Stauffer Chemical Company

Ici Americas, Inc.

Jeffery T Springer

Eugene G Teach

Raymond A Felix

Frank X Woolard

A 2-iminophenyl thiazolidine having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.1 is halo, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, perhalomethyl, difluoromethyl, pentafluoroethyl, trifluoromethylthhio, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, tetrafluoroethoxy, methylsulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyloxyiminomethyl, benzyloxyiminomethyl, 1-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl)-oxyiminoethyl or 1-benzyloxyiminoethyl; R.sub.2 is hydrogen or halo; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently hydrogen, halo, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 fluoroalkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio; and X is hydrogen or halogen. Also disclosed is a process for making the compounds and a method of use which comprises applying the compound or composition to the locus where control is desired.

Iminophenylthiazolidines, process of preparation and method of use

A compound having the structural formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, preferably methyl;

Meta-anilide and meta-anilide urea herbicidal compounds and methods of

A compound having the structural formula ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, preferably methyl; C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 haloalkyl, preferably C.sub.2 -haloalkyl and most preferably trifluoromethyl; aryl, preferably phenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkoxyalkyl, preferably ethoxyethyl and ethoxyethoxyethyl;

A compound having the structural formula ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl ammonium; R' is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy, cyclopropyl, methacryl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylmercapto, methylamino, ethylamino, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 dialkylamino, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkylalkoxyamino; and n equals the integer 0 or 1; and its use as a herbicide and as a herbicide intermediate.

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Jeffery T Springer