Piperonyl butoxide

Piperonyl butoxide
Piperonyl butoxide 2D
Piperonyl butoxide 3D
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
5-{[2-(2-Butoxyethoxy)ethoxy]methyl}-6-propyl-2H-1,3-benzodioxole
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.070 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 200-076-7
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C19H30O5/c1-3-5-7-20-8-9-21-10-11-22-14-17-13-19-18(23-15-24-19)12-16(17)6-4-2/h12-13H,3-11,14-15H2,1-2H3 ☒N
    Key: FIPWRIJSWJWJAI-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/C19H30O5/c1-3-5-7-20-8-9-21-10-11-22-14-17-13-19-18(23-15-24-19)12-16(17)6-4-2/h12-13H,3-11,14-15H2,1-2H3
    Key: FIPWRIJSWJWJAI-UHFFFAOYAD
  • CCCCOCCOCCOCC1=CC2=C(C=C1CCC)OCO2
Properties
C19H30O5
Molar mass 338.438 g/mol
Density 1.05 g/cm3
Melting point 21 °C (70 °F; 294 K)
Boiling point 180 °C (356 °F; 453 K) at 1 mmHg
Hazards
Flash point 170 °C (338 °F; 443 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Piperonyl butoxide (PBO) is a pale yellow to light brown liquid[1] organic compound used as a synergist component of pesticide formulations. That is, despite having no pesticidal activity of its own, it enhances the potency of certain pesticides such as carbamates, pyrethrins, pyrethroids, and rotenone.[2] It is a semisynthetic derivative of safrole.[3]

  1. ^ National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
  2. ^ National Pesticide Information Center – Piperonyl Butoxide General Fact Sheet
  3. ^ Robert L. Metcalf "Insect Control" in Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry" Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002. doi:10.1002/14356007.a14_263