Acyclic, alicyclic and aromatic n-substituted halo-substituted 2-pyrrolidinones and their utility as herbicides

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, Acyclic, alicyclic N-substituted halo-2-, pyrrolidinones having the formula in which Q is oxygen or sulfur; R is lower alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, benzyl and chlorobenzyl; X is hydrogen or chlorine, Y is chlorine or bromine and Z is chlorine or bromine, provided that when R is allyl, Y and Z are each chlorine or bromine, and provided that when R is cyclohexyl, X is other than chlorine; and monocyclic aromatic N-substituted halo-2-, pyrrolidinones having the formula in which X is hydrogen, chlorine or methyl; Y is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine, Z is chlorine or bromine; R2 is alkyl or hydrogen; R is hydrogen, alkyl, acetyl, chlorine …