Trade Name: Imidacloprid
Chemical Name: 1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitromidazolidin-2-ylideneamine
Molecular Formula: C9H10CIN5O2
Molecular Weight: 255.7
CAS No.: 138261-41-6
Physiochemical Property:
Appearance: Colourless crystalis with a weak characteristic odour.
M.p. 144°C V.p 4×10 -7 mPa(20°C.)
S.g./density 1.54(20°C) Solubility In water 0.61g/L(20°C).
In dichloromethane 55,isopropanol 1.2, toluene 0.68, n-hexane<0.1(all in g/L,20°C).
Stability: Stable to hydrolysis at pH5-11.
Technical and Formulation: 95-98TC, 75WG, 70WP, 70WS, 70WDG, 25WP, 10WP, 5WP, 35SC, 20SC, 20SL
Toxicity:
Oral Acute oral LD 50 for male and female rats c.450, mice c.150mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD 50 (24h) for rats >5000mg/kg, Non-irritating to eyes and skin(rabbits).
Inhalation LC 50 (4h) for rats >5323mg/kg dust, 69 mg/m 3 air (aerosol).
Birds Acute oral LD 50 for Japanse quail 31mg/kg.
Fish LD 50 (96h) for rainbow trout 211mg/L.
Bees Harmful to honeybees by direct contact.
Applications:
Control of sucking insects, including rice-, leaf- and planthoppers, aphids, thrips and whitefly. Also effective against soil insects, termites and some species of biting insects, such as rice water weevil and Colorado beetle. Has no effect on nematodes and spider mites. 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. Applied at 25-100 g/ha for foliar application, and 50-175 g/100 kg seed for most seed treatments, and 350-700 g/100 kg cotton seed. Also used to controls fleas in dogs and cats.
Package: In Knitted plastic bags with 25kg for Technical; or packed according to the consignee's request.