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2D Structure
Also known as: 116-06-3, Aldicarbe, Temik, Nsc 379586, 2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propanal, o-((methylamino)carbonyl)oxime, Propanal, 2-methyl-2-(methylthio)-, o-[(methylamino)carbonyl]oxime
Molecular Formula
C7H14N2O2S
Molecular Weight
190.27  g/mol
InChI Key
QGLZXHRNAYXIBU-WEVVVXLNSA-N

Carbamate derivative used as an insecticide, acaricide, and nematocide.
1 2D Structure

2D Structure

2 Identification
2.1 Computed Descriptors
2.1.1 IUPAC Name
[(E)-(2-methyl-2-methylsulfanylpropylidene)amino] N-methylcarbamate
2.1.2 InChI
InChI=1S/C7H14N2O2S/c1-7(2,12-4)5-9-11-6(10)8-3/h5H,1-4H3,(H,8,10)/b9-5+
2.1.3 InChI Key
QGLZXHRNAYXIBU-WEVVVXLNSA-N
2.1.4 Canonical SMILES
CC(C)(C=NOC(=O)NC)SC
2.1.5 Isomeric SMILES
CC(C)(/C=N/OC(=O)NC)SC
2.2 Synonyms
2.2.1 MeSH Synonyms

1. Ent 27,093

2. Ent-27,093

3. Ent27,093

4. Temik

5. Uc 21,149

6. Uc 21149

7. Uc-21,149

8. Uc-21149

9. Uc21,149

10. Uc21149

2.2.2 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

1. 116-06-3

2. Aldicarbe

3. Temik

4. Nsc 379586

5. 2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propanal, O-((methylamino)carbonyl)oxime

6. Propanal, 2-methyl-2-(methylthio)-, O-[(methylamino)carbonyl]oxime

7. 2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propionaldehyde O-(methylcarbamoyl)oxime

8. Temik 10 G

9. Uc-21149

10. Oms-771

11. 2-methyl-2-methylthio-propionaldehyd-o-(n-methyl-carbamoyl)-oxim

12. (1e)-2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propanal O-[(methylamino)carbonyl]oxime

13. 2-methyl-n-[(methylcarbamoyl)oxy]-2-(methylsulfanyl)propan-1-imine

14. Temik G 10

15. Chebi:2555

16. 2-metil-2-tiometil-propionaldeid-o-(n-metil-carbamoil)-ossima

17. Aldecarb

18. Temic

19. O-(methylcarbamoyl)-2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propionaldehyd-oxime

20. Z-isomeraldicarb

21. Propionaldehyde, 2-methyl-2-(methylthio)-, O-(methylcarbamoyl)oxime

22. Carbamic Acid, Methyl-, O-((2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propylidene)amino) Deriv.

23. Nsc-379586

24. Spectrum5_002022

25. Schembl9781

26. Bspbio_002463

27. Spectrum330061

28. [(2-methyl-2-methylsulfanylpropylidene)amino] N-methylcarbamate

29. Bidd:er0312

30. Chembl91732

31. Qglzxhrnayxibu-wevvvxlnsa-

32. Zinc5662877

33. Pesticide2_aldicarb_c7h14n2o2s_

34. Bdbm50064478

35. Ccg-39640

36. Mfcd00041807

37. Nsc379586

38. Akos006228461

39. Cs-3315

40. Ncgc00090795-01

41. Ncgc00090795-02

42. Ncgc00090795-03

43. Ncgc00090795-04

44. Ncgc00090795-05

45. Ncgc00090795-06

46. Ncgc00090795-07

47. Ncgc00090795-08

48. Ncgc00090795-09

49. Ncgc00090795-10

50. Hy-17529

51. Aldicarb, Pestanal(r), Analytical Standard

52. 116a063

53. J-003379

54. Aldicarb, Certified Reference Material, Tracecert(r)

55. Brd-k32595626-001-01-8

56. Q27285799

57. 2-methyl-2-methylthio-propionaldehyd-o-(n-methyl-carbamoyl)-oxime

58. 2-methyl-1-(([(methylamino)carbonyl]oxy)imino)-2-(methylsulfanyl)propane #

2.3 Create Date
2006-10-24
3 Chemical and Physical Properties
Molecular Weight 190.27 g/mol
Molecular Formula C7H14N2O2S
XLogP31.1
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count4
Rotatable Bond Count4
Exact Mass190.07759887 g/mol
Monoisotopic Mass190.07759887 g/mol
Topological Polar Surface Area76 Ų
Heavy Atom Count12
Formal Charge0
Complexity180
Isotope Atom Count0
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count1
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Covalently Bonded Unit Count1
4 Pharmacology and Biochemistry
4.1 MeSH Pharmacological Classification

Cholinesterase Inhibitors

Drugs that inhibit cholinesterases. The neurotransmitter ACETYLCHOLINE is rapidly hydrolyzed, and thereby inactivated, by cholinesterases. When cholinesterases are inhibited, the action of endogenously released acetylcholine at cholinergic synapses is potentiated. Cholinesterase inhibitors are widely used clinically for their potentiation of cholinergic inputs to the gastrointestinal tract and urinary bladder, the eye, and skeletal muscles; they are also used for their effects on the heart and the central nervous system. (See all compounds classified as Cholinesterase Inhibitors.)


Insecticides

Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics. (See all compounds classified as Insecticides.)


4.2 Absorption, Distribution and Excretion

Male rats (Carworth Farms-Elias Stock) were treated orally or ip with labeled Temik in ethanol or Temik sulfoxide in water. Excretion of s-methyl-(14)C & tert-butyl-(14)C temik was completed, essentially, in 4 days. N-methyl-(14)C was excreted in urine & feces up to 11 days.

Menzie, C.M. Metabolism of Pesticides. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Publication 127. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969., p. 296


Aldicarb is readily absorbed from GI tract of treated animals. Excretion of radiolabeled cmpd admin to rats is primarily in urine, as approx 80% appears within 24 hr, with additional 1% in feces. Only traces of unchanged parent cmpd were found in excreta. When aldicarb is labeled on n-methyl carbon or carbonyl carbon large portion of radioactivity is found in expired air as (14)CO2. Very little aldicarb residues are found in tissues or carcasses of treated animals.

National Research Council. Drinking Water & Health Volume 1. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1977., p. 638


To measure the excretion of aldicarb admin repeatedly, dogs were maintained on diets determining an intake of 0.75 mg/dog/day for 20 days before & 10 days after being given a single (14)C-labeled dose. Of the radioactivity recovered in the urine, 90% was found within 24 hr after admin of the radiolabeled aldicarb.

Hayes, W.J., Jr., E.R. Laws, Jr., (eds.). Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology. Volume 3. Classes of Pesticides. New York, NY: Academic Press, Inc., 1991., p. 1138


Aldicarb is readily absorbed through the gut in rats and cows and through the skin in rats and rabbits. It is rapidly metabolized and excreted within 24 hours of exposure, almost all of the toxic and nontoxic metabolites being excreted in urine.

IARC. Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Humans. Geneva: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1972-PRESENT. (Multivolume work). Available at: https://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php, p. V53 101 (1991)


For more Absorption, Distribution and Excretion (Complete) data for ALDICARB (10 total), please visit the HSDB record page.


4.3 Metabolism/Metabolites

Within 48 hours of administration of carbonyl-(14)C labelled aldicarb rats eliminated over 60% of the (14)C as carbon dioxide, less than 30% was found in the urine. In other (14)C-studies rats excreted more than 80% of the degradation products in urine and less than 10% in faeces (an excretion pattern favoured by enterohepatic cycling of glucuronides which may also serve to extend the systemic activity of the toxic metabolites). The major urinary metabolites were aldicarb sulfoxide (40% of the dose), its oxime and nitrile forms (over 30%); the sulfone and related oxime and nitrile; and, the aldehyde and acid analogues. Aldicarb is not commonly found in the excreta. Bound residues of ingested plant tissues are not absorbed and therefore are found in the faeces. In single dose and short-term diet studies, lactating cows eliminated aldicarb metabolites as rapidly as rats and in the same array of metabolites. Approximately 1% of the dose was excreted in the milk, sulfone and sulfoxide were the major metabolites at 15 and 4% of the total milk residue content respectively.

WHO/FAO; Pesticide Data Sheet (PDS) 53: Aldicarb. Available from, as of August 22, 2013: https://www.inchem.org/pages/pds.html


... Aldicarb is metabolized by both oxidative pathways and hydrolytic processes. Oxidation results in cmpd which are also active cholinesterase inhibitors, while hydrolysis produces cmpd of little or no insecticidal activity or toxicity to other organisms.

National Research Council. Drinking Water & Health Volume 1. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1977., p. 637


The major route of elimination of Temik-(35)S /aldicarb/ ... admin to lactating cow was by way of urine. Extracted and tentatively identified in milk were 11 compounds, incl temik sulfoxide and sulfone, oxime sulfoxide and sulfone, nitrile sulfoxide & sulfone, temik oxime, and 4 unidentified compounds. Metabolites identified in urine were qualitatively identical but differed quantitatively. Only 5 metabolites were identified in feces: temik oxime, oxime sulfoxide, temik sulfoxide, temik sulfone and nitrile sulfone.

Menzie, C.M. Metabolism of Pesticides. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Publication 127. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969., p. 297


In rats, sulfoxide accounted for 40% of dose /of aldicarb/ and sulfone for 1%; both ... are more potent anticholinesterases than aldicarb. Metabolite in cow's milk and urine was hydroxymethyl analogue of sulfone; two other bovine metabolites were 2-methyl-2-(methylsulfinyl)propanol and 2-methyl-2-(methylsulfonyl)propanol.

The Chemical Society. Foreign Compound Metabolism in Mammals. Volume 2: A Review of the Literature Published Between 1970 and 1971. London: The Chemical Society, 1972., p. 295


For more Metabolism/Metabolites (Complete) data for ALDICARB (16 total), please visit the HSDB record page.


4.4 Biological Half-Life

... In worms, aldicarb is rapidly converted to the sulfoxide which has a half-life in worms of 19 hr at 15 C, and 50 hr at 5 C.

Briggs GG, Lord KA; Pestic Sci 14 (4): 412-6 (1983)


... Aldicarb was metabolized in channel catfish to aldicarb sulfoxide, along with the formation of minor hydrolytic products. The toxicokinetics of aldicarb in catfish are bi-compartmental with rapid elimination (t1/2 = 1.9 hr). ...

PMID:10696779 Perkins EJ Jr, Schlenk D; Toxicol Sci 53 (2): 308-15 (2000)


4.5 Mechanism of Action

The carbamate insecticides are reversible cholinesterase-inhibitors. They cause this effect by reversible carbamylation of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, allowing accum of acetylcholine, as with the organophosphate insecticides. ... While the organophosphate insecticides cause irreversible inhibition of the cholinesterase enzymes, the carbamyl-enzyme complex is reversible & dissociates far more readily than the organophosphate complex. The clinical syndrome is more benign & of much shorter duration with the carbamate insecticides. Unlike the the organophosphates, the carbamates poorly penetrate the CNS. /Carbamate insecticides/

Haddad, L.M. and Winchester, J.F. Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdosage. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Co., 1983., p. 711