OBO ID: CHEBI:2564

Term Name:	aldrin		Search Ontology:
Synonyms:	(1alpha,4alpha,4abeta,5alpha,8alpha,8abeta)-1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-1,4:5,8-dimethanonaphthalene (1R,4S,4aS,5S,8R,8aR)-1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-1,4:5,8-dimethanonaphthalene 1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-endo-1,4-exo-5,8-dimethanonaphthalene 1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-exo-1,4-endo-5,8-dimethanonaphthalene aldrine Compound 118 HHDN
Definition:	An organochlorine compound resulting from the Diels-Alder reaction of hexachlorocyclopentadiene with norbornadiene. A proinsecticide (by epoxidation of the non-chlorinated double bond to give dieldrin), it was widely used as an insecticide before being banned in the 1970s as a persistent organic pollutant.
References:	CAS:309-00-2 KEGG:C07552 PMID:18427830 PMID:21724225 PMID:26449612 PMID:28101603 PMID:28393264 PPDB:21 Patent:US2635977 Patent:US2911447 Pesticides:aldrin Reaxys:2336652 Wikipedia:Aldrin
Ontology:	ChEBI  ( EBI )