metam-sodium

Term ID

CHEBI:81737

Synonyms

• Carbam
• carbam-sodium
• carbathion
• metam
• metam-sodium
• metham
• methylcarbamodithioic acid, sodium salt
• methyldithiocarbamic acid sodium salt
• Sectagon
• SMDC
• sodium metam
• sodium methylcarbamodithioate
• sodium methyldithiocarbamate
• sodium N-methylcarbamodithioate
• Vapam

Definition

An organic sodium salt resulting from the formal reaction of methylcarbamodithioic acid with 1 mol eq. sodium hydroxide. It is used as an agricultural pesticide, mainly as a broad spectrum soil fumigant for the control of weeds, nematodes, soil-borne insects and fungi.

References

• agr:IND605887337
• cas:137-42-8
• kegg.compound:C18424
• pesticides:derivatives/metam-sodium
• ppdb:447
• pubmed:17390826
• pubmed:20557209
• pubmed:25144617
• pubmed:28476076
• pubmed:29649189
• reaxys:1071426

Ontology

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