Pyridyl sulfonylurea herbicides

Abstract

N-Pyridinesulfonyl-N'-pyrimidinyl- and -triazinylureas of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio, C.sub.1 C.sub.4 haloalkoxy or CF.sub.3 ; R.sub.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; A is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl, each of which is monosubstituted to trisubstituted by halogen, or is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl, each of which is substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylsulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylsulfinyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkenyl, amino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 dialkylamino or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkynyl, it being possible for the C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl radical and the C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkenyl radical to be additionally monosubstituted to trisubstituted by halogen; or A is a 4- to 6-membered saturated heterocycle which contains a hetero atom selected from the group comprising O, N and SO.sub.2 ; or A is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl which is substituted by a 4- to 6-membered saturated heterocycle which contains a hetero atom selected from the group comprising O, N and SO.sub.2 ; X is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl which is monosubstituted to trisubstituted by halogen, or is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy which is monosubstituted to trisubstituted by halogen; Y is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl which is monosubstituted to trisubstituted by halogen, or is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy which is monosubstituted to trisubstituted by halogen, or is cyclopropyl, methylamino or dimethylamino; and E is nitrogen or the methine group, and the salts of these compounds with amines, alkali metal bases or alkaline earth metal bases or with quaternary ammonium bases have good selective herbicidal properties pre-emergence and post-emergence, and good growth-regulating properties.

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