| Section2 = | Section3 = }} Chlordane's an organochlorine compound that was used as a pesticide. This white solid was sold in the U.S. until 1983 as an insecticide for crops like corn and citrus and on lawns and domestic gardens. Production and uses Chlordane's one so-called cyclodiene pesticide, meaning that it's derived from hexachlorocyclopentadiene. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene forms an adduct with cyclopentadiene, and chlorination of this adduct give two isomers, α and β. The mixtu… (More on Chlordane)