Benfluralin is a tertiany amino compound that is 2,6-dinitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)aniline in which the hydrogens attached to the aniline nitrogen have been replaced by one ethyl and one butyl group. It is used as a pre-emergence herbicide used for the control of grass and other weeds in a range of food and non-food crops. It has a role as a herbicide and an agrochemical. It is a tertiary amino compound, a C-nitro compound, an organofluorine compound and a substituted aniline.