Dinoterb

Synonyms

2,4-Dinitro-6-tert-butylphenol; 2-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-4,6-dinitrophenol; 2-tert-Butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol; 2-tert-Butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol [ISO]; Dinoterbe [ISO-French]; DNTBP; Herbogil; Phenol, 2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4,6-dinitro-; Phenol, 2-tert-butyl-4,6-dinitro-; Phenol, o-t-butyl-4,6-dinitro-; Phenol, o-tert-butyl-4,6-dinitro-; Stirpan forte; [ChemIDplus] UN2779

Category

Herbicides, Nitroaromatic

Description

Yellow solid with an odor of phenol; [HSDB]

Sources/Uses

Used as contact herbicide for post-emergence control of annual weeds in cereals, lucerne, and maize, and pre-emergence weed control in beans and peas; Also used as rodenticide; [HSDB]

Comments

Toxicology similar to that of Dinoseb and Dinitro-o-cresol; [HSDB] An eye irritant; Can be absorbed through skin; [MSDSonline] See "Dinitro-o-cresol "

Banned in the EU for use as pesticide for plant protection and other pesticides including biocides; [eChemPortal: ESIS] All registrations suspended by EPA in 1986; [HSDB]

Biomedical References

1.1E-06 mm Hg

Explanatory Notes

The Guide in the Emergency Response Guidebook is for "Substituted nitrophenol pesticide, solid, toxic."

MetHgb is secondary toxic effect

Hepatoxic (a) from occupational exposure (secondary effect) or (b) in animal studies or in humans after ingestion

Yes

Yes

Other Poison

Uncoupler

Diseases

Occupational diseases associated with exposure to this agent:

• Acute tubular necrosis
• Pentachlorophenol/Dinitrophenol, acute poisoning

Processes

Industrial Processes with risk of exposure:

• Farming (Pesticides)