Asulam

Asulam
Names


IUPAC name N-(4-Aminophenyl)sulfonylcarbamic acid methyl ester
Identifiers
CAS Registry Number	3337-71-1^Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:81696^N
ChemSpider	17707^Y
InChI InChI=1S/C8H10N2O4S/c1-14-8(11)10-15(12,13)7-4-2-6(9)3-5-7/h2-5H,9H2,1H3,(H,10,11)^Y Key: VGPYEHKOIGNJKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y InChI=1/C8H10N2O4S/c1-14-8(11)10-15(12,13)7-4-2-6(9)3-5-7/h2-5H,9H2,1H3,(H,10,11) Key: VGPYEHKOIGNJKV-UHFFFAOYAJ
Jmol-3D images	Image
KEGG	C18350^Y
PubChem	18752
SMILES O=S(=O)(c1ccc(N)cc1)NC(=O)OC
Properties
Chemical formula	C₈H₁₀N₂O₄S
Molar mass	230.241 g/mol
Density	1.419 g/mL
Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa)
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Infobox references

Asulam is a herbicide invented by May & Baker Ltd , and internally called M&B9057^[1] and used in horticulture and agriculture. It is used to kill bracken^[2]^[3] and docks^[4] also used as an antiviral agent. It is currently marketed, by United Phosphorus Ltd - UPL, as "Asulox" which contains 400 g/L of asulam sodium salt.

Asulam was declared not approved by the "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1045/2011 of 19 October 2011 concerning the non-approval of the active substance asulam, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending Commission Decision 2008/934/EC (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:275:0023:0024:EN:PDF).

References

↑ "ChemSpider – Asulam – C8H10N2O4S". Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ R. J. Pakemana, M. G. Le Ducb and R. H. Marrs (1998). "An assessment of aerially applied asulam as a method of long-term bracken control". Journal of Environmental Management 53 (3): 255–262. doi:10.1006/jema.1998.0207.
↑ C. S. R. Snow and R. H. Marrs (1997). "Restoration of Calluna heathland on a bracken Pteridium-infested site in north west England". Biological Conservation 81 (1-2): 35–42. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00147-4.
↑ R. I. Speight and J. B. Whittaker (1987). "Interactions Between the Chrysomelid Beetle Gastrophysa viridula, the Weed Rumex obtusifolius and the Herbicide Asulam". The Journal of Applied Ecology (British Ecological Society) 24 (1): 119–129. doi:10.2307/2403791. JSTOR 2403791.

Pest control: herbicides

Anilides/anilines	acetochlor alachlor asulam benfluralin butachlor diethatyl diflufenican dimethenamid flamprop metazachlor metolachlor pendimethalin pretilachlor propachlor propanil trifluralin

Aromatic acids	aminopyralid chloramben clopyralid dicamba picloram pyrithiobac quinclorac quinmerac

Arsenicals	cacodylic acid copper arsenate DSMA MSMA

Organophosphorus	bensulide bialaphos ethephon fosamine glufosinate glyphosate piperophos

Phenoxy	2,4-D 2,4-DB dichlorprop fenoprop MCPA MCPB 2,4,5-T

Pyridines	dithiopyr fluroxypyr imazapyr thiazopyr triclopyr

Quaternary	diquat MPP paraquat

Triazines	ametryn atrazine cyanazine hexazinone prometon prometryn propazine simazine simetryn terbuthylazine terbutryn

Ureas	chlortoluron DCMU metsulfuron-methyl monolinuron tebuthiuron

Others	3-AT aminocyclopyrachlor bromoxynil clomazone DCBN dinoseb juglone mesotrione methazole metam sodium sulfentrazone

Asulam

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