Agent Orange

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 is code name for a synthetic defoliant developed for military use. Agent Orange is a mixture of two chemicals, 2,4, dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5 trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T). The toxicity of Agent Orange is due to by-products from metabolic processes upon intake. The toxic by products are dioxin derivatives, which have been linked to the wasting syndrome, gastric ulcer, cancer, immunotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, vascular lesions, teratogenicity, and impaired reproductive performance. (NCI04)|A herbicide that contains equal parts of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), as well as traces of the contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.

Molecular Weight:588.7
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:6
Rotatable Bond Count:14
Exact Mass:588.022077
Monoisotopic Mass:586.025027
Topological Polar Surface Area:71.1
Heavy Atom Count:35
Complexity:499
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count:2
Compound Is Canonicalized:Yes