CHEBI:81789 - dimethenamid

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ChEBI Name dimethenamid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:81789
Definition A 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.
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Chemical Role(s): environmental contaminant
Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Biological Role(s): 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.
Application(s): agrochemical
An agrochemical is a substance that is used in agriculture or horticulture.
herbicide
A substance used to destroy plant pests.
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Outgoing 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)acetamide Alan Wood's Pesticides
Manual Xrefs Databases
C18499 KEGG COMPOUND
dimethenamid Alan Wood's Pesticides
Dimethenamid Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
8143313 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
87674-68-8 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
87674-68-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
20302364 PubMed citation Europe PMC
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Last Modified
05 June 2018