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Fungicide.

Imibenconazole is used to control scab, powdery mildew, Alternaria leaf spot, sooty blotch, fly speck and rust on apples, scab and rust on pears, scab and powdery mildew on fruits, and anthracnose and other diseases on roses and chrysanthemums.

ChEBI: A member of the class of imidothioates that is the S-4-chlorobenzyl thioester of N-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)ethanimidothioic acid. Used to control a range of fungal diseases affect ng fruit, vegetables, turf and ornamentals. It has a low mammalian toxicity and shows a moderate level of toxicity to fish, daphnia and earthworms but is relatively non-toxic to honey bees, birds and algae.

There is little published information available on the metabolism of imibenconazole. Based on the available data (PM) the reaction in Scheme 1 is proposed.

Imibenconazole is stable in weak alkali but it is unstable in acidic and in strongly alkaline conditions (PM).