PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS COMPRISING PHENOXY-METHANE DERIVATIVES AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT

摘要

Phenoxymethane derivatives of the formula (I) in which R1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogen, alkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkoxycarbonyl or nitro, R2 represents hydrogen, alkyl or halogen, R3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, phenyl which is optionally substituted by alkyl and/or halogen, phenylalkyl which is optionally substituted by alkyl and/or halogen, alkoxy, phenoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkylthio, alkylsulphonyl, phenylthio, phenylsulphonyl, nitro or halogen, R4 represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, cycloalkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, cycloalkylaminocarbonyl, di-cycloalkylaminocarbonyl, phenoxycarbonyl which is optionally substituted by halogen and/or alkyl, cyano or the radical of the formula -COOR, wherein R represents hydrogen, an alkali metal cation, one equivalent of an alkaline earth metal cation, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl or the radical of the formula -CH2-O-(CH2-CH2-O)q-Alk wherein Alk represents alkyl and q represents 0, 1 or 2, m represents 1, 2 or 3, n represents 0, 1 or 2 and p represents 1, 2 or 3, are particularly suitable for regulating plant growth.