Codlemon
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Surname | Codlemon | ||||||||||||||||||
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Molecular formula | C 12 H 22 O | ||||||||||||||||||
Brief description |
yellow liquid |
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Molar mass | 182.3 g mol −1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Physical state |
liquid |
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density |
0.86 g cm −3 (bulk density) |
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Melting point |
32 ° C |
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boiling point |
110 ° C |
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Vapor pressure |
168 mPa (25 ° C) |
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solubility |
practically insoluble in water (0.025 g l −1 at 20 ° C) |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Codlemon is a chemical compound from the group of conjugated dienes .
Occurrence
Codlemon one of the insect pheromones and is the sex pheromone of the codling moth and Cydia caryana . Codlemon is used in attractant traps for biological pest control.
Admission
In the European Union Codlemon was approved under the name ( E , E ) -8,10-dodecadien-1-ol together with a large number of other straight-chain lepidopteran pheromones for use as an attractant with effect from September 1, 2009.
Plant protection products with this active ingredient are approved in a number of EU countries, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Entry on Codlemon in the BioPesticide Properties DataBase (BPDB) of the University of Hertfordshire , accessed on November 30, 2013.
- ↑ a b Codlemone data sheet at Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on May 21, 2017 ( PDF ).
- ↑ Commission Directive 2008/127 / EC of December 18, 2008 (PDF) amending Council Directive 91/414 / EEC to include various active substances.
- ↑ General Directorate Health and Food Safety of the European Commission: Entry for (E, E) -8,10-dodecadien-1-ol in the EU pesticide database ; Entry in the national registers of plant protection products in Switzerland , Austria and Germany ; accessed on February 18, 2016.