Chemical Name:(RS)-5-ethyl-2-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl) nicotinic acid
CAS No.:81335-77-5
Structure:
Molecular Formula:C15H19N3O3
Application:Imazethapyr is an imidazole compound used as a selective herbicide.It is applied preplant incorporated, preemergence, at cracking, and postemergence. The compound controls weeds by reducing the levels of three branched-chain aliphatic amino acids, isoleucine, leucine and valine,through the inhibition of aceto-hydroxyacid synthase, an enzyme common to the biosynthetic pathway for these amino acids.This inhibition causes a disruption in protein synthesis which, in turn, leads to an interference in DNA synthesis and cell growth.
