Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated

Yasunaga Iwasaki

Sadafumi Koda

Tsutomu Ishii

Kanji Tomiya

Masatoshi Gohbara

Kiyoshi Arai

Katsutoshi Ishikawa

Makoto Nishida

Koichi Moriyasu

Yoshiro Kanemoto

Hideyuki Akieda

Masayuki Ooka

Harumichi Aoki

Makoto Suzuki

Fumiaki Koizumi

Shingo Matsuo

Sunao Maeda

Furobenzopyran derivatives of the general formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is a lower alkyl group, R.sup.2 is a lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group, halogen atom or lower alkyl group substituted by a halogen atom, R.sup.3 is a lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group, halogen atom, lower alkyl group substituted by a halogen atom, phenoxy group or benzyloxy group, R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl group and m and n are any integers between 0 and 4, have an excellent herbicidal activity on weeds and are completely selective to crops such as paddy rice, soybeans and cotton.

Furobenzopyran derivatives, process for preparation of same and

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

Benzaldehyde acetal compounds represented by the following formula: ##STR1## in which each R is a C.sub.3-8 alkyl group and forms an ether bond with the corresponding oxygen atom of the orthoaldehyde moiety have no injury to crops and, moreover, exhibits superb herbicidal effects owing to the limitation of the number of carbon atoms of each alkyl group to 3-8.

Benzaldehyde acetal compounds, preparation process thereof, and

Herbicidally active pyridyloxypyrimidines represented by the following formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R means a formyl group or an acetal group represented by ##STR2## R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 being the same or different and individually denoting an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 being coupled together and denoting an alkylene group, R.sup.3, having 2-3 carbon atoms; are prepared by reacting 2 formyl-3-hydroxypyridine or 3-hydroxy-2-pyridine carboxaldehyde acetal with 2 halogeno-4,6 dimethoxypyrimidine in the presence of a base.

Pyridyloxypyrimidine derivatives, preparation process thereof, and

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