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Additions to the Aliphatic Moiety of Chlorophenoxy Compounds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

D. L. Linscott
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
R. D. Hagin
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Abstract

Ester derivatives of (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid (2,4-D), 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butyric acid (2,4-DB), 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)crotonic acid, and 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy-β-hydroxy)butyric acid each were applied to alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Analysis of alfalfa extracts by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy indicated 2-carbon additions to the aliphatic side chain of the applied chlorophenoxy compounds.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1970 Weed Science Society of America 

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