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Metofluthrin

Metofluthrin is a pyrethroid used as an insect repellent. The vapors of metofluthrin are highly effective and capable of repelling up to 97% of mosquitoes in field tests. Metofluthrin is used in a variety of consumer products, called emanators, for indoor and outdoor use. These products produce a vapor that protects an individual or area. Effectiveness is reduced by air movement. Metofluthrin is neurotoxic, and is not meant to be applied directly to human skin.

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IUPAC name
2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-4-(methoxymethyl)benzyl 2,2-dimethyl-3-(prop-1-en-1-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylate
Identifiers
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ECHA InfoCard 100.213.669
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  • InChI=1S/C18H20F4O3/c1-5-6-11-12(18(11,2)3)17(23)25-8-10-15(21)13(19)9(7-24-4)14(20)16(10)22/h5-6,11-12H,7-8H2,1-4H3 checkY
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  • InChI=1/C18H20F4O3/c1-5-6-11-12(18(11,2)3)17(23)25-8-10-15(21)13(19)9(7-24-4)14(20)16(10)22/h5-6,11-12H,7-8H2,1-4H3
    Key: KVIZNNVXXNFLMU-UHFFFAOYAX
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Properties
C18H20F4O3
Molar mass 360.349 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Metofluthrin is a pyrethroid used as an insect repellent.1 The vapors of metofluthrin are highly effective and capable of repelling up to 97% of mosquitoes in field tests.2 Metofluthrin is used in a variety of consumer products, called emanators, for indoor and outdoor use.34 These products produce a vapor that protects an individual or area. Effectiveness is reduced by air movement. Metofluthrin is neurotoxic, and is not meant to be applied directly to human skin.5

Although metofluthrin has insecticidal properties against the sand fly, Phlebotomus sergenti, it is not an effective repellent of this insect.6

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References

References

  1. Metofluthrin: novel pyrethroid insecticide and innovative mosquito control agent (2007). "Metofluthrin: Novel Pyrethroid Insecticide and Innovative Mosquito Control Agent". Pesticide Chemistry. pp. 149–158. doi:10.1002/9783527611249.ch16. ISBN 978-3-527-61124-9.
  2. Lucas, JR; Shono, Y; Iwasaki, T; Ishiwatari, T; Spero, N; Benzon, G (2007). "U.S. Laboratory and field trials of metofluthrin (SumiOne) emanators for reducing mosquito biting outdoors". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 23 (1): 47–54. doi:10.2987/8756-971x(2007)23[47:ulafto]2.0.co;2. PMID 17536367. S2CID 42229041.
  3. Active Ingredient: Metofluthrin. Archived, California Department of Pesticide Regulation Public Report 2007-6
  4. "Registration of OFF! Insect Repellent Fan" (PDF).
  5. "Metofluthrin pesticide fact sheet" (PDF). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  6. Zollner, G; Orshan, L (2011). "Evaluation of a metofluthrin fan vaporizer device against phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in the Judean Desert, Israel" (PDF). Journal of Vector Ecology. 36 (Suppl 1): S157–65. doi:10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00126.x. PMID 21366769. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017.
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