2,4-D chlorocrotyl ester

Synonyms

2,4-D esters; 2,4-D, alpha-Chlorocrotyl ester; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 4-chlorocrotonyl ester; Acetic acid, (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, 4-chloro-2-butenyl ester; Chlorocrotyl ester of 2,4-D; Crotilin; Crotiline; Crotylin; Krotilin; Krotiline; [ChemIDplus]

Category

Herbicides, Chlorophenoxy

Sources/Uses

Used as an agricultural chemical; [Hawley] The systemic herbicide 2,4-D is widely used in the form of its salts and esters; [EPA OHM/TADS]

Comments

Toxic by ingestion--may cause rhabdomyolysis, polyneuritis, liver injury, and kidney failure; 2,4-D esters are skin and eye irritants; Pure compounds and commercial mixtures of 2,4-D esters and salts have similar low acute and chronic mammalian toxicity; 2,4-D esters are hydrolyzed by plants and animals to the parent acid (2,4-D); 2,4-D esters are far more contaminated with polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins than the amine salts; [HSDB] See "2,4D."

Biomedical References

6.5E-06 mm Hg

LC50 (mice) = 2,190 mg/m3/2h

Hepatoxic (a) from occupational exposure (secondary effect) or (b) in animal studies or in humans after ingestion

Processes

Industrial Processes with risk of exposure:

• Farming (Pesticides)