Research chemicals are chemical substances scientists use for medical and scientific research purposes.
This distinction is required on the labels of research chemicals and exempts them from regulation under parts 100-740 in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (21CFR).
[1] Research agrochemicals are created and evaluated to select effective substances for commercial off-the-shelf end-user products.
Many research agrochemicals are never publicly marketed.
Agricultural research chemicals often use sequential code names.