Description
Morfamquat, usually used a salt, is a herbicide not widely used in the developed world. It is moderately toxic to mammals and a neurotoxin as well as being a known skin and eye irritant. Little is known about its environmental fate or its ecotoxicology.
Production Methods
Morfamquat is commercially produced a process that involves reacting 4,4'-bipyridine with chloromethyl morpholinylcarboxylate derivatives under alkylation conditions, typically in polar solvents like acetonitrile or dimethylformamide, to yield the final active compound.
Mechanism of action
Broad-spectrum, non-residual activity with contact and some desiccant action. Photosystem I (electron transport) inhibitor.
Pesticide Type
Herbicide; Metabolite
