Profenofos Organophosphorus Insecticide

Structural formula:

Molecular weight: 373.63

CAS No. : 41198-08-7

Physical and chemical properties:

Physical state  Profenofos is a pale yellow liquid with garlic-like odor. Corrosive. Used as an insecticide.

Colour

Pale yellow liquid

Odour

Garlic-like

Melting point/freezing point

no data available

Boiling point or initial boiling point and boiling range 110ºC (0.001 torr)

Solubility

Readily miscible with most organic solvents.

Partition coefficient n-octanol/water

log Kow = 4.68

Vapour pressure 9.00X10^-7 mm Hg @ 25 deg C

Density and/or relative density

1.482g/cm³

Specifications： 40% ，25%EC

Usage：

Profenofos can be used on a variety of crops including cotton and vegetables such as maize, potato, soybean, and sugar beet.   In the United States it is used exclusively on cotton and is primarily used against lepidopteran insects.

Mixed with phoxim, cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin imidacloprid and deltamethrin, profenofos can be used against Cotton MealyBug, cabbage caterpillar, Plutella xylostella and asparagus caterpillars, as well as against wheat and cabbage aphids.