flocoumafen
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Flocoumafen is a fluorinated, second-generation anticoagulant of the 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist type. It is a second generation (i.e., high potency) chemical in this class, used commercially as a rodenticide. It has a very high toxicity and is restricted to indoor use and sewers (in the UK). This restriction is mainly due to the increased risk to non-target species, especially due to its tendency to bio-accumulate in exposed organisms. Studies have shown that rodents resistant to first-generation anticoagulants can be adequately controlled with flocoumafen. It was synthesized in 19
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It is catalogued under topics including 4-Hydroxycoumarins, Anticoagulant rodenticides and Chromones.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Mass
- 542.17049394
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- chemical formula
- C₃₃H₂₅F₃O₄
- Commons category
- Flocoumafen
- canonical SMILES
- O=c1oc2ccccc2c(O)c1C1CC(c2ccc(OCc3ccc(C(F)(F)F)cc3)cc2)Cc2ccccc21
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Flocoumafen is a fluorinated, second-generation anticoagulant of the 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist type. It is a second generation (i.e., high potency) chemical in this class, used commercially as a rodenticide. It has a very high toxicity and is restricted to indoor use and sewers (in the UK). This restriction is mainly due to the increased risk to non-target species, especially due to its tendency to bio-accumulate in exposed organisms. Studies have shown that rodents resistant to first-generation anticoagulants can be adequately controlled with flocoumafen. It was synthesized in 1984 by Shell International Chemical.
== Toxicity == In most rodents, the is 1 mg/kg, but it can vary between species: from 0.12 mg/kg in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) to more than 10 mg/kg in the Cairo spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus). For dogs the LD50 is 0.075-0.25 mg/kg.
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