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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1995
Reinhard Lantzsch, Wuppertal, DE;
Heinz Forster, Kadenbach, DE;
Thomas Schmidt, Haan, DE;
Karl Steinbeck, Burscheid, DE;
Markus Dollinger, Leverkusen, DE;
Hans-Joachim Santel, Leverkusen, DE;
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of the compound N-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-N-isopropylchloroacetamide of the formula (I) ##STR1## which is known, as active compound in selective herbicidal compositions, for example for combating weeds in maize cultures, and to a new process for the preparation of this active compound. The compound (I) is obtained in very high yields by reacting N-isopropyl-4-fluoro-aniline with approximately equimolar amounts of chloroacetyl chloride at temperatures between 20.degree. and 150.degree. C. in the presence of an inert diluent, such as, for example, toluene, without addition of an acid binder.