Abstract: Novel esters in all possible isomeric forms and mixtures thereof of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, --CN and --C.tbd.CH, Y is selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur, Z is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkylthio and alkylsulfonyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 4 carbon atoms, 3,4-methylenedioxy, chlorine, fluorine and bromine, n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2, Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 may both be methyl or Z.sub.1 is hydrogen and Z.sub.2 is ##STR3## R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and halogen, R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: Novel esters of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually selected from the group consisting of carbamoyl and R.sub.1 ' and R.sub.2 ', R.sub.1 ' and R.sub.2 ' are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, aralkyl of 7 to 13 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms and --CN, R.sub.3 and R.sub.3 ' are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkenyl of 2 to 3 carbon atoms and alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, Y' is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## R.sub.4 ' and R.sub.5 ' are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, fluorine, bromine, chlorine and R.sub.4 ' and R.sub.

Abstract: Novel substituted lactones of amino acids in all their possible stereoisomeric forms or mixtures thereof of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is a hydrocarbon chain of 1 to 10 chain members containing one or more heteroatoms and one or more unsaturations and the chain members being a mono- or polycyclic system or comprises a system of spiro or endo type and may contain one or more chiral atoms or the lactone copula can present a supplementary chirality due to the asymetric spatial configuration of the molecule make up and R is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## wherein Z is the organic remainder of an amino acid of the formula: ##STR3## Y is derived from a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol of the formula Y-OH and B is the remainder of a heterocycle amino acid of 3 to 6 carbon atoms of the formula: ##STR4## and their preparation and their use for the resolution of amino acids.

Abstract: (S) .alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxy-benzyl alcohol having the formula ##STR1## and a novel process for its preparation and novel intermediates.

Abstract: Novel esters in the form of their stereoisomers and mixtures of stereoisomers of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine and bromine R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 may both be methyl and when Y.sub.1 is hydrogen, Y.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of ##STR3## and Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 are individually selected from the group consisting of fluorine, bromine and chlorine or the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl, Z is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and when Y.sub.2 is ##STR4## R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of ##STR5## A is selected from the group consisting of ##STR6## and when Y.sub.2 is -CHBr-CCl.sub.2 Br, R.sub.2 is m-phenoxy-phenyl and when R.sub.1 is R.sub.1 ' and Y.sub.

Abstract: Novel imino derivatives of esters of 3-formyl-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acids in their various isomeric forms and mixtures thereof of the formula ##STR1## wherein Z is an organic residue of a primary amine of the formula Z-NH.sub.2 and the acid moiety may have the cis or trans configuration and the alcohol moiety may have the R,S or RS configuration, novel intermediates therefore and a process for the preparation of the corresponding 3-substituted vinyl esters having insecticidal activity.

Abstract: Novel alcohols of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually selected from the group consisting of carbamoyl and R.sub.1 ' and R.sub.2 ', R.sub.1 ' and R.sub.2 ' are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, arylalkyl of 7 to 13 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms and --CN and R.sub.3 and R.sub.3 ' are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms and alkenyl of 2 to 3 carbon atoms in the S form, R form or racemic mixtures thereof whose esters with cyclopropane carboxylic acids have an elevated insecticidal activity and their preparation.

Abstract: (S) .alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxy-benzyl alcohol having the formula ##STR1## and a novel process for its preparation and novel intermediates.

Abstract: Novel esters in the form of their stereoisomers and mixtures of stereoisomers of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine and bromine R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 may both be methyl and when Y.sub.1 is hydrogen, Y.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of ##STR3## and Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 are individually selected from the group consisting of fluorine, bromine and chlorine or the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl, Z is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and when Y.sub.2 is ##STR4## R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of ##STR5## A is selected from the group consisting of ##STR6## and when Y.sub.2 is --CHBr--CCl.sub.2 Br, R.sub.2 is m-phenoxy-phenyl and when R.sub.1 is R.sub.1 ' and Y.sub.

Abstract: (S) .alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxy-benzyl alcohol having the formula ##STR1## and a novel process for its preparation and novel intermediates.

Abstract: Novel ethers of organic compounds containing chiral atoms of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is a hydrocarbonated chain of 1 to 10 groups, the said chain containing one or more heteroatoms, one or more unsaturations, the assembly of the groups constituting the chain may represent a mono- or polycyclic system, including a system of the spiro or endo type, the chain A can contain one or more chiral atoms or the lactone moiety can present a chirality due to the dissymetric spatial configuration of the whole of the molecule and Z is selected from the group consisting of primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol moiety containing at least an asymetric carbon atom, a phenol moiety substituted comprising at least one asymetric carbon atom and an substituted alcohol or phenol moiety with a chirality due to the dissymetric spatial configuration of the whole of the molecule, with the proviso Z is not (R) or (S) .alpha.

Abstract: A novel process for the preparation of (1R,5S) 6,6-dimethyl-4(R)-[(S)-cyano-(3'-phenoxy-phenyl)-methoxy]-3-oxabicyclo-(3- 1-0)-hexan-2-one which is an intermediate for the preparation of (S).alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxy-benzyl alcohol.

Abstract: Novel ureas of the formula ##STR1## wherein A and B are chlorine or A is chlorine or hydrogen and B is --CF.sub.3, R and R.sub.1 are individually alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms and R.sub.2 is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with a halogen having herbicidal properties, particularly useful in cultivated grass crops and their preparation and use.

Abstract: Antiandrogenic compositions comprising an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and Y are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, --CF.sub.3, --NO.sub.3 and alkylthio of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl, benzyl and hydroxymethyl and an inert pharmaceutical carrier and a method of inducing antiandrogenic activity in warm-blooded animals as well as novel oxadiazines of formula I with the proviso that when R is other than benzyl or hydroxymethyl at least one of X and Y is alkylthio of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Novel thiadiazoles of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyloxy of 3 to 7 carbon atoms, alkylthio of 1 to 8 carbon atoms optionally substituted with carbalkoxy of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, alkenylthio of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, ##STR2## and benzyloxy, benzylthio, benzyl and phenyl, all aryl being optionally substituted with 1 to 2 members of the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms and alkoxy of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, Z and Z.sub.1 are alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sub.

Abstract: Novel urea derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R.sub.1 are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, nitro, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms and lower alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, n is 0 or 1, X is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with halogen and a nitrogen heterocyclic optionally containing 1 or more other heteroatoms, Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and S--Z wherein Z is a nitrogen heterocyclic optionally containing 1 or more other heteroatoms and the dotted lines indicate that the compound of formula I may contain no oxygen bound to the sulfur atom or may be in sulfoxide or sulfonyl form which are useful as herbicides and thereon preparation.

Abstract: Novel selective herbicidal compositions comprising an herbicidally effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of N-methyl-N-isopropylthio-N'-phenyl-urea, N-methyl-N-(2-chloroethylthio)-N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-urea, N-methyl-N-n-butylthio-N'-(4-isopropylphenyl)-urea, N-methyl-N-isopropylthio-N'-(4-isopropylphenyl)-urea, N-methyl-N-isopropylthio-N'-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-urea and N-methyl-N-n-butylthio-N'-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-urea and a carrier and a method of selectively killing weeds in cereal crops and fields of beets.