Specification

 Active Ingredient

92% min.

 Appearance

Wine red to yellow or amber oil

 Physical and chemical properties

 Chemical Name

2-chloro-N-(ethoxymethyl)-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl) acetamide

 Empirical Formula

C₁₄H₂₀ClNO₂

 Molecular Weight

269.8

 Structural Formula

 Melting point

<0℃

 Solubility

In water 233 mg/l ( 25℃). Soluble in diethyl ether, acetone, benzene, chloroform, ethanol,

 ethyl acetate, and toluene.

 Vapor pressure

4.5 x 10^-3  mPa (25℃)

Formulations 

92%TC, 95%TC, 50%EC

Application

Acetochlor is a selective herbicide, absorbed mainly by the shoots of germinating plants.

Used pre-emergence or pre-plant to control annual grasses, certain annual broad-leaved weeds and yellow nutsedge  in maize, peanuts, soya beans, cotton, potatoes and sugar cane. It is absorbed

 mainly by the shoots and secondarily by the roots of germinating plants.