Ube Industries, Inc.

Hakobu Sekioka

Mitsuaki Takenaka

Seiji Takamura

Minoru Nishimura

Masanori Watanabe

Shigeki Nagai

Yoshio Kawaguchi

Masazumi Sakata

Yosio Kawaguchi

There are presented new diphenyl ether derivatives having a substituent selected from a halogen atom, a trifluoromethyl group and a methoxy group at the 4-position in one phenyl moiety, having optionally also halo-substituents at the 2- and 6-positions, and having a nitro group at the 4'-position and a substituent selected from an unsubstituted or substituted (1,3-dioxorane-4-yl)methoxy group, an unsubstituted or substituted (1,3-dioxa-5-cyclohexyloxy) group and an alkyl- or (substituted)amino-sulfonyloxy group at the 3'-position in the other phenyl moiety. They exhibit improved herbicidal effects on various weeds without any adverse phytotoxic effect on crops, e.g. rice seedlings.

Diphenyl ether derivatives, process for preparing the same and

New diphenyl ether derivatives having one to three substituents selected from a halogen atom and a trifluoromethyl group at any optional one to three positions of the 2'-, 3'-, 4'-, 5'- and 6'-positions in one phenyl moiety and nitro group at the 4-position and unsubstituted or substituted aminosulfonyl group at the 3-position in another phenyl moiety. They have a superior herbicidal effect and can be prepared starting from a known 3-benzylmercapto compound through three steps.

Diphenyl ether derivatives and herbicidal compositions containing the

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