DERIVATIVES OF ARYLIC ACID USEFUL IN AGRICULTURE ESPECIALLY AS FUNGICIDES BUT ALSO AS INSECTICIDES AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

摘要

Compounds of formula (1):and stereoisomers thereof, wherein W is R¹O₂-C=CH-ZR², wherein R' and R², which are the same or different, are alkyl or fluoroalkyl groups, and Z is either an oxygen or sulphur atom; A is an oxygen or sulphur atom,-NR³-, or-CR⁴R⁵-; X, Y and Z¹, which are the same or different, are hydrogen or halogen atoms, or hydroxy, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkylalkyl, optionally substituted aralkyl, optionally substituted heteroarylalkyl, optionally substituted aryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted heteroaryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted arylalkoxy, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted heteraryloxy. optionally substituted acyioxy, optionally substituted amino, optionally substituted acylamino, optionally substituted arylazo, nitro, cyano,-CO₂R⁶,-CONR⁷R⁸,-COR⁹ -CR=NR¹⁰, -CR=NOR¹⁰ or -N=CR¹¹R¹² groups; or the groups X and Y, when they are in adjacent positions on the ring, optionally join to form a fused ring, either aromatic or aliphatic, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms; and R, R³, R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R" and R", which are the same or different, are hydrogen atoms (provided that R⁴ and R⁵ are not hydrogen) or optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkylalkyl, optionally substituted aralkyl, optionally substituted heterarylalkyl, optionally substituted aryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted heteroaryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl groups; and metal complexes thereof.;The compounds are useful in agriculture, especially as fungicides but also as insecticides and plant growth regulators.