FLUFENACET

1) Common name: Flufenacet

2) Other name: FOE 4053; FOE 5043; Axiom DF Herbicide, Define

3) Chemical name: 4'-fluoro-N-isopropyl-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yloxy]acetanilide

4) CAS No: 142459-58-3

5) Empirical formula: C₁₄H₁₃F₄N₃O₂S

6) Molecular weight: 363.33

7) Structural formula:

8) Physical & chemical properties:

   Appearance: off-white to white crystalline powder

   Melting point: 75-77℃

   Bulk density: 1.312g/cm³

   Vapour pressure: 9×10^-5Pa,at 25℃

   Solubility in water: 56mg/L(pH4,7), 54mg/L(pH9)

   Solubility in organic solvent: acetone>200g/L; acetonitrile>200g/L; dichloromethane, DMF, DMSO>200g/L; 2-propanol--170g/L; n-hexane--8.7g/L; toluene--200g/L.

   Octanol/water partition coefficient: Pow = 1600, at 24℃; Log Pow = 3.20.

   Stability: stable under normal storage condition, stable at normal warehouse temperatures. Corroded tinplate, steel and brass. Did not corrode aluminum and stainless steel.

9) Application: Flufenacet is a selective anilide herbicide which inhibits the synthesis of cell division & very-long-chain-fatty-acid (VLCFA), it's for soil application and absorbed through shoots (primarily coleoptile) and roots of germinating grasses and broadleaf weeds, it's used for control annual grasses like Alopecurus myosuroides, Apera spica-venti, Digitaria spp., Echinochloa crus-galli, Poa annua, Setaria spp. Green foxtail, suppression of lamb's-quarters and redroot pigweed.

10) Product available: Flufenacet 97%min technical; 60%DF; 48% SC

11) Package: 25kg fiber drum.