Randox

Synonyms

2-Chloro-N,N-di-2-propenylacetamide; 2-Chloro-N,N-diallylacetamide; Acetamide, 2-chloro-N,N-di-2-propenyl-; Acetamide, 2-chloro-N,N-diallyl-; Acetamide, N,N-diallyl-2-chloro-; Alidochlor; Alidochlore; Allidochlor; Allidochlor [ISO]; CDAAT; CP 6,343; Cdaat; Diallylamid kyseliny chloroctove [Czech]; Diallylchloroacetamide; N,N-Diallyl-2-chloroacetamide; N,N-Diallylchloroacetamide; Rantox T; alpha-Chloro-N,N-diallylacetamide; [ChemIDplus]

Category

Herbicides, Other

Description

Amber liquid or solid; mp = 145 deg C; [HSDB] Clear colorless liquid; [MSDSonline]

Sources/Uses

Formerly used as a selective pre-emergence herbicide for corn, soy beans, vegetables, and other crops; [HSDB]

Comments

A moderate skin and eye irritant; High-dose animal studies: No adverse effects in 90-day studies of rats and dogs fed up to 200 ppm; Caused skin burns in rabbits; Convulsions, coma, and liver degeneration at lethal doses; [HSDB] May cause severe skin and eye irritation; [CAMEO] A skin and eye irritant; [eChemPortal: ESIS]

No longer registered as a pesticide for use in the US; [HSDB]

Biomedical References

0.0094 mm Hg

Other CNS neurotoxin

Hepatoxic (a) from occupational exposure (secondary effect) or (b) in animal studies or in humans after ingestion

Skin burns

Processes

Industrial Processes with risk of exposure:

• Farming (Pesticides)