bromobutide
Herbicide
HRAC Z WSSA 27
NOMENCLATURE
Common name bromobutide (BSI, draft E-ISO, (m) draft F-ISO)
IUPAC name 2-bromo-3,3-dimethyl-N-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)butyramide; 2-bromo-N-(a,a-dimethylbenzyl)-3,3-dimethylbutyramide
Chemical Abstracts name 2-bromo-3,3-dimethyl-N-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)butanamide
CAS RN [74712-19-9] Development codes S-4347 (Sumitomo)
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Mol. wt. 312.2 M.f. C15H22BrNO Form Tech. forms colourless to yellow crystals. M.p. 180.1 ºC V.p. 74 mPa (25 ºC) Henry 6.53 Pa m3 mol-1 (calc.) Solubility In water 3.54 mg/l (25 ºC). In xylene 4.7, methanol 35, hexane 0.5 (all in g/l, 25 ºC). Stability Stable under normal storage conditions.
COMMERCIALISATION
History Herbicide reported by O. Kirino et al. (Agric. Biol. Chem., 1981, 45, 2669). Introduced by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. Patents US 4288244; GB 2031420 Manufacturers Sumitomo
APPLICATIONS
Uses A selective herbicide used for paddy field rice, effective against sedges, especially Echinochloa spp., Eleocharis acicularis and Scirpus juncoides, and some broad-leaved weeds. It is also effective in upland rice. Phytotoxicity Rice injury may occur on sandy fields, or on rice which has been shallowly transplanted. Formulation types GR. Selected products: 'Sumiherb' (Sumitomo); mixtures: 'Shokinie' (+ pentoxazone) (Kumiai); 'Topgun' (+ pentoxazone+ pyriminobac-methyl+ bensulfuron-methyl) (Kumiai)
OTHER PRODUCTS
Mixtures: 'Niceshot-Jumbo' (+ cafenstrole+ pyrazolynate) (Sankyo Agro); 'Onebest' (+ pyrazoxyfen+ thenylchlor) (Ishihara Sangyo, Tokuyama); 'See-Z' (+ pyributicarb+ benzofenap) (Sankyo Agro); 'Slasher' (+ dimethametryn+ pretilachlor+ pyrazolynate) (Sankyo Agro)
ANALYSIS
Product analysis by glc with FID. Residues determined by glc. Details of methods available from Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
MAMMALIAN TOXICOLOGY
Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats >5000 mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >5000 mg/kg. Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) U; EPA (formulation) IV
ECOTOXICOLOGY
Fish LC50 (48 h) for carp >10 mg/l.
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