COMPOSITIONS FOR REGULATING GROWTH OF PLANTS CONTAINING SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVES

摘要

Mono- or di-(aryloxyethyl)succinates of formula (I) or their salts are new. A = H, a naphthyloxyethyl gp. of formula (i) or a substd. phenoxyethyl gp. of formula (ii) where R = H or 1-4C alkyl; R1 = H, halogen or 1-4C alkyl; and R2, R3 = H or halogen; provided (a) at least one of R, R1, R2 and R3 is not H, and (b) at least one of the two A gps. is not H.