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MONURON

Synonym(s):Monuron

  • CAS NO.:150-68-5
  • Empirical Formula: C9H11ClN2O
  • Molecular Weight: 198.65
  • MDL number: MFCD00018556
  • EINECS: 205-766-1
  • SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS)
  • Update Date: 2023-04-23 13:52:06
MONURON Structural

What is MONURON?

Chemical properties

White, crystalline solid; odorless. Very low solubility in water and hydrocarbonsolvents; slightly soluble in oils; partially soluble inalcohols; stable toward oxidation and moisture.

The Uses of MONURON

Monuron may be used as a reference standard in the determination of monuron in rice and corn using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection combined with ultraviolet decomposition and post-column derivatization.

The Uses of MONURON

Herbicide, sugarcane-flowering suppressant.

Definition

ChEBI: A member of the class of ureas that is urea in which one of the nitrogens is substituted by a p-chlorophenyl group while the other is substituted by two methyl groups.

General Description

White crystalline solid or white powder with a slight odor. Melting point 175°C. Moderately toxic by ingestion. Used as an herbicide.

Air & Water Reactions

Insoluble in water. Is hydrolyzed slowly by acids and alkalis, and more rapidly on heating .

Reactivity Profile

MONURON is a chlorinated urea derivative. May react with azo and diazo compounds to generate toxic gases. May react with strong reducing agents to generate flammable gases. Reacts as a weak base. Combustion generates mixed oxides of nitrogen (NOx).

Hazard

Questionable carcinogen.

Health Hazard

Toxic properties are similar to Diuron; hydro-lyzes under acidic or alkaline conditions top-chloroaniline, which can cause anemia andmethemoglobinemia; LD50 data published inthe literature differ; acute and chronic tox-icity of this herbicide is probably of loworder; no reported case of human poisoning; showed clear evidence of carcinogenicity in male F344/N rats fed diets containing 750 ppm monuron for 2 years; causedcancers in the kidney and liver (NationalToxicology Program 1988); female rats andmale and female mice (B6C3F1) showed noevidence; induced cytomegaly of the renalepithelial cells in rats.
LD50 oral (rat): 3700 mg/kg (Bailey andWhite, 1965)
LD50 oral (rat): 1053 mg/kg (Lewis 1995).

Fire Hazard

Flash point data for MONURON are not available; however, MONURON is probably combustible.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified

Safety Profile

Moderately toxic by ingestion, intraperitoneal, and possibly other routes. Experimental teratogenic and reproductive effects. Questionable carcinogen with experimental carcinogenic data. Mutation data reported. An herbicide. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of NOx and Cl-.

Environmental Fate

Biological. Monuron was mineralized in sewage samples obtained from a water treatment plant in Ithica, NY. (4-Chlorophenyl)urea and 4-chloroaniline were tentatively identified as metabolites (Wang et al., 1985).
Soil/Plant. In soils and plants, monuron is demethylated at the terminal nitrogen atom coupled with ring hydroxylation forming 3-(2-hydroxy-4-chlorophenyl)urea and 3-(3- hydroxy-4-chlorophenyl)urea (Hartley and Kidd, 1987). Walln?efer et al. (197
Photolytic. When an aqueous solution of monuron was exposed to sunlight or simulated sunlight, the major degradative pathways observed were the photooxidation and demethylation of the N-methyl groups (Crosby and Tang, 1969; Tanaka et al., 1982a),
Tanaka et al. (1981) studied the photolysis of monuron in dilute aqueous solutions in order to fully characterize a substituted diphenylamine that was observed in an earlier investigation (Tanaka et al., 1977). They identified this compound as an isomeric mixture containing 92% 2-chloro-4¢,5-bis(N¢,N¢-dimethylureido)biphenyl and 8% 5-chloro-2,4¢- bis(N¢,N¢-dimethylureido)biphenyl (Tanaka et al., 1981).
Tanaka et al. (1982) undertook a study to identify the several biphenyls formed in earlier photolysis studies (Tanaka et al., 1979, 1981). They identified these compounds as 2,4¢-, 3,4¢- and 4,4¢-bis-(N¢,N¢-dimethylureido)biphenyls (fenuron biphenyls) (Ta

Purification Methods

Crystallise monuron from MeOH. [Beilstein 12 IV 1191.]

Properties of MONURON

Melting point: 173-174 °C (lit.)
Boiling point: 301.31°C (rough estimate)
Density  1,27 g/cm3
vapor pressure  0Pa at 20℃
refractive index  1.5330 (estimate)
storage temp.  0-6°C
form  Crystalline Solid
pka 14.22±0.70(Predicted)
color  White
Water Solubility  262mg/L(25 ºC)
λmax 244nm(H2O)(lit.)
Merck  14,6261
BRN  2097922
IARC 3 (Vol. Sup 7, 53) 1991
EPA Substance Registry System Monuron (150-68-5)

Safety information for MONURON

Signal word Warning
Pictogram(s)
ghs
Exclamation Mark
Irritant
GHS07
ghs
Health Hazard
GHS08
ghs
Environment
GHS09
GHS Hazard Statements H302:Acute toxicity,oral
H351:Carcinogenicity
H410:Hazardous to the aquatic environment, long-term hazard
Precautionary Statement Codes P202:Do not handle until all safety precautions have been read and understood.
P264:Wash hands thoroughly after handling.
P264:Wash skin thouroughly after handling.
P270:Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
P273:Avoid release to the environment.
P301+P312:IF SWALLOWED: call a POISON CENTER or doctor/physician IF you feel unwell.
P308+P313:IF exposed or concerned: Get medical advice/attention.

Computed Descriptors for MONURON

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