Sodium fluoroacetate

Sodium fluoroacetate
Names
IUPAC name
Sodium 2-fluoroacetate
Other names
  • 1080
  • Compound 1080
  • SFA
  • Sodium monofluoroacetate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
3915223
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.499 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 200-548-2
470376
KEGG
RTECS number
  • AH9100000
UNII
UN number 2629
  • InChI=1S/C2H3FO2.Na/c3-1-2(4)5;/h1H2,(H,4,5);/q;+1/p-1 checkY
    Key: JGFYQVQAXANWJU-UHFFFAOYSA-M checkY
  • InChI=1/C2H3FO2.Na/c3-1-2(4)5;/h1H2,(H,4,5);/q;+1/p-1
    Key: JGFYQVQAXANWJU-REWHXWOFAP
  • [Na+].[O-]C(=O)CF
Properties
FCH2CO2Na
Molar mass 100.024 g·mol−1
Appearance Fluffy colorless to white powder or crystals
Odor odorless[1]
Melting point 200 °C (392 °F; 473 K)
Boiling point Decomposes
soluble
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Toxic, Flammable
GHS labelling:
GHS06: ToxicGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H300, H310, H330, H400
P260, P262, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P284, P301+P310, P302+P350, P304+P340, P310, P320, P321, P322, P330, P361, P363, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501
Flash point ?
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
1.7 mg/kg (rat, oral)
0.34 mg/kg (rabbit, oral)
0.1 mg/kg (rat, oral)
0.3 mg/kg (guinea pig, oral)
0.1 mg/kg (mouse, oral)[2]
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
TWA 0.05 mg/m3 [skin][1]
REL (Recommended)
TWA 0.05 mg/m3 ST 0.15 mg/m3 [skin][1]
IDLH (Immediate danger)
2.5 mg/m3[1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Sodium fluoroacetate, also known as compound 1080, is an organofluorine chemical compound with the chemical formula FCH2CO2Na. It is the sodium salt of fluoroacetic acid. It contains sodium cations Na+ and fluoroacetate anions FCH2CO2. This colourless salt has a taste similar to that of table salt (sodium chloride) and is used as a rodenticide.

  1. ^ a b c d NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0564". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  2. ^ "Sodium fluoroacetate". Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).