DDT
Organochloride known for its insecticidal properties
Also known as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane · p,p'-DDT · 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane · 1,1'-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-chlorobenzene] · alpha,alpha-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-beta,beta,beta-trichlorethane · p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
- Formula
- C₁₄H₉Cl₅
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- C₁₄H₉Cl₅
- Mass
- 351.9147 Da
- Melting point
- 227°F
- , 108.3°C
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- Density
- 0.99 g/cm³
Overview
Chemistry
All data
115 statements · 49% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Immediately dangerous to life or health
- 500 milligram per cubic metre
- Vapor pressure
- 2e-7 millimetre of mercury temperature: 68°F
- Time-weighted average exposure limit
- 1 milligram per cubic metre applies to jurisdiction: United States · runtime: 8 h · route of administration: skin absorption
- 0.5 milligram per cubic metre applies to jurisdiction: none · runtime: 10 h
- Canonical SMILES
- C1=CC(=CC=C1C(C2=CC=C(C=C2)Cl)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl)Cl
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- C1=CC(=CC=C1C(C2=CC=C(C=C2)Cl)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl)Cl
- Safety classification and labelling
- NFPA 704: Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response nfpa health: 2 · nfpa fire: 2 · nfpa instability: 0
- Part of
- 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)ethane metabolic process subject has role: participant
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- response to DDT subject has role: reactant
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- 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)ethane catabolic process subject has role: reactant
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- DDT-dehydrochlorinase activity
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- 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)ethane metabolic process subject has role: participant
- Subject has role
- occupational carcinogen
- endocrine disruptor
- female reproductive toxicant(since 1998)
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Sources- 1.Stated in California Proposition 65 list of chemicalsoehha.ca.gov/chemicals/dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane-ddtRetrieved 2020-02-24
- male reproductive toxicant(since 1998)
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Sources- 1.Stated in California Proposition 65 list of chemicalsoehha.ca.gov/chemicals/dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane-ddtRetrieved 2020-02-25
- developmental toxicant(since 1998)
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Sources- 1.Stated in California Proposition 65 list of chemicalsoehha.ca.gov/chemicals/dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane-ddtRetrieved 2020-02-25
- carcinogen
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Sources- 1.Stated in California Proposition 65 list of chemicalsoehha.ca.gov/chemicals/dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane-ddtRetrieved 2020-02-25
- Substance control status
- Annex A (Stockholm Convention)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic PollutantsRetrieved 2026-08-31
- Annex A (Stockholm Convention)
On other databases
67 identifiers linking DDT across the web's reference databases
- ATC codeP03AB01
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID119679008
- BNCF Thesaurus ID41700
- CA PROP 65 IDdichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane-ddt
- CAB ID127013
- CAMEO Chemicals ID3067
- CAS Registry Number50-29-3
- CCDC Number1131466
- ChEBI ID16130
- ChEMBL IDCHEMBL416898
- ChemSpider ID2928
- CSD RefcodeCPTCET10
- DeCS ID3651
- Dewey Decimal Classification363.1792
- DrugBank IDDB13424
- DrugCentral ID4396
- DSSTOX compound identifierDTXCID20375
- DSSTox substance IDDTXSID4020375
- EC number200-024-3
- ECHA Substance Infocard ID100.000.023
- Encyclopedia of Korean Culture IDE0069019
- Freebase ID/m/02cc1
- Gmelin number509864
- GND ID4148933-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDddt
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0021680
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDDDT
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1943196
- HCIS ID1151
- HSDB ID200
- Human Metabolome Database IDHMDB0032127
- ICSC ID0034
- InChIInChI=1S/C14H9Cl5/c15-11-5-1-9(2-6-11)13(14(17,18)19)10-3-7-12(16)8-4-10/h1-8,13H
- InChIKeyYVGGHNCTFXOJCH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- J9U entity ID987007543365005171
- KBpedia IDDichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
- KEGG IDD07367
- Lex IDDDT
- Library of Congress Authorities IDsh85035995
- MassBank accession IDMSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP000940
- MeSH descriptor IDD003634
- MeSH tree codeD02.455.526.439.255
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)2911214281
- National Library of Latvia ID000350024
- NDL Authority ID00561287
- NE.se IDddt
- NMRShiftDB structure ID75421
- NSC number8939
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning842
- PDB ligand ID6WT
- PesticideInfo chemical IDPRI2439
- PM20 ware ID232770
- Probes And Drugs IDPD013792
- PubChem CID3036
- Quora topic IDDDT
- Reaxys registry number1882657
- RTECS numberKJ3325000
- SPLASHsplash10-000i-4590000000-8e90af62825794d4ed32
- Store medisinske leksikon IDDDT_-_diklordifenyltrikloretan
- SureChEMBL ID7181
- UM-BBD compound IDc0384
- UMLS CUIC0011041
- UniChem compound ID469695
- UNIICIW5S16655
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID14624118-n
- Yale LUX IDconcept/3ebf59db-cc7c-417e-a474-cb897012440c
- ZVG number12510