4116. Fluazifop-butyl

Nomenclature

CAS number: 69806-50-4
2-[4-[[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]oxy]phenoxy]propanoic acid butyl ester; butyl 2-[4-(5-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyloxy)phenoxy]propionate; PP-009; TF-1169; Fusilade (Syngenta).
C19H20F3NO4; mol wt 383.36.
C 59.53%, H 5.26%, F 14.87%, N 3.65%, O 16.69%.

Description and references

Selective post-emergence herbicide. Prepn: R. Nishiyama et al., DE 2812571 (1979 to Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha), C.A. 90, 152017g (1979). Activity: R. E. Plowman et al., Proc. Br. Crop Prot. Conf. - Weeds 1980, 29; J. R. Finney, P. B. Sutton, ibid. 429.

Chemical structure

Properties

bp0.05 167°.

Use

Herbicide.