Xylylcarb (MPMC) is
a colorless solid, which is sparingly soluble in water and
is fairly soluble in acetonitrile, cyclohexane, and xylene.
Xylylcarb is a non-systemic insecticide. It is mainly used to control
hoppers and other sucking pests on rice, and leafhoppers, planthoppers
and scale insects on fruit.
ChEBI: Xylylcarb is a carbamate ester. It has a role as an EC 3.1.1.7 (acetylcholinesterase) inhibitor, a carbamate insecticide and an agrochemical. It is functionally related to a methylcarbamic acid and a 3,4-xylenol.
In plants and animals, the principal pathways of xylylcarb metabolism
are oxidation of the 4-methyl substituent, hydroxylation of the N-methyl
group, hydrolysis of the carbamate ester to form phenols and
conjugation.
Xylylcarb is hydrolysed in alkaline conditions (PM).
