The molecule is an dialkyl phosphate resulting from the formal condensation of the acidic hydroxy group of dimethyl hydrogen phosphate with the alcoholic hydroxy group of 1,2-dibromo-2,2-dichloroethanol. An organophosphate insecticide, it is no longer approved for use within the European Union. It has a role as an EC 3.1.1.7 (acetylcholinesterase) inhibitor, an EC 3.1.1.8 (cholinesterase) inhibitor, an acaricide, an agrochemical, an antibacterial agent and an antifungal agent. It is a dialkyl phosphate, an organophosphate insecticide, an organochlorine compound and an organobromine compound.
(1,2-dibromo-2,2-dichloroethyl) dimethyl phosphate