Aryl sulfoxide scaffold useful as herbicide

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 1 Herbicidal efficacies of treatments sulfoxide 5 and comparison with commercial herbicides^a,b,c,d

Treatments	10a per a.i	Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler			Amaranthus lividus L			Solanum nigrum L
Treatments	10a per a.i	Number of plants	Fresh weight	Control value	Number of plants	Fresh weight	Control value	Number of plants	Fresh weight	Control value
Ary1 sulfoxide (5)	400 g	7.3	6.6	41.1	4.3	0.1	98.3	7.3	3.1	83.1
DMSO	512 ppm	9.0	8.0	28.6	6.3	1.2	79.7	8.7	18.6	0
Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl EW	7 g	6.0	0.3	97.3	7.0	7.2	0	8.7	14.5	20.8
Bentazone SL	120g	8.0	11.5	0	1.7	0.1	98.3	0.0	0.0	100
Glufosinate ammonium SL	54 g	7.0	0.6	94.6	3.3	1.1	81.4	3.7	3.5	80.9
Control	–	8.3	11.2	–	6.7	5.9	–	8.0	18.3	–

^aWeight measured 15 days after the herbicide treatment, ^bNumber of plants in a Pot ^cFresh weight (g/Pot), ^dControl value (%)