Alkyl- and halo-substituted phenoxy benzonitriles

Abstract

Abstract 1-(((X)N-PHENYL)-O-),4-(NC-)BENZENE WHEREIN X IS A MEMBER OR THE SAME OR DIFFERENT MEMBERS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL GROUPS HAVING 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS AND HALOGEN ATOMS, AND N IS AN INTEGER OF 1-3, WHICH ARE PREPARED BY REDUCING SUBSTITUTED PHENYL-4''-NITROPHENYL ETHER HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA, 1-(((X)N-PHENYL)-O-),4-(O2N-)BENZENE WHEREIN X AND N HAVE THE SAME SIGNIFICANCES AS MENTIONED ABOVE, DIAZOTIZING AND THEN SUBJECTING TO SANDMEYER OR GATTERMANN REACTION, OR BY REACTING AN ALKALI METAL SALT OF A SUBSTITUTED PHENOL, OR A MIXTURE OF A SUBSTITUTED PHENOL AND A HYDROXIDE OR CARBONATE OF AN ALKALI METAL WITH P-HALOGEN-SUBSTITUTED BENZONITRILE AT A TEMPERATURE OF 100* TO 200* C. IN A SOLVENT OF DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE OR DIMETHYLSULFOXIDE. A NEW HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HERBICIDAL AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA, 1-(((X)N-PHENYL)-O-),4-(NC-)BENZENE WHEREIN X AND N HAVE THE SAME SIGNIFICANCES AS MENTIONED ABOVE. NEW DIPHENYL ETHERS HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA,

Inventors

• 👤 Akihiko Mine
• 👤 Katsuzo Kamoshita
• 👤 Naganori Hino
• 👤 Shinji Nakai

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