Spirodiclofen is an acaricide and insecticide used in agriculture to control mites and San Jose scale. In the United States, it is used on citrus, grapes, pome fruit, stone fruit, and tree nut crops.[1][2]

Spirodiclofen
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-2-oxo-1-oxaspiro[4.5]non-3-en-4-yl 2,2-dimethylbutanoate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.130.204 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 604-636-5
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C21H24Cl2O4/c1-4-20(2,3)19(25)26-17-16(13-10-14(22)12-15(23)11-13)18(24)27-21(17)8-6-5-7-9-21/h10-12H,4-9H2,1-3H3
    Key: OYNVHVAEOLJJPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • CCC(C)(C)C(=O)OC1=C(C(=O)OC12CCCCC2)c3cc(cc(c3)Cl)Cl
Properties
C21H24Cl2O4
Molar mass 411.32 g·mol−1
Appearance White solid
Melting point 94.8 °C (202.6 °F; 367.9 K)[1]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation markGHS08: Health hazardGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H317, H350, H361, H373, H410
P201, P202, P260, P261, P272, P273, P280, P281, P302+P352, P308+P313, P314, P321, P333+P313, P363, P391, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Spirodiclofen belongs to the tetronic acid class and acts by inhibiting lipid biosynthesis.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "EPA Pesticide Fact Sheet: Spirodiclofen" (PDF). Environmental Protection Agency.
  2. ^ "Spirodiclofen" (PDF). Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
  3. ^ De Maeyer, L; Geerinck, R (2009). "The multiple target use of spirodiclofen (Envidor 240 SC) in IPM pomefruit in Belgium". Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences. 74 (1): 225–32. PMID 20218531.