Chemical Properties
Liquid. Miscible with water.
General Description
Colorless liquid. Used as a systemic aphicide in Europe, insecticide. Currently of little commercial interest. Not registered as a pesticide in the U.S.
Reactivity Profile
Isolan powder(content2%-20%) is a carbamate ester. Carbamates are chemically similar to, but more reactive than amides. Like amides they form polymers such as polyurethane resins. Carbamates are incompatible with strong acids and bases, and especially incompatible with strong reducing agents such as hydrides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen is produced by the combination of active metals or nitrides with carbamates. Strongly oxidizing acids, peroxides, and hydroperoxides are incompatible with carbamates.
Health Hazard
Isolan powder(content2%-20%) is classified as extremely toxic. Probable oral lethal dose in humans is 5-50 mg/kg or between 7 drops and 1 teaspoonful for a 150-lb. person. A cholinesterase inhibitor; although it is not an organic phosphate, it resembles that group in action.
Fire Hazard
When heated to decomposition, Isolan powder(content2%-20%) emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides.
Hazard
Cholinesterase inhibitor.
Production Methods
The commercial production of isolan involves the synthesis of the pyrazole ring followed by carbamoylation using dimethylcarbamoyl chloride or a similar reagent. The process typically includes condensation of isopropylhydrazine with methyl ethyl ketone to form the substituted pyrazole, which is then esterified with dimethylcarbamic acid derivatives. The final product is purified through distillation or crystallisation.
Mechanism of action
Systemic. Acetylcholinesterase (AchE) inhibitor.
Pesticide Type
Insecticide