CHEBI:50099 - (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid

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ChEBI Name (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:50099
Definition A chlorophenoxyacetic acid that is (4-chlorophenoxy)acetic acid substituted by a methyl group at position 2.
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Formula C9H9ClO3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 200.61866
Monoisotopic Mass 200.02402
InChI InChI=1S/C9H9ClO3/c1-6-4-7(10)2-3-8(6)13-5-9(11)12/h2-4H,5H2,1H3,(H,11,12)
InChIKey WHKUVVPPKQRRBV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES Cc1cc(Cl)ccc1OCC(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): environmental contaminant
Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): synthetic auxin
A synthetic compound exhibiting auxin activity.
Application(s): phenoxy herbicide
Any member of the class of herbicides whose members contain a phenoxy or substituted phenoxy group.
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Outgoing (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid (CHEBI:50099) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid (CHEBI:50099) has role phenoxy herbicide (CHEBI:60575)
(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid (CHEBI:50099) has role synthetic auxin (CHEBI:26841)
(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid (CHEBI:50099) is a chlorophenoxyacetic acid (CHEBI:23152)
(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid (CHEBI:50099) is a monochlorobenzenes (CHEBI:83403)
(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid (CHEBI:50099) is conjugate acid of (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetate (CHEBI:231609)
Incoming (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetate (CHEBI:231609) is conjugate base of (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid (CHEBI:50099)
IUPAC Name
(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid
Synonyms Sources
((4-chloro-o-tolyl)oxy)acetic acid ChemIDplus
(2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxy)acetic acid KEGG COMPOUND
2,4-MCPA ChemIDplus
2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid ChemIDplus
2-Methyl-4-chlorphenoxyessigsäure ChemIDplus
[(4-Chloro-o-tolyl)oxy]acetic acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
MCP ChemIDplus
MCPA ChemIDplus
Brand Name Source
Agroxone ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
427 PPDB
C18528 KEGG COMPOUND
GB573479 Patent
GB573510 Patent
mcpa Alan Wood's Pesticides
MCPA Wikipedia
US274810 Patent
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
2051752 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
94-74-6 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
94-74-6 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
94-74-6 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
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Last Modified
18 November 2019
General Comment
2014-10-29 Stravs M, Schymanski E, Singer H, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Eawag