Oxadiazol-3-yl-benzoates as plant growth regulants
US4135910A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 1997 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C259/02
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Certain 2-[5-(aryl or substituted aryl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl] benzoic acids, salts and esters having the formula: ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, lower alkyl and agriculturally acceptable cations and aryl is phenyl, naphthyl and phenyl substituted by one or more halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy moieties, (e.g., methyl 2-[5-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl] benzoate), in a method of controlling undesirable vegetation and a method of regulating the growth of desirable plants.
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