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Phenoxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid esters

US4221581A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 20, 1978
Grant dateSep 9, 1980
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Expiry dateOct 20, 1998

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C327/00
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to novel herbicidally active phenoxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid esters, compositions which contain these compounds as active ingredient, and a method of selectively controlling weeds in crops of cultivated plants or of regulating plant growth which comprises the use of these compounds. The phenoxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid esters have the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen or cyano, PA1 R.sub.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, PA1 R.sub.3 is a radical OR.sub.4 or SR.sub.5, PA1 R.sub.4 is a substituted alkyl radical, an alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl radical, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or benzyl radical or a 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic radical, and PA1 R.sub.5 is an unsubstituted alkyl radical or has the same meaning as R.sub.4.

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