Abstract 9‐Aminofluoren‐9‐ylphosphine oxides and the corresponding 9‐hydroxy analogues were synthesised and evaluated for herbicidal activity using Spirodela oligorrhiza (Kurz.) Hegelm. All the test compounds were highly active at concentrations of about 10 μM and were comparable with the corresponding phosphonic esters.
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Gancarz et al. (1985) studied this question.