Sulphosate is the the trimethylsulphonium salt of glyphosate, the most successful, post-emergent systemic broad spectrum herbicide for control of annual and perennial weeds. The sulphosate salt is synthesized by reacting glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) with the sulphonium salt derived from Dimethyl Sulfide. Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) is one of the products produced by Gaylord Chemical Company L.L.C.
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