Agent Orange Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

662.06°C (rough estimate)

Density 

1.2619 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

1.5550 (estimate)

EPA Substance Registry System

2,4-D butyl ester mixt. with 2,4,5-T butyl ester (39277-47-9)

Agent Orange Usage And Synthesis

Definition

A herbicide consisting of a mixture of two weedkillers (2,4-D and 2,4,5-T), which was formerly used in warfare to defoliate trees where an enemy may be hiding or to destroy an enemy’s crops. It also contains traces of the highly toxic chemical dioxin, which may cause cancers and birth defects.

Agent Orange(39277-47-9)Related Product Information

• Agent Orange
• 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
• propyl 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate
• 2,4,5-T-METHYL ESTER
• Butyl 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate
• 3,4-D
• (3-CHLOROPHENOXY) ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER
• 2,4,5-T N-BUTYL ESTER