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THIAMETHOXAM

 

Insecticide
neonicotinoid
THIAMETHOXAM

NOMENCLATURE
Common name thiamethoxam (BSI, pa ISO)
IUPAC name 3-(2-chloro-1,3-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-5-methyl-1,3,5-oxadiazinan-4-ylidene(nitro)amine 
Chemical Abstracts name 3-[(2-chloro-5-thiazolyl)methyl]tetrahydro-5-methyl-N-nitro-4H-1,3,5-oxadiazin-4-imine 
CAS RN [153719-23-4]  Development codes CGA 293343 (Ciba-Geigy)

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Mol. wt. 291.7  M.f. C8H10ClN5O3S  Form Crystalline powder.  M.p. 139.1 °C  V.p. 6.6 ´ 10-6 mPa (25 °C)  KOW logP = -0.13 (25 °C)  Henry 4.70 × 10-10 Pa m3 mol-1 (calc.)  Solubility In water 4.1 g/l (25 °C).
APPLICATIONS
Biochemistry Agonist of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, affecting the synapses in the insect central nervous system.  Mode of action Insecticide with contact, stomach and systemic activity. Rapidly taken up into the plant and transported acropetally in the xylem.  Uses Under develoment for control of aphids, whitefly, thrips, ricehoppers, ricebugs, mealybugs, white grubs, Colorado potato beetle, flea beetles, wireworms, ground beetles, leaf miners and some lepidopterous species, at application rates from 10 to 200 g/ha (R. Senn et al., loc. cit.). Major crops for foliar and soil treatments are cole crops, leafy and fruity vegetables, potatoes, rice, cotton, deciduous fruit, citrus, tobacco and soya beans; for seed treatment use, maize, sorghum, cereals, sugar beet, oilseed rape, cotton, peas, beans, sunflowers, rice and potatoes.  Formulation types FS; GR, SC, WG, WS