N-(3-substituted aminophenyl) tetrahydrophthalimides and herbicidal composition

Claim 1

1) A tetrahydrophthalimide represented by the general formula (I): wherein A is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl group or a methoxy group, each of Y and Z is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, each of U and V is a hydrogen atom; a group; an alkyl group; an alkyl group having one or two substituents selected from the group consitsing of a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, a cyano group and an aryl group which may be substituted by a halogen atom; an alkenyl group; an alkenyl group having one or two substituents selected from the group consitsing of an alkoxycarbonyl group and a cyano group; an alkynyl group; group; or an alkylsulfonyl group, R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n is an integer of from 1 to 6, B is -O R 3 , -SR 4 or E is -R 7 , -OR 8, -SR 9 , or a hydrogen atom, R 3 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group or R 4 is an alkyl group, each of R 5 and R 6 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group or or is a heterocyclic group which may include an oxygen atom, R 7 is an alkyl group which may be substituted by one or more halogen atoms; an alkenyl group; or an aryl group which may be substituted by a halogen atom, R 8 is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, R 9 is an alkyl group or an aryl group, each of R 10 and R 11 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an aryl group which may be substituted by a halogen atom, R 12 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and D is a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group or an amino group which may be substituted by one or two alkyl or alkenyl groups.