4588 Quintozene Quintozene, also known as pentachloronitrobenzene, is a registered fungicide formally derived from nitrobenzene used as soil fungicide on lawns and ornamental crops, as a seed treatment of field crops and vegetables (e.g., barley, corn, cotton, oats, rice, and wheat), and as a slime inhibitor in industrial waters. It is also used to prevent the formation of slime in industrial waters. It is either an off-white or yellow solid, depending on its purity, with a musty odor. Residual amounts of the compound and its metabolites can be found in crops. The degradation products, PCA and PCTA have been found in farming soils and in river sediments. Its mode of action is through contact and interferes with mitotic division. 82-68-8 6720 C6Cl5NO2 White powder. 44°C 328°C 3, not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans. (L135) This is a man-made compound that is used as a pesticide. 2014-08-29T06:51:45Z 2014-12-24T20:26:52Z C14338 CHEBI:34908 true ClC1=C(Cl)C(Cl)=C(C(Cl)=C1Cl)N(=O)=O C6Cl5NO2 InChI=1S/C6Cl5NO2/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12(13)14)5(11)3(1)9 InChIKey=LKPLKUMXSAEKID-UHFFFAOYSA-N 295.335 292.837166784 Exogenous Solid CHEMBL468759 6464