Dimethyl phosphorochloridothioate is an organophosphate compound used as an intermediate for insecticides, pesticides, and fungicides, as well as additives for oil and gasoline, plasticizers corrosion inhibitors; flame retardants and flotation agents. It is an irritant for skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.
Uses Dimethyl phosphorochloridothionate is used to synthesize the widely used and highly toxic insecticide Parathion by reacting it with sodium p-nitrophenate.
Dimethyl phosphorochloridothionate is also known to have been used to synthesize other organophosphate compounds such as O,O-dimethyl phosphoramidothioate , which is an intermediate used in producting other insecticides such as Acephate.
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