Mecoprop, or methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid (MCPP), is a common general use
herbicideA herbicide is a substance used to kill unwanted plants. Selective herbicides kill specific targets while leaving the desired crop relatively unharmed. Some of these act by interfering with the growth of the weed and are often synthetic "imitations" of plant hormones...
found in many household weed killers and "weed-and-feed" type lawn fertilizers. It is primarily used to control broadleaf weeds. It is often used in combination with other chemically related herbicides such as 2,4-D,
dicambaDicamba is an herbicide used to control annual and perennial rose weeds in grain crops and highlands, and it is used to control brush and bracken in pastures. It will kill broadleaf weeds before and after they sprout. Legumes will be killed by dicamba...
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MCPAMCPA or 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid is a powerful, selective, widely-used phenoxy herbicide. The pure compound is a brown-colored powder.-History:...
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Mecoprop, or methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid (MCPP), is a common general use
herbicideA herbicide is a substance used to kill unwanted plants. Selective herbicides kill specific targets while leaving the desired crop relatively unharmed. Some of these act by interfering with the growth of the weed and are often synthetic "imitations" of plant hormones...
found in many household weed killers and "weed-and-feed" type lawn fertilizers. It is primarily used to control broadleaf weeds. It is often used in combination with other chemically related herbicides such as 2,4-D,
dicambaDicamba is an herbicide used to control annual and perennial rose weeds in grain crops and highlands, and it is used to control brush and bracken in pastures. It will kill broadleaf weeds before and after they sprout. Legumes will be killed by dicamba...
, and
MCPAMCPA or 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid is a powerful, selective, widely-used phenoxy herbicide. The pure compound is a brown-colored powder.-History:...
.
Mecoprop is a mixture of two stereoisomers, with the (R)-(+)-
enantiomerIn stereochemistry, an enantiomer is one of two stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other that are "non-superposable" , much as one's left and right hands are "the same" but opposite....
("Mecoprop-P", "Duplosan KV") possessing the herbicidal activity.
The
United States Environmental Protection AgencyThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged to regulate chemicals and protect human health by safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land...
has classified mecoprop as toxicity class III - slightly toxic.
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