toxaphenen.
/ˈtɒksəfiːn/ Chemistry.
Chlorinated camphene used chiefly as an insecticide for pests of crops and livestock.
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1947 Jrnl. Econ. Entomol. 40 79/1 The chlorinated bicyclic terpene, now designated Toxaphene is an insecticide developed cooperatively by Hercules Powder Company and University of Delaware entomologists.
1975 Nature 9 Oct. 475/2 Over the past ten years toxaphene has been used in the USA in larger quantities than any other insecticide.
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