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4-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid

BioReagent, suitable for plant cell culture, crystalline

Synonym(s):

4-CPA

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H7ClO3
CAS Number:
122-88-3
Molecular Weight:
186.59
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1211804
EC Number:
204-581-3
MDL number:
MFCD00004305
UNSPSC Code:
10171502
PubChem Substance ID:
24892252
NACRES:
NA.72

product line

BioReagent

form

crystalline

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

application(s)

agriculture

SMILES string

OC(=O)COc1ccc(Cl)cc1

InChI

1S/C8H7ClO3/c9-6-1-3-7(4-2-6)12-5-8(10)11/h1-4H,5H2,(H,10,11)

InChI key

SODPIMGUZLOIPE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

4-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid has been used in para-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (p-CPA) residue assay.
4-chlorophenoxy acetic acid (4-CPA), a chlorine derivative of phenoxyacetic acid (PA), is a plant growth regulator used as a herbicide.

Biochem/physiol Actions

4-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid is a synthetic auxin, that is used to induce parthenocarpic ovary growth on flowers of wild type plants.

pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H302

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Tomato fruit development in the auxin-resistant dgt mutant is induced by pollination but not by auxin treatment
Mignolli F, et al.
Journal of Plant Physiology, 169(12), 1165-1172 (2012)
p-CPA enhances growth and quality of muskmelon fruits
Hayata Y, et al.
Plant Growth Regulation, 36(1), 13-18 (2002)
Sonia Traverso et al.
The Journal of general physiology, 122(3), 295-306 (2003-08-13)
Opening of CLC chloride channels is coupled to the translocation of the permeant anion. From the recent structure determination of bacterial CLC proteins in the closed and open configuration, a glutamate residue was hypothesized to form part of the Cl--sensitive
Xia Li
Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi = Guang pu, 22(1), 57-58 (2003-08-28)
This work has synthesized a title complex using rare earth ion Eu3+ with the o-chlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,2'-bipyridine. The chemical formula of the complex was determined to be Eu(o-ClC6H4OCH2COO)3.2,2'-bipy by elemental analysis, analysis of IR, UV, fluorescence spectra. The ternary
Imre Zs-Nagy
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 959, 308-320 (2002-04-27)
As was shown in a recent review by this author (Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 928: 187-199, 2001), oxyradicals cannot be considered only as harmful by-products of the oxidative metabolism, but living cells and organisms implicitly require their production. This idea
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