Patent EA-005162-B1 (EA)
Title: Method for producing a solid herbicide formulation
Inventor: JAGER KARL-FRIEDRICH
IPC: A01N43/18
Filed: 2001-08-30
Abstract: 1. A process for the preparation of a solid herbicidal formulation comprising a) a herbicide from the group of the sulfonylureas or their agriculturally useful salts, b) with or without one or more further herbicides, c) with or without a safener, d) one or more formulation auxiliaries, which process comprises suspending the sulfonylurea a) with or without one or more further herbicides b) and with or without a safener c) and one or more formulation auxiliaries d) in water to give a suspension, bringing the suspension to pH 6.5 to 8 by adding an acid or base and drying it to give a solid formulation. 2. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the herbicide a) used is a sulfonylurea of the formula I, where the substituents have the following meanings: R<1> is N-(C1-C4-alkyl)-N-(C1-C4-alkylsulfonyl)amino or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring selected from the group consisting of phenyl, benzyl, 1H-pyrazol-5-yl, pyridin-2-yl, thiophen-3-yl and imidazo[1,2-a]pydridin-3-yl, it being possible for the aromatic ring optionally to have attached to it one to three substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, carboxyl, C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, oxetanyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, C1-C4-alkylaminocarbonyl, di-(C1-C4-alkyl)aminocarbonyl, C1-C4-alkylsulfonyl, formylamino, C1-C4-alkylcarbonylamino, (C1-C4-alkylcarbonylamino)-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkylsulfonylamino, (C1-C4-alkylsulfonylamino)-C1-C4-alkyl; R<2> is hydrogen or methyl; R<3> and R<4> independently of one another are halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, amino, C1-C4-alkylamino, di-(C1-C4-alkyl)amino; Z is N, CH; or their agriculturally useful salts. 3. A process as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the herbicide a) used is a sulfonylurea selected from the group consisting of tritosulfuron, bensulfuron-methyl, chlorimuron-ethyl, chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, halosulfuron-methyl, ethametsulfuron-methyl, flazasulfuron, imazosulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, nicosulfuron, primisulfuron-methyl, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, rimsulfuron, sulfometuron-methyl, thifensulfuron-methyl, triasulfuron, tribenuron-methyl, triflusulfuron-methyl, prosulfuron, ethoxysulfuron, azimsulfuron, oxasulfuron, sulfosulfuron, iodosulfuron, foramsulfuron, trifloxysulfuron, amidosulfuron, mesosulfuron, flupyrsulfuron-methyl, iodosulfuron-methyl and their agriculturally useful salts. 4. A process as claimed in claim 3, wherein the herbicide a) used is tritosulfuron or one of its agriculturally useful salts. 5. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, wherein a herbicide b) is used which is selected from the group consisting of cinidon-ethyl, florasulam, flucarbazon, procarbazon, bentazon, dicamba, MCPA, mecoprop-P, clefoxidim, cycloxidim and their agriculturally useful salts. 6. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, wherein a safener c) is used which is selected from the group consisting of cloquintocet, cloquintocet-mexyl, dicyclonon, furilazole, fenchlorazole, fenchlorazole-ethyl, mefenpyr, mefenpyr-diethyl, isoxadifen, isoxadifen-ethyl and their agriculturally useful salts. 7. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the formulation auxiliary d) used is a solid carrier. 8. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the formulation auxiliary d) used is a surfactant. 9. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 8, wherein 0.5 to 85% by weight of the sulfonylurea a) 0 to 75% by weight of the herbicide b) 0 to 50% by weight of the safener c) 15 to 99.5% by weight of auxiliary/auxiliaries d) for the preparation of a formulation are used. 10. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 9, wherein the suspension is brought to pH 6.5 to 7.5. 11. A process as claimed in any of clams 1 to 10, wherein the suspension is brought to a pH of 6.8 to 7.2. 12. The use of the solid herbicidal formulation as claimed in claim 1 for controlling harmful plants.