loading...| Preferred Name |
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
|
| Synonyms |
|
|
| Definitions |
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid is a light tan solid (melting point 153 °C). Insoluble in water. Contact may irritate the skin. (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetic acid is a chlorophenoxyacetic acid that is phenoxyacetic acid in which the ring hydrogens at postions 2, 4 and 5 are substituted by chlorines. It has a role as a defoliant, a synthetic auxin and a phenoxy herbicide. It is a chlorophenoxyacetic acid and a trichlorobenzene. It is a conjugate acid of a (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate. An herbicide with strong irritant properties. Use of this compound on rice fields, orchards, sugarcane, rangeland, and other noncrop sites was terminated by the EPA in 1985. (From Merck Index, 11th ed) Source: Pubchem |
|
| ID |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/compound/1480 |
|
| comment |
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid is a light tan solid (melting point 153 °C). Insoluble in water. Contact may irritate the skin. (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetic acid is a chlorophenoxyacetic acid that is phenoxyacetic acid in which the ring hydrogens at postions 2, 4 and 5 are substituted by chlorines. It has a role as a defoliant, a synthetic auxin and a phenoxy herbicide. It is a chlorophenoxyacetic acid and a trichlorobenzene. It is a conjugate acid of a (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate. An herbicide with strong irritant properties. Use of this compound on rice fields, orchards, sugarcane, rangeland, and other noncrop sites was terminated by the EPA in 1985. (From Merck Index, 11th ed) Source: Pubchem |
|
| label |
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
|
| notation |
T245 |
|
| prefLabel |
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
|
| subClassOf |