SUBSTITUTED CYCLOPROPYLMETHOXY ANILIDES AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDES

摘要

Substituted cyclopropylmethoxy anilides having the formula …… in which R1 is alkyl, lower alkenyl, chloro-lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl, lower alkoxy, thio-lower alkyl, or …… R2 is hydrogen, lower alkoxyalkyl or lower alkanoyl; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; X and Y are independently chloro, fluoro or bromo; Z is hydrogen, methyl, dimethyl, or one methyl and one chloro substituent; and n is 0 or 1, and a process for their preparation. The compounds have utility as herbicides, particularly as post-emergence herbicides.