N-(p-trifluoromethoxyphenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide and N-(p-trifluoromethylthiophenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide are capable of controlling annual and perennial weeds with high selectivity.
.DELTA.'-Tetrahydrophthalimides having a substituted oxy group at 3-position and a halogen atom at 4-position if necessary, a halogen atom at 2-position of phenyl group as N-substituent have excellent herbicidal activity and are useful as selective herbicides.
An apparatus is described for exposing a coating of a UV-curable material on a filamentary body to ultraviolet light. Use is made of a bright UV-light source, for example a high-pressure mercury lamp with a small radiating surface, an elongate image of said source being formed at the location of the filamentary body by means of an optical system which preferably comprises mirrors.
.DELTA.'-Tetrahydrophthalimides having a substituted oxy group at 3-position and, if necessary, a halogen atom at 4-position and/or at 2-position of phenyl group as N-substituent have excellent herbicidal activity and are useful as selective herbicides.
A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a methyl group and R.sub.2 is as C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy group, a chloro(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)alkoxy group, a dichloro(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)alkoxy group, a cyclo(C.sub.3 -C.sub.7)alkoxy group, a phenoxy group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkylthio group or a di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.5)alkylamino group, which is useful as a herbicide.
3-Amino-4-fluoro-6-halophenylthioacetic acids of the formula: ##STR1## and 5-substituted acetanilides of the formula: ##STR2## , which are intermediary compounds for the synthesis of herbicidally effective 2-substituted phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-isoindole-1,3-diones of the formula: ##STR3## through the corresponding acid of the formula: ##STR4## (wherein X is a chlorine atom or a bromine atom, R is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkynyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxycarbonyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkyl group or a phenyl group and Z is --NO.sub.2, --NH.sub.2, --SCH.sub.2 COOH, --SO.sub.2 Cl, --SO.sub.3 H or --SH).
