Claims
- 1. A compound selected from the group consisting of 1-(2,2-dimethylindan-1-yl)-5-imidazolecarboxylic acid methyl ester, a stereoisomeric form thereof, and an acid addition salt thereof with the proviso that the stereoisomeric form is not the S enantiomer.
- 2. The compound of claim 1 wherein said compound is R-1-(2,2-dimethylindan-1-yl)-5-imidazolecarboxylic acid methyl ester or an acid addition salt thereof.
- 3. A method for controlling weeds, which method comprises applying to said weeds or to the locus thereof a herbicidally effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of 1-(2,2-dimethylindan-1-yl)-5-imidazolecarboxylic acid methyl ester, a stereoisomeric form thereof, and an acid addition salt thereof with the proviso that the stereoisomeric form is not the S enantiomer.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein said compound is R-1-(2,2-dimethylindan-1-yl)-5-imidazolecarboxylic acid methyl ester or an acid addition salt thereof.
- 5. A method according to claim 3, wherein the weeds are controlled in crops of useful plants.
- 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the crops are selected from sugar beet, rape, soybeans, cotton, sunflower, cereals, especially wheat, barley, rye and oats, rice and maize.
- 7. A method according to claim 5, wherein the crops are rice, maize or cereals.
- 8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the crop is rice.
- 9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the rice plants are transplanted rice plantlets.
- 10. A method according to claim 8 wherein 0.01 to 5.0 kg of the active ingredient is applied per hectare to areas where rice crops are grown.
- 11. A method according to claim 10, wherein 0.02 to 1.0 kg of the active ingredient is applied per hectare, after transplanting the rice plantlets.
- 12. A herbicidal composition, containing inert carriers and, if desired, other adjuvants, and as active ingredient, a herbicidally effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of 1-(2,2-dimethylindan-1-yl)-5-imidazolecarboxylic acid methyl ester, a stereoisomeric form thereof, and an acid addition salt thereof with the proviso that the stereoisomeric form is not the S enantiomer.
- 13. The herbicidal composition of claim 12 wherein said compound is R-1-(2,2-dimethylindan-1-yl)-5-imidazolecarboxylic acid methyl ester or an acid addition salt thereof.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 330,962, filed Mar. 29, 1989 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,996,184 which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 137,385, filed Dec. 23, 1987, (now abandoned), which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 944,282, filed Dec. 19, 1986, (now abandoned) which in turn was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 876,532, filed Jun. 20, 1986 (now abandoned).
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