CHEBI:81806 - 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxybutyric acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:81806
ChEBI Name2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxybutyric acid
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DefinitionA monocarboxylic acid that is butyric acid substituted by a 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy group at position 4.
Last Modified18 November 2019
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FormulaC11H13ClO3
Net Charge0
Average Mass228.675
Monoisotopic Mass228.05532
SMILESCc1cc(Cl)ccc1OCCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C11H13ClO3/c1-8-7-9(12)4-5-10(8)15-6-2-3-11(13)14/h4-5,7H,2-3,6H2,1H3,(H,13,14)
InChIKeyLLWADFLAOKUBDR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Roles Classification
Chemical Roles:
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 (Brønsted base).
Biological Role:
xenobiotic  A xenobiotic (Greek, xenos "foreign"; bios "life") is a compound that is foreign to a living organism. Principal xenobiotics include: drugs, carcinogens and various compounds that have been introduced into the environment by artificial means.
Application:
phenoxy herbicide  Any member of the class of herbicides whose members contain a phenoxy or substituted phenoxy group.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxybutyric acid (CHEBI:81806) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxybutyric acid (CHEBI:81806) has role phenoxy herbicide (CHEBI:60575)
2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxybutyric acid (CHEBI:81806) has role xenobiotic (CHEBI:35703)
2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxybutyric acid (CHEBI:81806) is a aromatic ether (CHEBI:35618)
2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxybutyric acid (CHEBI:81806) is a monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:25384)
2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxybutyric acid (CHEBI:81806) is a monochlorobenzenes (CHEBI:83403)
IUPAC Name 
4-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)butanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
MCPBKEGG COMPOUND
4-(4-chloro-o-tolyloxy)butyric acidAlan Wood's Pesticides
Manual XrefsDatabases
C18529KEGG COMPOUND
mcpbAlan Wood's Pesticides
428PPDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:2215202Reaxys
CAS:94-81-5KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:94-81-5ChemIDplus
CAS:94-81-5NIST Chemistry WebBook
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