GROWTH REGULATING PREPARATIVES CONTAINING 1-PHENYL-IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF 1-PHENYL-IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES

摘要

1-Aryl-imidazole-5-carboxylic acid derivs. of formula (I) and those of their salts and quaternisation products which are suitable for agricultural purposes are new: R=residue of formula (Ia); a gp. of formula (i); x=-SH, -S-S-R1, -S(O)m-R3 or H; y=-CN, -COOR4, lCO-SR5, -CS-OR5, -CS-SR5, -CO-NR6R7, (ii) to -CS-N(R6)2, -C(=NOR6)-NH2, -CO-R6, -C(=NOR8)-R6, -CH2OR8, (ii)-(vi), or a bisulphite adduct, acetal, ketal, thioacetal or ketal derived from -CO-R6; Z=O,S or NR6; m=O, 1 or 2; n=0-4; p=2 or 3; R1= opt. fluorinated 1-4C alkyl, 1-4C alkoxy and/or halogen, not more than one residue R1 being 1-4C alkyl; R2=H, 1-4C alkyl, 1-4C alkoxy and/or halogen; R3=1-4C alkyl, 2-4C alkenyl (1-4C alkoxy) carbonyl- (1-4C alkyl), phenyl or benzyl; R4= H, 1-12C alkyl, 1-12C alkyl mono-, di- or trisubstd. R6=H, 1-6C alkyl, phenyl, benzyl and/or methylphenyl; R7=e.g. H, 1-12C alkyl opt. mono- or disubstd. . or NR6R7= opt. unsaturated, opt. benzofused 3- to 7-membered ring contg. up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O,N and S, opt. contg. a carbonyl group, and opt. substd.; R8= e.g. H, H2C alkyl opt. substd. R9=H, halogen, 1-4C alkyl, NO2 and/orCN; R10=1-6C alkyl, 3-6C cycloalkyl, 3-6C alkenyl, phenyl and/or benzyl, or two residues R10 together wit with the C-atom to which they are attached form a 5-7C cycloalkyl group R11=1-4C alkyl, phenyl (1-6C alkyl) carbonyl, benzyl, benzoyl, halo,benzyl, halo-benzoylar methylbenzoyl; R12=H, 1-4C alkyl, formyl, (1-6C alkyl) carbonyl, benzoyl, halobenzoyl, methylbenzoyl or trihaloacetyl.