CHEBI:38214 - monuron

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ChEBI Name monuron
ChEBI ID CHEBI:38214
Definition A member of the class of 3-(3,4-substituted-phenyl)-1,1-dimethylureas that is urea in which one of the nitrogens is substituted by a p-chlorophenyl group while the other is substituted by two methyl groups.
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Formula C9H11ClN2O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 198.64900
Monoisotopic Mass 198.05599
InChI InChI=1S/C9H11ClN2O/c1-12(2)9(13)11-8-5-3-7(10)4-6-8/h3-6H,1-2H3,(H,11,13)
InChIKey BMLIZLVNXIYGCK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CN(C)C(=O)Nc1ccc(Cl)cc1
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): environmental contaminant
Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Biological Role(s): 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): herbicide
A substance used to destroy plant pests.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing monuron (CHEBI:38214) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
monuron (CHEBI:38214) has role herbicide (CHEBI:24527)
monuron (CHEBI:38214) has role xenobiotic (CHEBI:35703)
monuron (CHEBI:38214) is a 3-(3,4-substituted-phenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (CHEBI:157693)
monuron (CHEBI:38214) is a monochlorobenzenes (CHEBI:83403)
IUPAC Name
3-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea
Synonyms Sources
1,1-Dimethyl-3-(p-chlorophenyl)urea ChemIDplus
3-(p-Chlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea ChemIDplus
CMU NIST Chemistry WebBook
monuron UniProt
N'-(4-chlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea NIST Chemistry WebBook
N,N-Dimethyl-N'-(4-chlorophenyl)urea ChemIDplus
N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N',N'-dimethylurea IUPAC
Manual Xrefs Databases
476 PPDB
C19087 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD-23255 MetaCyc
monuron Alan Wood's Pesticides
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
150-68-5 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
150-68-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
150-68-5 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
2097922 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
2097922 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
Last Modified
05 November 2020
General Comment
2014-10-29 Stravs M, Schymanski E, Singer H, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Eawag