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Agent Orange
Also known as butyl 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetate;butyl 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate, 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid butyl ester;2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetic acid butyl ester, butyl 2-[2,4-bis(chloranyl)phenoxy]ethanoate;butyl 2-[2,4,5-tris(chloranyl)phenoxy]ethanoate
military herbicide
Chemical data
- Formula
- C24H27Cl5O6
- Molecular weight
- 588.7 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- butyl 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetate;butyl 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate
- SMILES
- CCCCOC(=O)COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)Cl)Cl.CCCCOC(=O)COC1=CC(=C(C=C1Cl)Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- OLAOGBRYSBMLAO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 71.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
2,901 papers- PMID 306293952018
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Article
U.S. Army Huey helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land during the Vietnam War in its herbicidal warfare campaign
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