White, crystalline powder. Soluble in chloroform and aromatic hydrocarbons;
insoluble in water.
Acaricide. Ovicide on deciduous fruits, citrus, cotton and other crops.
ChEBI: A sulfone that is diphenylsulfone in which one of the phenyl groups is substituted by chlorine at position 4, while the other is substituted by a chlorine at positions 2, 4, and 5.
Moderately toxic by
ingestion. Mildly toxic by slun contact. An
experimental teratogen. Used to control
worms in crops. When heated to
decomposition it emits highly toxic fumes of
Cland SOx.
