Patents Assigned to Syngenta (AT) Limited
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Patent number: 11608323Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, Ra, 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: James Alan Morris, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, Ravindra Sonawane, Timothy Robert Desson, Sally Elizabeth Russell, Kenneth Ling, Alan Joseph Hennessy, Matthew Brian Hotson, Adrian Longstaff, Sr., Mangala Phadte, Claire Janet Russell, Jake Goodwin-Tindall
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Patent number: 10696686Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Janice Black, James Nicholas Scutt, Louisa Whalley, Nigel James Willets
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Patent number: 10590143Abstract: 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 cyclohexane-1,3,5-trione-2-yl, a cyclohexane-1,3-dione-2-yl, a cycloheptane-1,3-dione-2-yl, in which each cyclic dione is bridged by alkanediyl, or a derivative thereof (e.g. 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Janice Black, James Nicholas Scutt, Louisa Whalley, Nigel James Willets
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Publication number: 20200068879Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of reducing the viscosity of an aqueous agrochemical concentrate comprising a) an adjuvant selected from an alkoxylated aliphatic acid, an alkoxylated aliphatic alcohol, an alkoxylated aliphatic amide and an alkoxylated aliphatic amine, wherein the concentration of adjuvant in the aqueous agrochemical concentrate is at least 50 g/l; the method comprising including b) a compound selected from: i. an aryl sulphonate; ii. an aliphatic mono alcohol; iii. an aliphatic polyol comprising at least four contiguous carbon atoms; and iv. anaryl alcohol; in the aqueous agrochemical concentrate; wherein the aqueous agrochemical concentrate comprises an agrochemical active ingredient. The invention also relates to the agrochemical concentrates and methods of using the agrochemical concentrates for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: Julia Lynne RAMSAY, John HONE, Jose Luis CALVO, Niall Rae THOMSON, Patrick Joseph MULQUEEN, Alexander BASSETT-CROSS, Steven FITZJOHN, Antony HARRIS
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Patent number: 10375956Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: R8 and R9, independently of each other, are hydrogen, fluorine or C1-C3alkyl; R10 is hydrogen or methyl (preferably hydrogen); and the other substituents are as defined herein; and wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are thought to be 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Ian Henry Aspinall, Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, James Nicholas Scutt, John Benjamin Taylor
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Patent number: 10364235Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: Synenta Crop Protection LLC, Syngenta LimitedInventors: Peter Renold, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Myriem El Qacemi, Jagadish Pabba, Thomas Pitterna
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Patent number: 10206388Abstract: This invention relates to the use of aromatic esters as adjuvants in compositions, particularly for agrochemical use, as well to compositions comprising such an aromatic ester, in combination with at least one agrochemical and at least one surfactant. The invention further extends to methods of making and using such compositions. In particular the present invention relates to such compositions when formulated as, or comprised by, an emulsion concentrate (EC), an emulsion in water (EW), a suspension of particles in water (SC), a microcapsule formulation (CS), a suspension of particles with an emulsion (SE), a dispersion concentrate (DC) or an oil suspension (OD).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: Gordon Alastair Bell, Julia Lynne Ramsay, Raul Minguez Molina, David Stock, Gary Charles Walter
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Publication number: 20180242574Abstract: The present invention relates to agrochemical compositions comprising certain benzamide compounds and to the use of those benzamide compounds as adjuvants, especially in formulations, in particular in agrochemical formulations and in environmentally friendly formulations. The invention further extends to certain novel benzamide compounds and a process to prepare such novel compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: Gordon Bell, Richard Brian Perry, Julia Lynne Ramsay, David Stock, Philip Taylor
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Patent number: 10051857Abstract: The present invention relates to agrochemical compositions comprising certain benzamide compounds and to the use of those benzamide compounds as adjuvants, especially in formulations, in particular in agrochemical formulations and in environmentally friendly formulations. The invention further extends to certain novel benzamide compounds and a process to prepare such novel compounds.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: Gordon Bell, Richard Brian Perry, Julia Lynne Ramsay, David Stock, Philip Taylor
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Patent number: 9963445Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Participations AGInventors: John Martin Clough, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmmer, 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, Alan John Dowling
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Patent number: 9936701Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Participations AGInventors: James Alan Morris, Shuji Hachisu, William Guy Whittingham, Anne Jaqueline Dalencon, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, Mangala Phadte, Ravindra Sonawane, Adrian Longstaff, Alan John Dowling, Timothy Robert Desson, Sitaram Pal, Janice Black, Swarnendu Sasmal, Guruprasad Narashimh Sawant, Srinivas Reddy Purumandla, Sujit Kumar Ghorai
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Publication number: 20180065956Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicants: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, Syngenta LimitedInventors: Peter Renold, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Myriem El Qacemi, Jagadish Pabba, Thomas Pitterna
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Patent number: 9834546Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Crop Protection LLCInventors: Peter Renold, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Myriem El Qacemi, Jagadish Pabba, Thomas Pitterna
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Patent number: 9808003Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein the substituents are as defined herein, and wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are thought to be 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: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Alaric James Avery, John Benjamin Taylor, Russell Colin Viner, Jeffery Steven Wailes, Ian Stuart Cloudsdale, John Kenneth Dickson, Jr., Ian Henry Aspinall, Janice Black, Emma Briggs, Shuji Hachisu, Simon Hardy
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Patent number: 9807999Abstract: This invention relates to a formulation comprising a compound of formula (I) where R1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl or butyl; R2 is methyl or ethyl; R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and n is 1, 2 or 3; to the use of a compound of formula (I) as a solvent; and to certain novel compounds of formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Gordon Alastair Bell, Anne Waller, Jeffrey Steven Wailes
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Patent number: 9751865Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: 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
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Patent number: 9723840Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngetna Participations AGInventors: 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
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Patent number: 9693556Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or an agronomically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R2 is selected from the group consisting of (A1), (A2) and (A3) wherein X1 is N or CR7X2 is N or CR8X3 is N or CR9X4 is N or CR6R1, R3, R4, R5 R6, R7, R8 and R9 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: GrantFiled: October 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Yunas Bhonoah, Alison Clare Elliott, Steven Gaulier, Kenneth Ling, Glynn Mitchell, James Alan Morris, Paula Rocha Rzepa, Russell Colin Viner
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Patent number: 9686986Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Alison Clare Elliott, Glynn Mitchell
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Patent number: 9615577Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), wherein: X is methyl or chlorine; R1 is methyl or chlorine; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, cyclopropyl, vinyl, ethynyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C1-C3alkoxy, C1-C2-fluoroalkoxy, C1-C2alkoxy-C1-C3alkoxy- or C1fluoroalkoxy-C1-C3alkoxy-; and Y is O, S, S(O), S(O)2, N(C1-C2alkyl), N(C1-C2alkoxy), C(O), CR8R9 or —CR10R11CR12R13—; and G, 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: William Roderick Mound, James Nicholas Scutt, Mark Slater, Nigel James Willetts