CYANO COMPOUNDS AND FUNGICIDAL AND HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS

• Main Authors: JUDSON P N, WHITE C R H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.04.1981
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

There are described pesticidal compositions comprising a compound of formula I, in which X represents a group -CN and Y a cation, or X and Y together form a group of formula II, in which R and R , which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or benzyl, R and R , which may be the same or different, each represent hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted by one or more of halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, phenoxy, nitro, amino, -COOR , -SO3R or -CF3, or R and R together form a 4, 5 or 6 membered methylene chain which may be fused to a benzene ring, or which may be interrupted by an oxygen atom or by a group -NH-, R is -CN, -C( = NH)-NHR , -CONR R , or -CQZR , R represents alkyl or cycloalkyl, R and R , which may be the same or different, each represent hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl or cycloalkyl, and Q and Z, which may be the same or different, each represent oxygen or sulphur, or a suitable derivative thereof, provided that when R is -COOC2H5 and R , R and R are all hydrogen, then R is other than alkyl containing 3, 4 or 5 carbon atoms, together with an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant, diluent or carrier. There are also described methods for making and using the compounds. Certain of the compounds are new.