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acephate
Sign in to saveAlso known as O,S-Dimethylacetylphosphoroamidothioate, O,S-dimethyl acetylamidothiophosphate, Acetamidophos, Acetylphosphoramidothioic acid O,S-dimethyl ester, N-(Methoxy(methylthio)phosphinoyl)acetamide
Acephate is an organophosphate foliar and soil insecticide of moderate persistence with residual systemic activity of about 10–15 days at the recommended use rate. It is used primarily for control of aphids, including resistant species, in vegetables (e.g. potatoes, carrots, greenhouse tomatoes, and lettuce) and in horticulture (e.g. on roses and greenhouse ornamentals). It also controls leaf miners, caterpillars, sawflies, thrips, and spider mites in the previously stated crops as well as turf, and forestry. By direct application to mounds, it is effective in destroying imported fire ants.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H10NO3PS
- Molecular weight
- 183.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-[methoxy(methylsulfanyl)phosphoryl]acetamide
- SMILES
- CC(=O)NP(=O)(OC)SC
- InChIKey
- YASYVMFAVPKPKE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.8
- Polar surface area
- 80.7 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
550 papers- Are the issues involving acephate already resolved? A scientometric review.Environmental research · 2023
- Degradation of Acephate and Its Intermediate Methamidophos: Mechanisms and Biochemical Pathways.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020
- Acephate exposure during a perinatal life program to type 2 diabetes.Toxicology · 2016
- Acephate interferes with androgen synthesis in rat immature Leydig cells.Chemosphere · 2020
- Removal of acephate and methamidophos from water: Coagulation and adsorptive treatment approaches.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 183.012
- Has use
- insecticide
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- chemical formula
- C₄H₁₀NO₃PS
- MCN code
- 2930.90.61
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)NP(=O)(OC)SC
- Commons category
- Acephate
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Toxicology
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Acephate is an organophosphate foliar and soil insecticide of moderate persistence with residual systemic activity of about 10–15 days at the recommended use rate. It is used primarily for control of aphids, including resistant species, in vegetables (e.g. potatoes, carrots, greenhouse tomatoes, and lettuce) and in horticulture (e.g. on roses and greenhouse ornamentals). It also controls leaf miners, caterpillars, sawflies, thrips, and spider mites in the previously stated crops as well as turf, and forestry. By direct application to mounds, it is effective in destroying imported fire ants.
Acephate is sold as a soluble powder, as emulsifiable concentrates, as pressurized aerosol, and in tree injection systems and granular formulations.
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