2-(2-SUBSTITUTED BENZOYL)-4-(SUBSTITUTED OXY OR SUBSTITUTED THIO)-1,3-CYCLOHEXANEDIONES, A PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION AND A HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING THEM

• Main Author: LEE, DAVID LOUIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.03.1992
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

Compounds of the formula wherein X is oxy, thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; R is halogen; C1-C2 alkyl; C1-C2 alkoxy; trifluoromethoxy; difluoromethoxy; nitro; cyano; C1-C2 haloalkyl; RSOn- wherein n is 0 or 2 and R is C1-C2 alkyl, trifluoromethyl or difluoromethyl; R is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl; R is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; or R and R together are C2-C5 alkylene; R is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl with the proviso that R and R are not both phenyl or substituted phenyl; R is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; R is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; R is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, or phenyl; R and R independently are (1) hydrogen; (2) halogen; (3) C1-C4 alkyl; (4) C1-C4 alkoxy; (5) trifluoromethoxy; (6) cyano; (7) nitro; (8) C1-C4 haloalkyl; (9) RSOn- wherein n is the integer 0, 1 or 2; and R is (a) C1-C4 alkyl; (b) C1-C4 alkyl substituted with halogen or cyano; (c) phenyl; or (d) benzyl; (10) -NRR wherein R and R independently are hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; (11) RC(O)- wherein R is C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 alkoxy; or (12) -SO2NRR wherein R and R are as defined; and (13) -N(R)C(O)R wherein R and R are as defined; and their salts.