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Parathion-methyl

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

O,O-Dimethyl O-(4-nitrophenyl) phosphorothioate, Methyl parathion

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H10NO5PS
CAS Number:
298-00-0
Molecular Weight:
263.21
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329755329
EC Number:
206-050-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
8905814
MDL number:
MFCD00041813
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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

application(s)

agriculture
environmental

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

COP(=S)(OC)Oc1ccc(cc1)[N+]([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C8H10NO5PS/c1-12-15(16,13-2)14-8-5-3-7(4-6-8)9(10)11/h3-6H,1-2H3

InChI key

RLBIQVVOMOPOHC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Parathion-methyl is an organophosphorus insecticide and acaricide, which is widely used in controlling insect pests of agricultural crops, fruits and vegetables.

Application

Parathion-methyl may be used as a reference standard in the determination of parathion-methyl in water samples using high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLC-EC).
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PESTANAL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 2 Oral - Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - STOT RE 2

Storage Class

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

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

114.8 °F - open cup

flash_point_c

46 °C - open cup

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Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCCN9123
BCCL7866
BCCG5813
BCBV0707

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Comparative study of three immunoassays based on monoclonal antibodies for detection of the pesticide parathion-methyl in real samples.
KolosovaY A, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 511(2), 323-331 (2004)
Scott A Trammell et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(34), 4121-4123 (2012-03-22)
Using a low power green laser, we have demonstrated a rate acceleration of ~2-fold for the hydrolysis of methyl parathion by irradiating the plasmon absorption band of Au nanoparticles capped with a Cu(bpy) catalyst.
Xiang Huang et al.
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 114-115, 189-199 (2012-03-27)
Methyl parathion (MP) is a widely used organophosphorus pesticide that causes severe health and environmental effects. We investigated the alteration of the proteomic profile in the membrane enriched fraction of the kidneys of the scallop Mizuhopecten yessoensis exposed to low-level
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