“…Peroxidizing Activity of Alkyl 2-chloro-5-(3, 4, 5, 6 tetrahydrophthalimido)benzoates and Alkyl 2-chloro-4 fluoro-5-(3, 4, 5, 6-tetrahydrophthalimido)-benzoates Ethane formation (PI5o (Ethane)), chlorophyll decrease (pI5o (Chlorophyll)) and growth inhibition (PI5o (Growth)) of S. acutus cells can be used conveniently to assay peroxidizing phytotoxicity of compounds. 1, 2, 4) All alkyl 2-chloro-5-(3, 4, 5, 6-tetrahydrophthalimido)benzoates (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12) and alkyl 2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3, 4, 5, 6-tetrahydrophthalimido)benzoates (3'-9') tested caused ethane formation, chlorophyll decrease and cell-growth inhibition, as indicated by the PI5o in Table 1. The above three peroxidative phytotoxic parameters obtained were quite similar to those shown by the reference peroxidizing herbicides (1, 1' and 13-16 of Table 2).…”