
Chlorothalonil
Chlorothalonil is a dinitrile that is benzene-1,3-dicarbonitrile substituted by four chloro groups. A non-systemic fungicide first introduced in the 1960s, it is used to control a range of diseases in a wide variety of crops. It has a role as an antifungal agrochemical. It is a tetrachlorobenzene, a dinitrile and an aromatic fungicide. It is functionally related to an isophthalonitrile. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2,4,5,6-tetrachlorobenzene-1,3-dicarbonitrile
- Molecular formula
- C8Cl4N2
- Molecular weight
- 265.9 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 265.878609 Da
- XLogP3
- 2.9
- Topological polar surface area
- 47.6 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:3639
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL468167
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID0020319
- PubMed:24044873
- PubMed:23489634
- PubMed:23058941
- PubMed:22903630
- PubMed:22743627
- PubMed:22737005
- PubMed:22720629
- PubMed:22682878
- PubMed:22587750
- PubMed:22571947
- PubMed:22564453
- PubMed:22548090
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