Butocarboxim

Synonyms

Butocarboxime; 2-Methylthio-O-(N-methylcarbamoyl)-butanonoxim-3 [German]; 3-(Methylthio)-2-butanone O-((methylamino)carbonyl)oxime; 3-(Methylthio)-2-butanone O-(methylcarbamoyl)oxime; 3-(Methylthio)-O-((methylamino)carbonyl)oxime-2-butanone; 3-(Methylthio)butanone O-methylcarbamoyloxime; Afiline; Butocarboxim [German]; Butocarboxime [ISO-French]; CO 755; Drawin 755; 2-Butanone, 3-(methylthio)-, O-(N-methylcarbamoyl)oxime; [ChemIDplus]

Category

Carbamate Insecticides

Description

Pale brown liquid (technical product); (E)- isomer: mp = 37 deg C; (Z)- isomer: liquid at room temperature; [HSDB] Nearly colorless liquid (partially crystallized); mp = 34-37 deg C; [INCHEM JMPR] Colorless solid; mp = 32-37 deg C; [MSDSonline]

Sources/Uses

Used as systemic insecticide for sucking insects in citrus, cotton, vegetables, fruit trees, and ornamentals; [HSDB] Also provides good secondary control of mites; Used in some European countries, Israel, and Taiwan (as of 1983); [INCHEM JMPR]

Comments

A mild skin and moderate eye irritant; No effects observed on fertility, growth rate, or mortality and no evidence of carcinogenicity or mutagenicity in two year feeding study with rats at highest dose (300 mg/kg diet); [HSDB] An eye irritant; [eChemPortal: ESIS] See "CARBAMATE INSECTICIDES."

Cancelled--no longer registered as a pesticide for use in the US; [HSDB]

Biomedical References

Acetylcholinesterase activity in red blood cells = 70% of individual's baseline; Butylcholinesterase activity in serum or plasma = 60% of individual's baseline; Sample at end of shift; [TLVs and BEIs]

7.95E-05 mm Hg

LC50 (rat) = 1,000 mg/m3/4h

Other Poison

Carbamate

Diseases

Occupational diseases associated with exposure to this agent:

• Organophosphates & carbamates, acute poisoning

Processes

Industrial Processes with risk of exposure:

• Farming (Pesticides)