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Metoxuron

19937-59-8C10H13ClN2O2228.679 g/mol

A member of the class of 3-(3,4-substituted-phenyl)-1,1-dimethylureas that is urea in which one of the nitrogens is substituted by a 3-chloro-4-methoxyphenyl group while the other is substituted by two methyl groups. It is a plant growth regulator and a pre- and post-emergence herbicide used for the control of grasses and broad-leaved weeds in carrots and cereals (e.g. wheat, barley and rye). — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number19937-59-8ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC10H13ClN2O2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass228.679 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass228.06656 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:6907ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass228.67 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass228.0665554 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP1.6PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)41.6PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors2PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds2PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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metoxuron
3-(3-chloro-4-methoxyphenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea
DSRNRYQBBJQVCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
COc1ccc(NC(=O)N(C)C)cc1Cl
InChI=1S/C10H13ClN2O2/c1-13(2)10(14)12-7-4-5-9(15-3)8(11)6-7/h4-6H,1-3H3,(H,12,14)

Names & synonyms

3-(3-chloro-4-methoxyphenyl)-1,1-dimethylureaDeftorDosafloDosagranDosanexInvesttPurivelSulerex

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Classification & relationships

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Roles recorded in ChEBI

herbicidephotosystem-II inhibitorplant growth regulatoragrochemicalxenobioticenvironmental contaminant

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00437294 mol

Uses 228.679 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 10 atoms
52.52%
Cl
Chlorine · 1 atom
15.50%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
13.99%
N
Nitrogen · 2 atoms
12.25%
H
Hydrogen · 13 atoms
5.73%

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Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:6907

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 29863 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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