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chlordecone
Sign in to saveAlso known as Decachlorooctahydro-1,3,4-metheno-2H-cyclobuta(cd)-pentalen-2-one, Decachlorooctahydro-kepone-2-one, Decachlorotetrahydro-4,7-methanoindeneone, GC 1189, 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,10-decachloropentacyclo[5.3.0.0(2,6).0(3,9).0(4,8)]decan-5-one, perchloropentacyclo[5.3.0.0(2,6).0(3,9).0(4,8)]decan-5-one, decachloropentacyclo[5.2.1.0(2,6).0(3,9).0(5,8)]decan-4-one
Chlordecone, better known in the United States under the brand name Kepone, is an organochlorine compound and a colourless solid. It is an obsolete insecticide, now prohibited in the Western world, but only after many thousands of tonnes had been produced and used. Chlordecone is a known persistent organic pollutant that was banned globally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2009.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C10Cl10O
- Molecular weight
- 490.6 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,10-decachloropentacyclo[5.3.0.02,6.03,9.04,8]decan-5-one
- SMILES
- C1(=O)C2(C3(C4(C1(C5(C2(C3(C(C45Cl)(Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- LHHGDZSESBACKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.9
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
724 papers- Chlordecone-induced hepatic dysfunction.Journal of toxicology and environmental health · 1981
- Chlordecone neurotoxicity: a brief overview.Neurotoxicology · 1982
- Chlordecone, a persistent pollutant: analytical challenges and sustainable remediation solutions.Journal of environmental management · 2026
- Chlordecone-contaminated epilithic biofilms show increased adsorption capacities.The Science of the total environment · 2022
- Chlordecone (Kepone) poisoning in the French Territories in the Americas.Lancet (London, England) · 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- History
- Regulation
- Toxicology
- Incidents
- James River estuary
- French Antilles
- References
- External links
Chlordecone, better known in the United States under the brand name Kepone, is an organochlorine compound and a colourless solid. It is an obsolete insecticide, now prohibited in the Western world, but only after many thousands of tonnes had been produced and used. Chlordecone is a known persistent organic pollutant that was banned globally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2009.
==Synthesis== Chlordecone is made by dimerizing hexachlorocyclopentadiene and hydrolyzing to a ketone.
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