Tentative identification of 2-imidazoline as a transformation product of ethylenebisdithiocarbamate fungicides

Abstract

2-Imidazoline has been identified tentatively as a minor conversion product of ethylenethiourea in seedlings of cucumber and wheat. As ethylenethiourea is known to be present in plants after root treatment with ethylenebisdithiocarbamate fungicides, 2-imidazoline is assumed to be a terminal residue of these fungicides as well.