nitrapyrin

CHEBI:81935 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A chloropyridine that is 2-chloropyridine which is substituted by a trichloromethyl group at position 6. It is a nitrification inhibitor that is co-applied with nitrogen fertilizer in agroecosystems. — ChEBI

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

CHEBI:39173 CHEBI:39173

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C6H3Cl4N
Charge	0
Average mass	230.909 Da
Monoisotopic mass	228.90196 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	DCUJJWWUNKIJPH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Clc1cccc(C(Cl)(Cl)Cl)n1

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H3Cl4N/c7-5-3-1-2-4(11-5)6(8,9)10/h1-3H

Also called

Dowco-163 (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
N-Serve (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
N-Serve nitrogen stabilizer (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
2-chloro-6-(trichloromethyl)pyridine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
α,α,α,6-tetrachloro-2-picoline (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:1929-82-4
kegg.compound:C18751
metacyc.compound:NITRAPYRIN
pesticides:nitrapyrin
ppdb:1200
reaxys:1618997
wikipedia.en:Nitrapyrin

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

CHEBI:33282 CHEBI:33282

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:81935`	nitrapyrin	`antibioticmech:chebi-fadc4c71ed`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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