The Alachlor Amides Herbicide

Alachlor is an herbicide from the chloroacetanilide family. It is an odorless, white solid. The greatest use of alachlor is for control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in crops. Use of alachlor is illegal in the European Union and no products containing alachlor are currently registered in the United States.

Its mode of action is elongase inhibition, and inhibition of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) cyclisation enzymes, part of the gibberellin pathway. 

Common name: Alachlor

Chemical name:  
2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-(methoxymethyl)acetamide;

Molecular formula: C14H20ClNO2

Structural formula:

Molecular weight: 269.77

CAS No. : 15972-60-8

Physical and chemical properties:

Main ingredients

Content: Lasso 48% EC contains 43% toluidine EC, 10%, 15% granules.

【Appearance and traits】

The original drug is milky white, odorless, non-volatile crystals.

【Melting point (℃)】39.5~41.5

【Boiling point (℃)】100(2.66×10^-3kPa)

【Relative density (water=1)】1.133(25/15.6℃)

【Saturated vapor pressure (kPa)】0.29×10-5(24℃)

【Flash point (℃)】Meaningless

【Solubility】Insoluble in water, soluble in ether, acetone, benzene, chloroform, ethanol.

【The main purpose】Used as an agricultural herbicide.

Usage：

Alachlor is also known as cable, weed lock, and green grass. Amide systemic selective herbicide. The original drug is a milky white non-volatile crystal, which enters the plant body to inhibit protease, hinders protein synthesis, and causes shoots and roots to stop growing and die. It is suitable for soybeans, peanuts, cotton, corn, rapeseed, wheat, vegetables and other crops to prevent and control a variety of annual gramineous weeds and broad-leaved weeds such as amaranth and quinoa. It also has a certain control effect on dodder.