The technical material of clothianidin is generally white to pale yellow, or gray to off-white, while its pure product appears as a white crystalline powder.
Clothianidin is an organic compound with the molecular formula C₆H₈ClN₅O₂S. It is an insecticide belonging to the neonicotinoid class, a new type of insecticide characterized by high efficiency, safety, and high selectivity. Its mode of action is similar to that of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, possessing contact, stomach toxicity, and systemic activity.
It is mainly used on rice, vegetables, fruit trees, and other crops to control pests such as aphids, leafhoppers, thrips, and planthoppers, which belong to orders including Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, and certain Lepidoptera. Clothianidin boasts advantages such as high efficiency, broad spectrum, low dosage, low toxicity, long-lasting efficacy, no phytotoxicity to crops, safe application, and no cross-resistance with conventional pesticides. It exhibits excellent systemic and penetrative properties, making it another important variety to replace highly toxic organophosphorus pesticides.
With its novel and unique structure, clothianidin outperforms traditional nicotinic insecticides in performance and has the potential to become a large-scale, globally significant insecticide variety.
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