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Common name | Acetamiprid |
Product category | Insecticide
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Chemical name | (E)-N1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-N2-cyano-N1-methylethanimidamide |
CAS No | 135410-20-7 |
Molecular formula | C10H11CLN4 |
Application | Control of Hemiptera, especially aphids, Thysanoptera and Lepidoptera, by soil and foliar application, on a wide range of crops, especially vegetables, fruit and tea |
Formulations | 97%Tech, 70%WP,20%SP,20%SL |
Description: White or yellow solid powder. density 1.330 (20 °C) Solubility In water 4250 mg/l (25 ºC). Soluble in acetone, methanol, ethanol, dichloromethane, chloroform, acetonitrile and tetrahydrofuran. Stability Stable in buffered solutions at pH 4, 5, 7. Degraded slowly at pH 9 and 45 ºC. Stable under sunlight. pKa 0.7, v. weak base.
Toxicity: Oral Acute oral LD50 for male rats 217, female rats 146, male mice 198, female mice 184 mg/kg.Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for male and female rats >2000 mg/kg. Non-irritating to skin and eyes (rabbits); not a skin sensitiser (guinea pigs).Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for male and female rats >0.29 mg/l. Birds LD50 for bobwhite quail 180 mg/kg. LC50 for bobwhite quail >5000 ppm.Fish LC50 (24-96 h) for carp >100 mg/l.Daphnia LC50 (24 h) >200 mg/l.
Function: Biochemistry Agonist of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, affecting the synapses in the insect central nervous system. Mode of action Systemic insecticide with translaminar activity and with contact and stomach action. Uses Control of Hemiptera, especially aphids, Thysanoptera and Lepidoptera, by soil and foliar application, on a wide range of crops, especially vegetables, fruit and tea. Applied at 75-300 g/ha on vegetables, 100-700 g/ha in orchards.
Controlling spectrum: Control of Hemiptera, especially aphids, Thysanoptera and Lepidoptera, by soil and foliar application.
Application crops: on a wide range of crops, especially vegetables, fruit and tea.