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  1. CAS Number62-74-8
    3D model (JSmol)Interactive image
    Beilstein Reference3915223
    History and production

    The effectiveness of sodium fluoroacetate as a rodenticide was reported in 1942. The name "1080" refers to the catalogue number of the poison, which became its brand name.
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    Natural occurrence

    Fluoroacetate occurs naturally in at least 40 plants in Australia, Brazil, and Africa. It is one of only five known organofluorine-containing natural products.
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    Structure

    X-ray crystallography confirms that solid sodium fluoroacetate is a salt with intact fluoroacetate anions interacting with Na via a network of Na-O bonds. See more

    Toxicology

    Sodium fluoroacetate is toxic to most obligate aerobic organisms, and highly toxic to mammals and insects. The oral dose of sodium fluoroacetate sufficient to be lethal in humans is 2–10 mg/kg.
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