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propoxur
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aprocarb, o-isopropoxyphenyl-n-methylcarbamate, n-methyl-2-isopropoxyphenyl-carbamate, 2-Isopropoxyphenyl N-methylcarbamate, 2-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl methylcarbamate, 2-Isopropoxyphenyl methylcarbamate, Baygon
Propoxur is a carbamate, non-systemic, synthetic insecticide, produced from catechol, and was introduced in 1959 by Bayer.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C11H15NO3
- Molecular weight
- 209.24 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (2-propan-2-yloxyphenyl) N-methylcarbamate
- SMILES
- CC(C)OC1=CC=CC=C1OC(=O)NC
- InChIKey
- ISRUGXGCCGIOQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.5
- Polar surface area
- 47.6 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
917 papers- Propoxur: a novel mechanism for insecticidal action and toxicity.Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2012
- Propoxur (PPx) exposure as hormonal disruptor and spermatocidal in rat model.Morphologie : bulletin de l'Association des anatomistes · 2022
- Pulse-Exposure Toxicity of Ammonia and Propoxur to the Tropical Copepod Acartia sinjiensis.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022
- Propoxur resistance associated with insensitivity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae).Scientific reports · 2020
- Effects of Propoxur Exposure on Insecticidal Susceptibility and Developmental Traits in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus.Insects · 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 209.105
- Has use
- insecticide
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- MCN code
- 2924.29.32
- subject has role
- acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
- chemical formula
- C₁₁H₁₅NO₃
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)OC1=CC=CC=C1OC(=O)NC
- solubility
- 0.2
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0531
- melting point
- 187
- vapor pressure
- 0.000007
- flash point
- 300
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 0.5
- isomeric SMILES
- CC(C)OC1=CC=CC=C1O/C(=N/C)/O
- Commons category
- Propoxur
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Action
- Environmental effects
- Regulation
- References
Propoxur is a carbamate, non-systemic, synthetic insecticide, produced from catechol, and was introduced in 1959 by Bayer.
==Action== Carbamate insecticides kill insects by irreversibly inactivating the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, thus it is a Cholinesterase inhibitor.
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