Chlorfluen is an obsolete plant growth regulator which was mainly used as the methyl variant. Little data is available regarding its environmental fate, ecotoxicology or impacts on human health.
Chlorfluren is commercially produced via a process that begins with fluorene, which undergoes electrophilic chlorination to introduce a chlorine atom at the 2-position. This intermediate is then subjected to oxidation or carboxylation to form the 9-carboxylic acid derivative, resulting in chlorfluren.
Complex - affecting various physiological and morphogenetic processes
Plant Growth Regulator; Metabolite
