CHEBI:81789 - dimethenamid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:81789
ChEBI Namedimethenamid
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DefinitionA racemate composed of equimolar amounts of (R)- and (S)-dimethenamid. A herbicide, it is applied to the soil for the control of various broad-leaved weeds and grasses. Only the S enantiomer (generally known as dimethenamid-P) is active.
Last Modified5 June 2018
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
environmental contaminant  Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Biological Roles:
antimitotic  Any compound that inhibits cell division (mitosis).
xenobiotic  A xenobiotic (Greek, xenos "foreign"; bios "life") is a compound that is foreign to a living organism. Principal xenobiotics include: drugs, carcinogens and various compounds that have been introduced into the environment by artificial means.
Applications:
agrochemical  An agrochemical is a substance that is used in agriculture or horticulture.
herbicide  A substance used to destroy plant pests.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
dimethenamid (CHEBI:81789) has part (R)-dimethenamid (CHEBI:83639)
dimethenamid (CHEBI:81789) has part dimethenamid-P (CHEBI:83640)
dimethenamid (CHEBI:81789) has role agrochemical (CHEBI:33286)
dimethenamid (CHEBI:81789) has role antimitotic (CHEBI:64911)
dimethenamid (CHEBI:81789) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
dimethenamid (CHEBI:81789) has role herbicide (CHEBI:24527)
dimethenamid (CHEBI:81789) has role xenobiotic (CHEBI:35703)
dimethenamid (CHEBI:81789) is a racemate (CHEBI:60911)
IUPAC Name 
rac-2-chloro-N-(2,4-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)-N-(1-methoxypropan-2-yl)acetamide
Synonym  Source
(RS)-2-chloro-N-(2,4-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamideAlan Wood's Pesticides
Manual XrefsDatabases
C18499KEGG COMPOUND
dimethenamidAlan Wood's Pesticides
DimethenamidWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:8143313Reaxys
CAS:87674-68-8KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:87674-68-8ChemIDplus
CAS:87674-68-8NIST Chemistry WebBook
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