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Effect of optically active ethyl 2-phthalimidooxypropionate on the growth of cress, lepidium sativum
Takekida, Yukinori,Okazaki, Momotoshi,Shuto, Yoshihiro
, p. 1831 - 1833 (1999)
The effects of 2-phthalimidooxyalkanoic acid derivatives on the germination and root-growth of cress were examined. Since 2-phthalimidooxypropionates were most effective, the optically active ethyl esters were prepared. As the result of biological testing, the (S)-(+)-isomer exhibited stronger activity than the (R)-(+)-isomer. This result is contrary to those from commercial herbicides with similar structures, phenoxy- and oxyphenoxy-propionate-type compounds, where the (R)-isomers are generally known to be the active principles.
