bromethalin
Sign in to saveBromethalin is a neurotoxic rodenticide that damages the central nervous system.
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It is catalogued under topics including Anilines, Bromobenzene derivatives and Chembox image size set.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 574.793876664
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- chemical formula
- C₁₄H₇Br₃F₃N₃O₄
- canonical SMILES
- CN(C1=C(C=C(C=C1C(F)(F)F)[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])C2=C(C=C(C=C2Br)Br)Br
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- Mechanism of action
- Risk of poisoning to humans and pets
- References
Bromethalin is a neurotoxic rodenticide that damages the central nervous system.
==History== Bromethalin was discovered in the early 1980s through an approach to find replacement rodenticides for first-generation anticoagulants, especially to be useful against rodents that had become resistant to warfarin-type anticoagulant poisons. A structured study was undertaken to develop a substance that would be both poisonous to rodents, but also would be readily eaten by rodents. Bromethalin—N-methyl-2,4-dinitro-N (2,4,6-tribromophenyl)-6-(trifluoromethyl) benzeneamine— was the outcome of that study, as the specific formulation had both desired rodenticidal properties.
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