US 12,213,479 B2
Monoterpenoid/phenylpropanoid-containing compounds and methods of their making and use as herbicides
Joel R. Coats, Ames, IA (US); James S. Klimavicz, Ames, IA (US); Edmund J. Norris, Ames, IA (US); Steven M. Bessette, West Palm Beach, FL (US); and A. David Lindsay, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Kittrich Corporation, Pomona, CA (US); and Iowa State University Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US)
Appl. No. 16/328,271
Filed by KITTRICH CORPORATION, Pomona, CA (US); and IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Ames, IA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 23, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/048290
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/039390, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/378,541, filed on Aug. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200386 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A01N 25/00 (2006.01); A01N 37/06 (2006.01); A01N 37/10 (2006.01); A01N 37/38 (2006.01); A01N 39/04 (2006.01); A01N 43/16 (2006.01); A01P 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 25/00 (2013.01) [A01N 37/06 (2013.01); A01N 37/10 (2013.01); A01N 37/38 (2013.01); A01N 39/04 (2013.01); A01N 43/16 (2013.01); A01P 13/02 (2021.08)] 6 Claims
 
1. An herbicidal composition having systemic phytotoxic effects, comprising:
a. an active herbicidal compound consisting of thymyloxyacetic acid or methyl thymyloxyacetate, present in 0.5% to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the herbicidal composition; and
b. a carrier comprising water and potassium hydroxide, wherein the potassium hydroxide aids in solvation of the active herbicidal compound and is present in a 1:1 molar ratio with the active herbicidal compound.