Patent ID: 8722582

Claim:
A crystal modification of 2-({2-chloro-4-(methylsulfonyl)-3-[(2,2,2-trifluoro-ethoxy)methyl]phenyl}carbonyl)cyclohexan-1,3-dione (tembotrione) in an orthorhombic system, where the crystal modification has (a) an infrared spectrum having the following band maxima stated in cm −1 : 593 883 1196 1553 612 921 1253 1675 654 951 1282 2897 686 966 1298 2926 765 994 1336 2959 777 1010 1356 3010 786 1085 1386 3075 813 1112 1409 836 1138 1417 853 1164 1461 and/or (b) a Raman spectrum having the following band maxima stated in cm −1 : 91 507 921 1337 130 517 952 1358 171 540 968 1377 192 550 1002 1418 213 599 1053 1461 265 613 1075 1557 279 655 1116 1587 291 675 1141 1665 311 687 1166 1679 363 738 1176 2888 402 775 1197 2925 431 813 1272 2971 445 836 1289 2978 460 853 1300 3010 490 883 1325 3075 and/or (c) an X-ray powder diffractometry pattern having the following peaks stated in degrees 2θ: 7.3765 20.8117 26.6207 32.4069 8.0674 21.1093 27.2879 32.8121 10.7988 21.5838 27.4979 33.1960 13.5030 21.6983 27.9884 33.5965 14.7553 23.5072 28.2728 34.4007 16.4462 23.9969 28.5989 35.1147 16.6192 24.3808 29.0017 35.7136 17.0512 24.8173 30.0318 35.9960 17.1467 25.0316 30.2456 36.4372 17.6444 25.2513 30.6058 36.7974. 17.7792 25.5214 30.7628 19.3008 25.7119 31.2971 20.4034 25.9248 31.6675