Chlordane

Product name: Chlordane

CAS no, 57-74-9

Molecular formula C10H6Cl8

Molecular weight 409.779

Product description: Chlordane, or chlordan, is an organochlorine compound that was used as a pesticide. This white solid was sold in the U.S. until 1983 as an insecticide for crops like corn and citrus and on lawns and domestic gardens. Chlordane is one so-called cyclodiene pesticide, meaning that it is derived from hexachlorocyclopentadiene. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene forms an adduct with cyclopentadiene, and chlorination of this adduct give two isomers, α and β. The mixture is called chlordane. The β isomer is more bioactive.