Patents Assigned to Syngenta Limited
  • Patent number: 9611248
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3 and A are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Alan John Dowling, John Martin Clough, Jutta Martin Boehmer, Mangala Phadte, Ravindra Sonawane, Adrian Longstaff, James Alan Morris, Timothy Robert Desson, Matthew Brian Hotson, Sally Russell, Kenneth Ling, Susan Patricia Barnett, David Philip Bacon, Donn Warwick Moseley, William Roderick Mound
  • Patent number: 9604983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal benzyloxy-substituted phenyl-diones and phenyl-dioxo-thiazinones of formula (I), as well as to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds or compositions in controlling undesirable plant growth, in particular in controlling weeds, such as broad-leaved dicotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants. Formula (I), or a salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein A1 is N or CR1; A3 is C(O) or S(O)2; G is hydrogen or C(O)R6; R1, R3, X and Y are i.a. hydrogen, alkyl or haloalkyl; n is 0-5; each Z is i.a. alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy; and R6 is i.a. alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Shanahan, Alan Joseph Hennessy, Timothy Jeremiah Cornelius O'Riordan, Paul Matthew Burton
  • Patent number: 9605004
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I), wherein X, Ra, Rb, Rc, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Alan John Dowling, Timothy Robert Desson, William Guy Whittingham, Anne Jacqueline Dalencon, James Alan Morris, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, Mangala Phadte, Adrian Longstaff, Matthew Brian Hotson, Paul John De Fraine, Alison Jane Thompson, Shuji Hachisu
  • Publication number: 20170055533
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of aromatic phosphate esters of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R2 are as defined within the description, as adjuvants in compositions, particularly for agrochemical use, as well to compositions comprising such an aromatic phosphate ester, in combination with at least one agrochemical and optionally at least one surfactant. The invention further extends to methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Gordon Alastair BELL, Philip TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 9578872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to co-crystals of cyprodinil or pyrimethanil and a co-crystal forming compound which has at least one imide and/or oxime functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Neil George, James Owen Forrest, Rebecca Claire Burton, Christer Björn Aakeroy
  • Publication number: 20170022187
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): where A1, A2, A3, A4, G, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicants: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Peter Renold, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Myriem El Qacemi, Jagadish Pabba, Thomas Pitterna
  • Patent number: 9493445
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): where A1, A2, A3, A4, G, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Peter Renold, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Myriem El Qacemi, Jagadish Pabba, Thomas Pitterna
  • Patent number: 9487502
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, Ra, Rc and Rd are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mangala Phadte, Ravindra Sonaware, James Alan Morris, Alan Joseph Hennessy, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, Adrian Longstaff, Timothy Robert Desson, Sally Elizabeth Russell, Matthew Brian Hotson, Donn Warwick Moseley, Claire Janet Russell, Jake Goodwin-Tindall
  • Publication number: 20160318906
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted dihydro-hydantoin derivatives of the formula (I) wherein X, Ra, Rb, Rc, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds 10 to control or inhibit plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: James Alan MORRIS, Ravindra SONAWANE, Mangala PHADTE, Jake GOODWIN-TINDALL, Jutta Elisabeth BOEHMER, Timothy Robert DESSON, Claire Janet RUSSELL, Alan Joseph HENNESSY, Matthew Brian HOTSON
  • Patent number: 9475765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid forms of herbicide safeners, to processes for their preparation, compositions comprising the solid forms and methods of their use as safeners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Ian Kevin Jones, Neil George, John Hone
  • Publication number: 20160304509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal benzyloxy-substituted phenyl-diones and phenyl-dioxo-thiazinones of formula (I), as well as to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds or compositions in controlling undesirable plant growth, in particular in controlling weeds, such as broad-leaved dicotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants. Formula (I), or a salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein A1 is N or CR1; A3 is C(O) or S(O)2; G is hydrogen or C(O)R6; R1, R3, X and Y are i.a. hydrogen, alkyl or haloalkyl; n is 0-5; each Z is i.a. alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy; and R6 is i.a. alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Edward SHANAHAN, Alan Joseph HENNESSY, Timothy Jeremiah Cornelius O'RIORDAN, Paul Matthew BURTON
  • Patent number: 9458085
    Abstract: This invention relates to a formulation comprising a compound of formula (I) where R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-18 alkyl, optionally substituted C1-18 alkenyl, optionally substituted C3-8 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C3-8 cycloalkenyl or optionally substituted aryl; provided that the total number of carbon atoms in R1 and R2 is an integer from 5 to 40 inclusive; the use of a compound of formula (I) (i) as an adjuvant provided that the total number of carbon atoms in R1 and R2 is an integer from 5 to 40 inclusive; and (ii) as a solvent provided that the total number of carbon atoms in R1 and R2 is an integer from 5 to 20 inclusive; to certain novel compounds of formula (I) and to a process for preparing those novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Gordon Alastair Bell, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Anne Waller, John Henry Nettleton-Hammond
  • Patent number: 9456599
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising an agrochemical and a compound of formula (I) wherein each A is independently selected from C1-10 alkanediyl; n is an integer selected from 0 to 45 inclusive; and m is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3 and 4; R is a branched or linear C1-C24 hydrocarbon either fully saturated or comprising up to three double bonds or is phenyl or is benzyl or is a C3-C8 fully saturated cyclic group; and R is substituted 1, 2, 3 or 4 times as defined by the value of m; and when m is 1 and n is not zero, R may also be hydrogen; and Q is a branched or linear C1-C24 hydrocarbon either fully saturated or comprising up to three double bonds or is phenyl or is benzyl or is a C3-C8 fully saturated cyclic group; provided that when m is 1 and n is zero, Q and R are not both selected from a branched or linear C1-C24 hydrocarbon either fully saturated or comprising up to three double bonds to methods of making and using the compositions; and to the use of the compounds as adjuvants for ag
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Gordon Alastair Bell, Julia Lynne Ramsay, Nicholas Igor Nouvel
  • Publication number: 20160262395
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, Rb, Rc and Rd are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Mangala Phadte, Ravindra Sonawane, Adrian Longstaff, Kenneth Ling, Sally Elizabeth Russell, Timothy Robert Desson, Matthew Brian Hotson, Donn Warwick Moseley, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, James Alan Morris, Alan Joseph Hennessy
  • Patent number: 9439428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel herbicidal compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compound wherein R1, R2, A1, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are as defined herein. The invention further relates to compositions which comprise the herbicidal compounds, and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan Wesley Paul Dallimore
  • Publication number: 20160249618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling weeds at a locus, said method comprising application to the locus of a weed controlling amount of a herbicidal composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein X, R1, R2, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. The invention further relates novel herbicidal compounds, to herbicidal compositions comprising said compounds and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Alison Clare ELLIOTT, Glynn MITCHELL
  • Publication number: 20160219881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), wherein CKE is of sub-formula (A) and/or (B), wherein: R1 is methyl or methoxy; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, cyclopropyl, ethynyl, cyano, C1-C3alkoxy, C1-C2fluoroalkoxy, (difluoro)vinyloxy, C1-C2alkoxy-C1-C3alkoxy-, or C1fluoroalkoxy-C1C3alkoxy-; and X is NR4 or CR5R6; wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein; wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are suitable for use as herbicides. The invention therefore also relates to a method of controlling weeds, especially grassy monocotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants, comprising applying a compound of formula (I), or a herbicidal composition comprising such a compound, to the plants or to the locus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Shuji HACHISU, James Nicholas SCUTT, Nigel James WILLETTS
  • Patent number: 9402398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I); or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein A1a, A1b, A2, A3, A4, X, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventor: Glynn Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20160212993
    Abstract: Adjuvant compositions are provided which comprise at least one terpenic alkoxylate and at least one agrochemical active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicants: SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: David Stock, Philip Taylor, Richard Brian Perry, Julia Lynn Ramsey, Gordon Alastair Bell, Emma Jane Ashford
  • Publication number: 20160207934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: X is methyl or chlorine; R1 is fluorine or bromine; R2 is ethynyl, C1-C3alkoxy, C1-C3haloalkoxy, or C1-C3alkoxy-C1-C3alkoxy-; and Q is a pyran-3,5-dione-4-yl, a thiopyran-3,5-dione-4-yl, a piperidine-3,5-dione-4-yl, a cyclopentane-1,3-dione-2-yl, a cyclohexane-1,3, 5-trione-2-yl, a cyclohexane-1,3-dione-2-yl, or a cycloheptane-1,3-dione-2-yl, or a derivative thereof (e.g. a fused such as fused bicyclic derivative, and/or a spirocyclic derivative), or an enol ketone tautomer derivative thereof, wherein Q is further defined herein; and wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. Preferably, X is methyl; and/or R1 is fluorine; and/or R2 is —O—R2A, wherein R2A is methyl, ethyl, trifluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoroethyl, or —CH2CH2OCH3. These compounds are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Janice Black, James Nicholas Scutt, Louisa Whalley, Nigel James Willets