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C0143

Ethephon

≥96% (titration)

Synonym(s):

2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid, Ethephon

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Linear Formula:
ClCH2CH2P(O)(OH)2
CAS Number:
16672-87-0
Molecular Weight:
144.49
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
24892237
EC Number:
240-718-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1751208
MDL number:
MFCD00002142

Product Name

Ethephon, ≥96% (titration)

InChI key

UDPGUMQDCGORJQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C2H6ClO3P/c3-1-2-7(4,5)6/h1-2H2,(H2,4,5,6)

SMILES string

OP(O)(=O)CCCl

assay

≥96% (titration)

form

solid

mp

70-72 °C (lit.)

application(s)

agriculture

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

100

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Application

Ethephon (2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid), a widely used plant growth regulator that induces scenescence and fruiting may be used to study its properties as a plant growth regulator, phosphorylating agent and as a butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor. Ethephon may be used as a reference compound in procedures designed to detect ethephon in biological materials.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1C

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Paiboon Tunsagool et al.
Plant cell reports, 38(5), 559-575 (2019-02-05)
Bacillus subtilis CLP extract activates defense gene expression and increases the unique protein production involving in pathways of ISR, SAR, ubiquitin-proteasome system, and glycolysis for stress responses in flavedo tissues. Cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs) of Bacillus subtilis ABS-S14 had ability to
Hsien-Jung Chen et al.
Journal of plant physiology, 169(1), 86-97 (2011-09-07)
In this report a full-length cDNA, SPCAT1, was isolated from ethephon-treated mature L3 leaves of sweet potato. SPCAT1 contained 1479 nucleotides (492 amino acids) in its open reading frame, and exhibited high amino acid sequence identities (ca. 71.2-80.9%) with several
Shigemi Seo et al.
Plant physiology, 155(1), 502-514 (2010-11-16)
Rice (Oryza sativa) plants carrying the Pi-i resistance gene to blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae restrict invaded fungus in infected tissue via hypersensitive reaction or response (HR), which is accompanied by rapid ethylene production and formation of small HR lesions. Ethylene
J E Haux et al.
Chemical research in toxicology, 13(7), 646-651 (2000-07-18)
Ethephon [(2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid] has two seemingly unrelated types of biological activity. It is a major agrochemical absorbed by crops, slowly releasing ethylene as a plant growth regulator. Ethephon also inhibits the activity of plasma butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) in humans, dogs, rats
Mariya S Liyasova et al.
Chemical research in toxicology, 26(3), 422-431 (2013-02-16)
The plant growth regulator ethephon (2-chloroethylphosphonic acid) inhibits human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) by making a covalent adduct on the active site serine 198. Our goal was to extend earlier studies on ethephon inhibition. Addition of freshly prepared ethephon to BChE in
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