Basic Info

Common NameDiuron(F05411)
2D Structure
Description

Diuron, also known as DCMU (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea), is an herbicide in the urea chemical family that inhibits photosynthesis. It was introduced by Bayer in 1954 under the trade name of Diuron. DCMU is a very specific and sensitive inhibitor of photosynthesis, the process by which plants use light, water, and carbon di-oxide from the atmosphere to form plant sugars and cellulose. Diuron blocks electron transport at a critical point in this process. It blocks the plastoquinone binding site of photosystem II, disallowing the electron flow from where it is generated, in photosystem II, to plastoquinone. This interrupts the photosynthetic electron transport chain in photosynthesis and thus reduces the ability of the plant to turn light energy into chemical energy (ATP and reductant potential).

FRCD IDF05411
CAS Number330-54-1
PubChem CID3120
FormulaC9H10Cl2N2O
IUPAC Name

3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea

InChI Key

XMTQQYYKAHVGBJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

InChI=1S/C9H10Cl2N2O/c1-13(2)9(14)12-6-3-4-7(10)8(11)5-6/h3-5H,1-2H3,(H,12,14)

Canonical SMILES

CN(C)C(=O)NC1=CC(=C(C=C1)Cl)Cl

Isomeric SMILES

CN(C)C(=O)NC1=CC(=C(C=C1)Cl)Cl

Synonyms
        
            3-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea
        
            diuron
        
            330-54-1
        
            DCMU
        
            Duran
        
            Dynex
        
            Dichlorfenidim
        
            Herbatox
        
            Vonduron
        
            Dailon
        
Classifies
                

                  
                    Pollutant
                  
                    Pesticide
                  

                
        
Update DateNov 13, 2018 17:07

Chemical Taxonomy

KingdomOrganic compounds
SuperclassBenzenoids
ClassBenzene and substituted derivatives
SubclassN-phenylureas
Intermediate Tree NodesNot available
Direct ParentN-phenylureas
Alternative Parents
Molecular FrameworkAromatic homomonocyclic compounds
SubstituentsN-phenylurea - 1,2-dichlorobenzene - Chlorobenzene - Halobenzene - Aryl chloride - Aryl halide - Urea - Carbonic acid derivative - Organochloride - Organohalogen compound - Organic nitrogen compound - Hydrocarbon derivative - Organic oxide - Organopnictogen compound - Carbonyl group - Organic oxygen compound - Organonitrogen compound - Organooxygen compound - Aromatic homomonocyclic compound
DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as n-phenylureas. These are compounds containing a N-phenylurea moiety, which is structurally characterized by a phenyl group linked to one nitrogen atom of a urea group.

Properties

Property NameProperty Value
Molecular Weight233.092
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count1
Rotatable Bond Count1
Complexity211
Monoisotopic Mass232.017
Exact Mass232.017
XLogP2.7
Formal Charge0
Heavy Atom Count14
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Isotope Atom Count0
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count1

ADMET

Model Result Probability
Absorption
Blood-Brain BarrierBBB+0.9755
Human Intestinal AbsorptionHIA+0.9846
Caco-2 PermeabilityCaco2+0.6600
P-glycoprotein SubstrateNon-substrate0.7632
P-glycoprotein InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.9563
Non-inhibitor0.9724
Renal Organic Cation TransporterNon-inhibitor0.8631
Distribution
Subcellular localizationMitochondria0.6618
Metabolism
CYP450 2C9 SubstrateNon-substrate0.7124
CYP450 2D6 SubstrateNon-substrate0.7577
CYP450 3A4 SubstrateSubstrate0.5402
CYP450 1A2 InhibitorInhibitor0.7859
CYP450 2C9 InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.7162
CYP450 2D6 InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.8380
CYP450 2C19 InhibitorInhibitor0.5459
CYP450 3A4 InhibitorNon-inhibitor0.8308
CYP Inhibitory PromiscuityHigh CYP Inhibitory Promiscuity0.7868
Excretion
Toxicity
Human Ether-a-go-go-Related Gene InhibitionWeak inhibitor0.8661
Non-inhibitor0.7997
AMES ToxicityNon AMES toxic0.8074
CarcinogensNon-carcinogens0.5804
Fish ToxicityHigh FHMT0.7423
Tetrahymena Pyriformis ToxicityHigh TPT0.9608
Honey Bee ToxicityLow HBT0.9119
BiodegradationNot ready biodegradable0.9902
Acute Oral ToxicityIII0.8112
Carcinogenicity (Three-class)Non-required0.5084

Model Value Unit
Absorption
Aqueous solubility-3.7377LogS
Caco-2 Permeability1.7781LogPapp, cm/s
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
Toxicity
Rat Acute Toxicity2.3285LD50, mol/kg
Fish Toxicity1.2774pLC50, mg/L
Tetrahymena Pyriformis Toxicity0.8612pIGC50, ug/L

MRLs

FoodProduct CodeCountryMRLsApplication DateNotes
GrapeIndia1mg/kg
YamJapan0.05ppm
Cashew nuts0120030European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Citrus fruits0110000European Union0.01*06/03/2014
Grapefruits (Natsudaidais, Shaddocks/pomelos, Sweeties/oroblancos, Tangelolos, Tangelos (except minneolas)/Ugli®, Other hybrids of Citrus paradisi, not elsewhere mentioned,)0110010European Union0.01*06/03/2014
Oranges (Bergamots, Bitter oranges/sour oranges, Blood oranges, Cara caras, Chinottos, Trifoliate oranges, Other hybrids of Citrus sinensis, not elsewhere mentioned,)0110020European Union0.01*06/03/2014
Lemons (Buddha's hands/Buddha's fingers, Citrons,)0110030European Union0.01*06/03/2014
Limes (Indian sweet limes/Palestine sweet limes, Kaffir limes, Sweet limes/mosambis, Tahiti limes, Limequats,)0110040European Union0.01*06/03/2014
Mandarins (Calamondins, Clementines, Cleopatra mandarins, Minneolas, Satsumas/clausellinas, Tangerines/dancy mandarins, Tangors, Other hybrids of Citrus reticulata, not elsewhere mentioned,)0110050European Union0.01*06/03/2014
Others (2)0110990European Union0.01*06/03/2014
Tree nuts0120000European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Almonds (Apricot kernels, Bitter almonds, Canarium nuts/galip nuts, Pili nuts, Okari nuts,)0120010European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Brazil nuts0120020European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Chestnuts0120040European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Coconuts (Areca nuts/betel nuts,)0120050European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Hazelnuts/cobnuts (Acorns, Filberts,)0120060European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Macadamias0120070European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Pecans (Hickory nuts,)0120080European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Pine nut kernels (Pine nut kernels from other species than Pinus pinea, Pine nut kernels from other species than Pinus pinea, Pine nut kernels from other species than Pinus pinea, Pine nut kernels ...0120090European Union0.02*06/03/2014
Pistachios0120100European Union0.02*06/03/2014

References

TitleJournalDatePubmed ID
The influence of natural dissolved organic matter on herbicide toxicity to marine microalgae is species-dependent.Aquat Toxicol2018 May29529466
Pesticide load dynamics during stormwater flow events in Mediterranean coastalstreams: Alexander stream case study.Sci Total Environ2018 Jun 129289002
Fast pesticide detection inside microfluidic device with integrated optical pH, oxygen sensors and algal fluorescence.Biosens Bioelectron2017 Feb 1527523821
An assessment of direct and indirect effects of two herbicides on aquatic communities.Environ Toxicol Chem2017 Aug28106287
Leaching of Diuron, Hexazinone, and Sulfometuron-methyl Applied Alone and inMixture in Soils with Contrasting Textures.J Agric Food Chem2017 Apr 528326783
Effect of Soil Water Content on the Distribution of Diuron into OrganomineralAggregates of Highly Weathered Tropical Soils.J Agric Food Chem2016 May 2526697719
How benthic diatoms within natural communities respond to eight common herbicides with different modes of action.Sci Total Environ2016 Jul 127037885
Fructose as a novel photosensitizer: Characterization of reactive oxygen species and an application in degradation of diuron and chlorpyrifos.Chemosphere2016 Feb26519800
Evaluation of Diuron Tolerance and Biotransformation by Fungi from a Sugar CanePlantation Sandy-Loam Soil.J Agric Food Chem2016 Dec 1427960295
Does a voltage-sensitive outer envelope transport mechanism contributes to thechloroplast iron uptake?Planta2016 Dec27541495
Pesticides in the Ebro River basin: Occurrence and risk assessment.Environ Pollut2016 Apr26802514
Evaluation of polar organic micropollutants as indicators for wastewater-related coastal water quality impairment.Environ Pollut2016 Apr26774775
Using non-targeted direct analysis in real time-mass spectrometry (DART-MS) todiscriminate seeds based on endogenous or exogenous chemicals.Anal Bioanal Chem2015 Oct26307112
Sorption interactions of organic compounds with soils affected by agriculturalolive mill wastewater.Chemosphere2015 Nov26183941
Pesticide monitoring in the basin of Llobregat River (Catalonia, Spain) andcomparison with historical data.Sci Total Environ2015 Jan 1525034205
Emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, a food additiveand pesticides) in waters of Sydney estuary, Australia.Mar Pollut Bull2015 Aug 1526130525
Ammonium chloride salting out extraction/cleanup for trace-level quantitativeanalysis in food and biological matrices by flow injection tandem massspectrometry.Anal Chim Acta2013 Mar 2023473245
Current and emerging environmentally-friendly systems for fouling control in the marine environment.Biotechnol Adv2013 Dec24051087
Physiological and biochemical responses of Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 to Irgarol 1051 and diuron.Aquat Toxicol2012 Oct 1522789406
Enhanced mineralization of diuron using a cyclodextrin-based bioremediation technology.J Agric Food Chem2012 Oct 1022985203

Targets

General Function:
Zinc ion binding
Specific Function:
Nuclear receptor that binds and is activated by variety of endogenous and xenobiotic compounds. Transcription factor that activates the transcription of multiple genes involved in the metabolism and secretion of potentially harmful xenobiotics, drugs and endogenous compounds. Activated by the antibiotic rifampicin and various plant metabolites, such as hyperforin, guggulipid, colupulone, and isoflavones. Response to specific ligands is species-specific. Activated by naturally occurring steroids, such as pregnenolone and progesterone. Binds to a response element in the promoters of the CYP3A4 and ABCB1/MDR1 genes.
Gene Name:
NR1I2
Uniprot ID:
O75469
Molecular Weight:
49761.245 Da
References
  1. Kojima H, Sata F, Takeuchi S, Sueyoshi T, Nagai T: Comparative study of human and mouse pregnane X receptor agonistic activity in 200 pesticides using in vitro reporter gene assays. Toxicology. 2011 Feb 27;280(3):77-87. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.11.008. Epub 2010 Nov 27. [21115097 ]
General Function:
Sodium-independent organic anion transmembrane transporter activity
Specific Function:
Mediates the Na(+)-independent uptake of organic anions such as pravastatin, taurocholate, methotrexate, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, 17-beta-glucuronosyl estradiol, estrone sulfate, prostaglandin E2, thromboxane B2, leukotriene C3, leukotriene E4, thyroxine and triiodothyronine. Involved in the clearance of bile acids and organic anions from the liver.
Gene Name:
SLCO1B1
Uniprot ID:
Q9Y6L6
Molecular Weight:
76447.99 Da
References
  1. Sipes NS, Martin MT, Kothiya P, Reif DM, Judson RS, Richard AM, Houck KA, Dix DJ, Kavlock RJ, Knudsen TB: Profiling 976 ToxCast chemicals across 331 enzymatic and receptor signaling assays. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 Jun 17;26(6):878-95. doi: 10.1021/tx400021f. Epub 2013 May 16. [23611293 ]
General Function:
Oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, reduced flavin or flavoprotein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen
Specific Function:
Cytochromes P450 are a group of heme-thiolate monooxygenases. In liver microsomes, this enzyme is involved in an NADPH-dependent electron transport pathway. It oxidizes a variety of structurally unrelated compounds, including steroids, fatty acids, and xenobiotics. Most active in catalyzing 2-hydroxylation. Caffeine is metabolized primarily by cytochrome CYP1A2 in the liver through an initial N3-demethylation. Also acts in the metabolism of aflatoxin B1 and acetaminophen. Participates in the bioactivation of carcinogenic aromatic and heterocyclic amines. Catalizes the N-hydroxylation of heterocyclic amines and the O-deethylation of phenacetin.
Gene Name:
CYP1A2
Uniprot ID:
P05177
Molecular Weight:
58293.76 Da
References
  1. Sipes NS, Martin MT, Kothiya P, Reif DM, Judson RS, Richard AM, Houck KA, Dix DJ, Kavlock RJ, Knudsen TB: Profiling 976 ToxCast chemicals across 331 enzymatic and receptor signaling assays. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 Jun 17;26(6):878-95. doi: 10.1021/tx400021f. Epub 2013 May 16. [23611293 ]
General Function:
Steroid binding
Specific Function:
UDPGT is of major importance in the conjugation and subsequent elimination of potentially toxic xenobiotics and endogenous compounds. This isoform glucuronidates bilirubin IX-alpha to form both the IX-alpha-C8 and IX-alpha-C12 monoconjugates and diconjugate. Is also able to catalyze the glucuronidation of 17beta-estradiol, 17alpha-ethinylestradiol, 1-hydroxypyrene, 4-methylumbelliferone, 1-naphthol, paranitrophenol, scopoletin, and umbelliferone. Isoform 2 lacks transferase activity but acts as a negative regulator of isoform 1.
Gene Name:
UGT1A1
Uniprot ID:
P22309
Molecular Weight:
59590.91 Da
References
  1. Sipes NS, Martin MT, Kothiya P, Reif DM, Judson RS, Richard AM, Houck KA, Dix DJ, Kavlock RJ, Knudsen TB: Profiling 976 ToxCast chemicals across 331 enzymatic and receptor signaling assays. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 Jun 17;26(6):878-95. doi: 10.1021/tx400021f. Epub 2013 May 16. [23611293 ]
General Function:
Steroid hydroxylase activity
Specific Function:
Cytochromes P450 are a group of heme-thiolate monooxygenases. In liver microsomes, this enzyme is involved in an NADPH-dependent electron transport pathway. It oxidizes a variety of structurally unrelated compounds, including steroids, fatty acids, and xenobiotics. Acts as a 1,4-cineole 2-exo-monooxygenase.
Gene Name:
CYP2B6
Uniprot ID:
P20813
Molecular Weight:
56277.81 Da
References
  1. Sipes NS, Martin MT, Kothiya P, Reif DM, Judson RS, Richard AM, Houck KA, Dix DJ, Kavlock RJ, Knudsen TB: Profiling 976 ToxCast chemicals across 331 enzymatic and receptor signaling assays. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 Jun 17;26(6):878-95. doi: 10.1021/tx400021f. Epub 2013 May 16. [23611293 ]
General Function:
Sulfotransferase activity
Specific Function:
Sulfotransferase that utilizes 3'-phospho-5'-adenylyl sulfate (PAPS) as sulfonate donor to catalyze the sulfonation of steroids and bile acids in the liver and adrenal glands.
Gene Name:
SULT2A1
Uniprot ID:
Q06520
Molecular Weight:
33779.57 Da
References
  1. Sipes NS, Martin MT, Kothiya P, Reif DM, Judson RS, Richard AM, Houck KA, Dix DJ, Kavlock RJ, Knudsen TB: Profiling 976 ToxCast chemicals across 331 enzymatic and receptor signaling assays. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 Jun 17;26(6):878-95. doi: 10.1021/tx400021f. Epub 2013 May 16. [23611293 ]
General Function:
Transcription regulatory region dna binding
Specific Function:
Ligand-activated transcriptional activator. Binds to the XRE promoter region of genes it activates. Activates the expression of multiple phase I and II xenobiotic chemical metabolizing enzyme genes (such as the CYP1A1 gene). Mediates biochemical and toxic effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons. Involved in cell-cycle regulation. Likely to play an important role in the development and maturation of many tissues. Regulates the circadian clock by inhibiting the basal and circadian expression of the core circadian component PER1. Inhibits PER1 by repressing the CLOCK-ARNTL/BMAL1 heterodimer mediated transcriptional activation of PER1.
Gene Name:
AHR
Uniprot ID:
P35869
Molecular Weight:
96146.705 Da
References
  1. Noguerol TN, Boronat S, Casado M, Raldua D, Barcelo D, Pina B: Evaluating the interactions of vertebrate receptors with persistent pollutants and antifouling pesticides using recombinant yeast assays. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2006 Jul;385(6):1012-9. Epub 2006 May 17. [16705413 ]
General Function:
Vitamin d3 25-hydroxylase activity
Specific Function:
Cytochromes P450 are a group of heme-thiolate monooxygenases. In liver microsomes, this enzyme is involved in an NADPH-dependent electron transport pathway. It performs a variety of oxidation reactions (e.g. caffeine 8-oxidation, omeprazole sulphoxidation, midazolam 1'-hydroxylation and midazolam 4-hydroxylation) of structurally unrelated compounds, including steroids, fatty acids, and xenobiotics. Acts as a 1,8-cineole 2-exo-monooxygenase. The enzyme also hydroxylates etoposide (PubMed:11159812). Catalyzes 4-beta-hydroxylation of cholesterol. May catalyze 25-hydroxylation of cholesterol in vitro (PubMed:21576599).
Gene Name:
CYP3A4
Uniprot ID:
P08684
Molecular Weight:
57342.67 Da
References
  1. Sipes NS, Martin MT, Kothiya P, Reif DM, Judson RS, Richard AM, Houck KA, Dix DJ, Kavlock RJ, Knudsen TB: Profiling 976 ToxCast chemicals across 331 enzymatic and receptor signaling assays. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 Jun 17;26(6):878-95. doi: 10.1021/tx400021f. Epub 2013 May 16. [23611293 ]