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Demeton-S-methyl solution

100 μg/mL in acetonitrile, PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

S-[2-(Ethylthio)ethyl] O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate, Methyldemetone

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H15O3PS2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
230.29
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

concentration

100 μg/mL in acetonitrile

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

agriculture

format

single component solution

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCSCCSP(=O)(OC)OC

InChI

1S/C6H15O3PS2/c1-4-11-5-6-12-10(7,8-2)9-3/h4-6H2,1-3H3

InChI key

WEBQKRLKWNIYKK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Demeton-S-methyl is a metabolite of the pesticide thiometon, used for food, environmental, and toxicology analyses.

Application

Demeton-S-methyl may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in rice, wines and baby food products by various chromatography techniques.
Refer to the product′s Certificate of Analysis for more information on a suitable instrument technique. Contact Technical Service for further support.

Legal Information

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

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

35.6 °F

Flash Point(C)

2 °C

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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D Schludecker et al.
Zeitschrift fur Rechtsmedizin. Journal of legal medicine, 101(1), 55-60 (1988-01-01)
A case of lethal suicidal intoxication with demeton-S-methyl is reported. Capillary chromatography on wide-bore columns (CP-sil 5, 0.53 mm ID, 1 micron film thickness) was used for the quantitative determinations of this substance in the body fluids and tissues.
Avian esterases as indicators of exposure to insecticides--the factor of diurnal variation.
H M Thompson et al.
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 41(1), 4-11 (1988-07-01)
V Vallet et al.
Toxicology, 246(1), 73-82 (2008-02-26)
The organophosphorus (OP) chemical warfare V agent O-ethyl-S-[2(di-isopropylamino)ethyl] methyl phosphonothioate (VX), is a highly toxic compound which mainly penetrates the body via percutaneous pathways. Hence, the following prerequisite: to ascertain compound absorption and percutaneous profile distribution with a view to
A multi-residue method for the determination of 124 pesticides in rice by modified QuEChERS extraction and gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Hou X, et al.
Food Chemistry, 138(2-3), 1198-1205 (2013)
Anastasios Economou et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1216(31), 5856-5867 (2009-06-30)
This work reports a new sensitive multi-residue liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for detection, confirmation and quantification of forty-six pesticides and transformation products belonging to different chemical classes in wines. The proposed method makes use of a solid-phase extraction

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