Aldrin
Created:
9/21/16
Submitted:
3/6/23
Published:
3/6/23
12310947-bas-color-print_NIH3DAtoms shown as ball-and-stick with standard colors. 3D printable, with caution, using certain 3D printers.
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Aldrin is an organochlorine compound resulting from the Diels-Alder reaction of hexachlorocyclopentadiene with norbornadiene. A proinsecticide (by epoxidation of the non-chlorinated double bond to give dieldrin), it was widely used as an insecticide before being banned in the 1970s as a persistent organic pollutant. It has a role as a persistent organic pollutant and a proinsecticide. It is an organochlorine insecticide and an organochlorine compound.
