Syngenta Corporation

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Alaric James Avery

Paul A Worthington

Russell Colin Viner

Nigel James Willetts

John Benjamin Taylor

Emma Briggs

Nicholas Phillip Mulholland

Ian Henry Aspinall

Roger Salmon

James Alan Morris

Alain De Mesmaeker

James Nicholas Scutt

Glynn Mitchell

Jeffrey Steven Wailes

John Kenneth Dickson, Jr

Shuji Hachisu

Janice Black

Claire Janet Russell

David Philip Bacon

Ian Stuart Cloudsdale

Jeffery Steven Wailes

Simon Hardy

Mangala Mahadev Phadte

David Phillip Bacon

Paul Anthony Worthington

John Kenneth Dickson

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein the substituents are as defined herein, and wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are thought to be suitable for use as herbicides. The invention therefore also relates to a method of controlling weeds, especially grassy monocotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants, comprising applying a compound of formula (I), or a herbicidal composition comprising such a compound, to the plants or to the locus thereof. 

Herbicidally active 2-(substituted-phenyl)-cyclopentane-1,3-dione compounds and derivatives thereof

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: X is methyl or chlorine; Ris methyl or chlorine; Ris hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, cyclopropyl, vinyl, ethynyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methoxy, ethoxy or fluoromethoxy; and G, R, R, Rand Rare as defined herein; wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are suitable for use as herbicides. The invention therefore also relates to a method of controlling weeds, especially grassy monocotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants, comprising applying a compound of formula (I), or a herbicidal composition comprising such a compound, to the plants or to the locus thereof. 

2-(substituted-phenyl)-cyclopentane-1,3-dione compounds, and derivatives thereof

The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) wherein Ris of sub-formula (a) or (b) and wherein the other substituents are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are potentially useful as herbicides. 

Herbicidal 5H-quinoxaline-6-one derivatives detailed description

The present invention relates to 6,6-dioxo-6-thia-1,4-diaza-naphthalene derivatives of formula (I) where R, R, R, R, Rand Rare as defined in claim; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using compounds of formula (I) to control plant growth. 

6, 6-dioxo-6-thia-1, 4-diaza-naphthalenes as herbicides

The present invention relates to novel herbicidal [1,8]-naphthyridines of Formula (Ia) or (Ib), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compound wherein R, R, R, R, R, R, R, n, m, X and Q are as defined herein. The invention further relates to processes and intermediates for the preparation of the [1,8]-naphthyridines, to compositions which comprise the herbicidal compounds, and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants. 

Herbicidal compounds

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Alaric James Avery