Fluenetil
CAS No. 4301-50-2
 
 

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ACTIVITY: Acaricide, Insecticide (unclassified)

Note: WHO: believed obsolete or discontinued

CAS Name: 2-fluoroethyl [1,1'-biphenyl]-4-acetate

Structure:

Environmental Effects:

Highly toxic to fish (Rainbow trout, donaldson trout)

Regulatory Information
(only comprehensive for the US)
US EPA Registered: No 
US EPA PC Code: 462200 
Other Information
Molecular Formula: C16H15 F O2 
Manufacturers: Zambon / Agrimont 
Other Names:
Fluenethyl
FLUENYL
FLUENTIL
 
Lambrol
M 2060
Mytrol
TH 3671
TH 367-1

FLUOROETHYL 4-BIPHENYLACETATE
BIPHENYL-4-ACETIC ACID, 2-FLUOROETHYL ESTER (9CI)
ACETIC ACID, DIPHENYL-, 2-FLUOROETHYL ESTER
FLUOROETHYLIC ESTER OF XENYLACETIC ACID
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Of special interest:
PAN Data
Believed to be obsolete or discontinued for use as pesticides. WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification 2000-2002. Table 6. Active ingredients not included in the Classification and believed to be obsolete or discontinued for use as pesticides, p 37.
Extremely Hazardous Substance. US EPA Chemical Profile. 1987 
Included on The List of Extremely Hazardous Substances US 40 CFR - CHAPTER I - PART 355 - updated October 3, 2003

Toxicity and action of fluenethyl acaricide and related compounds in the mouse, housefly and twospotted spider mite.
Johannsen FR, Knowles CO.
Comp Gen Pharmacol. 1974 Mar;5(1):101-10. No abstract available.
Metabolism of fluenethyl acaricide in the mouse, house fly, and twospotted spider mite.
Johannsen FR, Knowles CO.
J Econ Entomol. 1974 Feb;67(1):5-12. No abstract available.

Spectrophotofluorometric determination of the hydrolyzed residues of 2-fluoroethyl-4-biphenylacetate (fluenethyl) in some fruits.
Santi R, Canale G, Radice M, Pizzingrilli G.
J Agric Food Chem. 1972 Jan-Feb;20(1):62-4. No abstract available.

 
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