beta-triketone

A triketone in which the each ketone functionality is located beta- to the other two.

ChEBI ID: 140323

Members (6)

Member	Definition	Role
chlorophacinone		Chlorophacinone
diphenadione		Diphenadione
mesotrione	An aromatic ketone that is cyclohexa-1,3-dione in which one of the hydrogens at position 2 is substituted by a 4-(methanesulfonyl)-2-nitrobenzoyl group.	mesotrione
pindone		Pindone
sulcotrione	An aromatic ketone that is cyclohexane-1,3-dione substituted by a 2-chloro-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzoyl group at position 2.	sulcotrione
tembotrione	An aromatic ketone that is 2-benzoylcyclohexane-1,3-dione in which the phenyl group is substituted at positions 2, 3, and 4 by chlorine, (2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)methyl, and methylsulfonyl groups, respectively. It is a post-emergence herbicide used (particularly in conjunction with the herbicide safener cyprosulfamide) for the control of a wide range of broad-leaved and grassy weeds in corn and other crops.	tembotrione