Abstract
Phenoxy-phenoxypropionic acid derivatives were detected to be a new class of grass herbicides in 1971. The selective activity of these compounds against monocotyledonous species is a surprising fact, as this group of substances may be regarded as a mere phenoxy homologous series of the predominantly broad-leaf herbicidal phenoxy fatty acids like, for example, dichlorprop, mecoprop, or fenoprop [1]. Furthermore, it is very surprising that this class of compounds was not investigated until 1971, in spite of the enormous amount of labor invested into the systematic structural variation of the auxin-like acting phenoxy-alkane-carboxylic acids since their discovery in 1941/42 [2].
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Nestler, H.J. (1982). Phenoxy-phenoxypropionic Acid Derivatives and Related Compounds. In: Wegler, R. (eds) Spezielle Chemie der Herbizide · Anwendung und Wirkungsweise / Special Chemistry of Herbicides · Applications and Mechanisms. Chemie der Pflanzenschutz-und Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81642-0_1
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