2-phenoxypyrimidine derivative and herbidical composition

Abstract

A 2-phenoxypyrimidine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a formyl group or --COOR.sup.1 wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a 2-methylsulfonylethyl group, a diethoxypropyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, a haloalkyl group, a haloalkenyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group or ##STR2## wherein Y is a halogen atom, a methyl group or a methoxy group and n is 0, 1 or 2; and X is a halogen atom, an alkynyloxy group, an alkenyloxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkoxyalkyloxy group, a haloalkoxy group, an acetyloxy group, a benzoyloxy group, a formyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a dialkylamino group, a dimethoxymethyl group, ##STR3## wherein R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Z is a chlorine atom or an alkyl group and m is 0, 1 or 2, or ##STR4## wherein R.sup.3 is an alkyl group or a phenyl group, or X forms a methylenedioxy group attached to the adjacent carbon atoms, provided that when X is a halogen atom, it is located at the 6-position of the phenyl group and R is --COOR.sup.1 wherein R.sup.1 is a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, a haloalkyl group, a haloalkenyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group or ##STR5## wherein Y is a halogen atom, a methyl group or a methoxy group and n is 1 or 2.