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US RE31,227 EGranted
4-Trifluoromethyl-2,6-dinitroanilines
AssigneeEli Lilly and Company
InventorQuentin F. Soper
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Abstract
This invention relates to a group of novel substituent anilines, useful in eliminating germinating and seedling weed grasses and selected broadleaf weeds.
Claims6
A compound represented by the following formula:
- ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 is [C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkyl, allyl, or hydrogen] ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, or allyl ;
- R.sub.4 is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, [iso-butyl] or allyl [when R.sub.3 is either C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkyl or allyl;
- and R.sub.4 is 2-pentyl or 3-pentyl when R.sub.3 is hydrogen];
- the sum of the carbon atoms in the groups represented by R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 being greater than 3.
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[3. A compound according to claim 1 wherein R.sub.3 is ethyl and R.sub.4 is n-propyl.]
[4. A compound according to claim 1 wherein R.sub.3 is -n-butyl and R.sub.4 is ethyl.]
[5. A compound according to claim 1 wherein R.sub.3 is n-butyl and R.sub.4 is n-propyl.]
[6. A compound according to claim 1 wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen and R.sub.4 is 3-pentyl.]
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.