Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated

Koichi Moriyasu

Kanji Tomiya

Kengo Oda

Makoto Nishida

Harumichi Aoki

Tetsuo Takematsu

Yasunaga Iwasaki

Hideyuki Akieda

Sadafumi Koda

Masami Oyamada

Makoto Suzuki

Akie Fujiwara

Tohru Miura

Kiyoshi Arai

Junko Watanabe

Shingo Matsuo

Nobuo Komoto

Mitihiko Nakaya

Miura Tohru

Mitihihiko Nakaya

Sachiko Hibi

Masao Hayashi

A herbicidal composition is here disclosed which exerts an excellent herbicidal activity and which is harmless to paddy rice. A 1-[1-methyl-1-(substituted phenyl)ethyl]-4,5-dimethyl-3-(substituted phenyl)-3-pyrroline-2-one derivative represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## (wherein X is a chlorine atom, fluorine atom or bromine atom; Y is a hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, chlorine atom or methoxy group; Z is a hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, bromine atom or chlorine atom; and Q is a hydrogen atom or fluorine atom) is a novel compound, and the herbicidal composition containing this compound as a herbicidally active ingredient has the strong activity and high selectivity as the herbicidal composition for paddy fields.

3-pyrroline-2-one derivatives and herbicidal compositions containing same

A 3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2-one derivative represented by the following formula (I), and a herbicidal composition containing the same as a herbicidally active ingredient: ##STR1## (wherein X is a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a haloalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; Y is a halogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m is an integer of 0 to 3; n is an integer of 0 to 2; and when m is 2 or 3, the groups represented by X may be identical or different, and when n is 2, the groups represented by Y may be identical or different).

3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2-one derivatives and herbicidal compositions

The present invention is directed to a method for preparing 3,4-trans-4-ethyl-1,3-disubstituted (substituted phenyl)pyrrolidine-2-one represented by the formula (1) ##STR1## which comprises the steps of dissolving 4-ethyl-1,3-disubstituted (substituted phenyl)-3-pyrroline-2-one in an inert solvent, and then reducing the same with sodium boron hydride in the presence of methanol.

Method for preparing pyrrolidine derivatives

4-Ethyl-3-(phenyl)-1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-2-pyrrolidinones and corresponding compounds bearing a p-substituent on the 1-position phenyl group and/or a substituent on the 3-position phenyl group exhibit selective herbicidal activities against various weeds which cause problems in rice or upland fields, even at extremely low application rates. They can be prepared by reductive dehalogenation of a corresponding .alpha.-haloethyl substituted pyrrolidinone or reductive cyclization of a corresponding N-2-butenyl-N-(substituted phenyl)-haloacetyl-3-trifluoromethylaniline.

4-ethyl-3-(substituted

A 3,4-cis isomer of 4-ethyl-1-(substituted phenyl)-3-substituted phenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one, when reacted with a base, can be effectively convered into a 3,4-trans isomer thereof which has a high herbicidal activity useful as an effective ingredient for a herbicidal composition. Furthermore, 3,4-trans-4-ethyl-1-(substituted phenyl)-3-(substituted phenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one compounds represented by the formula (III) ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.2 is an isopropyl group, and X is a fluorine atom, chlorine atom or bromine atom substituted at the 3-position, or fluorine atoms substituted at the 3- and 4-positions or the 3- and 5-positions) have an extremely excellent activity particularly as a herbicidally active ingredient of the herbicidal composition for rice paddy fields.

3,4-trans-4-ethyl-1-(substituted phenyl)-3- (substituted phenyl)

1-(3-Substituted benzyl)-3-halogeno-4-(1-halogenoalkyl)-2-pyrrolidinones of the general formula (I): ##STR1## where X represents a hydrogen atom or halogen atom, Y and Z each represents a chlorine atom or bromine atom, and R represents an alkyl group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, are herbicides useful in rice paddy fields to control weeds therein, especially Echinochloa crusgalli and can be produced subjecting the corresponding 3-dihalogeno compounds to dehalogenation to remove one of the halogen atoms or by cyclizing a 2,2-dihalogenoacetamide derivative represented by the general formula (II) under the presence of an appropriate catalyst; ##STR2## in which X, Y, Z and R respectively have the same meanings as described above.

1-(3-substituted benzyl)-3-halogeno-4-(1-halogeno-alkyl)-2-pyrrolidinone

An N-(3-chloro-4-isopropylphenyl)carboxamide derivative represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a 1-methylbutyl, 1-methylcyclopropyl or cyclopropyl group. This derivative is useful as a selective herbicide, and can be produced by reacting 3-chloro-4-isopropylaniline with a carboxylic acid halide derivative of the general formula ##STR2## wherein R is as defined above and X represents halogen, or with a carboxyilc acid anhydride of the general formula ##STR3## wherein R is as defined above.

N-(3-chloro-4-isopropylphenyl) carboxamide derivative and selective

2-Methyl-4'-isopropyl-2-pentenoyl anilide, a selective herbicide comprising this compound as a main active ingredient, and a process for producing the aforesaid compound.

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