Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, 2,3,5,6-tetrachloropyridine is advantageously prepared by contacting pentachloropyridine in a solvent selected from the group consisting of alkylnitriles, water, alkylsulfoxides, tetramethylsulfone, C-1 to C-5 alcohols, alkyl carbonates and mixtures thereof, in the presence of an ammonium salt of an organic or inorganic acid with about 0.7 to about 1.1 g atoms of zinc per mole of pentachloropyridine.
Abstract: Compounds are prepared which correspond to the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents hydrogen, chloro, bromo or trifluoromethyl; n represents an integer of from 1 or 2, with the proviso that when R is trifluoromethyl, n is 1; and X represents a non-phytotoxic anion. The compounds have been found to be active plant growth enhancers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 18, 1985
Date of Patent:
October 20, 1987
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company
Inventors:
Joseph E. Dunbar, Theodore W. Holmsen, Herman O. Senkbeil
Abstract: Teichomycin A.sub.2 is recovered from whole culture fermentation broth of Actinoplanes teichomyceticus sp. or any similar microorganism producing Teichomycin A.sub.2 by extracting the broth with a water miscible solvent, such as acetone, acetonitrile, dimethylsulfoxide, n-propanol, methyl ethyl ketone or mixtures thereof.
Abstract: This invention relates to novel cyanoguanidine compounds and the intermediate N'-cyano-N-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthyl)-S-methylisothiourea. These novel compounds are useful as animal growth promoting agents.
Abstract: The yield of soybeans can be increased by treating the plants during the period from full bloom to the beginning of the seed filling period with N,N,N-tributyl-(3-hydroxybenzyl)ammonium salts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 1986
Date of Patent:
August 18, 1987
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company
Inventors:
John C. Van Herrtum, Theodore W. Holmsen
Abstract: Novel pyridyloxyphenoxyalkanoates, alkenoates, R-enantiomers and derivatives thereof possess herbicidal activity selectively in the presence of broadleaf crops with preemergent or postemergent applications.
Abstract: Novel aryloxyphenoxyalkanoates, alkenoates, R-enantiomers and derivatives thereof possess herbicidal activity selectively in the presence of broadleaf crops with preemergent or postemergent applications.
Abstract: 5-Alkyl-1-(2-pyridinyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ols are prepared in good yield by reacting an appropriate 1-acyl-1-(2-pyridinyl)-semicarbazide with a base in the presence of a non-nucleophilic solvent. The compounds so prepared are intermediates used in the preparation of insecticides. The starting semicarbazide materials are novel compounds.