| abstract |
Substituted 2-phenyl-4-biphenyl-oxazolines (I) are new: X<1>, X<3> = H, halo, alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio; X<3> is especially H; X<2> = halo, alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio; R<1> = H, halo, alkyl or CH2CR<4>=CH2; R<2> = alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or optionally substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, phenylalkyl, naphthylalkyl or tetrahydronaphthylalkyl; R<3> = H, alkyl, halo or CH2CR<4>=CH2; R<4> = H or optionally substituted alkyl or aryl; compounds in which R<1> = R<3> = H are excluded. |