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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Joachim Rheinheimer, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Ernst Baumann, Speyer, DE;
Uwe J Vogelbacher, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Thomas Saupe, Sandhausen, DE;
Matthias Bratz, Speyer, DE;
Norbert Meyer, Ladenburg, DE;
Matthias Gerber, Mutterstadt, DE;
Karl-Otto Westphalen, Speyer, DE;
Helmut Walter, Obrigheim, DE;
Uwe Kardorff, Mannheim, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
Glycol aldehyde and lactic acid derivatives and their sulfur analogs of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 have the meanings given in the specification, X is oxygen, sulfur or a single bond, and Y is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenylene chain where in each case a methylene group may be substituted by an oxo group (.dbd.O), environmentally compatible salts of the compounds I, methods of preparing the compounds I, and their use as herbicides.