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butachlor
Sign in to saveAlso known as N-(Butoxymethyl)-2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)acetamide
Butachlor is a herbicide of the acetanilide class. It is used as a selective pre-emergent herbicide to control annual grasses and some broad-leaved weeds. It was introduced circa 1970. It is extensively used in India in the form of granules and emulsifiable concentrate in rice as post emergence herbicide, and was sold in India in 2005-06, declining to in 2009-10.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C17H26ClNO2
- Molecular weight
- 311.8 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-(butoxymethyl)-2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)acetamide
- SMILES
- CCCCOCN(C1=C(C=CC=C1CC)CC)C(=O)CCl
- InChIKey
- HKPHPIREJKHECO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4.5
- Polar surface area
- 29.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
326 papers- Current insights into the microbial degradation for butachlor: strains, metabolic pathways, and molecular mechanisms.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2021
- STING inhibition suppresses butachlor-induced splenic macrophage pyroptosis and M1 polarization via cGAS-STING signaling.Journal of hazardous materials · 2025
- Pesticide butachlor exposure perturbs gut microbial homeostasis.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2024
- Effect of butachlor on Microcystis aeruginosa: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of toxicity.Journal of hazardous materials · 2023
- Biodegradation of butachlor in rice intensified by a regulator of OsGT1.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 311.165
- Has use
- herbicide
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- chemical formula
- C₁₇H₂₆ClNO₂
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCOCN(C1=C(C=CC=C1CC)CC)C(=O)CCl
- subject has role
- carcinogen
- Commons category
- Butachlor
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Encyclopedic overview
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Butachlor is a herbicide of the acetanilide class. It is used as a selective pre-emergent herbicide to control annual grasses and some broad-leaved weeds. It was introduced circa 1970. It is extensively used in India in the form of granules and emulsifiable concentrate in rice as post emergence herbicide, and was sold in India in 2005-06, declining to in 2009-10.
It is used in Uganda.
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