Claims
- 1. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle of the formula ##STR887## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or halogen,
- R.sup.2 represents halogen, cyano, or amino
- R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano or optionally substituted alkyl,
- R.sup.4 represents optionally substituted alkyl or together with R.sup.3 represents alkanediyl,
- Z represents one of the groups below ##STR888## in which R.sup.5 represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkylcarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl,
- or a salt thereof.
- 2. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle according to claim 1, wherein
- R.sup.1 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine,
- R.sup.2 is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano or amino,
- R.sup.3 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by at least one of fluorine and chlorine,
- R.sup.4 is alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methoxy or ethoxy,
- or together with R.sup.3 is alkanediyl having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and ##STR889## in which R.sup.5 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxycarbonyl, each of which has up to 6 carbon atoms and each of which is optionally substituted by fluorine, bromine, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl-carbonyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl,
- or a salt thereof.
- 3. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle according to claim 1, wherein
- R.sup.1 is hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine,
- R.sup.2 is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano or amino,
- R.sup.3 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, trifluoromethyl, ethyl or n- or i-propyl,
- R.sup.4 is methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, each of which is optionally substituted by fluorine or chlorine,
- or together with R.sup.3 is trimethylene or tetramethylene, and
- Z is ##STR890## in which R.sup.5 is methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, n-, i- or s-butyl, propenyl, butenyl, propinyl, butinyl, acetyl, propionyl, methoxycarbonyl or ethoxycarbonyl, each of which is optionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine or cyano, or
- a salt thereof with a base selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium and calcium hydroxide, hydride, amide or carbonate, a sodium or potassium C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkanolate, ammonia, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylamine, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl)-amine, tri-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl)-amine and tris-(2-hydroxyethyl)amine.
- 4. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle according to claim 1, wherein R.sup.2 is fluorine.
- 5. In the cultivation of wheat, corn and soy beans wherein there is applied to the crop or to the field a selective herbicide for killing or preventing growth of unwanted vegetation but not of said crop, the improvement wherein said selective herbicide comprises a compound according to claim 1 or a salt thereof.
- 6. A herbicidal composition according to claim 5, wherein such compound is
- 1-(4-cyano-2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2,6-dioxo-3-ethyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1(2H)-pyrimidine or
- 1-(4-cyano-2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2,6-dioxo-3-methyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1(2H)-pyrimidine.
- 7. In the cultivation of wheat, corn and soy beans according to claim 5, wherein such compound is
- 1-(4-cyano-2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2,6-dioxo-3-ethyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1(2H)-pyrimidine or
- 1-(4-cyano-2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2,6-dioxo-3-methyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1 (2H) -pyrimidine.
- 8. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle according to claim 1, wherein R.sup.3 is hydrogen.
- 9. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle according to claim 1, wherein R.sup.4 is methyl trisubstituted by fluorine.
- 10. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle according to claim 1, wherein R.sup.5 is methyl.
- 11. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle according to claim 2, wherein R.sup.3 is hydrogen, R.sup.4 is methyl trisubstituted by fluorine and R.sup.5 is methyl.
- 12. A N-cyanoaryl-nitrogen heterocycle according to claim 4, wherein R.sup.3 is hydrogen, R.sup.4 is methyl trisubstituted by fluorine and R.sup.5 is methyl.
- 13. A compound according to claim 1, wherein such compound is 1-(4-cyano-2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2,6-dioxo-3-ethyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1(2H)-pyrimidine of the formula ##STR891## or a salt thereof.
- 14. A compound according to claim 1 wherein such compound is 1-(4-cyano-2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2,6-dioxo-3-methyl -4-trifluoromethyl-1(2H)-pyrimidine of the formula ##STR892## or a salt thereof.
- 15. A herbicidal composition comprising a herbicidally effective amount of a compound according to claim 1 and a diluent.
- 16. A method of combating unwanted vegetation which comprises applying to such vegetation or to a locus from which if is desired to exclude such vegetation a herbicidally effective amount of a compound according to claim 1.
- 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein such compound is
- 1-(4-cyano-2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2,6-dioxo-3-ethyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1(2H)-pyrimidine or
- 1-(4-cyano-2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-3,6-dihydro-2,6-dioxo-3-methyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1(2H) -pyrimidine.
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Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 08/877,678, filed on Jun. 17, 1997, now abandoned, which is a Divisional of application Ser. No. 08/316,618, filed on Sep. 30, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,681,794, which is a Continuation in Part of application Ser. No. 08/289,071, filed on Aug. 11, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,593,945. This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/289,071, filed Aug. 11, 1994, now pending.
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