The molecule is a dithiocarbamate anion resulting from the deprotonation of the thiol group of metam. It has a role as a profungicide, a proherbicide, a proinsecticide and a pronematicide. It is an organosulfur insecticide and a member of dithiocarbamate anions. It is a conjugate base of a metam.
N-methylcarbamodithioate