Patent number: 5538940
Abstract: .beta.-Substituted cinnamic acid derivatives of the formula 1, ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and R.sup.1 can also be chlorine or bromine,--X-- is --O--, --S--, ##STR2## m is 0 or 1, --Y is --OR.sup.4, --O--N.dbd.CR.sup.5 R.sup.6, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --N(OR.sup.9)R.sup.10 or SR.sup.11, where the abovementioned substitutes R.sup.2 to R.sup.11 are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 to R.sup.11 can be hydrogen and Z, U, V, W are defined in the specification.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 1995
Date of Patent:
July 23, 1996
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Hubert Sauter, Herbert Bayer, Klaus Oberdorf, Horst Wingert, Wolfgang Von Deyn, Wassilios Grammenos, Hartmann Koenig, Harald Rang, Franz Roehl, Gisela Lorenz, Eberhard Ammermann