دیازینون

Also known as Basudin, Diazide, O,O-Diethyl-O-2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidinyl-phosphorothioate, Spectracide, O,O-diethyl O-[6-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl] thiophosphate, Dimpylate, O,O-Diethyl 2-isopropyl-4-methylpyrimidyl-6-thiophosphate, O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidyl) thionophosphate

Diazinon (IUPAC name: '''O,O-Diethyl O-[4-methyl-6-(propan-2-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl] phosphorothioate, INN - Dimpylate'''), a colorless to dark brown liquid, is a thiophosphoric acid ester developed in 1952 by Ciba-Geigy, a Swiss chemical company (later Novartis and then Syngenta). It is a nonsystemic organophosphate insecticide formerly used to control cockroaches, silverfish, ants, and fleas in residential, non-food buildings. Diazinon was heavily used during the 1970s and early 1980s for general-purpose gardening use and indoor pest control. A bait form was used to control scavenger wasps in the