2-Acylaminothiazol-4-ylacetamides as post emergent selective herbicides
AssigneeGulf Oil Corporation
InventorRoger P. Cahoy
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Abstract
A class of amides disclosed to be useful as selective pre-emergent and post-emergent herbicides are those having the general structural formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is ethyl, isopropyl, cyclopropyl, tert.butyl, methylamino, dimethylamino, ethylamino or methoxymethylamino, R.sup.3 is phenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, 4-methylphenyl or 4-methoxyphenyl, R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 lower alkyl, and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or methyl, with the further stipulation that either, but not both R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be hydrogen.
Claims23
The selectively phytotoxic 2-acylaminothiazol-4-ylacetamide compound having the general structural formula ##STR7## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is ethyl, isopropyl, cyclopropyl, tert.butyl, methylamino, dimethylamino, ethylamino or methoxymethylamino, R.sup.3 is phenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, 4-methylphenyl or 4-methoxyphenyl, R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 lower alkyl and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or methyl, with the further stipulation that either, but not both R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be hydrogen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.