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Also known as chlortoluron, 3-(3-chloro-p-tolyl)-1,1-dimethylurea

Chlortoluron, chlorotoluron and CTU are the common names for an organic compound of the phenylurea class of herbicides used to control broadleaf and annual grass weeds in cereal crops.

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212.072
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chemical formula
C₁₀H₁₃ClN₂O
canonical SMILES
CC1=C(C=C(C=C1)NC(=O)N(C)C)Cl
isomeric SMILES
CC1=CC=C(C=C1Cl)/N=C(\N(C)C)/O
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Chlortoluron
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Chlortoluron, chlorotoluron and CTU are the common names for an organic compound of the phenylurea class of herbicides used to control broadleaf and annual grass weeds in cereal crops.

==History== In 1952, chemists at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company patented a series of aryl urea derivatives as herbicides. Several compounds covered by this patent were commercialized as herbicides: monuron (4-chlorophenyl), diuron (3,4-dichlorophenyl) and chlortoluron, the 3-chloro-4-methylphenyl example. Subsequently, over thirty related urea analogs with the same mechanism of action reached the market worldwide.

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