Chemical name: O,O-dimethyl O-4-nitro-m-tolyl phosphorothioate
CAS no.: 122-14-5

Structural formula:

Molecular formula: C₉H₁₂NO₅PS
Physical & chemical property:
Physical State: Yellow-brown liquid, with a faint characteristic odour.
Melting point: 0.3°C
Density: 1.328 (25°C)
Solubility: In water 14mg/l (30°C). Readily soluble in alcohols, esters, ketones, aromatic hydrocarbons, and chlorinated hydrocarbons.
Stability: Relatively stable to hydrolysis under normal conditions.
Specification: 95% TC, 50% EC, 40% WP
Uses: Non-systemic insecticide with contact and stomach action. Control of chewing, sucking, and boring insects in cereals, soft fruit, tropical fruit, vines, rice, sugar cane, vegetables, turf, and forestry. Also used as a public health insecticide for control of household insects (flies, cockroaches, and other insects) by application to breeding sites; for control of flies in animal houses; for control of stored product insect pests; for control of mosquito larvae (as a vector control agent for malaria); and for control of locusts.