Joseph K Kuc

US Patent:

50011553, Mar 19, 1991

Filed:

Jan 23, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/300161

Inventors:

Joseph Kuc - Lexington KY
Steven D. Salt - Kenosha WI

Assignee:

University of Kentucky Research Foundation - Lexington KY

International Classification:

A01G 3702
A61K 3112

US Classification:

514546

Abstract:

Novel 3-acyloxy-. beta. -ionone derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R represents n-propyl, C. sub. 4 -C. sub. 5 -alkyl or C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 4 alkoxymethyl display very effective microbicidal activity. They can especially be used in form of microbicidal compositions to control plant-pathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi of the order Oomycetes.