Acephate

CAS: 30560-19-1

Ref. TR-A130850

Product Information

• Name: Acephate
• Synonyms: Acefate, Acetamidophos, Aciphid, Ant Hayter, Asataf, DMAP, Fire Ant Hayter Bait, Lepitect, O,S-Dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate, O,S-Dimethyl N-acetylphosphoramidothioate, O,S-Dimethyl N-acetylphosphoramidothiolate, Orthene, Orthene 75SP, Orthene 97, Orthene PCO, Orthene S, Orthene TTO, Orthene TTO 97, Orthene-755, Ortran, RE 12420,Phosphoramidothioic acid, acetyl-, O,S-dimethyl ester (8CI,9CI), Payload
• Brand: TRC
• Description: Applications Acephate acts as a contact and systemic insecticide in agriculture through pesticide formulations. Through perinatal exposure studies, it has been linked to hyperglycemia, changes in lipid metabolism and type 2 diabetes (1). Acephate exposed Drosophila melanogaster potentially display an L-ascorbic acid mediated defense (2). Drinking water contaminant candidate list 3 (CCL 3) compound as per United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), environmental, and food contaminants. Standard for Pesticide detection. Useful in cannabis testing kits as a component of pesticide mixes (P698240). Not a dangerous good if item is equal to or less than 1g/ml and there is less than 100g/ml in the packageReferences 1. Ribeiro, T. et al.: Toxicology. 2016 Nov 30;372:12-21. 2. Rajak, P. et al.: J. Hazard. Mater. 2017 Jan 5;321:690-702.

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 183.17
• Formula: C₄H₁₀NO₃PS
• Color/Form: Off-White
• InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10NO3PS/c1-4(6)5-9(7,8-2)10-3/h1-3H3,(H,5,6,7)
• InChI key: InChIKey=YASYVMFAVPKPKE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: COP(=O)(NC(C)=O)SC