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Also known as Diuron, 3-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea, Direx, Karmex, 3-(3,4-Dichloro-phenyl)-1,1-dimethyl-urea, DCMU, N,N,-dimethyl-N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)urea, N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea

DCMU (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea) is an algicide and herbicide of the aryl urea class that inhibits photosynthesis. It was introduced by Bayer in 1954 under the trade name of Diuron. ==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: chlortoluron (3-chloro-4-methylphenyl) and DCMU, the (3,4-dichlorophenyl) example. Subsequently, over thirty related urea analogs with the same mechanism of action reached the market worldwide. ==Synt