2007-08-09 14:20:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It's DDT, an insecticide. Onemakes it by reaction of chlorobenzene and chloral, catalyzed by H2SO4
(Cl-C6H4)2CH-CCl3
2007-08-09 14:26:06 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
DDT is an organochlorine insecticide used mainly to control mosquito-borne malaria; use on crops has generally been replaced by less persistent insecticides . It was extensively used during the Second World War among Allied troops and certain civilian populations to control insect typhus and malaria vectors, and was then extensively used as an agricultural insecticide after 1945 . DDT was banned for use in Sweden in 1970 and in the United States in 1972
It has a TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
For more details visit :
http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/ddt-ext.html....
2007-08-09 15:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is DDT. It is a pesticide and is no longer used against pests in farms. It is known to cause environmental imbalance.
2007-08-09 14:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by Hell's Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the old chemical name for the pesticide called D(ichloro)D(iphenyl)T(richloroethane).
2007-08-09 14:24:34 · answer #4 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋