Bromoxynil (production)

The activity generating the emissions is bromoxynil production. The reference product is bromoxynil. Bromoxynil is an organic substance with the CAS no.: 001689-84-5. It is called 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C7H3Br2NO. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as a colorless or white powder. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. Bromoxynil is a herbicide applied to control broad-leaved weeds. It is used post-emergence e.g. on cereals, maize, sorghum, onions, garlic, mint and turf. Bromoxynil inhibits the photosynthetic electron transfer and the oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria. This exacerbates the energy production and respiration of plants. There are no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/26202/documentation.