amobam
A dithiocarbamate salt resulting from the formal reaction of ethylenebis(dithiocarbamic acid) with 2 mol eq. of ammonia. A water-soluble crystalline solid, it is a fungicide used to protect fruit, vegetable, and field crops against a wide spectrum of fungal diseases. Mixing amobam with zinc sulfate affords the fungicide zineb.
Term info
amobam
- diammonium ethane-1,2-diyldicarbamodithioate
3_STAR
0
C4H14N4S4
chebi_ontology
diammonium ethylenebis(dithiocarbamate), diammonium N-[2-[[sulfanylidene(sulfido)methyl]amino]ethyl]carbamodithioate, diammonium N,N'-1,2-ethanediylbis(carbamodithioate), diammonium N,N'-ethane-1,2-diyldicarbamodithioate, amobame, Chem-O-Bam, diazanium N-[2-(sulfanidylcarbothioylamino)ethyl]carbamodithioate
CHEBI:81754
InChI=1S/C4H8N2S4.2H3N/c7-3(8)5-1-2-6-4(9)10;;/h1-2H2,(H2,5,7,8)(H2,6,9,10);2*1H3
FROZIYRKKUFAOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
246.44100
246.01013
[NH4+].[NH4+].[S-]C(=S)NCCNC([S-])=S
Term relations
- ammonium salt
- dithiocarbamate salt
- has part some ethylenebis(dithiocarbamate)
- has role some antifungal agrochemical
- has part some ammonium