Moisture and carbon dioxide cause slow decomp to calcium carbonate and (phytotoxic) dicalcium hydrogen arsenate. In the presence of acids, water sol, strongly phytotoxic arsenic acid is produced.
A series of tetrazoles linked to the butenolide core via benzene rings were prepared by the Stille coupling reaction of α-(tributylstannyl)butenolides and 5-(alkylsulfanyl)-1-(4-iodophenyl)tetrazoles, and the compounds were tested for antifungal and cytostatic activity. Interesting antifungal activities against the filamentous strain