Pure product is white solid. Melting point 104～106℃, relative density 1.12, vapor pressure 9.71×10-5Pa, soluble in acetone, ethanol, dioxane and other organic solvents, solubility 16mg/L in water at 20℃, stable at room temperature and pressure, neutral, slightly acidic, slightly alkaline conditions, but hydrolyzed into hydroxyl derivatives with no herbicidal activity under the condition of strong acid or strong base.
Preemergence herbicide used to control weeds in cotton and melon crops.
Dipropetryn PESTANAL?, analytical standard
ChEBI: Dipropetryn is a member of 1,3,5-triazines.
Soil. Degradation of dipropetryn includes dealkylation of the side chain(s), ring opening and the evolution of carbon dioxide (Hartley and Kidd, 1987). The reported half-life in soil is approximately 100 days (Worthing and Hance, 1991).
