8473. Sethoxydim

Nomenclature

CAS number: 74051-80-2
2-[1-(Ethoxyimino)butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one; BAS-9052; NP-55; Poast (BASF).
C17H29NO3S; mol wt 327.48.
C 62.35%, H 8.93%, N 4.28%, O 14.66%, S 9.79%.

Description and references

Selective post-emergence herbicide. Prepn: JP Kokai 81 75408 (1981 to Nippon Soda), C.A. 95, 110175e (1981). Activity: C. M. Knott, Proc. Br. Crop Prot. Conf. - Weeds 1980, 39; G. H. Ingram et al., ibid. 91.

Chemical structure

Use

Herbicide.