Oxirane compounds

US4532341A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Graham Holmwood · Wuppertal, DE
• Karl H. Buchel · Burscheid, DE
• Klaus Lurssen · Wittlich, DE
• Paul-Ernst Frohberger · Leverkusen, DE
• Wilhelm Brandes · Leichlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1983
• Grant date: Jul 30, 1985
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D303/22
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Oxirane compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents tert-butyl, iso-propyl radical, cyclopropyl, substituted cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl or substituted cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl or substituted cyclohexyl, in each case the substituent being selected from methyl, or phenyl which is optionally mono or di-substituted by identical or different substituents selected from fluorine, chlorine, methyl and trifluoromethyl, PA0 Y represents a grouping --OCH.sub.2 --, each Z is individually selected from the group consisting of a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom, methyl, tert-butyl, cyclohexyl, methoxy, methylthio, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylthio, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl and benzyloxy, said phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl and benzyloxy being optionally mono or di-substituted by identical or different substituents selected from fluorine, chlorine and methyl, PA0 m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; these compounds are particularly useful as intermediates for compounds used in agricultural compositions as plant growth regulants.