Imidacloprid
Common name: Imidacloprid (BSI, draft E-ISO)
CAS NO.: 138261-41-3
Chemical name:
1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine
Properties
Technical is white crystals with weak characteristic odor. M.p. 143.8°C(crystal form)V.p. vapor tension 0.2ups(20°C), density 1.543(20°C), solubility water 0.61g/L(20°C), dichloromethane 50-100, isopropanol 1-2, toluol 0.5-1,n-hexane 0.1g/L(20°C),Stable to hydrolysis at PH5-11.
Uses
Control of sucking insects, including rice-, leaf- and plant hoppers, aphids, thrips and whitefly. Also effective against soil insects, termites and some species of biting insects, such as rice water weevil and Colorado beetle. Used as a seed dressing, as soil treatment and as foliar treatment in different crops, e.g. rice, cotton, cereals, maize, sugar beet, potatoes, vegetables, citrus fruit, pome fruit and stone fruit.
Toxicity
Acute oral LD50 for rats c. 450mg/kg.
Specification: 95%TECH, 70%WP, 70%WS,20%SP, 20%SL,
Packaging: 25kg fibre drum lined with plastic bag or on the clients' requirements.