- CO2-Enabled Cyanohydrin Synthesis and Facile Iterative Homologation Reactions**
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Thermodynamic and kinetic control of a chemical process is the key to access desired products and states. Changes are made when a desired product is not accessible; one may manipulate the reaction with additional reagents, catalysts and/or protecting groups. Here we report the use of carbon dioxide to accelerate cyanohydrin synthesis under neutral conditions with an insoluble cyanide source (KCN) without generating toxic HCN. Under inert atmosphere, the reaction is essentially not operative due to the unfavored equilibrium. The utility of CO2-mediated selective cyanohydrin synthesis was further showcased by broadening Kiliani–Fischer synthesis under neutral conditions. This protocol offers an easy access to a variety of polyols, cyanohydrins, linear alkylnitriles, by simply starting from alkyl- and arylaldehydes, KCN and an atmospheric pressure of CO2.
- Juhl, Martin,Petersen, Allan R.,Lee, Ji-Woong
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p. 228 - 232
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- Highly chemoselective and efficient Strecker reaction of aldehydes with TMSCN catalyzed by MgI2 etherate under solvent-free conditions
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Strecker reaction of various substituted aromatic aldehydes, heteroaromatic aldehydes, aliphatic aldehydes and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with trimethylsilyl cyanide (TMSCN) was realized in the presence of 5 mol % of MgI2 etherate in a mild, efficient and highly chemoselective manner under solvent-free conditions.
- He, Kailun,Liu, Huijun,Zhang, Xingxian,Zhou, Jing
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(2019/03/08)
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- Design and synthesis of a novel series of cyanoindole derivatives as potent γ-secretase modulators
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The discovery, design and synthesis of a new series of GSMs is described. The classical imidazole heterocycle has been replaced by a cyano group attached to an indole nucleus. The exploration of this series has led to compound 26-S which combined high in
- Bischoff, Fran?ois P.,Velter, Adriana Ingrid,Minne, Garrett,Pieters, Serge,Berthelot, Didier,De Cleyn, Michel,Gijsen, Harrie J.M.,Macdonald, Gregor,Surkyn, Michel,Van Brandt, Sven,Van Roosbroeck, Yves,Zavattaro, Chiara,Mercken, Marc,Austin, Nigel,Dhuyvetter, Deborah,Borghys, Herman,Ahmad, Ishtiyaque,Samanta, Swapan Kumar
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- Refining method of high-purity O-chloromandelonitrile
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The invention provides a refining method of high-purity o-chloromandelonitrile. The refining method comprises: (a) carrying out pressure reducing distillation on an o-chloromandelonitrile mother liquor to obtain a concentrated liquid; (b) adding the concentrated liquid obtained in the step (a) into an alkane-based solvent to obtain a mixed solution; and (c) cooling the mixed solution obtained in the step (b) to a temperature of 0-10 DEG C, crystallizing, carrying out suction filtration, and drying to obtain o-chloromandelonitrile. According to the present invention, the method has characteristics of simple operation, high product purity and high yield.
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- Preparation and reactions of certain racemic and optically active cyanohydrins derived from 2-chlorobenzaldehyde, 4-fluorobenzaldehyde, benzo[d][1,3]-dioxole-5-carbaldehyde and 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxine-6-carbaldehyde. Antimicrobial and in vitro antitumor evaluation of the products
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THE CHEMOENZYMATIC reaction of selected aldehydes, namely 2-chlorobenzaldehyde (1a), 4-fluorobenzaldehyde (1b), benzo[d][1,3]dioxole-5-carbaldehyde (1c) and/or 2,3-dihydrobenzo [b] [1,4] dioxine-6-carbaldehyde (1d) with hydrogen cyanide in presence of (R)-oxynitrilase (R)-Pa HNL [EC 4.1.2.10] from almonds, as a chiral catalyst, gave the optically active cyanohydrin enantiomers ( R)-2a-c, respectively. Acetone cyanohydrin (3), was also used, as a transcyanating agent, to give the same products. The racemic cyanohydrins (R,S)-2a-d have been synthesized, as well, by treating compounds 1a-d with aqueous potassium cyanide solution in presence of a saturated solution of sodium metabisulphite (Na2S2O5). The optical purity of cyanohydrins (R)-2a-c was determined through their derivatization with (S)-naproxen chloride (S)-5 to the respective diastereomers (R,2S)-6a-c which were obtained in diastereomeric excess (de) values up to 93 % (1H NMR). Heating compounds (R)-2a,b and / or their racemic analogues (R,S)-2a-c with concentrated hydrochloric acid gave the respective α-hydroxycarboxylic acids 7a-c. Moreover, reduction of cyanohydrins (R,S)-2b,c under different conditions resulted in a hydrodecyanation giving the respective primary alcohols 8a,b. Structures and configurations of the new compounds were confirmed with compatible elementary microanalyses and spectroscopic (IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, MS and single crystal X-ray crystallography) measurements. The antimicrobial activity of derivatives 6a-d against four bacterial species (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and two fungi (Aspergillus flavus and Candida albicans) were undertaken. Moreover, compounds (R,2S)-6b, (R,2S)(S,2S)-6b and (R,2S)-6c were screened for their in virto antitumor activity against three human solid cancer cell lines (HCT 116, HepG2 and MCF-7). In general, the tested compounds were found inactive or showed weak activities in comparison with the standard drugs.
- Yosef, Hisham Abdallah A.,Elmasry,Ibrahim, Nabila M.,Ismael, Eman H. I.,Mahran
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- Hydroxynitrile Lyase Isozymes from Prunus communis: Identification, Characterization and Synthetic Applications
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Biocatalysts originating from Badamu (Prunus communis) have been applied to catalyze the asymmetric synthesis of (R)-4-methylsulfanylmandelonitrile, a key building block of thiamphenicol and florfenicol. Here, four hydroxynitrile lyase (HNL) isozymes from Badamu were cloned and heterologously expressed in Pichia pastoris. The biochemical properties and catalytic performances of these isozymes were comprehensively explored to evaluate their efficiency and selectivity in asymmetric synthesis. Among then, PcHNL5 was identified with outstanding activity and enantioselectivity in asymmetric hydrocyanation. Under the optimized mild biphasic reaction conditions, seventeen prochiral aromatic aldehydes were converted to valuable chiral cyanohydrins with good yields (up to 94%) and excellent optical purities (up to >99.9% ee), which provide a facile access to numerous chiral amino alcohols, hypoglycemic agents, angiotension converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and β-blockers. This work therefore underlines the importance of discovering the most potent biocatalyst among a group of isozymes for converting unnatural substrates into value-added products. (Figure presented.).
- Zheng, Yu-Cong,Xu, Jian-He,Wang, Hui,Lin, Guo-Qiang,Hong, Ran,Yu, Hui-Lei
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- Solid phase behavior in the chiral systems of various 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid (mandelic acid) derivatives
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The solid phase behavior of a series of monosubstituted F-, Cl-, Br-, I-, and CH3- and two 2,4-halogen-disubstituted 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid (mandelic acid) derivatives was investigated. The study includes detailed information about melting temperature, melting enthalpy, X-ray diffraction data, as well as selected binary phase diagrams of the respective chiral systems. Aside from the known metastable conglomerate 2-chloromandelic acid, evidence for two more metastable conglomerates was found.
- Von Langermann, Jan,Temmel, Erik,Seidel-Morgenstern, Andreas,Lorenz, Heike
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- Kinetic resolution of mandelate esters via stereoselective acylation catalyzed by lipase PS-30
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By using lipase PS-30 as catalyst, the kinetic resolution of a series of racemic mandelate esters has been achieved via stereoselective acylation. The value of kinetic enantiomeric ratio (E) reached up to 197.5. Substituent effect is briefly discussed.
- Chen, Peiran,Yang, Wenhong
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- Relationships between the racemic structures of substituted mandelic acids containing 8- and 10-membered hydrogen bonded dimer rings
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The structures of 27 monosubstituted mandelic acids, including several of their polymorphs, plus unsubstituted mandelic acid itself (two polymorphs) are investigated for structural similarity. The results, presented pictorially as a structural relationship plot, show that rather more structures are built up from the carboxyl-chain hydroxyl hydrogen bonded dimer than from the conventional carboxylic acid dimer. The results show how all the structures are related and, based on the two types of dimer, the degree of similarity that they possess. Some structures with Z′ > 1 contain both sorts of dimers and there are many examples of isostructural sets within the structures so far determined. We also present an example where analysing similarity in related families of structures highlights a structure that should be present and which has indeed then proceeded to be synthesised and determined.
- Coles,Ellis,Leung,Sarson,Threlfall,Tizzard
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- Cyanative self-condensation of aromatic aldehydes promoted by VO(O iPr)3-Lewis base as a cooperative catalyst
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Self-condensation of aromatic aldehydes with trimethylsilyl cyanide proceeded by the cooperative catalytic effect of VO(OiPr)3 and a Lewis base to give the corresponding O-acylated cyanohydrins. The reaction conversion and selectivity were strongly dependent on the solvent used, the Lewis base, and the presence of oxygen. All the nine kinds of aromatic aldehydes considered herein afforded the O-acylated cyanohydrins with excellent selectivity under an O2 atmosphere.
- Kodama, Koichi,Kawamata, Hiroaki,Takahashi, Naoya,Hirose, Takuji
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- An efficient cyanosilylation of aldehydes with trimethylsilyl cyanide catalysed by MgI2 etherate
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A convenient procedure for the synthesis of cyanohydrins by the addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to aromatic aldehydes, heteroaromatic aldehydes, aliphatic aldehydes and unsaturated aldehydes catalysed by MgI2 etherate (MgI2(OEt2)n) in good to excellent yields is described.
- Wang, Yanping,Feng, Meiling,Liu, Yingshuai,Zhang, Xingxian
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- Chiral solvating agents for cyanohydrins and carboxylic acids
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We have shown that a structure as simple as an ion pair of (R)- or (S)-mandelate and dimethylamminopyridinium ions possesses structural features that are sufficient for NMR enantiodiscrimination of cyanohydrins. Moreover, 1H NMR data of cyanohydrins of known configuration obtained in the presence of the mandelate-dimethylaminopyridinium ion pair point to the existence of a correlation between chemical shifts and absolute configuration of cyanohydrins. Mandelate-DMAPH+ ion pair and mandelonitrile form a 1:1 complex with an association constant of 338 M-1 (ΔG 0, -3.4 kcal/mol) for the (R)-mandelonitrile/(R)-mandelate-DMAPH + and 139 M-1 (ΔG0, -2.9 kcal/mol) for the (R)-mandelonitrile/(S)-mandelate-DMAPH+ complex. To understand the origin of enantiodiscrimination, the geometry optimization and energy minimization of the models of ternary complexes of (S)-mandelonitrile/(R)- mandelate/DMAPH+ and (S)-mandelonitrile/(S)-mandelate/DMAPH + complexes was performed using DFT methodology (B3LYP) with the 6-31+G(d) basis set in Gaussian 3.0. Further, analysis of optimized molecular model obtained from theoretical studies suggested that (i) DMAP may be replaced with other amines, (ii) the hydroxyl group of mandelic acid is not necessary for stabilization of ternary complex and may be replaced with other groups such as methyl, (iii) the ion pair should form a stable ternary complex with any hydrogen-bond donor, provided its OH bond is sufficiently polarized, and (iv) α-H of racemic mandelic acid should also get resolved with optically pure mandelonitrile. These inferences were experimentally verified, which not only validated the proposed model but also led to development of a new chiral solvating agent for determination of ee of carboxylic acids and absolute configuration of aryl but not alkyl carboxylic acids.
- Moon, Lomary S.,Pal, Mohan,Kasetti, Yoganjaneyulu,Bharatam, Prasad V.,Jolly, Ravinder S.
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- An asymmetric, chemo-enzymatic synthesis of O-acetylcyanohydrins
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A one-pot chemo-enzymatic synthesis of highly enantiomerically enriched O-acetylcyanohydrins has been developed. The bimetallic (salen)titanium complex 1 is used to convert aldehydes into nonracemic (R)-O-acetylcyanohydrins with 61 to 93 % enantiomeric ex
- Belokon, Yuri N.,Blacker, A. John,Clutterbuck, Lisa A.,Hogg, David,North, Michael,Reeve, Christopher
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p. 4609 - 4617
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- Asymmetric cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by novel organocatalysts
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A novel proline-based N,N′-dioxide, which is easily prepared from inexpensive chemicals, serves as an effective catalyst for enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes in up to 73% ee. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
- Wen, Yuehong,Huang, Xiao,Huang, Jinglun,Xiong, Yan,Qin, Bo,Feng, Xiaoming
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- A new (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase from Prunus mume: Asymmetric synthesis of cyanohydrins
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A new hydroxynitrile lyase (HNL) was isolated from the seed of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume). The enzyme has similar properties with HNL isolated from other Prunus species and is FAD containing enzyme. It accepts a large number of unnatural substrates (benzaldehyde and its variant) for the addition of HCN to produce the corresponding cyanohydrins in excellent optical and chemical yields. A new HPLC based enantioselective assay technique was developed for the enzyme, which promotes the addition of KCN to benzaldehyde in a buffered solution (pH=4.5).
- Nanda, Samik,Kato, Yasuo,Asano, Yasuhisa
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- Optically active catalysts
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An optically active catalyst containing a salen ligand of formula (II) and vanadium at oxidation stage (IV), wherein the groups R, R′ and R″ of the salen ligand independently of one another represent hydrogen, branched or unbranched C1-C10 alkyl groups or an O(C1-C4-alkyl) group or F, Cl, Br or I, an optionally substituted aryl group, or —(CH2)m— whereby m represents a whole number ranging between 1 and 8 and the catalyst contains between 1.4 and 10 equivalents of a salen ligand for an equivalent of vanadium (IV).
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The invention relates to mixtures comprising vanadyl-salen complexes with 10 to 99.9 wt.% of a compound of formula VOm(Salen)n (I), with m ? n and m 1-C10 alkyl, or a group O(C1-C4 alkyl), or F, Cl, Br or I, an optionally substituted aryl group or -(CH2)m-, where m = a whole number between 1 and 8 and n in formula (I) is a whole number ≥ 2.
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The invention relates to nitrilases and to nucleic acids encoding the nitrilases. In addition methods of designing new nitrilases and method of use thereof are also provided. The nitrilases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature.
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- Nitrilases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them
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The invention relates to nitrilases and to nucleic acids encoding the nitrilases. In addition methods of designing new nitrilases and method of use thereof are also provided. The nitrilases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature.
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The invention relates to nitrilases and to nucleic acids encoding the nitrilases. In addition methods of designing new nitrilases and method of use thereof are also provided. The nitrilases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature.
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- An enzyme library approach to biocatalysis: Development of nitrilases for enantioselective production of carboxylic acid derivatives
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The discovery, from Nature, of a large and diverse set of nitrilases is reported. The utility of this nitrilase library for identifying enzymes that catalyze efficient production of valuable hydroxy carboxylic acid derivatives is demonstrated. Unprecedented enantioselectivity and substrate scope are highlighted for three newly discovered and distinct nitrilases. For example, a wide array of (R)-mandelic acid derivatives and analogues were produced with high rates, yields, and enantiomeric excesses (95-99% ee). We also have found nitrilases that provide direct access to (S)-phenyllactic acid and other aryllactic acid derivatives, again with high yields and enantioselectivities. Finally, different nitrilases have been discovered that catalyze enantiotopic hydrolysis of 3-hydroxyglutaronitrile to afford either enantiomer of 4-cyano-3-hydroxybutyric acid with high enantiomeric excesses (>95% ee). The first enzymes are reported that effect this transformation to furnish the (R)-4-cyano-3-hydroxybutyric acid which is a precursor to the blockbuster drug Lipitor. Copyright
- DeSantis, Grace,Zhu, Zuolin,Greenberg, William A.,Wong, Kelvin,Chaplin, Jenny,Hanson, Sarah R.,Farwell, Bob,Nicholson, Lawrence W.,Rand, Cynthia L.,Weiner, David P.,Robertson, Dan E.,Burk, Mark J.
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- Zr(OBut)4 as an effective promoter for the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley alkynylation and cyanation of aldehydes: Development of new asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis
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Zr(OBut)4 can serve as an effective promoter for the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley alkynylation of aldehydes and also facilitate MPV type cyanide transfer to aldehyde carbonyls with commercially available acetone cyanohydrin under mild conditions. Based on this finding, a new procedure for asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis has been developed employing (4R,5R)-2,2-dimethyl-α,α,α′,α′-tetraph enyl-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanol (TADDOL, 6) as a chiral ligand. For instance, sequential treatment of CH2Cl2 solution of 6 (1 equiv.) with Zr(OBut)4 (1 equiv.) and acetone cyanohydrin (2 equiv.) at room temperature for 1 h, and subsequent reaction with 3-phenylpropanal at -40°C for 7.5 h resulted in formation of the corresponding cyanohydrin 5g [R=Ph(CH2)2] in 63% isolated yield with 85% ee. The scope and limitations of this method have been clarified with various aldehydes as substrates.
- Ooi, Takashi,Miura, Tomoya,Takaya, Keisuke,Ichikawa, Hayato,Maruoka, Keiji
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- Zr(OBut)4 as a new promoter for the meerwein-ponndorf-verley alkynylation and cyanation of aldehydes
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Zr(OBut)4 can serve as an effective promoter for the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley alkynylation of aldehydes and it was found to be particularly attractive in the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley cyanation. Thieme Stuttgart.
- Ooi, Takashi,Takaya, Keisuke,Miura, Tomoya,Maruoka, Keiji
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- Titanium and ruthenium binaphthyl Schiff base complexes as catalysts for asymmetric trimethylsilylcyanation of aldehydes
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Investigations on the catalytic behaviour of titanium complexes formed in situ from Ti(OPri)4 and a variety of Schiff bases, mainly the binaphthyl derivatives 2,2′-bis(3-R1-5-R 2-2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)-1,1′-binaphthyl, toward the asymmetric trimethylsilylcyanation of some aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes demonstrated that the titanium complex of the binaphthyl Schiff base with R1 = R2 = But is one of the best catalysts for such a process, with an enantiomeric excess (e.e.) as high as 96% obtained for m-tolualdehyde. Crystal structure determination of a nitrosylruthenium complex, [RuII(L)(NO)Cl] (L is the dianion of the binaphthyl Schiff base with R1 = R2 = Cl), revealed that the complex assumes a cis-β configuration with the binaphthyl moiety having a dihedral angle of 70.2°. After treatment with AgPF6, the ruthenium complex also exhibited a good catalytic property for the trimethylsilylcyanation of benzaldehyde albeit with a lower e.e. (24%). The Royal Society of Chemistry 1999.
- Zhou, Xiang-Ge,Huang, Jie-Sheng,Ko, Po-Hung,Cheung, Kung-Kai,Che, Chi-Ming
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- Enzymatic Preparation of Optically Active Cyanohydrin Acetates
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A series of cyanohydrin acetates (1)-(47) of widely varying structures, potential chiral building blocks for numerous synthetic applications, has been prepared in good chemical and often high optical yields by enzymatic hydrolysis of their racemic acetates in the presence of an ester hydrolase from Pseudomonas sp.
- Almsick, Andreas van,Buddrus, Joachim,Hoenicke-Schmidt, Petra,Laumen, Kurt,Schneider, Manfred P.
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- Substituted benzyloxy chloroethoxy ethane herbicide antidotes
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An herbicide antidote having the formula STR1 in which X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and halogen wherein the halogen is chlorine, bromine or iodine.
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