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36542

DEET

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H17NO
CAS Number:
134-62-3
Molecular Weight:
191.27
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329755385
EC Number:
205-149-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2046711
MDL number:
MFCD00009046

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Product Name

DEET, PESTANAL®, analytical standard

InChI key

MMOXZBCLCQITDF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C12H17NO/c1-4-13(5-2)12(14)11-8-6-7-10(3)9-11/h6-9H,4-5H2,1-3H3

SMILES string

CCN(CC)C(=O)c1cccc(C)c1

grade

analytical standard

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

Quality Level

100

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General description

DEET can find wide applications as an active ingredient in insect repellents, which can be used for protection against potentially disease-carrying insects and ticks such as deer ticks leading to lyme disease, mosquitoes leading to malaria, dengue fever, zika virus and west nile virus. It can also be used for protection against the condition of encephalitis inflammation.

Legal Information

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

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

203.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

95 °C - closed cup

ppe

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

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Reaction mechanism and kinetics of DEET visible light assisted photocatalytic ozonation with WO 3 catalyst
Mena E, et al.
Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental, 202, 460-472 (2017)
Novel exposure biomarkers of N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET): Data from the 2007?2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Calafat.MA, et al.
Environment International, 92, 398-404 (2016)
Ali Afify et al.
Malaria journal, 19(1), 127-127 (2020-04-02)
The species-specific mode of action for DEET and many other mosquito repellents is often unclear. Confusion may arise for many reasons. First, the response of a single mosquito species is often used to represent all mosquito species. Second, behavioural studies
P J Robbins et al.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health, 18(4), 503-525 (1986-01-01)
A review of the biodistribution and toxicity of the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) is presented. Workers using repellent containing this compound may be exposed to greater than 442 g in 6 mo. In human studies, variable penetration into the skin
T G Osimitz et al.
Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology, 35(5), 435-441 (1997-01-01)
N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide, an effective tick repellent, when applied to the skin, is the major component of essentially all of the products marketed for this purpose. It is used by about 30% of the US population, and by 23-29% of children in
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