Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbon radical having a total of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 is an unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbon radical having a total of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the group NR1R2 is a heterocyclic ring having 3 to 8 ring atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted and contains the nitrogen atom of the group NR1R2 as ring heteroatom and may also contain one or two further ring heteroatoms from the group consisting of N, O and S, and Q is H or a cation. The compounds of the present invention can advantageously be used for the preparation of sulfonylureas and their precursors such as sulfochlorides or sulfonamides.

Abstract: Suitable for controlling harmful plants in sugar beet crops composed of tolerant or resistant mutants or transgenic sugar beet plants are herbicide combinations (A)+(B), if appropriate in the presence of safeners, with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds, (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate and (A3) imidazolinones or their salts and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and predominantly soil-acting herbicides which are active against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, or (B2) herbicides which are active predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) herbicides which are predominantly foliar-acting and which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or (B4) herbicides which are both foliar- and soil-acting and which can be employed against monocot

Abstract: The present invention relates to monocotyledon plant cells and plants which are genetically modified, wherein the genetic modification consists of the introduction of an extraneous nucleic acid molecule which codes for a protein with the biological activity of an R1 protein. The present invention further relates to means and methods for the production thereof. Plant cells and plants of this type synthesise a modified starch, which is characterised in that it has an increased phosphate content and/or a modified phoshorylation pattern and/or an increased final viscosity in an RVA profile and/or a reduced peak temperature in DSC analysis and/or an increased gel strength in the texture analysis compared with starch from corresponding non-genetically modified monocotyledon plants. Therefore, the present invention also relates to the starch which is synthesised from the plant cells and plants according to the invention, and to methods of producing said starch.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions are described that comprise active substances from the group of the benzoylcyclohexanediones and also safeners. These herbicidal composition are especially suitable for use against weed plants in crop plant cultures.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one compound from the group of the hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase inhibitors and B) at least one compound from the group B-a) herbicides which are selectively active in cereals against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants, B-b) herbicides which are selectively active in corn against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants, B-c) herbicides which are selectively active in rice against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants, B-d) herbicides which are nonselectively active in land which is not under cultivation and/or selectively active in transgenic crops against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants are described. The activity of these compositions is superior to that of the herbicides applied on their own.

Abstract: The invention relates to a preparation process for a compound (I) or a salt thereof, in which Q, X*, Y, Z, R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in claim 1, which comprises a) ammonolyzing a comp. (II) in which Hal=halogen atom to give (III), pref. (a1) carrying out the reaction in an organic solvent mixture (org. solv. mixture) comprising (1) opt. halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and (2) polar aprotic solvents, in a weight ratio of solv. (1): solv. (2) of 20:1 to 1:1, (b) phosgenating the comp. (III) with phenylsulfonyl isocyanate of the formula (IV), pref. (b1) in the case X*=halogen, carrying out the reaction with phosgene in an org. solv. in the presence of isocyanates R?-NCO as catalyst, where R?=(subst.) hydrocarbon, with or without addition of an amine base, (c) reacting the resulting compound (IV) in org. solv. with the aminoheterocycle H2N-Het (Het=heterocycle as in (I)) to give the comp. (I) or a salt thereof, pref. (c1) carrying out the reaction in a solv. mixture of opt. halogenated arom.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof are suitable for preparing active substances from the from the class of the aminotriazines of the formula (IV), for example herbicidal active substances. The compounds (I) can be prepared by chlorinating compounds of the formula (II) where, in the formulae, R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in claim 1 and A and R have the meaning required in the active substances to be prepared, and they can be reacted with amines of the formula A—NH—R to give the active substances.

Abstract: Use of compounds of general formula (I) or salts thereof as phytopathogenic fungicides wherein the various radicals and substituents are as defined in the description, pesticidal compositions containing them and method for combatting pests which comprises applying these.

Abstract: The patent application describes a process for the enzymatic chiral synthesis of L-phosphinothricin by transamination from its corresponding keto acid PPO with aspartate as amino donor. It is possible by a suitable reaction procedure to achieve a quantitative conversion on use of approximately equimolar amounts of amino donor and acceptor with complete consumption of the donor amino acid aspartate. The use of thermally stable transaminases makes a higher reaction rate and correspondingly large space/time yields possible.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions are described that comprise active substances from the group of the benzoylcyclohexanediones and also safeners. These herbicidal compositions are especially suitable for use against weed plants in crop plant cultures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) The compound according to the invention is suitable for the preparation of herbicidal active substances such as sulfonylureas.

Abstract: 4-Haloalkylnicotinonitriles having the formula (I) which are suitable as intermediates in the preparation of pesticides, are obtained by: (a) reacting a 3-amino-1-haloalkyl-2-propen-1-one RF—C(O)—CH?CH—NH2??(II) in a condensation reaction with a compound of the formula (III) to (VII), (R1Z)CH?CH—CN??(III) (R1Z)2CH—CH2—CN??(IV) Hal-CH?CH—CN??(V) Hal2CH—CH2CN??(VI) HC?C—CN??(VII), to give a compound of the formula (VIII), (IX) and/or (X), RF—C(O)—CH?CH—NH—CH?CH—CN??(VIII) RF—C(O)—CH?CH—NH—CH(ZR1)—CH2—CN??(IX) RF—C(O)—CH?CH—NH—CH(Hal)—CH2—CN??(X), wherein RF is (C1-C4)-haloalkyl, R1 is alkyl, Hal is Cl or Br and each Z, independently, is O, S, NR1 or OCO; and (b) subjecting the reaction product to a ring closure reaction.

Abstract: The compounds of the formula (I) and their salts where the radicals R1 to R4, A1, A2, L0, X and n are as defined in claim 1 are suitable as herbicides and plant growth regulators and can be prepared by processes as claimed in claim 6.

Abstract: A method of controlling the growth of weeds at a locus which comprises applying to said locus a herbicidally effective amount of: (a) a benzoyl derivative of formula (I): ?wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and w are as defined in the description; (b) a fertilizer containing nitrogen; and (c) one or more adjuvants; and to their compositions thereof.

Abstract: Described are herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one compound from the benzoylcyclohexanedione group and B) at least one compound from the group of the herbicides which act selectively against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants in rice. These compositions have a superior action compared with the herbicides employed individually.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising A) one or more compounds of the formula (I) where V is an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclyl radical or a radical —CR&agr;═CR&bgr;R&bgr;1, where R&agr; and R&bgr; are identical or different carbon-containing C1-C40 radicals which together can form an unsubstituted or substituted ring, and R&bgr;1 is OH or a carbon-containing C1-C40 radical, and Z is an unsubstituted or substituted aryl radical, and B) one or more surfactants comprising, as structural element, at least 10, alkylene oxide units.

Abstract: There are described benzoylcyclohexanediones of the formula I, their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators. In this formula (I), C1, C2, C3 are cyclic radicals, X1 is a hetero atom, X2 is a chain of carbon atoms, L is a chain-like element, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 are various radicals, and Y and Z are monoatomic bridge elements.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing damage to wood from wood damaging fungi comprising applying to said wood a fungicidal composition comprising a fungus-controlling amount of at least one compound of the formula: wherein: R is a member selected from the group consisting of moieties of the structures: and wherein: each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, trifluoromethyl, and halogen; and n is 0 to 3.

Abstract: Described are herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one compound from the benzoylcyclohexanedione group and B) at least one compound from the group of the herbicides which act selectively against monocotyledonous and/or dicotyledonous harmful plants in rice. These compositions have a superior action compared with the herbicides employed individually.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules which encode a protein with the activity of a potato &agr;-glucosidase and to processes for the generation of transgenic plant cells and plants which synthesize a modified starch. Moreover, the present invention relates to vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules according to the invention, to the plant cells and plants originating from the processes according to the invention, to the starch synthesized by the plant cells and plants according to the invention, and to processes for the production of this starch.