Carbamates comprise the esters and the salts of carbamic acids. This is a systematic classification from chemical aspects. Microbicides of this class of substances widely differ in terms of both efficacy and mechanisms of activity. The carbamic and dithiocarbamic acids, the basis of the carbamates, lack chemical stability; they occur only intermediarily and disintegrate instantly to form carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon disulphide (CS2) and amine (see Figure 17).
Hydrolysis/degradation of carbamates.
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Paulus, W. (2004). Carbamates. In: Paulus, W. (eds) Directory of Microbicides for the Protection of Materials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2818-0_34
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