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METHOD WRITTEN BY: Dale A. Shoemaker, Ph.D., NIOSH/DART
TABLE 1. STRUCT URAL FORM ULAS, MO LECULAR WEIGHT S, and PROPERTIES Compound
(1) Atrazine
Formula
C8 H1 4 ClN5
Molecular Weight
CAS
215.72
1912-24-9
RTECS
XY5600000
Synonyms
2-Chloro-4-ethylamino-6isopropylamino-s-triazine; 2-Chloro-4-ethylamino-6isopropylamino-1,3,5-triazine; 6-Chloro-N-ethyl-N’-(1- methylethyl)1,3,5-triazine-2,4- diamine
(2) Simazine
C7 H1 2 ClN5
201.69
122-34-9
XY5250000
2-Chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-striazine
(3) Propazine
C9 H1 6 ClN5
229.75
139-40-2
XY5300000
Chloro-4,6-bis(isopropylamino)- striazine; 2,4-Bis(isopropylamino)-6- chloro1,3,5-triazine
(4) Cyanazine
C9 H1 3 ClN6
240.73
21725-46-2
UG1490000
2-Chloro-4-ethylamino-6-(1- cyano-1methyl)ethylamino-s- triazine; 2-[(4-chloro-6-ethylamino-s- triazin2-yl)amino]-2- methylproprionitrile
(5) Desethylatrazine
C6 H1 0 ClN5
187.66
6190-65-4
2-Amino-4-chloro-6- isopropylaminos-triazine; 6-Chloro-N-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5triazine-2,4-diamine
(6) Desisopropylatrazine
C5 H8 ClN5
173.67
1007-28-9
2-Amino-4-chloro-6-ethylamino- striazine; 6-Chloro-N-ethyl-1,3,5-triazine- 2,4diamine
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