CAS 137-42-8 appears in our catalog under these names: Metam Sodium, Metam-sodium, Metham (sodium). Offered by: Chemat Brand, HPC Standards, MedChemExpress. Available pack sizes: on request, 1x250mg, Get quote.
Metam-sodium is an organic sodium salt resulting from the formal reaction of methylcarbamodithioic acid with 1 mol eq. sodium hydroxide. It is used as an agricultural pesticide, mainly as a broad spectrum soil fumigant for the control of weeds, nematodes, soil-borne insects and fungi. It has a role as a proinsecticide, a profungicide, a proherbicide and a pronematicide. It is an organic sodium salt and an organosulfur insecticide. It contains a metam(1-).
Source: ChEBI
| Molecular formula | C2H4NNaS2 |
|---|---|
| Molecular weight | 129.18 g/mol |
| IUPAC name | sodium N-methylcarbamodithioate |
| InChIKey | AFCCDDWKHLHPDF-UHFFFAOYSA-M |
| SMILES | CNC(=S)[S-].[Na+] |
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