Cyclic 1,2-diol benzyl ether compounds

US4282388A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Draber
• Wolf Reiser · Wuppertal, DE
• Thomas Schmidt · Neustadt, DE
• Ludwig Eue
• Robert R. Schmidt · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 28, 1978
• Grant date: Aug 4, 1981
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/14
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Novel benzyl ethers of cyclic 1,1-diols, of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is phenyl or substituted phenyl, PA1 R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl or --CHX--R.sup.1, PA1 X is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl, PA1 Y and Y' are individually selected from hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl and substituted phenyl and PA1 A is saturated or unsaturated alkylene or substituted alkylene; have been found outstandingly effective as herbicides, particularly as selective herbicides.