acibenzolar-S-methyl

CHEBI:73178 ·resolve ·ANTIFUNGAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A benzothiadiazole that is the S-methyl thioester derivative of acibenzolar. A profungicide (by hydrolysis of the thioester group to give the corresponding carboxylic acid), it is used as a fungicide and plant activator on a variety of crops, including cotton, chili peppers, lettuce, onions, spinach, tobacco, and tomatoes. — ChEBI

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Classification

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Label unavailable CHEBI:48864
Label unavailable CHEBI:51277

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C8H6N2OS2
Charge	0
Average mass	210.283 Da
Monoisotopic mass	209.99215 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	UELITFHSCLAHKR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CSC(=O)c1cccc2nnsc12

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H6N2OS2/c1-12-8(11)5-3-2-4-6-7(5)13-10-9-6/h2-4H,1H3

Also called

Actigard (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
S-methyl 1,2,3-benzothiadiazole-7-carbothioate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,2,3-benzothiadiazole-7-carboxlic acid thiomethyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
7-(methylthiocarbonyl)-benzo-1,2,3-thiadiazole (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
BTH (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
S-methyl benzo[1,2,3]thiadiazole-7-carbothioate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
benzo-(1,2,3)-thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

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Patents and articles

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wikipedia.en:Acibenzolar-S-methyl

Activity roles

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

profungicide CHEBI:136645
antifungal agrochemical CHEBI:86328

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:73178`	acibenzolar-S-methyl	`antibioticmech:chebi-0adbed5ed7`	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
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-09-10 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record (YAML).

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