403. Amidosulfuron
Nomenclature
CAS number: 120923-37-7
N-(4,6-Dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)-4-methyl-3,5-dithia-2,4-diazahexanamide
3,3,5,5-tetraoxide; 3-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl-)-1-(N-methyl-N-methyl-sulfonyl)urea; HOE-75032; Gratil (Aventis); Eagle (Aventis). C9H15N5O7S2; mol wt 369.37.
C 29.27%, H 4.09%, N 18.96%, O 30.32%, S 17.36%.
Description and references
Post-emergence herbicide for broad-leaf weed control in cereals. Prepn: L. Willms et al., EP 131258; eidem, US 4601747 (1985, 1986 both to Hoechst). Degradation in soil: G. Fent et al., Sci. Total Environ. 132, 201 (1993); K. L. Sagan et al., J. Agric. Food Chem. 46, 1205 (1998). Field trial in cereal crops: D. S. M. D'Souza et al., Brighton Crop Prot. Conf. - Weeds 1993, 567; for control of wild mustard in canola: K. J. Kirkland Weed Technol. 9, 541 (1995).
