metam
CHEBI:141319
·resolve ·ANTIFUNGAL
·EXACT
SEEDED
A member of the class of dithiocarbamic acids that is dithiocarbamic acid in which a hydrogen attached to the amino group has been replaced by a methyl group. It is used (most widely as the corresponding sodium salt, metam-sodium) as an agricultural pesticide, mainly as a broad spectrum soil fumigant for the control of weeds, nematodes, soil-borne insects and fungi. — 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.
Chemical structure
Computed structure properties
| Molecular formula | C2H5NS2 |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 107.203 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 106.98634 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | HYVVJDQGXFXBRZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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SMILES
CNC(=S)S
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H5NS2/c1-3-2(4)5/h1H3,(H2,3,4,5)
Also called
- methylcarbamodithioic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Dithiokohlensaeure-methylamid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Methyl-dithiocarbamidsaeure (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- N-methyldithiocarbamic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- methan (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- methyl-dithiocarbamic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- methyldithiocarbamate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- methyldithiocarbaminic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- métam (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Cross-references
Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.
Activity roles
Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the
unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.
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 |
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| CHEBI |
CHEBI:141319 |
metam |
antibioticmech:chebi-bb031231d6 |
2026-08-30 |
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · 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/.
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