
Tembotrione
Tembotrione is an aromatic ketone that is 2-benzoylcyclohexane-1,3-dione in which the phenyl group is substituted at positions 2, 3, and 4 by chlorine, (2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)methyl, and methylsulfonyl groups, respectively. It is a post-emergence herbicide used (particularly in conjunction with the herbicide safener cyprosulfamide) for the control of a wide range of broad-leaved and grassy weeds in corn and other crops. It has a role as a carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitor, a herbicide, an agrochemical and an EC 1.13.11.27 (4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase) inhibitor. It is a beta-triketone, an ether, a sulfone, an organofluorine compound, a cyclic ketone, an aromatic ketone and a member of monochlorobenzenes. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2-[2-chloro-4-methylsulfonyl-3-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxymethyl)benzoyl]cyclohexane-1,3-dione
- Molecular formula
- C17H16ClF3O6S
- Molecular weight
- 440.8 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 440.0308216 Da
- XLogP3
- 2.2
- Topological polar surface area
- 103.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 9
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:132273
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL2272077
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5047037
- PubMed:34627991
- PubMed:9550
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