DELTAMETHRIN is a very broad spectrum pyrethroid insecticide that kills insects on contact and through digestion. It is used to control apple and pear suckers, plum fruit moth, caterpillars on brassicas, pea moth, aphids (apples, plums, hops), winter moth (apples and plums), codling and tortrix moths (apples). Control of aphids, mealy bugs, scale insects, and whitefly on glasshouse cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, potted plants, and ornamentals. It also controls numerous insect pests of field crops. Deltamethrin has very good residual activity for outdoor uses (field crops, cattle dip, tsetse) and for indoor uses (mosquitoes, stable flies, horsefiles, fleas, cockroaches, stored product insects).
COMMON NAMEDeltamethrin
CLASSSynthetic pyrethroid, Insecticide
CHEMICAL NAMES IUPAC   CA    (S)-ά-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (1R,3R)-3-(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate ά 1R- ά 1 ά (S*),3 ά ά ά -cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dibromoethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate
EMPIRICAL FORMULAC22H19Br2NO3
MOLECULAR MASS505.2
MOLECULAR  STRUCTURE  
CAS NUMBER52918-63-5
CIPAC CODE NUMBER     333
SPECIFICATIONTESTSPECIFICATION
Description Off-white to white crystalline powder free from extraneous matter
Deltamethrin Content (% w/w)98.50 %
R – Isomer Content  (% w/w)   1.00 %
Acid Chloride corresponding to Deltamethrin  (% w/w)0.10 %
Acid + anhydride corresponding to Deltamethrin  (% w/w)1.0 %
Melting Point   98-101 oC
Specific Optical  Rotation  (S.O.R)57 ± 1.5o
Moisture Content   by K.F. (% w/w)0.20 %
Acidity as H2SO4 (% w/w)   0.30 %
TOXICITYOral LD50 (m, rats) >135 mg/kg b.w. Dermal LD50 (m, rats) > 2000 mg/kg b.w. Inhalation LC50 (4h), (m,rats) 2.2 mg/l b.w.
SHELF LIFE2 YEARS
PACKINGUN APPROVED HDPE / FIBER DRUMS – 25 KG
FORMULATIONSEC , DP, EG, EW, GR, HN, PO, SC, SL, TB, UL, WG, WP, CHALK