The molecule is a monocarboxylic acid that is butyric acid in which one of the hydrogens at position 4 is replaced by a 2,4-dichlorophenoxy group. A selective post-emergence herbicide. It has a role as an agrochemical, a synthetic auxin and a phenoxy herbicide. It is an organochlorine compound, a monocarboxylic acid and an aromatic ether. It is a conjugate acid of a 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butanoate.
4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butanoic acid