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Lindane

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

γ-BHC, 1α,2α,3β,4α,5α,6β-Hexachlorocyclohexane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H6Cl6
CAS Number:
58-89-9
Molecular Weight:
290.83
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329756821
EC Number:
200-401-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1907337
MDL number:
MFCD00135947
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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

mp

113-115 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 8.35 g/L at 25 °C

application(s)

agriculture
cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

Cl[C@H]1[C@H](Cl)[C@H](Cl)[C@@H](Cl)[C@H](Cl)[C@@H]1Cl

InChI

1S/C6H6Cl6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h1-6H/t1-,2-,3-,4+,5+,6+

InChI key

JLYXXMFPNIAWKQ-GNIYUCBRSA-N

General description

Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide, widely employed in agriculture and in the pharmaceutical treatment of scabies and lice.

Application

Lindane may be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in environmental samples using isotope dilution method with gas chromatography/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. 3 Oral - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Lact. - STOT RE 2

Storage Class

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

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P2 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCCM2311
BCCG0114
BCCB7997
BCBR4136V
BCBR4136

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Design and fabrication of molecularly imprinted polymer-based potentiometric sensor from the surface modified multiwalled carbon nanotube for the determination of lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane), an organochlorine pesticide
Anirudhan.ST and Alexander S
Biosensors And Bioelectronics, 64, 586-593 (2015)
Determination of atrazine, lindane, pentachlorophenol, and diazinon in water and soil by isotope dilution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Lopez-Avila V, et al.
Analytical Chemistry, 57(14), 2797-2801 (1985)
John Vijgen et al.
Environmental science and pollution research international, 18(2), 152-162 (2010-11-26)
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers (α-, β- and γ- (Lindane)) were recently included as new persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Stockholm Convention, and therefore, the legacy of HCH and Lindane production became a contemporary topic of global relevance. This article wants
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