Abstract: A herbicidal alkanoic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, an acyloxyalkyl group, a thienyl group, a naphthyl group, a dihydronaphthyl group ##STR2## wherein R.sup.8 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or --S(O).sub.n R.sup.9 wherein R.sup.9 is an alkyl group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 2, m is an integer of from 0 to 2, each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 which may be the same or different is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 form together with the adjacent carbon atom a 3-, 4-, 5- or 6-membered ring which may contain an oxygen atom and may be substituted by one or two alkyl groups, each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 which may be the same or different is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sup.7 is an alkyl group or a phenyl group, or R.sup.

Abstract: A 2-phenoxypridimine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom or ##STR2## wherein X.sup.1 is a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group and k is 0, 1, or 2; R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a benzyl group, --(CH.sub.2).sub.m R.sup.3 is a cyano group, a formyl group, a dialkylamino group, a phenyl group, a pyridyl group, a trimethylsilyl group, a naphthyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a benzoyl group, an alkylthio group, a phenylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group or a benzyloxy group and m is 1, 2, or ##STR3## wherein R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.5 is a lower alkyl group or ##STR4## wherein X.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or a nitro group, n is 0 or 1, provided that when R.sup.5 is an alkyl group, n is 1; and R.sup.2 is a chlorine atom or a methoxy group, provided that when R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a benzyl group, X is ##STR5## and R.sup.2 is a methoxy group, when R.sup.

Abstract: A pyrimidine derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which may be the same or different is an alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the adjacent carbon atom form a ring.

Abstract: A herbicidal alkanoic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is ##STR2## wherein R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, an acyloxyalkyl group, a thienyl group, a naphthyl group, a dihydronaphthyl group or ##STR3## wherein R.sup.8 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or --S(O).sub.n R.sup.9 wherein R.sup.9 is an alkyl group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 2, m is an integer of from 0 to 2, each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 which may be the same or different is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 form together with the adjacent carbon atom a 3-, 4-, 5- or 6-membered ring which may contain an oxygen atom and may be substituted by one or two alkyl groups, each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 which may be the same or different is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sup.

Abstract: A 2-phenoxypyrimidine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom or ##STR2## wherein X.sup.1 is a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group and k is 0, 1 or 2; R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a benzyl group, --(CH.sub.2).sub.m R.sup.3 wherein R.sup.3 is a cyano group, a formyl group, a dialkylamino group, a phenyl group, a pyridyl group, a trimethylsilyl group, a naphthyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a benzoyl group, an alkylthio group, a phenylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group or a benzyloxy group and m is 1, 2 or 3, or ##STR3## wherein R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.5 is a lower alkyl group or ##STR4## wherein X.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or a nitro group, n is 0 or 1, provided that when R.sup.5 is an alkyl group, n is 1; and R.sup.2 is a chlorine atom or a methoxy group, provided that when R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a benzyl group, X is ##STR5## and R.sup.

Abstract: A 2-phenoxypyrimidine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a formyl group or --COOR.sup.1 wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a 2-methylsulfonylethyl group, a diethoxypropyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, a haloalkyl group, a haloalkenyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group or ##STR2## wherein Y is a halogen atom, a methyl group or a methoxy group and n is 0, 1 or 2; and X is a halogen atom, an alkynyloxy group, an alkenyloxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkoxyalkyloxy group, a haloalkoxy group, an acetyloxy group, a benzoyloxy group, a formyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a dialkylamino group, a dimethoxymethyl group, ##STR3## wherein R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Z is a chlorine atom or an alkyl group and m is 0, 1 or 2, or ##STR4## wherein R.sup.

Abstract: As new compound is provided a cyclohexane derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen or a lower alkyl; R.sup.2 is a lower alkyl; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen, an alkyl, an alkenyl, a hydroxyalkyl, a cycloalkyl, a morpholino, an aminoalkyl, an N-alkylaminoalkyl, an N,N-di-alkylaminoalkyl, an alkoxycarbonylalkyl, a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.l --R.sup.4 where R.sup.4 is a lower alkoxy, a lower alkylthio, a benzylthio, an anilino, a morpholino, a piperazino, a piperidino or a lower alkyl-substituted piperidino and l is 2 or 3, a group of the formula ##STR2## where X is a halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, a phenoxy or an alkoxycarbonylalkyloxy, m is zero or 1 and n is an integer of zero to 2, inclusive, a group of the formula --CH.sub.2 --R.sup.5 where R.sup.5 is a furyl, a thenyl or a pyridyl, or a group of the formula ##STR3## where R.sup.5 is as defined above; or a salt of said cyclohexane derivative.

Abstract: A new compound is provided by a cyclohexane derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; and R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a phenoxymethyl group, a 2-thienylmethyl group, an alkoxymethyl group or an alkylthiomethyl group, or a salt of said cyclohexane compound.This cyclohexane compound exhibits useful plant-growth regulating effects on crop-plants and also non-crop plants such as lawn and may be prepared by cyclization of an acetonylsuccinic acid dialkyl ester, followed by reaction with an organic acid chloride and by intermolecular rearrangement.

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: As new compound is provided a cyclohexane derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; and R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a phenoxymethyl group, a 2-thienylmethyl group, an alkoxymethyl group or an alkylthiomethyl group, or a salt of said cyclohexane compound.This cyclohexane compound exhibits useful plant-growth regulating effects on crop-plants and also non-crop plants such as lawn and may be prepared by cyclization of an acetonylsuccinic acid dialkyl ester, followed by reaction with an organic acid chloride and by intermolecular rearrangement.

Abstract: As new compound is provided a cyclohexane derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; and R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a phenoxymethyl group, a 2-thienylmethyl group, an alkoxymethyl group or an alkylthiomethyl group, or a salt of said cyclohexane compound.This cyclohexane compound exhibits useful plant-growth regulating effects on crop-plants and also non-crop plants such as lawn and may be prepared by cyclization of an acetonylsuccinic acid dialkyl ester, followed by reaction with an organic acid chloride and by intermolecular rearrangement.