Terbuthylazine is a selective herbicide. Chemically, it is a chlorotriazine; compared with

atrazine Atrazine is a chlorinated herbicide of the triazine class. It is used to prevent pre-emergence broadleaf weeds in crops such as maize (corn), soybean and sugarcane and on turf, such as golf courses and residential lawns. Atrazine's primary manu ...

and

simazine Simazine is an herbicide of the triazine class. The compound is used to control broad-leaved weeds and annual grasses. Preparation Simazine may be prepared from cyanuric chloride and a concentrated solution of ethyl amine (at least 50 perce ...

, it has a

tert-butyl In organic chemistry, butyl is a four-carbon alkyl radical or substituent group with general chemical formula , derived from either of the two isomers (''n''-butane and isobutane) of butane. The isomer ''n''-butane can connect in two ways, givi ...

group in place of the

isopropyl In organic chemistry, propyl is a three-carbon alkyl substituent with chemical formula for the linear form. This substituent form is obtained by removing one hydrogen atom attached to the terminal carbon of propane. A propyl substituent is often ...

and ethyl groups, respectively.

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{{Herbicides Herbicides Triazines Chloroarenes Tert-butyl compounds