Abstract: A 2-phenoxypyrimidine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a formyl group, a dimethoxymethyl group or --COOR.sup.4 (wherein R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a benzyl group, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom or an organic ammonium group), R.sup.2 is a chlorine atom, a methyl group, a methoxy group or a difluoromethoxy group, R.sup.3 is a methyl group or a methoxy group, X is a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group or a cyano group, and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A pyrimidine compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A picolinic acid derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom, an alkylammonium group or ##STR2## [wherein R.sup.11 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sup.12 is an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, an acetyl group, a pivaloyl group, a benzoyl group, an alkoxy group, a phenoxy group, a halogenoacetyloxy group, a methylsulfonyloxy group, a hydroxyl group, an alkylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a phenylthio group, a dialkylamino group, a naphthyl group, a pyridyl group, ##STR3## (wherein W is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a phenoxy group, a nitro group or an alkoxycarbonyl group, and e is 1 or 2) or ##STR4## (wherein each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or a phenyl group), and m is an integer of from 0 to 2], each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: A 2-phenoxypyrimidine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a formyl group, a dimethoxymethyl group or --COOR.sup.4 (wherein R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a benzyl group, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom or an organic ammonium group), R.sup.2 is a chlorine atom, a methyl group, a methoxy group or a difluoromethoxy group, R.sup.3 is a methyl group or a methoxy group, X is a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group or a cyano group, and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A picolinic acid derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom, an alkylammonium group or ##STR2## [wherein R.sup.11 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sup.12 is an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, an acetyl group, a pivaloyl group, a benzoyl group, an alkoxy group, a phenoxy group, a halogenoacetyloxy group, a methylsulfonyloxy group, a hydroxyl group, an alkylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a phenylthio group, a dialkylamino group, a naphthyl group, a pyridyl group, ##STR3## (wherein W is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a phenoxy group, a nitro group or an alkoxycarbonyl group, and e is 1 or 2) or ##STR4## (wherein each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or a phenyl group), and m is an integer of from 0 to 2], each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: A trifluoromethanesulfonanilide compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein Y is a (1-cyano-2-propyl)cyclopropyl group or a (1-cyano)cyclopentyl group.

Abstract: As new compounds are provided 2-(4',6'-di-substituted pyrimidine-2'-yl)oxy- or thio-benzoic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylthio or other substituents, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a halo, alkyl, alkoxy or other substituents; and X is oxygen or sulfur atom. These new compounds are useful as herbicidal agent effective to inhibit the growth of annual weeds and also perennial weeds predominant in irrigated fields of aquatic rice plants and in plowed fields.

Abstract: A trifluoromethanesulfonanilide compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is a lower alkyl group, X is a halogen atom or a trifluoromethyl group, n is an integer of 0 to 2, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form, together with the adjacent carbon atom, a ring which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group.

Abstract: A herbicidal composition is provided which is characterized by the combination use as active ingredients of a thiocarbamate derivative of formula I: ##STR1## wherein one of X and Y is a hydrogen and the other is a chlorine and 4-amino-3-methyl-6-phenyl-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-one of the formula: ##STR2## Also provided is a process of inhibiting the growth of unwanted plants by applying the herbicidal composition to the plants or to the soil where the plants are grown.

Abstract: The imidazole derivatives of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, the symbol .dbd. represents a double bond that bond is E or Z, or a triple bond, and m and n, which may be the same or different, each represent zero, or an integer of 1 to 10, and non-toxic acid addition salts thereof, and, when R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, non-toxic salts thereof are new compounds. These compounds have a strong inhibitory effect on thromboxane synthetase from rabbit platelet microsomes, and are useful as therapeutically active agents for inflammation, hypertension, thrombus, cerebral apoplexy and asthma.