Synthesis and root growth-inhibitory activity of 2-and 3-(haloacetylamino)-3-(2-furyl) propanoic acids

T Kitagawa, M Nakamura, K Masai

Index: Kitagawa, Tokujiro; Nakamura, Mizuki; Masai, Katunori Chemical and pharmaceutical bulletin, 2003 , vol. 51, # 8 p. 994 - 998

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Abstract

Compounds of the chloroacetamide family are major pre- emergence herbicides for control of seedling grass in corn and soybean crops, and are among the most widely used her- bicides in the world.1,2) For example, the thiophene derivative dimethenamid [2-chloro-N-(2,4-dimethyl -3-thienyl)-N-(2- methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide] (1) is used for control of annual grasses and certain broadleaf weeds, primarily in corn and soybeans and also in peanuts.3—7) In ...