imazamethabenz
imazamethabenz
A mixture of <em>rac</em>-6-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl)-<em>m</em>-toluic acid and <em>rac</em>-6-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl)-<em>p</em>-toluic acid in the ratio 3:2. The compounds are herbicidally-active metabolites of the proherbicide imazamethabenz-methyl (a mixture of the corresponding methyl esters), which is used to control grasses and other weeds in winter cereal crops.