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butralin
Sign in to saveButralin is a preëmergent herbicide used to control suckers on tobacco in the United States, Australia, Mozambique and, for food crops also, China. It is a dinitroaniline, first registered in the US in 1976. It was used in the EU until a ban in 2009 due to its ecotoxicity.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C14H21N3O4
- Molecular weight
- 295.33 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-butan-2-yl-4-tert-butyl-2,6-dinitroaniline
- SMILES
- CCC(C)NC1=C(C=C(C=C1[N+](=O)[O-])C(C)(C)C)[N+](=O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- SPNQRCTZKIBOAX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 5.1
- Polar surface area
- 104 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 295.153
- Has use
- herbicide
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- Commons category
- Butralin
- chemical formula
- C₁₄H₂₁N₃O₄
- canonical SMILES
- CCC(C)NC1=C(C=C(C=C1[N+](=O)[O-])C(C)(C)C)[N+](=O)[O-]
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Mode of action and effects
- Usage
- Health
- In soil
- References
- Links
Butralin is a preëmergent herbicide used to control suckers on tobacco in the United States, Australia, Mozambique and, for food crops also, China. It is a dinitroaniline, first registered in the US in 1976. It was used in the EU until a ban in 2009 due to its ecotoxicity.
== Mode of action and effects == Butralin works by the HRAC mode of action Group D / K1 / 3, (Australian, Global, Numeric respectively), which involves inhibition of microtubule formation, by binding to tubulin, halting growth, and causing depolymerization.
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