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Bromoxynil

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Linear Formula:
Br2C6H2(OH)CN
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
276.91
Beilstein:
2364039
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

product line

PESTANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

189-191 °C (lit.)

application(s)

agriculture
cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

Oc1c(Br)cc(cc1Br)C#N

InChI

1S/C7H3Br2NO/c8-5-1-4(3-10)2-6(9)7(5)11/h1-2,11H

InChI key

UPMXNNIRAGDFEH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Bromoxynil is a foliar-applied contact herbicide, for post-emergence control of annual broad-leaved weeds in agriculture. Its mode of action involves the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation in plants and animals. It also inhibits photoreduction and photophosphorylation in chloroplasts.
Bromoxynil is a foliar-applied contact herbicide, for post-emergence control of annual broad-leaved weeds in agriculture. Its mode of action involves the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation in plants and animals. It also inhibits photoreduction and photophosphorylation in chloroplasts.

Application

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PESTANAL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Repr. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible, acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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J Baxter et al.
Journal of applied microbiology, 104(6), 1605-1616 (2008-01-26)
To study how repeated applications of an herbicide bromoxynil to a soil, mimicking the regime used in the field, affected the degradation of the compound and whether such affects were reflected by changes in the indigenous bacterial community present. Bromoxynil
Purification and Properties of a Nitrilase Specific for the Herbicide Bromoxynil and Corresponding Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of the bxn Gene.
Stalker MD, et al.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 263(13), 6310-6314 (1988)
Hiroshi Ishikita et al.
Biochemistry, 50(24), 5436-5442 (2011-05-19)
The redox potential of the primary quinone Q(A) [E(m)(Q(A))] in photosystem II (PSII) is lowered by replacement of the native plastoquinone (PQ) with bromoxynil (BR) at the secondary quinone Q(B) binding site. Using the BR-bound PSII structure presented in the
Metabolic Pathways of Agrochemicals: Insecticides and fungicides (1988)
Alain Boussac et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1807(1), 119-129 (2010-10-13)
The main cofactors involved in Photosystem II (PSII) oxygen evolution activity are borne by two proteins, D1 (PsbA) and D2 (PsbD). In Thermosynechococcus elongatus, a thermophilic cyanobacterium, the D1 protein is predominantly encoded by either the psbA(1) or the psbA(3)

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