Propiconazole

Propiconazole[1]
Names
IUPAC name
1-[ [2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]methyl]-1,2,4-triazole
Identifiers
60207-90-1 Yes
ChEBI CHEBI:8489 Yes
ChEMBL ChEMBL560579 Yes
ChemSpider 39402 Yes
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KEGG C11121 Yes
PubChem 43234
UNII 142KW8TBSR Yes
Properties
C15H17Cl2N3O2
Molar mass 342.22038
Boiling point 180 °C (356 °F; 453 K) at 0.1 mmHg
100 ppm at 20 °C
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

Propiconazole is a triazole fungicide, also known as a DMI, or demethylation inhibiting fungicide due to its binding with and inhibiting the 14-alpha demethylase enzyme from demethylating a precursor to ergosterol. Without this demethylation step, the ergosterols are not incorporated into the growing fungal cell membranes, and cellular growth is stopped.

Agriculture

Propiconazole is used agriculturally as a systemic fungicide on turfgrasses grown for seed and aesthetic or athletic value, mushrooms, corn, wild rice, peanuts, almonds, sorghum, oats, pecans, apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums and prunes.[2] It is also used in combination with permethrin in formulations of wood preserver.[3] Propiconazole is a mixture[4] of four stereoisomers and was first developed in 1979 by Janssen Pharmaceutica.[5]

References

  1. Merck Index, 11th Edition, 7830.
  2. EXTOXNET
  3. See entry for Complete Wood Preservative
  4. L. Toribio, M. J. del Nozal, J. L. Bernal, J. J. Jeménez und C. Alonso, J. Chromatography A 2004, 1046, 249-253.
  5. W. T. Thomson. 1997. Agricultural Chemicals. Book IV: Fungicides. 12th edition. Thomson Publications, Fresno, CA

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