Jump to content

Butachlor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Westervjer (talk | contribs) at 12:51, 22 July 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Butachlor
Names
IUPAC name
N-(Butoxymethyl)-2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)acetamide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.041.328 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 245-477-8
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C17H26ClNO2/c1-4-7-11-21-13-19(16(20)12-18)17-14(5-2)9-8-10-15(17)6-3/h8-10H,4-7,11-13H2,1-3H3
  • ClCC(=O)N(c1c(cccc1CC)CC)COCCCC
Properties[1]
C17H26ClNO2
Molar mass 311.85 g·mol−1
Appearance Light yellow oil
Density 1.0695 g/cm3
20 mg/L (20 °C)
Hazards
Flash point 100 °C (212 °F; 373 K) [2]
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
1740 mg/kg (oral, rat)[1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Butachlor is a herbicide of the acetanilide class.[3] It is used as a selective pre-emergent herbicide.[1] It is extensively used in India in the form of granules in rice as post emergence herbicide.

References

  1. ^ a b c Merck Index, 11th Edition, 1498
  2. ^ Butachlor at Sigma-Aldrich
  3. ^ Butachlor, alanwood.net