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45379

Chlordecone

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Kepone, Chlordecone, Perchloropentacyclo[5.3.0.02,6.03,9.04,8]decan-5-one

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10Cl10O
CAS Number:
143-50-0
Molecular Weight:
490.64
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329756686
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
EC Number:
205-601-3
MDL number:
MFCD00213544

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InChI key

LHHGDZSESBACKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C10Cl10O/c11-2-1(21)3(12)6(15)4(2,13)8(17)5(2,14)7(3,16)9(6,18)10(8,19)20

SMILES string

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

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
cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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General description

Chlordecone is a chlorinated cyclodiene pesticide and a persistent environmental contaminant, obtained via degradation of mirex.

Application

Chlordecone may be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in animals using different chromatography techniques.
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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

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

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Regulatory Information

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BCCL8655
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Development and validation of an HPLC-MS/MS method with QuEChERS extraction using isotopic dilution to simultaneously analyze chlordecone and chlordecol in animal livers
Saint-Hilaire M, et al.
Food Chemistry, 252, 147-153 (2018)
Toxicological Study of Pesticides in Animals (1990)
High-performance liquid chromatography separation of chlordecone and its metabolites
Chromatographia, 22(1-6), 165-167 (1986)
Didier Brunet et al.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 157(11), 3120-3125 (2009-06-06)
Chlordecone is a toxic organochlorine insecticide that was used in banana plantations until 1993 in the French West Indies. This study aimed at assessing the potential of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) for determining chlordecone content in Andosols, Nitisols and
Sophie Seurin et al.
Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP, 63(3), 471-479 (2012-06-12)
Chlordecone is an organochlorine insecticide used in the French West Indies until 1993. Toddlers are expected to be differently exposed than older children and adults. The dietary exposure to chlordecone of 18-month-old Guadeloupian toddlers was assessed through different scenarios depending
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