Yellow oily liquid; terpene-like odor. Very soluble in alcohol, benzene, chloroform, and ether; practically insoluble in water.
Combustible.
Insecticide, especially in cattle sprays.
The technical grade contains 82% or more of
isobornyl thiocyanoacetate, also other terpenes and
derivatives.
200 g of camphene and 150 g of chloroacetic acid were heated 16 hours at
125°C, cooled to room temperature and the resulting product washed with
water. In this way, 177 g of isobornyl monochloroacetate, analyzing 12.8%, by
weight, chlorine was recovered. 174 g of the isobornyl monochloroacetate was
dissolved in 300 cc of ethyl alcohol, 100 g of potassium thiocyanate added to
this solution and the mixture refluxed for a period of 8 hours. 276 g of a
product was recovered, which analyzed as follows: chlorine, 0.2% by wt. and
sulfur, 10.9% by wt. This analysis shows the product to be principally
isobornyl thiocyanoacetate.
Toxic by ingestion, strong irritant.
