Patent number: 5129941
Abstract: Sulfonylureas of the formula ##STR1## where A is a bond or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -hydrocarbon radical,R.sup.1 is an optionally unsaturated hydrocarbon radical which is optionally substituted by halogen, optionally unsaturated alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl or alkylsulfinyl, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl or a heterocycle, or is optionally substituted phenyl, NRR' with R and R' being alkyl, alkoxy or alkylene (cyclic with N),Y is S, SO or SO.sub.2,R.sup.1 is optionally unsaturated alkoxy which is optionally substituted, or is cycloalkoxy, cycloalkenyloxy, cyclopropylmethyloxy, epoxypropyloxy, furfuryloxy, tetrahydrofurfuryloxy or optionally substituted phenoxyalkoxy or phenoxy,R.sup.3 is alkyl which is optionally unsaturated, or is alkoxy,R.sup.4 is optionally substituted pyrimidinyl, pyrimidinylmethyl, pyrimidinyl with a fused-on cyclopentane, oxolane, oxolene, oxane, pyridine or pyrazine ring or purinyl or triazolyl, andZ is O or S,have herbicidal and/or plant-growth-regulatory properties.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 1990
Date of Patent:
July 14, 1992
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Heinz-Josef Loher, Lothar Willms, Michael Frey, Klaus Bauer, Hermann Bierigner