Mipafox is a highly toxic organophosphate insecticide that is an irreversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and is resistant to cholinesterase reactivators.[1] It was developed in the 1950s and is now believed to be no longer in use.[2]
Toxicity
There are case reports of delayed neurotoxicity and paralysis due to acute exposure to mipafox.[3]
Synthesis
Phosphoryl chloride is first reacted with isopropylamine. The resulting product is then reacted with potassium fluoride or ammonium fluoride to produce mipafox.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Mangas, I; Taylor, P; Vilanova, E; Estévez, J; França, TC; Komives, E; Radić, Z (March 2016). "Resolving pathways of interaction of mipafox and a sarin analog with human acetylcholinesterase by kinetics, mass spectrometry and molecular modeling approaches". Archives of Toxicology. 90 (3): 603–16. doi:10.1007/s00204-015-1481-1. PMC 4833118. PMID 25743373.
- ^ "The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification 2019" (PDF). World Health Organization.
- ^ BIDSTRUP, PL; BONNELL, JA; BECKETT, AG (16 May 1953). "Paralysis following poisoning by a new organic phosphorus insecticide (mipafox); report on two cases". British Medical Journal. 1 (4819): 1068–72. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4819.1068. PMC 2016450. PMID 13042137.
- ^ "Process for the preparation of bisisopropyl-amino-fluoro-phosphine oxide".
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