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The pure product is white powder, which is easily oxidized to gray in the air. It is insoluble in water but soluble in toluene and chlorobenzene solvents.

Desethylpropionate Fenoxaprop P is an impurity of Fenoxaprop P-Ethyl (F248875), an aryloxyphenoxypropionate compound widely used as an herbicide for control of postemergence annual grasses in crop fields (mostly in rice paddys). Fenoxaprop P-ethyl is routinely used with an agronomic safener in order to minimize the toxic effects of the herbicide on the desired crops.