Lactofen 24% EC

Common  Name: Lactofen

Appearance:   Technical lactofen is a white crystalline solid , although it may appear brown or tan in formulation (223, 1).

Chemical Name:   ethyl O{5-(2-chloro-a,a,a-trifluoro-p-toluoxy)-2-nitrobenzoyl}-DL-lactate

CAS Number:   77501-63-4

Molecular Weight:   461.78 

Water Solubility:   0.1 mg/L 

Solubility in Other Solvents:    isopropanol s., acetone s., xylene s.

Melting Point:    43.9 - 45.5 degrees C 

Vapor Pressure:    1.1 x 10 to the minus 3 mPa

Partition Coefficient:   100,000 (344)  

Adsorption Coefficient:    Koc = 10,000 

TRADE OR OTHER NAMES:    Lactofen is the active ingredient in Cobra herbicide and may also be called PPG-844 .    

REGULATORY STATUS:     Lactofen is a Restricted Use Pesticide in EPA toxicity class I. Although it is slightly toxic via all routes of exposure  in test animals, it has the capacity to cause severe eye damage as well as skin corrosion . Products containing Lactofen must therefore bear the signal word DANGER .

INTRODUCTION:     Lactofen is a member of the diphenyl ether chemical family . It is available in the technical solid form or as an emulsifiable concentrate . It is applied as a foliar spray on target weeds. It is commonly used to control broadleaf weeds in soybeans, cereal crops, potatoes and peanuts . It may commonly be combined with oil or fertilizer adjuvants and/or surfactants . Formulations may contain solvents such as xylenes and cumene .

Established in 1998, Anhui Fengle Agrochemical Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary wholly-owned by China's first seed public company Fengle Seeds Corp. (stock code: 000713). In 2010, Anhui Fengle Agrochem was awarded "Top Ten Herbicide Production Enterprise".

Fengle Agrochem has five research centers and an experiment base equiped with many sets of advanced analysis & testing instruments and first-class experimental conditions. Besides actively participating in drafting and establishing national and industrial standards. Fengle Agrochem has successfully passed ISO9001:2008 management system certification and won "Quality Management Award in Anhui Province".

The company owns more than 600 employees and three production bases with the total area of more than 40ha.: one technical synthesis plant, one formulation plant and the new plant in "Recyclic Economy Industrial Park" in Hefei. It has 12 sets of technical synthesis workshops with the production capacities for more than 20 kinds of active ingredients, and more than 60 sets of automatic packaging and formulation lines. Our sales networks have covered both the most regions of Chinese home market and the foreign markets, such as Europe, North and South America, Middle East countries and the Southeast Asia.