Substance profile
Brodifacoum
Brodifacoum is a white powder and is odorless.
01 · Identification
What Brodifacoum is
Brodifacoum is a white powder and is odorless. Its molecular formula is C31H23BrO3 and its molecular weight is 523.4 g/mol. It melts at 232 °C.
Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.
02 · Identifiers
Brodifacoum identifiers and molecular data
Brodifacoum CAS number and EC number
Brodifacoum molecular formula and molecular weight
Other names for Brodifacoum
- brodifacoum (ISO)
- 4-hydroxy-3-(3-(4'-bromo-4-biphenylyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthyl)coumarin
03 · GHS classification
Brodifacoum hazard classification
Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.
Brodifacoum pictograms and signal word
Brodifacoum hazard class and category
| Hazard class | Category | From code | Pictogram |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute toxicity - oral GHS chapter 3.1 | Category 1 or 2 | H300 | GHS06 |
| Acute toxicity - dermal GHS chapter 3.1 | Category 1 or 2 | H310 | GHS06 |
| Acute toxicity - inhalation GHS chapter 3.1 | Category 1 or 2 | H330 | GHS06 |
| Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure GHS chapter 3.9 | Category 1 | H372 | GHS08 |
| Hazardous to the aquatic environment - acute GHS chapter 4.1 | Category 1 | H400 | GHS09 |
| Hazardous to the aquatic environment - chronic GHS chapter 4.1 | Category 1 | H410 | GHS09 |
Where two values are shown with “or”, the hazard statement is shared by more than one category or by more than one class, and the code alone does not say which. H272, for example, belongs to oxidising liquids and to oxidising solids — the physical state decides. The binding answer for a specific entry is in the CLP Annex VI table itself.
Brodifacoum hazard statements (H-codes)
| Code | Hazard statement |
|---|---|
| H360D | May damage the unborn child. |
| H330 | Fatal if inhaled. |
| H310 | Fatal in contact with skin. |
| H300 | Fatal if swallowed. |
| H372 | Causes damage to organs <or state all organs affected, if known> through prolonged or repeated exposure <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H400 | Very toxic to aquatic life. |
| H410 | Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects. |
This page lists only the codes assigned to Brodifacoum. The full reference lives on the hazard statements hub, the precautionary statements hub and the GHS pictograms hub.
Safety Data Sheet
Getting an SDS for Brodifacoum
A Safety Data Sheet is written for a product, not for a substance: the supplier of the grade you actually buy issues it, so two suppliers of Brodifacoum issue two different sheets. That is why there is no single authoritative SDS for a substance to download — what there is, is the job of collecting the sheets for the products you hold and keeping them current as suppliers revise them.
04 · Precautionary statements
Brodifacoum precautionary statements
CLP Annex VI assigns 14 precautionary statements to Brodifacoum. They are grouped the way a label groups them: what to do before handling, what to do when something has already happened, how to store it and how to dispose of it.
Prevention
What to do before and during handling so the hazard never happens.
Response
What to do once exposure, spillage or fire has already happened.
Disposal
What has to happen to the contents and the empty container.
Reading the notation. … is a blank the supplier fills in — not a truncated sentence.· [square brackets] mark a part printed only when it applies.
05 · Names in the regulation
Brodifacoum name in 23 EU languages
CLP Annex VI Part 3 is published in every language edition of the regulation, and the identification column is written out in each of them. Nothing below is translated by us: each line is the name as that edition prints it. Under Art. 18(2) the substance name from Annex VI is a lawful product identifier, so this is the wording to put on a label going to that market — and where the cell lists several designations, any one of them qualifies.
| Language | Name in CLP Annex VI Part 3 |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian български | бродифакум (ISO) 4-хидрокси-3-(3-(4′-бромо-4-бифенилил)-1,2,3,4-тетрахидро-1-нафтил)кумарин |
| Spanish español | brodifácum (ISO) 4-hidroxi-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetrahidro-1-naftil)cumarina |
| Czech čeština | brodifakum (ISO) 3-[3-(4′-brombifenyl-4-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naftyl]-4-hydroxy-2 H -chromen-2-on |
| Danish dansk | brodifacoum (ISO) 4-hydroxy-3-(3-(4′-brom-4-biphenylyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthyl)coumarin |
| German Deutsch | Brodifacoum (ISO) 4-Hydroxy-3-(3-(4′-brom-4-biphenylyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthyl)cumarin |
| Estonian eesti | brodifaakum (ISO) 4-hüdroksü-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-bifenülüül)-1,2,3,4-tetrahüdro-1-naftüül)kumariin |
| Greek ελληνικά | βρωδιφακούμη (ISO) 4-υδροξυ-3-(3-(4′-βρωμο-4-διφαινυλυλο)-1,2,3,4-τετραϋδρο-1-ναφθυλο)κουμαρίνη |
| English English | brodifacoum (ISO) 4-hydroxy-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-biphenylyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthyl)coumarin |
| French français | brodifacoum (ISO) 4-hydroxy-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-biphénylyl)-1,2,3,4-tétrahydro-1-naphthyl)coumarine |
| Croatian hrvatski | brodifakum (ISO) 4-hidroksi-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetrahidro-1-naftil)kumarin |
| Italian italiano | brodifacoum (ISO) 4-idrossi-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetraidro-1-naftil)coumarina |
| Latvian latviešu | brodifakums ( ISO ) 4-hidroksi-3-(3-(4′-brom-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetrahidro-1-naftil)kumarīns |
| Lithuanian lietuvių | brodifakumas (ISO) 4-hidroksi-3-(3-(4′-brom-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetrahidro-1-naftil)kumarinas |
| Hungarian magyar | brodifakum (ISO) 4-hidroxi-3-(3-(4′-bróm-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetrahidro-1-naftil)kumarin |
| Maltese Malti | brodifakum (ISO) 4-idrossi-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetraidro-1-naftil)kumarin |
| Dutch Nederlands | brodifacoum (ISO) 4-hydroxy-3-(3-(4′ -broom-4-bifenylyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naftyl)cumarine |
| Polish polski | brodifakum (ISO) 3-[3-(4′-bromobifenyl-4-ilo)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naftylo]-4-hydroksykumaryna |
| Portuguese português | brodifacume (ISO) 4-hidroxi-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetra-hidro-1-naftil)cumarina |
| Romanian română | brodifacum (ISO) 4-hidroxi-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetrahidro-1-naftil)cumarină |
| Slovak slovenčina | brodifakum (ISO) 3-[3-(4′-brómbifenyl-4-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naftyl]-4-hydroxy-2H-chromén-2-ón |
| Slovenian slovenščina | brodifakum (ISO) 4-hidroksi-3-(3-(4′-bromo-4-bifenilil)-1,2,3,4-tetrahidro-1-naftil)kumarin |
| Finnish suomi | brodifakumi (ISO) 4-hydroksi-3-(3-(4′-bromi-4-bifenylyyli)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naftyyli)kumariini |
| Swedish svenska | brodifakum (ISO) 4-hydroxi-3-[3-(4′-brom-4-bifenylyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naftyl]kumarin |
All 23 language editions of Annex VI carry this entry. Irish is the twenty-fourth official EU language and has no line here for a different reason: no consolidated CLP text has ever been published in Irish, so there is no Irish edition of Annex VI to quote a name from. Source: consolidated CLP, CELEX 02008R1272, language editions. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu — only the electronic Official Journal of the European Union is authentic.
06 · Label elements
Brodifacoum GHS label elements
Everything CLP Annex VI fixes for Brodifacoum, laid out the way it appears on a label. The greyed lines are the parts only the supplier can fill in.
Danger
Brodifacoum
- May damage the unborn child.
- Fatal if inhaled.
- Fatal in contact with skin.
- Fatal if swallowed.
- Causes damage to organs <or state all organs affected, if known> through prolonged or repeated exposure <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.
- Very toxic to aquatic life.
- Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
- Do not breathe dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
- Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
- Use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area.
- Avoid release to the environment.
- Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/…
- IF SWALLOWED:
- IF ON SKIN:
- IF INHALED:
- Immediately call a POISON CENTER/doctor/…
- Get medical advice/attention if you feel unwell.
- Rinse mouth.
- Wash with plenty of water/…
- Collect spillage.
- Dispose of contents/container to …
Supplier name, address and telephone number· Product identifier·Nominal quantity
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07 · Physical and chemical properties
Brodifacoum properties
Every value is shown with the conditions it was measured under and the source it came from. Where sources disagree, all values are listed rather than one being picked — the difference is usually a different form of the substance, not an error.
Brodifacoum melting point
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melting point | 232 °C (449.6 °F) | Decomp | HSDB |
| 230 °C (446 °F) | HSDB |
Brodifacoum density
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Density | 1.4 g/cm³ | at 25 °C | HSDB |
| 1.42 g/cm³ | at 25 °C, Technical | HSDB |
Brodifacoum solubility
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solubility | Forms amine salts of limited solubility in water. | HSDB | |
| In water, 0.24 mg/L at 20 °C and pH 7.4 | at 20 °C | HSDB | |
| In acetone 23; dichloromethane 50; tolune 7.2 (all in g/L, 20 °C) | at 20 °C | HSDB |
Brodifacoum vapor pressure
| Property | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vapor pressure | 9.976e-7 mmHg | below this value, at 25 °C | HSDB |
Values compiled from PubChem Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary. Temperatures converted to Fahrenheit for reference.
08 · Fire and explosion
Brodifacoum fire and explosion behaviour
These are descriptions rather than measured values, so they are kept out of the table above and quoted here with the source that reported them.
Brodifacoum fire potential
Not flammable or combustible.
Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
09 · Handling and storage
Brodifacoum storage and handling
Brodifacoum storage conditions
Keep container closed to maintain bait freshness.
Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
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10 · Questions
Brodifacoum — frequently asked questions
What is the CAS number of Brodifacoum?
The CAS number of Brodifacoum is 56073-10-0. Its EC number is 259-980-5.
What is the chemical formula of Brodifacoum?
The molecular formula of Brodifacoum is C31H23BrO3 and its molecular weight is 523.4 g/mol.
What does a Brodifacoum label have to show?
Under CLP Annex VI the label for Brodifacoum carries the pictograms Health hazard, Skull and crossbones and Environment and the signal word is Danger.
Is Brodifacoum flammable?
CLP Annex VI assigns Brodifacoum no flammability hazard class. That is not a statement that it cannot burn: the harmonised list only records the hazards that were assessed for it.
Is Brodifacoum a carcinogen?
CLP Annex VI records no harmonised carcinogenicity classification for Brodifacoum. Annex VI is a list of agreed classifications, not a list of substances found safe, so this is an absence of a classification rather than a clean bill of health.
What is the melting point of Brodifacoum?
The melting point reported for Brodifacoum is 232 °C (449.6 °F), Decomp (HSDB).
How should Brodifacoum be stored?
Keep container closed to maintain bait freshness. (Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB))
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