The molecule is an organic chloride salt comprising equal numbers of chlormequat and chloride ions. A gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitor, it is used as a plant growth retardant to produce plants with sturdier, thicker stalks, facilitating the havesting of ornamental flowers and cereal crops. It has a role as a plant growth retardant and an agrochemical. It is an organic chloride salt and a quaternary ammonium salt. It contains a chlormequat.
2-chloroethyl(trimethyl)azanium;chloride