Substituted aryl or heteroaryl in particular benzoyl bicycloalkane-diones and related compounds, intermediates therefor, synthesis thereof, and the use of said diones for the control of weeds.
Compounds of the general formula
A--B
wherein A is a bicyclic 1-one-2-ene-3-ol-2-yl residue;
B is an aryl or heteroaryl group optionally bearing substituents; and salts, enolethers and enolesters thereof, and methods of producing such compounds and using such compounds as herbicides are disclosed.