chlorotoluron

Also known as chlortoluron, 3-(3-chloro-p-tolyl)-1,1-dimethylurea

Chlortoluron, chlorotoluron and CTU are the common names for an organic compound of the phenylurea class of herbicides used to control broadleaf and annual grass weeds in cereal crops.

Chemical data

Formula: C10H13ClN2O
Molecular weight: 212.67 g/mol
IUPAC name: 3-(3-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea
SMILES: CC1=C(C=C(C=C1)NC(=O)N(C)C)Cl
InChIKey: JXCGFZXSOMJFOA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP: 2.4
Polar surface area: 32.3 Å²
H-bond donors: 1
H-bond acceptors: 1
Formal charge: 0

via PubChem

Drug data · ChEMBL

Molecule type: Small molecule

via ChEMBL · EBI

Research

251 papers

Field measurement and modelling of chlorotoluron and flufenacet persistence in unamended and amended soils.The Science of the total environment · 2020
An experimentally refined tool to assess the risks of the human dermal exposure to herbicide chlorotoluron.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2015
Biological responses of wheat (Triticum aestivum) plants to the herbicide chlorotoluron in soils.Chemosphere · 2007
Impact of dissolved organic matter on bioavailability of chlorotoluron to wheat.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2010
Metabolites of the phenylurea herbicides chlorotoluron, diuron, isoproturon and linuron produced by the soil fungus Mortierella sp.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2009

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Subclass of: anilides
Mass: 212.072
Has use: herbicide

Show 4 more facts

chemical formula: C₁₀H₁₃ClN₂O
canonical SMILES: CC1=C(C=C(C=C1)NC(=O)N(C)C)Cl
isomeric SMILES: CC1=CC=C(C=C1Cl)/N=C(\N(C)C)/O
Commons category: Chlortoluron

Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~3 min read

Encyclopedic overview

7 sections

Contents

History
Synthesis
Mechanism of action
Usage
United Kingdom
References
External links

Chlortoluron, chlorotoluron and CTU are the common names for an organic compound of the phenylurea class of herbicides used to control broadleaf and annual grass weeds in cereal crops.

==History== In 1952, chemists at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company patented a series of aryl urea derivatives as herbicides. Several compounds covered by this patent were commercialized as herbicides: monuron (4-chlorophenyl), diuron (3,4-dichlorophenyl) and chlortoluron, the 3-chloro-4-methylphenyl example. Subsequently, over thirty related urea analogs with the same mechanism of action reached the market worldwide.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “chlorotoluron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 11 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0