Abstract: Herbicidal sulfonamides of the formula: ##STR1## and salts thereof, where: A represents a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring, or a 5- or 6-membered substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic ring; Q is --O--, --S-- or a group --CXX'--; X and X', which may be the same or different, are each hydrogen, halogen, cyano, an optionally-substituted alkyl group, or a group --OR.sup.a, --SR.sup.a, or --COR.sup.b ; or one of X and X' represents hydroxy and the other is as defined above; or X and X' together represent .dbd.O or .dbd.S; R.sup.a is an optionally-substituted alkyl, aryl or acyl group; R.sup.b is an optionally-substituted alkyl or aryl group, or a group --OR.sup.c or --NR.sup.c R.sup.d ; R.sup.c and R.sup.d, which may be the same or different, are each hydrogen, or an optionally-substituted alkyl or aryl group; Y is nitrogen or a group CR.sup.9 ; R.sup.1 is an optionally-substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, benzoheterocyclyl or amino group; R.sup.

Abstract: The invention relates to thixotropic aqueous suspension concentrates of plant protection agents. The invention furthermore relates to the use of these agents in plant protection and the use of saponites as auxiliaries in the preparation of plant protection agent suspensions by wet grinding of the solid constituents.

Abstract: There is provided a 1-(3-heterocyclylphenyl)-s-triazine-2, 4,6-oxo or thiotrione compound having the structural formula I ##STR1## Further provided are a composition and a method comprising that compound for the control of undesirable plant species.

Abstract: 3-(Het)arylcarboxylic acid derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where R is formyl, CO.sub.2 H or a radical hydrolyzable to COOH and the other substituents have the following meanings:R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or alkylthio;X is nitrogen or CR.sup.14, where R.sup.14 is hydrogen or, together with R.sup.3, forms an alkylene or alkenylene chain, in each of which a methylene group is replaced by oxygen;R.sup.4 is phenyl or naphthyl, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted or an unsubstituted or substituted five-membered or six-membered heteroaromatic structure containing one to three nitrogen atoms or one sulfur or oxygen atom;R.sup.5 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl or phenyl;R.sup.6 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkynyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.

Abstract: A cyanoketone derivatives of the following formula (1) ##STR1## which are characterized by excellent herbicidal activity and effectiveness against a variety of broad leafed weeds, including barnyard grass, green foxtail, velvet leaf, livid amaranth and hairy beggar ticks.

Abstract: 3-(Het)aryloxy(thio)carboxylic acid derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, COOH or a radical which can be hydrolyzed to give COOH;R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or alkylthio;X is nitrogen or CR.sup.14, where R.sup.14 is hydrogen or, together with R.sup.3, forms a 3-membered or 4-membered alkylene or alkenylene chain, in each of which a methylene group is replaced by oxygen;R.sup.4 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted;an unsubstituted or substituted five-membered or six-membered heteroaromatic structure containing one to three nitrogen atoms or one sulfur or oxygen atom;unsubstituted or substituted phenyl or naphthyl;R.sup.4 and R.sup.5, together with the neighboring carbon atom, form a 3-membered to 8-membered ring which may contain an oxygen or sulfur atom and which is unsubstituted or substituted;R.sup.

Abstract: There is provided a 3-(3-aryloxyphenyl)-1-(substituted methyl)-s-triazine-2,4,6-oxo or thiotrione compound having the structural formula I ##STR1## Further provided are a composition and a method comprising that compound for the control of undesirable plant species.

Abstract: A herbicide composition which comprises a herbicide and a small but herbicide absorption enhancing effective amount of a water soluble, non-aromatic polyorganic acid or a salt or copolymer thereof such as polyaspartic acid.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are cyanoketone derivatives of the following formula (1) ##STR1## such as 1-cyano-1-piperidinocarbonyl-3-[4-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylphenoxy)pheno xy]-2-butanone, 1-cyano-1-piperidinocarbonyl-3-[4-(3-chloro-5-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyloxy )phenoxy]-2-butanone, 1-cyano-1-(N-methyl-N-dichlorophenyl)aminocarbonyl-3-[4-(2-quinoxalyloxy)p henoxy]-2-butanone, 1-cyano-1-(N,N-dibutyl)aminocarbonyl-3-[4-(3-chloro-5-trifluoromethyl-2-py ridyloxy)phenoxy-2-butanone, and the like, which are characterized by excellent herbicidal activity and effectiveness against a variety of gramineous weeds.

Abstract: There is provided a 3-(3-aryloxyphenyl)-1-(substituted methyl)-s-triazine-2,4,6-oxo or thiotrione compound having the structural formula I ##STR1## Further provided are a composition and a method comprising that compound for the control of undesirable plant species.

Abstract: This invention provides herbicides for use in plantation and specialty crops; and further provides novel substituted heterocyclic compounds, their agriculturally suitable compositions, and methods of using these compounds as preemergent or postemergent herbicides.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pyrimidine or triazine compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents cyano group, a halogen atom, hydroxy group or --O--R.sup.7 where R.sup.7 represents a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, a halo-lower alkyl group or a cyano-lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 represents hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.4 represents a 1-imidazolyl group, --NHSO.sub.2 --R.sup.8 where R.sup.8 represents a lower alkyl group or a phenyl group which may have a substituent, hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group or a benzyloxy group when Z is nitrogen atom; or a 1-imidazolyl group, --NHSO.sub.2 --R.sup.8 where R.sup.

Abstract: Herbicidal haloacetic acid derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## and salts thereof, where: A is --N.dbd. or --CH.dbd.;X is halo;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represent alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, halo, alkylamino or dialkylamino;R.sup.3 is --CN, --COOR.sup.5, --CONR.sup.6 R.sup.7, --CSNH.sub.2, --CHO, --CH.dbd.Z, --CH(OAlkyl).sub.2, --CH.sub.2 OH, --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.9, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group linked via a ring carbon atom which is between two ring heteroatoms;R.sup.4 is H, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl group;with R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.9,and Z as defined in the specification.

Abstract: Pyrimidinyloxy- and triazinyloxy- and pyrimidinylthio- and triazinylthio-butyric acid derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein Q is ##STR2## A is hydroxy or a group ##STR3## and the other substituents are as described in patent claim 1, and salts of compounds of formula I, have herbicidal action and are suitable as active ingredients in weed control compositions.

Abstract: Fungicidal new 2-methoximinocarboxylic esters of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which Ar represents one of the radicals ##STR2## and A represents one of the radicals --CH.sub.2 --; ##STR3## where Y represents one of the radicals ##STR4## --O--CH.sub.2 --; --CH.sub.2 --O--; --S--CH.sub.2 --; ##STR5## --SO.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --; --O--; --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --,n represents the number 0 or 1,R represents alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkenyl, or represents optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or represents optionally substituted aryl or represents optionally substituted heteroaryl, and, moreover, in the event that n is 0, also represents halogen, andX.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3 and X.sup.4 independently of one another in each case represent hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl or methoxy, but where, in the event that X.sup.2 represents bromine, X.sup.3 does not simultaneously represent hydroxyl or methoxy.

Abstract: The invention relates to new 3-aryl-triazine-2,4-diones of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which Het represents a radical of the formula ##STR2## R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or halogen, R.sup.2 represents halogen, cyano or nitro andR.sup.3 represents a radical of the formula --X--R.sup.6 or --CO--X--R.sup.7, in whichR.sup.4 represents hydrogen, cyano, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or halogenoalkyl,R.sup.5 represents alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl,R.sup.6 represents hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl,R.sup.7 represents hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl,X represents oxygen or sulphur andZ represents oxygen or sulphur, to a process for their preparation, to new intermediates, and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel alkanoic acid amide derivative of the formula, ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxyalkoxy group, R.sup.2 is a group of --SO.sub.2 R or a hydroxyl group, R.sup.5 is an alkyl group, R.sup.3 is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group or a phenyl group, R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, X and Y may be the same or different and are an alkoxy group, an alkylamino group or a dialkylamino group, and Z is a methine group or a nitrogen atom) and its salt, a process for preparing the same and a herbicidal composition containing the same as an effective ingredient.This compound kills annual and perennial weeds grown in paddy fields and upland fields at a small dose, and is safe to a useful crop plant.

Abstract: A herbicidal sulphonylurea salt of the formula ##STR1## in which M.sup..sym. represents an alkali metal ion or the counterion, formed by protonation, of a basic organic nitrogen compound,R represents halogenoalkyl,R.sup.1 represents optionally substituted radicals from the series comprising alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or aralkyl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkylthio, amino, alkylamino or dialkylamino,X represents nitrogen or a --CH group,Y represents nitrogen or a --CR.sup.3 group where R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkyl, formyl, alkyl-carbonyl or alkoxy-carbonyl, andZ represents nitrogen or a --CR.sup.4 group where R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino.

Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted .alpha.-pyrimidinyloxy(thio)- and .alpha.-triazinyloxy(thio)carboxylic acid derivatives of general formula I ##STR1## in which A, R.sup.1-3, X and Y have the meanings given in the description, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides, fungicides and plant growth regulants.

Abstract: Pyrimidinyl- and triazinyl-salicylamides of the formula I ##STR1## in which the meanings of the radicals are described in claim 1, and the salts of compounds of the formula I which have a free hydroxycarbonyl group have a herbicidal and plant-growth regulating action. They are suitable as active substances in weed killers and in compositions for positively influencing the growth of crop plants.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to a new family of haloalkyl oxazolidinyl derivatives as antidotal compounds to reduce injury to crop plants by a variety of herbicides. The antidotal compounds are characterized particularly by having heterocyclyl or spiroheterocyclyl radicals attached to the 5-position of haloalkyl oxazolidine compounds and are especially useful as in-can antidotes against injury by acetanilide and thiocarbamate herbicides to corn, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, rice and other crops.

Abstract: Salicyloyl(thio)ether derivatives of the formula I, ##STR1## where is oxygen or sulfur and Z is carbon or nitrogen, and the radicals R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 and A have the meanings given in the disclosure, and processes and intermediates for preparing compounds I.

Abstract: A pyrimidine or triazine derivative and its salt, said pyrimidine or triazine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents a group of the formula OR.sup.3 {wherein R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, etc.}, a group of the formula SR.sup.6 {wherein R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, etc.}, a group of the formula ##STR2## {wherein R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, etc.}, or an imidazolyl group:R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, etc.;R.sup.2 represents a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, etc.;A and B represent an alkyl group, etc.;Y represents an oxygen atom, etc.; andZ represents a methine group or a nitrogen atom.

Abstract: Polymeric, water-soluble triazine compounds which contain both basic and acidic groups in the molecule have out-standing surfactant properties and are suitable for the preparation of dispersions of solids, preferably of dispersions of inorganic and/or organic pigments, in an aqueous or water-dilutable medium. Since these triazine compounds are colorless or only slightly colored, they do not influence the shade of the medium used.

Abstract: A cyanoketone derivative of the following formula (1) ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group;each of X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 is independently an oxygen or sulfur atom;each of B.sub.1, B.sub.2 and B.sub.3 is independently a hydrogen atom or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group;each of Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 is independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group; andA.sub.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted group selected from the group consisting of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkynyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxycarbonyl group, an unsubstituted benzoyl group, a halogen-substituted benzoyl group, a cyano group or a group as defined in A.sub.1 ;provided that when B.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom and B.sub.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which A is nitrogen or CR.sup.5 ;R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.5 each independently are hydrogen, or halogen, formyl, cyano, carboxy or azido, or optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, arylthio, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, amino, aminoxy or dialkyliminoxy;R.sup.3 is a hydrogen, or optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aralkyl or aryl; andR.sup.4 optionally substituted alkyl, aralkyl, aryl or heterocyclyl; and salts thereof, have herbicidal properties. The invention also provides processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Salicylic acid derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## (R.sup.1 is succinimidoxy; unsubstituted or substituted hetaryl; OR.sup.5 where R.sup.5 is substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl or substituted methyleneamino; OR.sup.8 where R.sup.8 is hydrogen, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal cation, ammonium or organic ammonium;R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -haloalkoxy and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio;R.sup.4 is ethynyl or unsubstituted or substituted vinyl;X is oxygen or sulfur;Z is nitrogen or methine)are used as herbicides and bioregulators.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I or salts thereof ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is H or an aliphatic radical; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are H, alkyl or phenyl; W is O, S, NR.sup.4 or NOR.sup.4 ; X is CHR.sup.2, O or NR.sup.4 ; L is a (substituted) phenyl, naphthyl or monocyclic heteroaryl radical, A is a (substituted) pyrimidyl, triazinyl, triazolyl or bicyclic heteroaryl radical, and m and n are 0 or 1, have advantageously herbicidal or plant growth-regulating properties.

Abstract: Salicylaldehyde derivatives and salicylic acid derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where A is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl radical, an unsubstituted or substituted 5-membered heteroaromatic radical having from 2 to 4 nitrogen atoms or two nitrogen atoms and additionally one sulfur or oxygen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted thienyl, pyridyl, naphthyl, quinolyl, indazolyl or benzotriazolyl radical, X is oxygen or sulfur, and the radicals R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 have the meanings given in the specification, processes and intermediates for their production, and their use as herbicides and bioregulators.