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Mirex

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Perchloropentacyclodecane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10Cl12
CAS Number:
2385-85-5
Molecular Weight:
545.54
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
5605269
EC Number:
219-196-6
MDL number:
MFCD00167995
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329755314
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

application(s)

agriculture
cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

ClC1(Cl)C2(Cl)C3(Cl)C4(Cl)C(Cl)(Cl)C5(Cl)C3(Cl)C1(Cl)C5(Cl)C24Cl

InChI

1S/C10Cl12/c11-1-2(12)7(17)4(14)3(13,5(1,15)9(7,19)20)6(1,16)10(21,22)8(2,4)18

InChI key

GVYLCNUFSHDAAW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Mirex is an organochlorine insecticide used for control of the imported fire ant (Solenopsis richteri Forel and Solenopsis invicta Buren).

Application

Mirex may be used as an internal reference standard to evaluate instrument performance during the determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in human serum and plasma by gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method.
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Legal Information

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

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 2 - Lact. - Repr. 2

Storage Class

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

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCCH9781
BCBW6545
BCBW0540
BCBT9054
SZBC334XV

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Mirex residues in human adipose tissue.
Kutz F W, et al.
Environmental Entomology, 3(5), 882-884 (1974)
Simultaneous determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls by gas chromatography?tandem mass spectrometry in human serum and plasma.
Lin YP, et al.
Talanta, 113, 41-48 (2013)
Mirex. An overview.
E M Waters et al.
Environmental research, 14(2), 212-222 (1977-10-01)
Hongliang Jia et al.
Environmental science & technology, 45(7), 2613-2618 (2011-03-01)
Dechloranes, including Dechlorane Plus (DP), Mirex (Dechlorane), Dechlorane 602 (Dec 602), Dechlorane 603 (Dec 603), and Dechlorane 604 (Dec 604), were determined using GC-MSD for water, sediment and oyster samples collected at 15 sampling sites near the Bohai and Huanghai
Fabio Wegmann et al.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 63(1), 42-51 (2005-08-02)
We present first results of a modeling study to explore the occurrence and extent of cold condensation effects in mountains with the CliMoChem model for a group of substances with different volatility and persistence. The mountainous region is set up
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