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Title: Method for controlling aquatic weeds with N-phenylalkyl-.gamma.-hydroxybutyramide
Abstract:
Process of employing as herbicides N-phenylalkyl - .gamma. hydroxybutyramide or methyl or halo derivatives thereof wherein the methyl or halo substituent occupies any one of two of the ortho-, meta- and para-positions of the phenyl ring; said compounds having the following formula: ##SPC1## Wherein m is 1 or 0 and R.sub.1 is hydrogen, methyl, chlorine, or bromine; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, methyl or, when R.sub.1 is other than hydrogen, R.sub.2 can also be chlorine or bromine; and R.sub.3 is hydrogen or, when R.sub.1 is hydrogen, R.sub.3 can also be chlorine or bromine. The above compounds are useful as plant growth regulating agents particularly as a herbicide or control agents for aquatic weeds.
Other info: Inventors: Copes, Joseph P. (Easton, PA, US) Application Number: 435935 Filing Date: 1974-01-23 Publication_date: 1976-02-24 Assignee: GAF Corporation (New York, NY) Primary Class(es): 504/159 106/14.15, 106/287.25, 106/287.28, 106/287.3, 106/310, 149/108.8, 149/109.4, 508/555, 548/543, 564/151, 564/152, 564/201, 564/202 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Other References: spath et al., Ber. 69B, 2727-2731, (1936). Reppe, Chemical Abstracts, 50, 16786e. | |