Degradation and fate of fenitrothion applied to harvested rice grains was written by Takimoto, Yoshiyuki;Oshima, Masako;Miyamoto, Junshi. And the article was included in Nippon Noyaku Gakkaishi in 1978.Reference of 5367-32-8 This article mentions the following:
Studies were conducted on the fate of fenitrothion (I) [122-14-5] labeled with 14C at the meta Me group and applied to rice grains at 6 or 15 ppm after harvest. During rice storage at 30 and 15鎺? I was decomposed with half-lives of 4 and >12 mo, resp. Major decomposition products were the demethyl derivative (II) [21847-47-2] of I and 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol (III) [2581-34-2]. 3-Hydroxymethyl-4-nitrophenol [60463-12-9], P:S isomers and P:O analogs of both I and II, 4-methyl-5-nitropyrocatechol (IV) [68906-21-8], III Me ether [5367-32-8], and IV di-Me ether [7509-11-7], were formed in small amounts I and its decomposition products penetrated into the grains about 100 娓璵 in depth from the surface during 12 mo-storage. Milling removed approx. 60% of the applied 14C in rice. Cooking I-treated unpolished rice decomposed I mainly into II and III. Malathion (V) [121-75-5] in stored rice was decomposed at similar rates to those of I mainly into the demethyl derivative [68906-22-9] and V mono- and diacids. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 3-Methyl-4-nitroanisole (cas: 5367-32-8Reference of 5367-32-8).
3-Methyl-4-nitroanisole (cas: 5367-32-8) belongs to ethers. Relative to alcohols, ethers are generally less dense, are less soluble in water, and have lower boiling points. They are relatively unreactive, and as a result they are useful as solvents for fats, oils, waxes, perfumes, resins, dyes, gums, and hydrocarbons. Vapours of certain ethers are used as insecticides, miticides, and fumigants for soil. Ethers can form hydrogen bonds with other molecules (alcohols, amines, etc.) that have O閳ユ椊 or N閳ユ椊 bonds. The ability to form hydrogen bonds with other compounds makes ethers particularly good solvents for a wide variety of organic compounds and a surprisingly large number of inorganic compounds.Reference of 5367-32-8
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