Abstract: A dry, water-soluble, substituted phenoxy and/or benzoic acid herbicide is prepared by grinding and dry blending the herbicide in acid form with anhydrous trisodium phosphate or tripotassium phosphate which functions as a solid solubilization medium. From about 0.6 mole to about 16.9 moles of the medium is provided for each mole of active herbicidal agent in the initially dry blended mixture. Herbicidal agents are selected from the group consisting of 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, MCPP, MCPA, dichlorprop, dicamba, and chloramben.

Abstract: A dry, water-soluble, substituted phenoxy and/or benzoic acid herbicide is prepared by grinding and dry blending the herbicide in acid form with anhydrous trisodium phosphate or tripotassium phosphate which functions as a solid solubilization medium. At least about 0.6 mole of the medium is provided for each mole of active herbicidal agent in the initially dry blended mixture.

Abstract: Dry, water-soluble powder, substituted heterocyclic acid, substituted phenol herbicidal compositions, combinations thereof, or in combination with phenoxy and/or benzoic acid herbicides, are prepared by grinding and dry blending the herbicide in acid form with a dry, particulate solubilization medium selected from the group consisting of diammonium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, disodium phosphate, trisodium phosphate or tripotassium phosphate. At least about 1 mole of the medium is provided for each mole of active herbicidal agent in the initially dry blended mixture. The dry blended mixture may be packaged in suitable containers such as paper bags, and added directly to a quantity of water to form a solubilized herbicidal formulation containing from about 0.1% to about 2-1/2% of the active herbicide and which is suitable for direct application to vegetation to be controlled.

Abstract: A dry, water-soluble, substituted phenoxy and/or benzoic acid herbicide is prepared by dry blending the herbicide in acid form with a dry solid solubilization medium selected from the group consisting of diammonium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, and disodium phosphate. At least about 1.15 moles of the medium are provided for each mole of active herbicidal agent in the initially dry blended mixture.

Abstract: In the manufacture of an N-benzyl-N-isopropyl amide by reaction of N-benzyl-N-isopropylamine with an acid chloride, the amide product is obtained in better purity and yield by employing excess benzylisopropylamine as the acid accepting agent and recovering the amine for re-use by reacting the amine hydrochloride by-product with aqueous sodium hydroxide.

Abstract: A class of amides disclosed to be useful as selective pre-emergent and post-emergent herbicides are those having the general structural formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is ethyl, isopropyl, cyclopropyl, tert.butyl, methylamino, dimethylamino, ethylamino or methoxymethylamino, R.sup.3 is phenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, 4-methylphenyl or 4-methoxyphenyl, R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 lower alkyl, and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or methyl, with the further stipulation that either, but not both R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be hydrogen.

Abstract: A class of amides disclosed to be useful as selective pre-emergent and post-emergent herbicides are those having the general structural formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is ethyl, isopropyl, cyclopropyl, tert.butyl, methylamino, dimethylamino, ethylamino or methoxymethylamino, R.sup.3 is phenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, 4-methylphenyl or 4-methoxyphenyl, R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 lower alkyl, and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or methyl, with the further stipulation that either, but not both R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be hydrogen.

Abstract: A class of amides disclosed to be useful as selective post-emergent herbicides are those having the general structural formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.2 is amino, lower alkyl, lower chloroalkyl, lower alkylamino, lower alkenylamino, lower alkoxy or C.sub.3 to C.sub.5 cycloaklyl and R.sup.3 is phenyl, thiazolyl, thiadiazolyl or lower alkyl-substituted, halogen-substituted or trifluoromethyl-substituted phenyl, thiazolyl or thiadiazolyl.

Abstract: A class of amides disclosed to be useful as selective post-emergent herbicides are those having the general structural formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.2 is amino, lower alkyl, lower chloroalkyl, lower alkylamino, lower alkenylamino, lower alkoxy or C.sub.3 to C.sub.5 cycloalkyl and R.sup.3 is phenyl, thiazolyl, thiadiazolyl or lower alkyl-substituted, halogen-substituted or trifluoromethyl-substituted phenyl, thiazolyl or thiadiazolyl.

Abstract: 3,5-ditert.butyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde is manufactured in good yields by reacting 2,6-ditert.-butylphenol with hexamethylenetetramine or a combination of formaldehyde and ammonium acetate in aqueous acetic acid reaction medium.

Abstract: 3,5-ditert.butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol is converted to the corresponding aldehydes by reaction with hexamethylenetetramine in aqueous acetic acid medium.

Abstract: Undesired vegetation such as crabgrass, downey brome, giant foxtail, yellow foxtail, barnyard grass, flax and wild oats are combated by pre-emergent application of at least one compound belonging to a class of substituted N-benzyl amides of alkanoic and benzoic acids, particularly in the presence of seeds of such crops as cotton and soybeans.