 236(3), 685-693 (1986-06-15)
In the liver, it appears that there are two different pathways for vitamin K reduction. One pathway is irreversibly inhibited by coumarin anticoagulant drugs. The other pathway has been shown in the present study to be composed of enzymes that

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