COMPOUNDS ARE PREPARED HAVING ONE OF THE FORMULAE

A-S-S-CH2-CH(-B)-OH (1) A-S-S-CH2-CH(-D)-O-C(=X)-(X)N-R4 2

(A-S-S-CH2-CH2-O-)2-C=O (3)

A-S-S-CH2-CH(-E)-O-C(=X)-N(-R2)-R3 (4)

A-S-S-CH2-CH(-G)-O-C(=X)-Q (5) AND A-S-S-CH2-CH2-K (6)

J IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND ASSCH2CH2-; M IS AN INTEGER FROM 0 TO 2 INCLUSIVE, AND AL HALOGEN ATOMS IN THE COMPOUNDS HAVE AN ATOMIC WEIGHT OF 35 TO 80. THE COMPOUNDS ARE USEFUL AS HERBICIDES, FUNGICIDES, NEMATOCIDES, DEFOLIANTS AND DESICCANTS. 1,2,2-TRICHLOROETHYLDITHIOETHYL-2''-METHYL-4''-CHLOROPHENOXY ACETATE IS A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE HERBICIDE.

-CO-(Q-1,4-PHENYLENE)-COO-J

-OOC-(CH2)M-COO-J; -OOC-CH=CH-COO-J; AND

OR PHENYL ETHYLENE OR HALOPHENOXYMETHYL HAVING UP TO 3 HALOGENS AND UP TO 1 METHYL GROUP ON THE AROMATIC RING; K IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF

R1-O-C(=S)-

N IS 0 OR 1, X IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF OXYGEN AND SULFUR EXCEPT THAT WHEN N IS O IN FORMULA 2 X MUST BE OXYGEN; Q IS HALOGEN; R1 IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, PHENYL, LOWER ALKYL PHENYL, HALO LOWER ALKYL, HALOPHENYL, NAPHYL, LOWER ALKYL NAPHTHYL AND LOWER ALKYL HALOPHENYL; R2 AND R3 INDIVIDUALLY ARE THE SAME AS R1 OR HYDROGEN WITH THE PROVISO THAT NOT MORE THAN ONE OF R2 AND R3 IS HYDROGEN AND COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER WITH THE ADJACENT NITROGEN ATOM FORM A 5 TO 6 MEMBERED HETEROCYCLIC RING HAVING UP TO 1 OXYGEN ATOM THEREIN; R4 IS R1 OR

-CH2-O-C(=X)-Q

G IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND

-CH2-O-C(=X)-N(-R2)-R3

E IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND

-CH2-O-C(=X)-(X)N-R4

A IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF DI TO TETRAHALOETHYL AND DI TO TRIHALOVINYL; B IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND -CH2OH; D IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND