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پیکلورام
Sign in to saveAlso known as 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid, 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloro-2-picolinic acid, ATCP, tordon, 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid
Picloram is a systemic herbicide used for general woody plant control. It also controls a wide range of broad-leaved weeds, but most grasses are resistant. A chlorinated derivative of picolinic acid, picloram is in the pyridine family of herbicides.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H3Cl3N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 241.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid
- SMILES
- C1(=C(C(=NC(=C1Cl)Cl)C(=O)O)Cl)N
- InChIKey
- NQQVFXUMIDALNH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.2
- Polar surface area
- 76.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
404 papers- Picloram.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1991
- Carcinogenicity of picloram.Journal of toxicology and environmental health · 1981
- PMID 306293952018
- Residue of Picloram in New Agricultural Areas: Impacts, Detection, and Mitigation Measures.ACS omega · 2026
- Picloram drift in Peltophorum dubium, a species native to the Brazilian Cerrado.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- organochlorine compound
- Mass
- 239.926
- Has use
- herbicide
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- chemical formula
- C₆H₃Cl₃N₂O₂
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0514
- decomposition point
- 424
- solubility
- 0.04
- vapor pressure
- 0.0000006
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 15
- canonical SMILES
- C1(=C(C(=NC(=C1Cl)Cl)C(=O)O)Cl)N
- MCN code
- 2933.39.21
- Commons category
- Picloram
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