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Difethialone
IUPAC name	3-[3-[4- (4-bromophenyl) phenyl]- 1-tetralinyl]- 2-hydroxy- 4-thiochromenone
Identifiers
CAS number	104653-34-1
PubChem	91771
SMILES	C1C(CC2=CC=CC=C2C1C3=C(SC4=CC=CC=C4C3=O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)C6=CC=C(C=C6)Br
Properties
Molecular formula	C31H23BrO2S
Molar mass	539.48212
	Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
	Infobox references

Difethialone is an anticoagulant used as a rodenticide.^[1]

It is considered a second generation agent.^[2]

In May of 2008 the United States Environmental Protection Agency promulgated a decision that would ban the use of difethialone in consumer-use rodenticide products. See http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/rodenticides/finalriskdecision.htm.

[edit] References

^ Nahas K, Lorgue G, Mazallon M (1989). "Difethialone (LM-2219): a new anticoagulant rodenticide for use against warfarin-resistant and -susceptible strains of Rattus norvegicus and Mus musculus". Ann. Rech. Vet. 20 (2): 159–64. PMID 2751229.
^ Saravanan K, Kanakasabai R, Thiyagesan K (June 2003). "Field evaluation of difethialone, a new second generation anticoagulant rodenticide in the rice fields". Indian J. Exp. Biol. 41 (6): 655–8. PMID 15266918.

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