United States Patent to 11 4,011,062 Demchak Et Al
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United States Patent to 11 4,011,062 Demchak et al. (45 Mar. 8, 1977 (54) NOVEL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING 3,389,185 6/1968 Bohm et al. ..................... 71/122 X ACETYLENC. GLYCOLSAFENERS FOR 3,857,692 12/1974 Feeny .............................. 71/122 X SPRING WHEAT 3,935,000 111976 Fischer .............................. 71/92 X (75) Inventors: Richard Joseph Demchak; David Lasilla Whitehead, both of Trenton, Primary Examiner-Joseph Paul Brust N.J. Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Harry H. Kline 73) Assignee: American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, Conn. 57 ABSTRACT 22 Filed: Sept. 9, 1975 Novel composition comprising in combination a 1,2- dialkwl-3,5-diphenvlpyrazolium salt and an acetylenic (21)21 Appl. No.:NO. 611,748 glycolyl-3,5-diphenylpy safener, and a method of utilizing said composiyient 52 U.S. Cl. ........................................ 71192; 71186 tion for the selective postemergence control of wild (51 int. Cl............................................ A01N 9/22 oats in spring wheat, whereby the said safener mini 58) Field of Search ................................ 71/92, 122 mizes the phytotoxic damage frequently caused by said 56) References Cited 1,2-dialkyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium salt. UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,997,447 8/1961 Russell et al. ................. 260/635 X 12 Claims, No Drawings 401 1,062 1 2 Surprisingly, it has been found that certain acetylenic NOVEL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING glycols, when employed in admixture with the above ACETYLENIC GLYCOL SAFENERS FOR SPRING defined pyrazolium salts for the postemergence control WHEAT of wild oats in spring wheat, act as safeners or plant 5 protective agents and will minimize or eliminate the The present invention relates to a novel composition phytotoxic damage which can result from the use of comprising, in combination, a 1,2-dialkyl-3,5-diphenyl certain salts of formula (I) pyrazolium salts required to pyrazolium salt and an acetylenic glycol. More particu give satisfactory weed control in the above-said spring larly, it relates to mixtures from 90% to 99%, by weight, wheat cultivars. Advantageously, the acetylenic glycols of a 1,2-dialkyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium salt and from 10 which are employed as safeners in the present inven 1% to 10%, by weight, of acetylenic glycol, hereinbe tion are described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,997,447 (1961). low defined with particularity. Still more particularly, The aforementioned patent, however, does not teach the invention is concerned with the aforementioned or suggest the unique property of such acetylenic gly mixture which is employed as a selective postemer cols as safeners. gence control of wild oats in spring wheat with atten 5 In general acetylenic glycols of the present invention dant minimization of phytotoxic damage to the desired are generically and graphically illustrated as: crop. It is known that substituted pyrazolium salts having SH, SH, the formula: 20 R-C-CEC-C-R (I) O O CH CH 25 CH, J. CH J. OH OH wherein R and R, each represent lower alkyl C-C Y, 30 where R is ethyl or 2-methylpropyl and n + p represents Y', Z and Z' each represent a member selected from the number 0, 3.5, 10 or 30. the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, nitro, alkyl More specifically, the above acetylenic glycols can C-C, haloalkyl Cr-C; m is an integer from 1 to 3; X be characterized by the formula (II), (III), or (IV) as: represents an inorganic or organic anion selected from the group consisting of acetate, sulfate, hydroxide, 35 CH CH (II) hydrogen sulfate, methyl sulfate, benzene sulfonate, p-toluenesulfonate, nitrate, phosphate, carbonate and CH-CH--c= --CH-CH, alkane sulfonate of C-C, are employed as herbicides bH bh in the postemergence control of wild oats (Avena 40 3,6-dimethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol; fatua) in the presence of small grains such as wheat, barley, rye and the like. It is also known that the use of CH CH CH CH (III) pyrazolium salts for the control of wild oats in the pres CH-CH-CH--c= --CH-CH-CH, ence of certain spring wheat cultivars is rather limited, since certain of such cultivars are subject to some phy bH h totoxic damage when brought in contact with these 45 herbicides. 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol; or the ethyl Considering the outstanding postemergence herbi ene oxide adducts of formula (III) acetylenic glycol, cidal activity of formula (I) pyrazolium salts in general, represented by the formula (IV) below: CH CH (IV) SH. H. CH-CH-CH,--C-CEC--C-CH-CH-CH H. H. GH. H. OH in OH and that of 2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium salts in particular for the selective control of wild oats in wherein the sum of n+p represents 3.5, 10 or 30 moles small grains, it is clear that the use of said pyrazolium of ethylene oxide per mole of formula (IV) adduct. Salts for the control of wild oats in spring wheat would Although all of the above identified acetylenic glycols be of considerable advantage, provided the phytotoxic 65 protect spring wheat against phytotoxic damage caused effects in spring wheat could be minimized or elimi by formula (I) pyrazolium salts, the most preferred nated. To provide a composition to effect this end acetylenic glycol is that of formula (III), namely would meet a long felt need in the art. 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol. 4,011,062 3 4. Each of the acetylenic glycols hereinabove defined By the above procedure, herbicide-safener mixtures can be conveniently incorporated in herbicide formula are prepared containing from 91% to 99% pyrazolium tions containing formula (I) pyrazolium salts so as to salt, by weight, and of from 9% to 1%, by weight, of an wholly or partially replace conventional surfactants acetylenic glycol safener hereinabove defined. normally used in said formulations. Should it be de sired, the hereinabove identified plant-protective acet EXAMPLE 2 ylenic glycols can also be added to and mixed with the Preparation of an Aqueous Alcoholic Concentrate dilute pyrozolium herbicide spray in situ, just prior to Formulation Containing 2 lb. per Gallon of Active Se. Cation of 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium Methyl If desired, the formula (I) pyrazolium salts can be 10 Sulfate and 2,4,7,9-Tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol as formulated, as emulsifiable concentrates, aqueous con Safener centrates, wettable powders and the like. Alternatively, 1,2-Dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium methyl sulfate since many of the formula (I) pyrazolium salts possess (335 g, 98% real) and 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne excellent solubility in water, they can be dissolved in 15 4,7-diol (25g) are dissolved in ethanol-water (ratio 1:2 situ, prior to use in an aqueous solution containing one v/v) and the volume of the solution is then adjusted to of the above safeners in the desired concentration. i liter with the above ethanol-water mixture. Resultant Formula (I) pyrazolium salts are generally used for solution is clarified by filtration. the postemergence control of wild oats in the presence In similar fashion, solution concentrates are made to of small grains in amounts of from lb. to 4 lbs. per 20 contain from 1 to 4 lbs. per gallon of active cation of acre and, preferably, /3 lb. to 1% lb. per acre of active 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium methyl sulfate or cation. that of another formula (I) pyrazolium salt and a for As hereinabove stated, the acetylenic glycol safeners mula (II), (III) or (IV) acetylenic glycol in the range of can be incorporated in the above herbicide formula from 1 oz to 13 oz per gallon of concentrate. tions or added to the formula (I) pyrazolium salts in 25 amounts ranging from about 1% to about 10%, by EXAMPLE 3 weight, and preferably from 1% to 5%, by weight, of The plant protective (safener) effect of the acety formula (I). Alternatively, the acetylenic glycols of the lenic glycols is demonstrated in the following test, in present invention can be incorporated into the formula which postemergence control of wild oats is achieved (I) pyrazolium salts by conventional methods, such as 30 with 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium methyl sul blending, milling, spray drying a combined herbicide fate in the presence of certain spring wheat varieties, safener solution to yield homogeneous products con while the phytotoxic damage normally caused by this taining the herbicides of formula I and the appropriate herbicide in the spring wheat varieties is minimized by safener in the above-mentioned amounts. the safener. The safeners of this invention may be admixed with 35 In the test, seedling plants are grown in jiffy flats for the dilute aqueous spray just prior to use in amounts to about 2 weeks. Test solutions are prepared from a provide from 0.01% to 0.5% and, preferably, 0.05% to stock solution of 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium 0.1% weight by volume of spray. methylsulfate containing 2.10 g per liter of active cat These formulations may, likewise, have added ion, corresponding to 1% lb of active cation in 86 gal thereto an alcoholic or ketonic C-C solvent, such as 40 lon dilute aqueous spray per acre. Aliquot samples of methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, methyl this stock solution are diluted with aqueous solutions of ketone, ethyl ketone, methyl ethyl ketone, propyl ke the acetylenic glycols hereinabove defined in the re tone or mixtures thereof. quired ratios to obtain spray solutions containing the Exemplary of such solvents are methanol, ethanol, equivalent of % lb per acre of 1,2-dimethyl-3,5- n-propanol, isopropanol, dimethyl ketone, diethyl ke 45 diphenylpyrazolium cation in 86 gallons of aqueous tone, methyl ethyl ketone, dipropyl ketone as well as spray per acre and the amount of safener (expressed as 50/50 mixtures of methanol and dimethyl ketone.