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Agent Orange
Sign in to saveAlso 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
- Agent Orange Toxicity.2026
- Brilliant Agent Orange.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022
- How Agent Orange impacts prostate cancer risk, pathology, and treatment outcomes.Current urology · 2024
- Agent Orange and head and neck cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 588.022077
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- Commons category
- Agent Orange
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCOC(=O)COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)Cl)Cl.CCCCOC(=O)COC1=CC(=C(C=C1Cl)Cl)Cl
- chemical formula
- C₂₄H₂₇Cl₅O₆
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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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2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
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Categories
1961 introductionsAftermath of the Vietnam WarAuxinic herbicidesCanada and the Vietnam WarCarcinogensDefoliantsDioxinsEnvironmental controversiesEnvironmental impact of warEnvironmental racismImperial Chemical IndustriesMalayan EmergencyMedical controversiesMilitary equipment of the Vietnam WarMonsantoOperation Ranch HandSource attributionTeratogens