(-a-(2-fluorophenyl)-a-(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol

(RS)-2,4'-difluoro-a-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)benzhydryl alcohol

C₁₆H₁₃F₂N₃O

Melting point 130℃.

Density 1.41(25℃).

Solubility In water 130 mg/l (pH 7, 20℃). In acetone 190, dichloromethane 150, methanol 69, xylene 12, hexane 0.3 (all in g/l, 20℃).

Oral Acute oral LD50 for male rats 1140, female rats 1480 mg/kg.

Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >1000, rabbits >2000 mg/kg.

Mild eye irritant; non-irritating to skin (rabbits). Not a skin sensitiser.

Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for rats >3.5 mg/l.

Control of a broad spectrum of leaf and ear diseases (including Erysiphe graminis, Rhynchosporium secalis, and Septoria, Puccinia, and Helminthosporium spp.) in cereals. Also used in non-mercurial seed treatment formulations to control the major soil-borne and seed-borne diseases of cereals.