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fenthion
Sign in to saveAlso known as Baytex, Entex, O,O-Dimethyl O-3-methyl-4-methylthiophenyl phosphorothioate, 4-Methylmercapto-3-methylphenyl dimethyl thiophosphate, MPP, O,O-dimethyl O-[3-methyl-4-(methylsulfanyl)phenyl] thiophosphate, O,O-Dimethyl O-4-methylthio-m-tolyl phosphorothioate, Phosphorothioic acid, O,O-dimethyl O-(3-methyl-4-(methylthio)phenyl) ester
Fenthion is an organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide. Like most other organophosphates, its mode of action is via cholinesterase inhibition. Due to its relatively low toxicity towards humans and mammals, fenthion is listed as moderately toxic compound in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization toxicity class.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C10H15O3PS2
- Molecular weight
- 278.3 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dimethoxy-(3-methyl-4-methylsulfanylphenoxy)-sulfanylidene-lambda5-phosphane
- SMILES
- CC1=C(C=CC(=C1)OP(=S)(OC)OC)SC
- InChIKey
- PNVJTZOFSHSLTO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4.1
- Polar surface area
- 85.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
761 papers- Fenthion poisoning.The Journal of pediatrics · 1988
- Fenthion--and heartworm disease.Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 1972
- Simultaneous determination of fenthion and its metabolites in a case of fenthion self-poisoning.Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2023
- Mimicking fenthion metabolism with human FMO3 and CYP2C19 biosensors.Bioelectrochemistry (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026
- Effects of the pyriproxyfen and fenthion on the gonadal morphology of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus: Perciformes, Cichlidae).Journal of fish biology · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 278.02
- Has use
- insecticide
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- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₁₅O₃PS₂
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0285
- density
- 1.25
- melting point
- 43
- vapor pressure
- 0.0003
- solubility
- 0.006
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=C(C=CC(=C1)OP(=S)(OC)OC)SC
- subject has role
- acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
- Commons category
- Fenthion
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Synthesis
- Health effects
- Acute toxicity
- Chronic toxicity
- Environmental effects
- Degradation in nature
- Regulation
- India
- Australia
- References
- External links
Fenthion is an organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide. Like most other organophosphates, its mode of action is via cholinesterase inhibition. Due to its relatively low toxicity towards humans and mammals, fenthion is listed as moderately toxic compound in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization toxicity class.
== Uses ==
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