Inventors:
Don Robert Baker - Orinda CA
Francis Harry Walker - Mill Valley CA
Chien Knei Tseng - El Cerrito CA
Assignee:
Stauffer Chemical Company - Westport CT
International Classification:
C07C14714
A01N 914
Abstract:
Certain herbicidal thiolcarbamate sulfoxides can be stabilized by adding an acetylenic compound of the formula R. sub. 3 --C. tbd. C--R. sub. 4 wherein R. sub. 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkenyl, hydroxyalkynyl, hydroxy substituted cycloalkyl, hydroxy substituted phenyl, hydroxy substituted phenalkyl, amino substituted alkyl and alkyl substituted by the group --O--C(O)-alkyl and R. sub. 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkenyl, hydroxy cycloalkyl, hydroxy substituted phenyl, hydroxy substituted phenalkyl, amino alkyl and alkyl substituted by the group --O--C(O)-alkyl.