Dieldrin

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Use

chlorohydrocarbon insecticide

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Dieldrin is stored in the fat and leaves the body very slowly.
• The scientific name for dieldrin is 1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-6,7-epoxy-1,4,4α,5,6,7,8,8α-octahydro-1,4-endo,exo-5,8-dimethanonaphthalene.
• The scientific name for dieldrin is 1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-6,7-epoxy-1,4,4,5,6,7,8,8-octahydro-1,4-endo,exo-5,8-dimethanonaphthalene.
• Dieldrin is closely related to its metabolic precursor aldrin and much of the toxicological information on aldrin is referable to dieldrin.
• Derivatives: Dieldrin is the epoxide of the insecticide aldrin ___________ D.

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