Abstract: Optionally substituted 2-nitro-3-phenylbenzofuran-alkanoic and -alkenoic acids which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their preparation and intermediates therefor are described.

Abstract: Compounds wherein 2-nitro-3-phenylbenzofuran is substituted by one or two alcohol or thioalcohol-containing functional groups, or derivatives thereof, are active as antimicrobial agents.

Abstract: Compounds wherein 2-nitrobenzofuran is substituted by one or two phenyl groups and certain other substituents which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their use and intermediates therefor.

Abstract: 8-(1H-Tetrazol-5-ylcarbamoyl)quinolines and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are potent anti-allergic agents.

Abstract: 3-(N-Imidazolyl)-2-nitrobenzofurans, optionally substituted on the benzo ring, which are active as antimicrobial agents and processes for their use.

Abstract: Acidic 2-nitro-3-phenylbenzofurans and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their use and intermediates therefor are described.

Abstract: Compounds wherein a phenylalkanoic acid is substituted by a 2-nitro-3-phenylbenzofuran group which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their use and intermediates therefor are described.

Abstract: Methyl-substituted-2-nitro-3-phenylbenzofurans are prepared from methyl-substituted-3-phenylbenzofurans and are found to be useful antimicrobial agents.

Abstract: Compounds in which 2,6-di(t-butyl)phenol is substituted in the 4 position by an acyl group have valuable pharmacological activity as anti-inflammatory agents.This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 797,138 filed May 16, 1977 now abandoned.

Abstract: Compounds in which 2,6-di(t-butyl)phenol is substituted in the 4 position by an N-substituted carboxamido group have valuable pharmacological activity as anti-inflammatory agents.

Abstract: 2-Nitrobenzofurans in which the furan ring is either fused to or substituted by a fused bicyclic system, which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their use and intermediates therefor are described.

Abstract: Optionally substituted (2-nitro-3-benzofuranyl)benzoic acids which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their preparation and intermediates therefor are described.

Abstract: Compounds in which 2,6-di(t-butyl)phenol is substituted in the 4 position by an optionally substituted benzoyl group have valuable pharmacological activity as anti-inflammatory agents.

Abstract: Optionally substituted 2-nitro-3-phenylbenzofuranalkanoic and -alkenoic acids which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their preparation and intermediates therefor are described.

Abstract: Optionally substituted (2-nitro-3-benzofuranyl)-phenylacetic acids which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their preparation and intermediates therefor are described.

Abstract: Optionally substituted 2-nitro-3-phenylbenzofuran-carboxylic acids which are active as antimicrobial agents, processes for their preparation and intermediates therefor are described.

Abstract: 2-(Trifluoromethyl)methanesulfonanilides substituted in the para position by methylthio, methylsulfinyl or methylsulfonyl groups and horticulturally acceptable salts thereof and composition containing these compounds are useful herbicides.

Abstract: Certain compounds in which a carbon atom of a pyrrolidine or piperidine ring is bonded directly or through a methylene group to the completely substituted nitrogen of a substituted benzamido group, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are active antiarrhythmic agents.

Abstract: Phenyl-substituted perfluoroalkanesulfonanilides in which the phenyl rings are linked by sulfur, sulfinyl or sulfonyl and salts thereof in which the rings and the perfluoroalkylsulfonamido nitrogen are optionally substituted. The compounds are active herbicides and some are anti-inflammatory agents and analgesic agents.

Abstract: N-Substituted perfluoroalkanesulfonamides of the formula: ##STR1## WHEREIN R.sub.f is perfluoroalkyl group containing one to four carbon atoms, each Y is a non-cyclic group which can contain only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and halogen and m is 1-5, provided that all of the Y groups together contain not more than about twenty carbon atoms and that at least one of the Y groups contains a heteroatom selected from oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and halogen. Also included are salts of these compounds, compositions containing the compounds of the present invention and processes for their preparation and use. The compounds are active as herbicides and plant growth modifiers.