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Mirex solution

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

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10Cl12
CAS Number:
2385-85-5
Molecular Weight:
545.54
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
5605269
EC Number:
200-835-2
MDL number:
MFCD00167995
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329757001
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

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
cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

single component solution

storage temp.

2-8°C

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, found to be carcinogenic and moderately toxic in nature and is persistant in the environment as an organic pollutant.[1]

Application

Mirex may be used as an internal standard for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in fruits[2] and ergosterol analysis for the detection of molds in soil samples[3] using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry.
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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. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

35.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

2 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCBS3258V

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Analysis of ergosterol for the detection of mold in soils by automated on-fiber derivatization headspace extraction-SPME-GC/MS
Parkinson.R.D, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 661(2), 181-187 (2010)
The Pesticide Encyclopedia (2014)
Evaluation of QuEChERS method for the determination of organochlorine pesticide residues in selected groups of fruits
Cieslik E, et al.
Food Chemistry, 125(2), 773-778 (2011)
Lawrence M Schell et al.
Physiology & behavior, 99(2), 246-253 (2009-10-06)
Endocrine disruption has become a significant human health concern, but is difficult to study outside of the laboratory for several reasons including the multiplicity of exposures, the difficulty in assessing each exposure, and the variety of possible outcomes among human
Mirex.
Report on carcinogens : carcinogen profiles, 12, 273-275 (2011-08-24)
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