
Heptachlor
Heptachlor is a cyclodiene organochlorine insecticide that is 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1H-4,7-methanoindene substituted by chlorine atoms at positions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 8. Formerly used to kill termites, ants and other insects in agricultural and domestic situations. It has a role as an antibacterial agent, an agrochemical, an antifungal agent, a GABA-gated chloride channel antagonist and a persistent organic pollutant. It derives from a hydride of a 1H-indene. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 1,5,7,8,9,10,10-heptachlorotricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]deca-3,8-diene
- Molecular formula
- C10H5Cl7
- Molecular weight
- 373.3 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 371.818144 Da
- XLogP3
- 4.3
- Topological polar surface area
- 0.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 0
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:34785
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL194400
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID3020679
- PubMed:40582692
- PubMed:38723972
- PubMed:34516295
- PubMed:32949729
- PubMed:31923579
- PubMed:30719927
- PubMed:28927721
- PubMed:28531659
- PubMed:28385489
- PubMed:27240701
- PubMed:26139245
- PubMed:26022396
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