Chlorotoluron

Agrochemicals -> Pesticide active substances

Active substance -> EU Pesticides database: Approved

Environmental transformation -> Pesticides (parent, predecessor)

Herbicides

Pesticide

Pesticide (Chlorotoluron) -> USDA PDB

Log Kow = 2.41

2.5

2.41

140 g/cu cm

1.4 g/cm³

COLORLESS CRYSTALS

white powder

IT IS SOLUBLE IN MOST ORGANIC SOLVENTS

In acetone 5%, ethyl acetate 2%, benzene 2.4%, isopropanol 1.5%, methylene chloride 4.3% w/v

In water, 70 mg/L at 25 °C

In acetone 54, dichloromethane 51, ethanol 48, toluene 3.0, hexane 0.06, n-octanol 24, ethyl acetate 21 (all in g/L at 25 °C)

Solubility in water, g/100ml at 25 °C: 0.0074 (very poor)

147-148 °C

148.1 °C

3.6X10-8 MM HG @ 20 °C

Vapor pressure at 20 °C: negligible

Warning

H351: Suspected of causing cancer [Warning Carcinogenicity]

P203, P273, P280, P318, P391, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Warning

H351 (100%): Suspected of causing cancer [Warning Carcinogenicity]

P203, P273, P280, P318, P391, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Chemical: Urea, N'-(3-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-N,N-dimethyl-

05/53/EC, Reg. (EU) 2017/1511, Reg. (EU) 2018/1262, Reg. (EU) 2019/1589, Reg. (EU) 2020/1511, Reg. (EU) 2021/1449, Reg. (EU) 2022/1480, Reg. (EU) 2023/1757, Reg. (EU) 2026/1421, Reg. (EU) No 533/2013, Reg. (EU) No 540/2011

Chlorotoluron: Does not have an individual approval but may be used as a component in a product covered by a group standard. It is not approved for use as a chemical in its own right.

Collected Data on Herbicide Toxicology; Verlag Chemie GmBH, Postfach 1260/1280, 6940 Weinheim, Fed Rep of Germany, 4th instalment 2: 272 pages (1983). A loose-leaf collection published by the pesticides Committee of the German Research Association. A statement of the criteria involved in toxicological assessment of pesticides is followed by monographs on several herbicides, their applications, their toxicity to animals and man, and their metabolism or transformation in plants, soil and water. Each monograph is completed by a toxicological evaluation and a bibliography. The 4th supplement offers new or updated information on chlortoluron.

Geissbuhler H; How Safe are Pesticides; Experientia 38 (8): 890-5 (1982). The safety of the pesticides, chlortoluron and atrazine, is discussed in relation to use, exposure, pollution, etc.

Carc. 2 (100%)

Carcinogenicity - category 2

Carc. 2

Fresh air, rest.

Remove contaminated clothes. Rinse and then wash skin with water and soap.

First rinse with plenty of water for several minutes (remove contact lenses if easily possible), then refer for medical attention.

Rinse mouth.

SRP: At the time of review, criteria for land treatment or burial (sanitary landfill) disposal practices are subject to significant revision. Prior to implementing land disposal of waste residue (including waste sludge), consult with environmental regulatory agencies for guidance on acceptable disposal practices.

Levels of cytochrome p450s and rates of monooxygenase activities were studied in microsomes prepared from wheat cell suspension cultures. Cytochrome contents and enzymatic activities, namely, the enzymatic systems responsible for chlorotoluron ring-methy1 hydroxy1ation and N-demethylation, were enhanced after pretreatment of cells with 2,4-D, procloraz, mecoprop, chlorotoluron, and oxime ether safeners. Effects of various agrochemicals were also determined on chlorotoluron ring-methyl hydroxylase and N-demethylase, following their direct addition to microsomal preparations. Plant growth regulators and fungicide, as well as piperonyl butoxide decreased both activities, tetcyclacis, and procloraz being marked1y inhibitory. Naphthalic anhydride, oxime ether safeners, dich1ormid, and tridiphane had only weak effects. The substrate specificities of chlorotoluron ring-methyl hydroxylase and N-demethylase were also investigated using structural analogues of the herbicide. Diuron was the strongest inhibitor among the tested phenylureas. Other herbicides that can be metabolized by wheat affected both activities to different extents. However, diclofop enhanced only chlorotoluron N-demethylase.

TERRESTRIAL FATE: Measured Koc values ranging from 1 to 3467(1) were obtained in a study of seventeen soils from Australia; generally, measured Koc values averaged from 150-420(2-4) with adsorption dependent on the percentage of organic matter present in the soil(1). Based on a recommended classification scheme(5), these values indicate that chlortoluron will generally have moderate mobility in soil(SRC). Absorption follows an L-isotherm indicating a decrease in site availability as the solution concentration of this compound increases(6). Biodegradation is expected to be the major fate process for chlortoluron in soil(7-9). In an outdoor lysimeter experiment, half-lives of 49 days and 52 days were reported for a silty loam and silty sand soil, respectively(7). Major metabolites of monomethyl chlortoluron(8) and N-demethylated chlortoluron(7) indicate that degradation of chlortoluron proceeds via cleavage of the C-N bond(10). Biodegradation may be slightly attenuated in soils containing higher concentrations of organic matter as sorption may have a protective effect(11). Volatilization of chlortoluron will not be important from moist or dry soil surfaces(SRC) based on an estimated value for its Henry's Law constant(12,13,SRC), and its measured vapor pressure, 3.6X10-8 mm Hg(12), respectively. Half-lives from 4-16 weeks have been determined for chlortoluron in soil(14).

RECOGNIZED N-DEMETHYLATION &/OR N-DEMETHOXYLATION REACTIONS OF PHENYLUREA HERBICIDES IN BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS--CHLORTOLURON-- SOIL/MICROBIAL MEDIA: IN SILTY CLAY SOIL; PLANTS: IN WHEAT; MAMMALS: IN RAT /FROM TABLE/

...FATE OF (14)C-TOLYL-LABELED HERBICIDE /CHLORTOLURON/ IN RAT. ...METHYL RING SUBSTITUENT WAS SUBJECTED TO STEPWISE OXIDATION, YIELDING FIRST CORRESPONDING HYDROXYMETHYL AND THEN CARBOXY DERIVATIVE. ... COMBINED N-DEMETHYLATION/SIDE-CHAIN OXIDATION PATHWAY IN RATS IS /SRP: 3-(3-CHLORO-4-HYDROXYMETHYLPHENYL)-1,1-DIMETHYLUREA; 3-(3-CHLORO-4-CARBOXYPHENYL)-1,1-DIMETHYLUREA; 3-(3-CHLORO-4-HYDROXYMETHYLPHENYL)-1-METHYLUREA; 3-(3-CHLORO-4-CARBOXYPHENYL)-1-METHYLUREA; 3-(3-CHLORO-4-HYDROXYMETHYLPHENYL)UREA AND 3-(3-CHLORO-4-CARBOXYPHENYL)UREA/.

THE METABOLISM OF CHLORTOLURON IN WHEAT EXHIBITED ESSENTIALLY THE SAME QUALITATIVE PATTERN OF DEGRADATION. HOWEVER, THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE HYDROXYMETHYL METABOLITE (3-(3-CHLORO-4-HYDROXYMETHYLPHENYL)-1,1-DIMETHYLUREA) WAS FIRST TRAPPED AS WATER-SOL CONJUGATE(S). FURTHER OXIDATION TO CORRESPONDING CARBOXY DERIVATIVE OCCURRED ONLY IN LATER STAGES OF PLANT GROWTH. IN ADDN, N-DEMETHYLATION DID NOT PROCEED BEYOND N-MONOMETHYL STAGE.

The metabolism of chlortoluron was investigated in several plant species. Chlortoluron was degraded via both N-demethylation and ring-methyl oxidation reactions. The latter pathway was the major degradative route in wheat and barley. Since the products of ring-methyl oxidation are nonphytotoxic, the existence of such a detoxification mechanism in these cereals may account for their enhanced resistance to chlortoluron. The major metabolites in the susceptible cereal weeds, Avena fatua, Alopecurus myosuroides and Lolium perenne, and in resistant cotton were products of N-demethylation. This reaction in the cereal weeds proceeded only very slightly beyond the state the mono-N-demethylated metabolites some of which retain considerable phytotoxicity. In cotton, however, N-demethylation was more efficient, giving rise to substantial amounts of N-didemethylated metabolites which are non-phytotoxic.

For more Metabolism/Metabolites (Complete) data for CHLORTOLURON (7 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

...(TOLYL-(14)C)CHLORTOLURON WAS ADMIN DAILY TO RATS FOR...2 WK...CONCN OF RADIOACTIVITY IN BLOOD & VARIOUS ORGANS REACHED THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL ON 1ST OR 2ND DAY...& DID NOT INCR FOR REMAINDER OF EXPT. ...WHEN FEEDING OF LABEL WAS ABANDONED, RADIOACTIVITY IN ALL TISSUES DECR BELOW DETECTABLE LEVELS WITHIN...9 DAYS.

...PHENYLUREAS LABELED WITH (14)C IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS WERE ADMIN ORALLY TO RATS, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT TOTAL RADIOACTIVITY WAS RAPIDLY & EFFICIENTLY ELIMINATED IN URINE & FECES. ...90% OR MORE OF RADIOACTIVITY APPLIED WAS ACCOUNTED FOR IN EXCRETA WITHIN 72 HR AFTER ADMIN...(TOLYL-(14)C)CHLORTOLURON. WITH MOST MENTIONED CMPD /(TOLYL-(14)C)CHLORTOLURON/ MAJOR PORTION OF LABEL WAS ELIMINATED IN URINE, WHEREAS AMT OF FECAL RADIOACTIVITY WAS USUALLY NO MORE THAN 20% IN TERMS OF DOSE APPLIED.

HERBICIDE

Selective herbicide, absorbed by the roots and foliage. Inhibits photosynthesis. Effective both as a residual soil-acting herbicide and a contact foliar-spray against many broad-leaved and grass weeds of winter cereals, especially against Alopecurus myosuroides.

Dicuran 80 wettable powder (800 g ai/kg) and 500 flowable (500 g/l)

...in combination with mecoprop (Lumeton forte 60 wettable powder)

Chlortoluron is combined with mecoprop to improve the control of Galium, Papaver and Veronica spp.

(Chlortoluron +) bifenox; mecoprop; pendimethalin; terbutryn; trifluralin; terbuthylazine + terbutryn

Suspension concentrate; Wettable powder; Granule

Herbicides

Pharmaceuticals

Environmental transformation -> Pesticides (parent, predecessor)

Urea, N'-(3-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-N,N-dimethyl-: ACTIVE

IT WAS INTRODUCED, IN 1969, BY CIBA AG...UNDER CODE NUMBER C2242, TRADE MARK DICURAN & PROTECTED BY BELGIAN PATENT 728267. ITS HERBICIDAL PROPERTIES WERE FIRST DESCRIBED BY L'HERMITE Y ET AL; CR JOURN ETUD HERBIC CONF, COLUMA, 5TH, 1969, II, 349.

IT IS EFFECTIVE BOTH AS RESIDUAL SOIL-ACTING HERBICIDE & AS CONTACT FOLIAR-ACTING SPRAY AGAINST GRASS WEEDS & MANY BROAD-LEAVED WEEDS OF CEREAL CROPS, PARTICULARLY AGAINST BLACK GRASS (ALOPECURUS MYOSUROIDES). IT IS USED ON WINTER CEREALS IMMEDIATELY AFTER SOWING AT 1.5 TO 3 KG AI/HA; FOR POST-EMERGENCE, AT SAME RATES WHEN CEREAL IS AT THE 3-LEAF STAGE TO END OF TILLERING. IT IS COMBINED WITH MECOPROP (LUMETON FORTE) TO IMPROVE THE CONTROL OF GALLIUM, VERONICA & PAPAVER SPP.

Not marketed in the United States.