| abstract |
Method of controlling weeds by using a 5-imidazolecarboxylic acid of formula <CHEM> or a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, or a salt thereof, or a quaternised form thereof, or a N-oxide thereof, wherein A is hydrogen; C3-C7cycloalkyl optionally substituted with one or two C1-C5alkyl radicals; C1-C7alkyl optionally substituted with C1-C7alkyloxy or with an Ar radical; or C1-C7alkyl substituted with both a a C1-C7alkyloxy and an Ar radical; or a radical selected from pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, naphthalenyl, furanyl and thienyl, each unsubstituted or substituted; said radical Ar being unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, naphthalenyl, furanyl or thienyl; Z is naphthalenyl, thienyl, furanyl, pyrimidinyl, phenyl or pyridinyl, each unsubstituted or substituted; novel compounds of formula (I); compositions containing such agents as an active ingredient and methods of preparing said compositions and novel compounds. |