dicamba

Chinese: 麦草畏French: dicamba (n.m.)Russian: дикамба


Status: ISO 1750 (published)
IUPAC PIN: 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid
IUPAC name: 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid
1979 Rules:
3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid
CAS name: 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid
CAS Reg. No.: 1918-00-9
Formula: C8H6Cl2O3
Activity: herbicides (benzoic acid)
Notes: When this substance is used as an ester or a salt, its identity should be stated, for example dicamba-biproamine [1286239-22-2], dicamba-diglycolamine [104040-79-1], dicamba-dimethylammonium [2300-66-5], dicamba-diolamine [25059-78-3], dicamba-isopropylammonium [55871-02-8], dicamba-methyl [6597-78-0], dicamba-olamine [53404-28-7], dicamba-potassium [10007-85-9], dicamba-sodium [1982-69-0], dicamba-trolamine [53404-29-8].
The name “dianat” (дианат) was used in the former USSR.
The name “disugran” was formerly used in the USA for dicamba-methyl.
The names “dicamba” and “dicamba-methyl” were both formerly approved by ISO, but “dicamba-methyl” was deleted in 1989 as part of a rationalisation exercise.
One complex ester has its own ISO common name, cambendichlor [56141-00-5].
Structure: Structural formula of dicamba
Pronunciation: dī-kǎm-ba  Guide to British pronunciation
InChIKey: IWEDIXLBFLAXBO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI: InChI=1S/C8H6Cl2O3/c1-13-7-5(10)3-2-4(9)6(7)8(11)12/h2-3H,1H3,(H,11,12)

A data sheet from the Compendium of Pesticide Common Names