Haloacetamidines and the herbicidal use thereof

Abstract

Dichloroacetamidines having the formula ##STR1## in which A and B are independently selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine and methyl, provided that at least one of A or B is other than hydrogen; M is hydrogen or methyl; X is selected from the group consisting of trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl, nitro, chloro, bromo, fluoro, cyano, lower alkoxy acetyl, lower alkylthio, trifluoromethylthio, and 3,3-diloweralkyl ureido; Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, chloro, fluoro, nitro, trifluoromethyl, and lower alkoxy; Z is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and chloro; R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and allyl; R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, allyl, benzyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkynyl, N-alkyl amido, alkoxyalkyl, dialkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, cyano alkyl, substituted phenyl wherein the substituent is selected from the group trifluoromethyl, dichloro and 3,3-dimethylureido; and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 taken together with the nitrogen is selected from the group consisting of alkyl substituted oxazolidyl, morpholinyl, piperidinyl and pyrrolidinyl; and salts thereof; useful as herbicides.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.