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US 3,946,071 AGranted
Substituted alpha-chloro-methane-sulfenyl chlorides
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorWendell Gary Phillips
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Abstract
Substituted alpha-chloro-methane-sulfenyl chlorides, intermediary chlorinated benzyl sulfides and chlorinated mercaptans useful as herbicides and chemical intermediates for herbicides are prepared by the chlorination of substituted methyl benzyl sulfides and substituted methyl mercaptans.
Claims3
A compound having the formula ##EQU29## wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 through 3 carbons, Q and Q' are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1-5 alkyl, lower alkoxyalkyl and the group ##SPC3##
- wherein
- R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, halogen and --CX.sub.3 where
- X is halogen and n is an integer from 0--3 inclusive or Q and Q' may be combined to form an alkylene group having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.