aldrin


Status: ISO 1750 (published)
IUPAC: (1R,4S,4aS,5S,8R,8aR)-1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-1,4:5,8-dimethanonaphthalene
CAS: (1R,4S,4aS,5S,8R,8aR)-rel-1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-1,4:5,8-dimethanonaphthalene
Reg. No.: 309-00-2
Formula: C12H8Cl6
Activity: insecticides (cyclodiene insecticides)
Notes: British pronunciation: ál-drǐn
Aldrin is the ISO common name for material containing more than 95% of the pure compound; the pure compound has the ISO common name HHDN.
The 5R,8S isomer has the BSI common name isodrin.
Structure: Structural formula of aldrin
InChI: InChI=1/C12H8Cl6/c13-8-9(14)11(16)7-5-2-1-4(3-5)6(7)10(8,15)12(11,17)18/h1-2,4-7H,3H2/t4-,5+,6+,7-,10+,11-

A data sheet from the Compendium of Pesticide Common Names