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Definitions

• the invention relates to novel 2,6-diethyl-4-methylphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to novel selective herbicidal active compound combinations comprising, firstly, the 2,6-diethyl-4-methylphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives and, secondly, a crop plant tolerance promoter compound, which combinations can be used with particularly good results for the selective control of weeds in various crops of useful plants.
• EP-A-0 262 399 and GB-A-2 266 888 disclose compounds of a similar structure (3-arylpyrrolidine-2,4-diones); however, a herbicidal, insecticidal or acaricidal action of these compounds is not known.
• Known to have a herbicidal, insecticidal or acaricidal action are unsubstituted, bicyclic 3-arylpyrrolidine-2,4-dione derivatives (EP-A-355 599 and EP-A-415 211), and also substituted monocyclic 3-arylpyrrolidine-2,4-dione derivatives (EP-A-377 893 and EP-A-442 077).
• EP-A-442 073 polycyclic 3-arylpyrrolidine-2,4-dione derivatives
• 1H-arylpyrrolidine dione derivatives EP-A-456 063, EP-A-521 334, EP-A-596 298, EP-A-613 884, EP-A-613 885, WO 94/01 997, WO 95/26954, WO 95/20 572, EP-A 0 668 267, WO 96/25 395, WO 96 35 664, WO 97/01 535, WO 97/02 243, WO 97/36 868, WO 97/43275, WO/98/05638, WO 98/06721, WO 98/25928, WO 99/16748, WO 99/24437, WO 99/43649, WO 99/48869, WO 99/55673, WO 01/09092, WO 01/17 972, WO 01/23354, WO 01/74770
• the compounds of the formula (I) can be present as geometrical and/or optical isomers or isomer mixtures of varying composition which, if appropriate, may be separated in a customary manner.
• the present invention provides both the pure isomers and the isomer mixtures, their preparation and use, and compositions comprising them.
• compounds of the formula (I) are referred to, although what is meant are both the pure compounds and, if appropriate, also mixtures having varying proportions of isomeric compounds.
• novel compounds of the formula (I) have very good activity as pesticides, preferably as insecticides and/or acaricides, and/or as herbicides.
• the invention also provides selective herbidical compositions comprising an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising, as components,
• halogen represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, in particular fluorine, chlorine and bromine.
• halogen represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, in particular fluorine, chlorine and bromine.
• Saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals such as alkyl, alkanediyl or alkenyl
• alkyl, alkanediyl or alkenyl can in each case be straight-chain or branched as far as this is possible, including in the combination with heteroatoms, such as, for example, in alkoxy.
• optionally substituted radicals can be mono- or polysubstituted, where in the case of polysubstitution the substituents can be identical or different.
• herbicide safeners of the formulae (IIa), (IIb), (IIc), (IId) and (IIe) are defined below.
• crop plant tolerance promoter compound [component (c′)] Most preferred as crop plant tolerance promoter compound [component (c′)] are cloquintocet-mexyl, fenchlorazole-ethyl, isoxadifen-ethyl, mefenpyr-diethyl, furilazole, fenclorim, cumyluron, dymron, dimepiperate and the compounds IIe-5 and IIe-11, and particular emphasis is given to cloquintocet-mexyl and mefenpyr-diethyl.
• the compounds of the general formula (IIa) to be used as safeners according to the invention are known and/or can be prepared by processes known per se (cf. WO-A-91/07874, WO-A-95/07897).
• the compounds of the general formula (IIb) to be used as safeners according to the invention are known and/or can be prepared by processes known per se (cf. EP-A-191736).
• the compounds of the general formula (IIc) to be used as safeners according to the invention are known and/or can be prepared by processes known per se (cf. DE-A-2218097, DE-A-2350547).
• the compounds of the general formula (IId) to be used as safeners according to the invention are known and/or can be prepared by processes known per se (cf. DE-A-19621522/U.S. Pat. No. 6,235,680).
• the compounds of the general formula (IIe) to be used as safeners according to the invention are known and can be prepared by processes known per se (cf. WO-A-99/66795/U.S. Pat. No. 6,251,827).
• component (c′) may be given here to the particularly advantageous effect of the particularly preferred and most preferred combination partners from component (c′), particularly with regard to the gentle treatment of cereal plants, such as wheat, barley and rye, for example, but also maize and rice, as crop plants.
• cereal plants such as wheat, barley and rye, for example, but also maize and rice, as crop plants.
• A, B and D are as defined above are novel (WO 01/17972, WO 01/74770) or they can be prepared by the processes described therein in principle.
• the acid halides of the formula (II), carboxylic anhydrides of the formula (III), chloroformic esters or chloroformic thioesters of the formula (IV), chloromonothioformic esters or chlorodithioformic esters of the formula (V), alkyl halides of the formula (VI), sulfonyl chlorides of the formula (VII), phosphorus compounds of the formula (VIII) and metal hydroxides, metal alkoxides or amines of the formula (IX) and (X) and isocyanates of the formula (XI) and carbamoyl chlorides of the formula (XII) furthermore required as starting materials for carrying out the processes (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) according to the invention are generally known compounds of organic or inorganic chemistry.
• the process (A ⁇ ) is characterized in that compounds of the formula (I-a) are in each case reacted with carbonyl halides of the formula (II), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of an acid binder.
• Suitable diluents for use in the process (A ⁇ ) according to the invention are all solvents which are inert to the acid halides.
• hydrocarbons such as benzine, benzene, toluene, xylene and tetraline
• halogenated hydrocarbons such as methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, chlorobenzene and o-dichlorobenzene
• ketones such as acetone and methyl isopropyl ketone
• furthermore ethers such as diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane
• carboxylic esters such as ethyl acetate
• strongly polar solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide and sulfolane.
• Suitable acid binders for the reaction according to process (A ⁇ ) according to the invention are all customary acid acceptors.
• tertiary amines such as triethylamine, pyridine, diazabicyclooctane (DABCO), diazabicycloundecene (DBU), diazabicyclononene (DBN), Hünig base and
• reaction temperature in the process (A ⁇ ) according to the invention may be varied within a relatively wide range.
• the process is carried out at temperatures between ⁇ 20° C. and +150° C., preferably between 0° C. and 100° C.
• the starting materials of the formula (I-a) and the carbonyl halide of the formula (II) are generally each employed in approximately equivalent amounts. However, it is also possible to use a relatively large excess (up to 5 mol) of the carbonyl halide. Work-up is carried out by customary methods.
• the process (A ⁇ ) is characterized in that compounds of the formula (I-a) are in each case reacted with carboxylic anhydrides of the formula (III), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of an acid binder.
• Suitable diluents for use in the process (A ⁇ ) according to the invention are, preferably, those diluents which are also preferred when acid halides are used. Besides, it is also possible for excess carboxylic anhydride to act simultaneously as diluent.
• Suitable optional binders in the process (A ⁇ ) are, preferably, those acid binders which are also preferred when acid halides are used.
• reaction temperature in the process (A ⁇ ) according to the invention can be varied within a relatively wide range.
• the process is carried out at temperatures between ⁇ 20° C. and +150° C., preferably between 0° C. and 100° C.
• the starting materials of the formula (I-a) and the carboxylic anhydride of the formula (III) are generally each employed in approximately equivalent amounts. However, it is also possible to use a relatively large excess (up to 5 mol) of the carboxylic anhydride. Work-up is carried out by customary methods.
• diluent and excess carboxylic anhydride and also the carboxylic acid formed are removed by distillation or by washing with an organic solvent or with water.
• the process (B) is characterized in that compounds of the formula (I-a) are in each case reacted with chloroformic esters or chloroformic thioesters of the formula (IV), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of an acid binder.
• Suitable acid binders for the process (B) according to the invention are all customary acid acceptors. Preference is given to using tertiary amines, such as triethylamine, pyridine, DABCO, DBU, DBA, Hünig base and N,N-dimethylaniline, furthermore, alkaline earth metal oxides, such as magnesium oxide and calcium oxide, moreover alkali metal and alkaline earth metal carbonates, such as sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate and calcium carbonate, and also alkali metal hydroxides, such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.
• tertiary amines such as triethylamine, pyridine, DABCO, DBU, DBA, Hünig base and N,N-dimethylaniline
• alkaline earth metal oxides such as magnesium oxide and calcium oxide
• alkali metal and alkaline earth metal carbonates such as sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate and calcium carbonate
• alkali metal hydroxides such as sodium hydroxide and
• Suitable diluents for use in the process (B) according to the invention are all solvents which are inert to the chloroformic esters or chloroformic thioesters.
• hydrocarbons such as benzine, benzenes, toluene, xylene and tetraline
• halogenated hydrocarbons such as methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, chlorobenzene and o-dichlorobenzene
• ketones such as acetone and methyl isopropyl ketone
• furthermore ethers such as diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane
• additional carboxylic esters such as ethyl acetate
• strongly polar solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide and sulfolane.
• the reaction temperature may be varied within a relatively wide range.
• the reaction temperature is between ⁇ 20° C. and +100° C., preferably between 0° C. and 50° C.
• the process (B) according to the invention is generally carried out under atmospheric pressure.
• the starting materials of the formula (I-a) and the appropriate chloroformic ester or chloroformic thioester of the formula (IV) are generally each employed in approximately equivalent amounts. However, it is also possible to use a relatively large excess (up to 20 mol) of one component or the other. Work-up is carried out by customary methods. In general, precipitated salts are removed and the reaction mixture that remains is concentrated by removing the diluent under reduced pressure.
• the process (C) according to the invention is characterized in that compounds of the formula (I-a) are in each case reacted with (C ⁇ ) compounds of the formula (V) in the presence of a diluent and, if appropriate, in the presence of an acid binder or (C ⁇ ) carbon disulfide and subsequently with alkyl halides of the formula (VI), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of a base.
• Suitable diluents which are added, if appropriate, are all inert polar organic solvents, such as ethers, esters, amides, sulfones, sulfoxides, and also halogenated alkanes.
• the enolate salt of the compound (I-a) is prepared by adding strong deprotonating agents, such as, for example, sodium hydride or potassium tert-butoxide, the further addition of acid binders may be dispensed with.
• strong deprotonating agents such as, for example, sodium hydride or potassium tert-butoxide
• acid binders are customary inorganic or organic bases, for example sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, pyridine and triethylamine.
• the reaction can be carried out at atmospheric pressure or under elevated pressure and is preferably carried out at atmospheric pressure. Work-up is carried out by customary methods.
• preparation process (C ⁇ ) in each case an aquimolar amount of in excess of carbon disulfide is added per mole of starting materials of the formula (I-a).
• the process is preferably carried out at temperatures of from 0 to 50° C. and in particular at from 20 to 30° C.
• Suitable bases for use in the process (C ⁇ ) are all customary proton acceptors. Preference is given to using alkali metal hydrides, alkali metal alkoxides, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal carbonates or bicarbonates or nitrogen bases. Sodium hydride, sodium methoxide, sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, triethylamine, dibenzylamine, diisopropylethylamine, pyridine, quinoline, diazabicyclooctane (DABCO), diazabicyclonone (DBN) and diazabicycloundecene (DBU) may be mentioned by way of example.
• DABCO diazabicyclooctane
• DBN diazabicyclonone
• DBU diazabicycloundecene
• Suitable diluents for use in this process are all customary solvents.
• aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene or toluene
• alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol or ethylene glycol
• nitriles such as acetonitrile
• ethers such as tetrahydrofuran and dioxane
• amides such as dimethylformamide
• other polar solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide or sulfonane.
• the further reaction with the alkyl halide of the formula (VI) is preferably carried out at from 0 to 70° C. and in particular at from 20 to 50° C.
• at least an aquimolar amount of alkyl halide is used.
• the process is carried out at atmospheric pressure or under elevated pressure, preferably at atmospheric pressure.
• the process (D) according to the invention is characterized in that compounds of the formula (I-a) are in each case reacted with sulfonyl chlorides of the formula (VII), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of an acid binder.
• the process (D) is preferably carried out in the presence of a diluent.
• Suitable diluents are all inert polar organic solvents, such as ethers, esters, amides, nitriles, sulfones, sulfoxides or halogenated hydrocarbons, such as methylene chloride.
• the enolate salt of the compound (I-a) is prepared by adding strong deprotonating agents (such as, for example, sodium hydride or potassium tert-butoxide), the further addition of acid binders may be dispensed with.
• strong deprotonating agents such as, for example, sodium hydride or potassium tert-butoxide
• acid binders are customary inorganic or organic bases, for example sodium hydride, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, pyridine and triethylamine.
• the reaction can be carried out at atmospheric pressure or under elevated pressure and is preferably carried out at atmospheric pressure. Work-up is carried out by customary methods.
• the process (E) according to the invention is characterized in that compounds of the formula (I-a) are in each case reacted with phosphorus compounds of the formula (VIII), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of an acid binder.
• the process (E) is preferably carried out in the presence of a diluent.
• Suitable diluents are all inert polar organic solvents, such as ethers, esters, amides, nitriles, sulfides, sulfones, sulfoxides, etc.
• Suitable acid binders which are added, if appropriate, are customary inorganic or organic bases, such as hydroxides, carbonates or amines.
• hydroxides such as sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, pyridine and triethylamine may be mentioned by way of example.
• the reaction can be carried out at atmospheric pressure or under elevated pressure and is preferably carried out at atmospheric pressure. Work-up is carried out by customary methods of organic chemistry.
• the end products are preferably purified by crystallization, chromatographic purification or by “insipient distillation”, i.e. the removal of the volatile components under reduced pressure.
• the process (F) is characterized in that compounds of the formula (I-a) are in each case reacted with metal hydroxides or metal alkoxides of the formula (IX) or amines of the formula (X), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent.
• Suitable diluents for use in the process (F) according to the invention are, preferably, ethers, such as tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, diethyl ether, or else alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, but also water.
• the process (F) according to the invention is generally carried out under atmospheric pressure.
• the reaction temperatures are generally between ⁇ 20° C. and 100° C., preferably between 0° C. and 50° C.
• the process (G) according to the invention is characterized in that compounds of the formula (I-a) are in each case reacted with (G ⁇ ) compounds of the formula (XI), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of a catalyst, or (G ⁇ ) with compounds of the formula (XII), if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of an acid binder.
• the process (G ⁇ ) is preferably carried out in the presence of a diluent.
• Suitable diluents are all inert organic solvents, such as ethers, esters, amides, nitriles, sulfones or sulfoxides.
• catalysts may be added to promote the reaction.
• Suitable for use as catalysts are, very advantageously, organotin compounds, such as, for example, dibutyltin dilaurate.
• the process is preferably carried out at atmospheric pressure.
• Suitable diluents which are added, if appropriate, are all inert polar organic solvents, such as ethers, esters, amides, sulfones, sulfoxides or halogenated hydrocarbons.
• the enolate salt of the compound (I-a) is prepared by adding strong deprotonating agents (such as, for example, sodium hydride or potassium tert-butoxide), the further addition of acid binders may be dispensed with.
• strong deprotonating agents such as, for example, sodium hydride or potassium tert-butoxide
• acid binders are customary inorganic or organic bases, for example sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, triethylamine or pyridine.
• the reaction can be carried out atmospheric pressure or under elevated pressure and is preferably carried out at atmospheric pressure. Work-up is carried out by customary methods.
• the active compounds are well tolerated by plants, have favorable homeotherm toxicity and are environmentally friendly; they are suitable for protecting plants and plant organs, for increasing harvest yields, for improving the quality of the harvested material and for controlling animal pests, in particular insects, arachnids and nematodes encountered in agriculture, in forests, in gardens and leisure facilities, in the protection of stored products and materials and in the hygiene sector. They are preferably used as crop protection agents. They are active against normally sensitive and resistant species and against all or some stages of development.
• the abovementioned pests include:
• Isopoda for example, Oniscus asellus, Armadillidium vulgare and Porcellio scaber.
• Chilopoda for example, Geophilus carpophagus and Scutigera spp.
• Symphyla for example, Scutigerella immaculata.
• Thysanura for example, Lepisma saccharina.
• Orthoptera From the order of the Orthoptera, for example, Acheta domesticus, Gryllotalpa spp., Locusta migratoria migratorioides, Melanoplus spp. and Schistocerca gregaria.
• Phthiraptera From the order of the Phthiraptera, for example, Pediculus humanus corporis, Haematopinus spp., Linognathus spp., Trichodectes spp., Damalinia spp.
• Thysanoptera From the order of the Thysanoptera, for example, Hercinothrips femoralis, Thrips tabaci, Thrips palmi, Frankliniella accidentalis.
• From the order of the Homoptera for example, Aleurodes brassicae, Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Aphis gossypii, Brevicoryne brassicae, Cryptomyzus ribis, Aphis fabae, Aphis pomi, Eriosoma lanigerum, Hyalopterus arundinis, Phylloxera vastatrix, Pemphigus spp., Macrosiphum avenae, Myzus spp., Phorodon humuli, Rhopalosiphum padi, Empoasca spp., Euscelis bilobatus, Nephotettix cincticeps, Lecanium corni, Saissetia oleae, Laodelphax striatellus, Nilaparvata lugens, Aonidiella aurantii, Aspidiotus hederae, Pseu
• Hymenoptera From the order of the Hymenoptera, for example, Diprion spp., Hoplocampa spp., Lasius spp., Monomorium pharaonis and Vespa spp.
• Scorpio maurus Latrodectus mactans, Acarus siro, Argas spp., Ornithodoros spp., Dermanyssus gallinae, Eriophyes ribis, Phyllocoptruta oleivora, Boophilus spp., Rhipicephalus spp., Amblyomma spp., Hyalomma spp., Ixodes spp., Psoroptes spp., Chorioptes spp., Sarcoptes spp., Tarsonemus spp., Bryobia praetiosa, Panonychus spp., Tetranychus spp., Hemitarsonemus spp. and Brevipalpus spp.
• the plant-parasitic nematodes include, for example, Pratylenchus spp., Radopholus similis, Ditylenchus dipsaci, Tylenchulus semipenetrans, Heterodera spp., Globodera spp., Meloidogyne spp., Aphelenchoides spp., Longidorus spp., Xiphinema spp., Trichodorus spp. and Bursaphelenchus spp.
• the compounds according to the invention may also be used in certain concentrations or application rates to act as herbicides and microbicides, for example as fungicides, antimycotics and bactericides. If appropriate, they can also be employed as intermediates or precursors for the synthesis of further active compounds.
• Plants are to be understood as meaning in the present context all plants and plant populations such as desired and undesired wild plants or crop plants (including naturally occurring crop plants).
• Crop plants can be plants which can be obtained by conventional plant breeding and optimization methods or by biotechnological and recombinant methods or by combinations of these methods, including the transgenic plants and inclusive of the plant cultivars protectable or not protectable by plant breeders' rights.
• Plant parts are to be understood as meaning all parts and organs of plants above and below the ground, such as shoot, leaf, flower and root, examples which may be mentioned being leaves, needles, stalks, stems, flowers, fruit bodies, fruits, seeds, roots, tubers and rhizomes.
• the plant parts also include harvested material, and vegetative and generative propagation material, for example cuttings, tubers, rhizomes, offsets and seeds.
• the treatment according to the invention of the plants and plant parts with the active compounds is carried out directly or by allowing the compounds to act on their surroundings, habitat or storage space by the customary treatment methods, for example by immersion, spraying, evaporation, fogging, scattering, painting on, injecting and, in the case of propagation material, in particular in the case of seeds, also by applying one or more coats.
• the active compounds can be converted into the customary formulations such as solutions, emulsions, wettable powders, suspensions, powders, dusts, pastes, soluble powders, granules, suspension-emulsion concentrates, natural and synthetic materials impregnated with active compound, and microencapsulations in polymeric materials.
• formulations are produced in a known manner, for example by mixing the active compounds with extenders, that is, liquid solvents and/or solid carriers, optionally with the use of surfactants, that is, emulsifiers and/or dispersants, and/or foam formers.
• extenders that is, liquid solvents and/or solid carriers
• surfactants that is, emulsifiers and/or dispersants, and/or foam formers.
• organic solvents as cosolvents.
• aromatics such as xylene, toluene or alkylnaphthalenes
• chlorinated aromatics and chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons such as chlorobenzenes, chloroethylenes or methylene chloride
• aliphatic hydrocarbons such as cyclohexane or paraffins, for example mineral oil fractions, mineral and vegetable oils
• alcohols such as butanol or glycol and their ethers and esters
• ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone or cyclohexanone
• strongly polar solvents such as dimethylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide, or else water.
• Suitable solid carriers are:
• suitable solid carriers for granules are: for example crushed and fractionated natural rocks such as calcite, marble, pumice, sepiolite and dolomite, or else synthetic granules of inorganic and organic meals, and granules of organic material such as sawdust, coconut shells, maize cobs and tobacco stalks;
• suitable emulsifiers and/or foam formers are: for example nonionic and anionic emulsifiers such as polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters, polyoxyethylene fatty alcohol ethers, for example alkylaryl polyglycol ethers, alkylsulfonates, alkyl sulfates, arylsulfonates, or else protein hydrolysates;
• Tackifiers such as carboxymethylcellulose and natural and synthetic polymers in the form of powders, granules or latices, such as gum arabic, polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl acetate, or else natural phospholipids such as cephalins and lecithins and synthetic phospholipids can be used in the formulations.
• Other additives can be mineral and vegetable oils.
• colorants such as inorganic pigments, for example iron oxide, titanium oxide and Prussian Blue, and organic colorants such as alizarin colorants, azo colorants and metal phthalocyanine colorants, and trace nutrients such as salts of iron, manganese, boron, copper, cobalt, molybdenum and zinc.
• the formulations generally comprise between 0.1 and 95% by weight of active compound, preferably between 0.5 and 90%.
• the active compounds according to the invention can also be used as a mixture with known fungicides, bactericides, acaricides, nematicides or insecticides, for example in order to widen the spectrum of action or to prevent the development of resistances in this way.
• synergistic effects result, i.e. the activity of the mixture exceeds the activity of the individual components.
• bronopol dichlorophen, nitrapyrin, nickel dimethyldithiocarbamate, kasugamycin, octhilinone, furancarboxylic acid, oxytetracyclin, probenazole, streptomycin, tecloftalam, copper sulfate and other copper preparations.
• a mixture with other known active compounds, such as herbicides, or with fertilizers and growth regulators, safeners and/or semiochemicals is also possible.
• the active compounds according to the invention can furthermore be present in the form of a mixture with synergists.
• Synergists are compounds by which the activity of the active compounds is increased without it being necessary for the synergist added to be active itself.
• the active compounds according to the invention can furthermore be present in the form of a mixture with inhibitors which reduce the degradation of the active compound after application in the habitat of the plant, on the surface of parts of plants or in plant tissues.
• the active compound content of the use forms prepared from the commercially available formulations can vary within broad ranges.
• the active compound concentration of the use forms can be from 0.0000001 up to 95% by weight of active compound, preferably between 0.0001 and 1% by weight.
• the active compound When used against hygiene pests and pests of stored products, the active compound is distinguished by excellent residual action on wood and clay as well as good stability to alkali on limed substrates.
• Plants which are treated particularly preferably in accordance with the invention are those of the plant cultivars which are in each case commercially available or in use. Plant cultivars are understood as meaning plants with new traits which have been bred either by conventional breeding, by mutagenesis or by recombinant DNA techniques. They may take the form of cultivars, biotypes and genotypes.
• the treatment according to the invention may also result in superadditive (“synergistic”) effects.
• superadditive for example, reduced application rates and/or a widened activity spectrum and/or an increase in the activity of the substances and compositions which can be used in accordance with the invention, better plant growth, increased tolerance to high or low temperatures, increased tolerance to drought or to salinity in the water or soil, increased flowering performance, facilitated harvesting, accelerated maturation, higher yields, higher quality and/or better nutritional value of the harvested products, better storage characteristics and/or processability of the harvested products are possible which exceed the effects which were actually to be expected.
• the preferred transgenic plants or plant cultivars to be treated in accordance with the invention include all those plants which, owing to the process of recombinant modification, were given genetic material which confers particular, advantageous, valuable traits to these plants. Examples of such properties are better plant growth, increased tolerance to high or low temperatures, increased tolerance to drought or to salinity in the water or soil, increased flowering performance, facilitated harvesting, accelerated maturation, higher yields, higher quality and/or higher nutritional value of the harvested products, better storage characteristics and/or better processability of the harvested products.
• transgenic plants which may be mentioned are the important crop plants, such as cereals (wheat, rice), maize, soybeans, potato, cotton, tobacco, oilseed rape and fruit plants (with the fruits apples, pears, citrus fruits and grapes), with particular emphasis on maize, soybeans, potatoes, cotton, tobacco, and oilseed rape.
• Traits which are especially emphasized are the increased defense of the plants against insects, arachnids, nematodes and slugs and snails, owing to toxins being formed in the plants, in particular toxins which are generated in the plants by the genetic material of Bacillus thuringiensis (for example by the genes CryIA(a), CryIA(b), CryIA(c), CryIIA, CryIIIA, CryIIIB2, Cry9c Cry2Ab, Cry3Bb and CryIF and their combinations; hereinbelow “Bt plants”).
• SAR systemic acquired resistance
• PAT phosphinotricin
• Bt plants are maize cultivars, cotton cultivars, soybean cultivars and potato cultivars which are commercially available under the trade names YIELD GARD® (for example maize, cotton, soybeans), KnockOut® (for example maize), StarLink® (for example maize), Bollgard® (cotton), Nucotn® (cotton) and NewLeaf® (potato).
• YIELD GARD® for example maize, cotton, soybeans
• KnockOut® for example maize
• StarLink® for example maize
• Bollgard® cotton
• Nucotn® cotton
• NewLeaf® potato
• herbicide-tolerant plants examples include maize cultivars, cotton cultivars and soybean cultivars which are commercially available under the trade names Roundup Ready® (tolerance to glyphosate, for example maize, cotton, soybean), Liberty Link® (tolerance to phosphinotricin, for example oilseed rape), IMI® (tolerance to imidazolinones) and STS® (tolerance to sulfonylureas, for example maize).
• Herbicide-resistant plants plants bred in a conventional manner for herbicide tolerance
• Clearfield® for example maize
• the plants listed can be treated particularly advantageously according to the invention with the compounds of the general formula I or the active compound mixtures according to the invention.
• the preferred ranges stated above for the active compounds and mixtures also apply to the treatment of these plants. Particular emphasis may be given to the treatment of plants with the compounds or mixtures specifically mentioned in the present text.
• the active compounds according to the invention are not only active against plant, hygiene and stored-product pests, but also, in the veterinary medicine sector, against animal parasites (ectoparasites), such as ixodid ticks, argasid ticks, scab mites, trombi-culid mites, flies (stinging and sucking), parasitic fly larvae, lice, hair lice, bird lice and fleas.
• animal parasites ectoparasites
• ixodid ticks such as argasid ticks, scab mites, trombi-culid mites, flies (stinging and sucking), parasitic fly larvae, lice, hair lice, bird lice and fleas.
• Anoplurida for example, Haematopinus spp., Linognathus spp., Pediculus spp., Phtirus spp., Solenopotes spp.
• Nematocerina and Brachycerina From the order of the Diptera and the sub-orders Nematocerina and Brachycerina, for example, Aedes spp., Anopheles spp., Culex spp., Simulium spp., Eusimulium spp., Phlebotomus spp., Lutzomyia spp., Culicoides spp., Chrysops spp., Hybomitra spp., Atylotus spp., Tabanus spp., Haematopota spp., Philipomyia spp., Braula spp., Musca spp., Hydrotaea spp., Stomoxys spp., Haematobia spp., Morellia spp., Fannia spp., Glossina spp., Calliphora spp., Glos
• Actinedida Prostigmata
• Acaridida Acaridida
• Acarapis spp. Cheyletiella spp., Ornitrocheyletia spp., Myobia spp., Psorergates spp., Demodex spp., Trombicula spp., Listrophorus spp., Acarus spp., Tyrophagus spp., Caloglyphus spp., Hypodectes spp., Pterolichus spp., Psoroptes spp., Chorioptes spp., Otodectes spp., Sarcoptes spp., Notoedres spp., Knemidocoptes spp., Cytodites spp. and Laminosioptes spp.
• the active compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention are also suitable for controlling arthropods which attack agricultural livestock, such as, for example, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, donkeys, camels, buffaloes, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, honeybees, other domestic animals, such as, for example, dogs, cats, cage birds, aquarium fish, and so-called experimental animals, such as, for example, hamsters, guinea-pigs, rats and mice.
• arthropods By combating these arthropods, it is intended to reduce deaths and decreased performances (in meat, milk, wool, hides, eggs, honey and the like), so that more economical and simpler animal keeping is made possible by using the active compounds according to the invention.
• the active compounds according to the invention are used in a known manner by enteral administration, for example in the form of tablets, capsules, drinks, drenches, granules, pastes, boli, the feed-through method, suppositories, by parenteral administration, such as, for example, by means of injections (intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, intraperitoneal and the like), implants, by nasal application, by dermal administration, for example in the form of dipping or bathing, spraying, pouring-on and spotting-on, washing, dusting, and with the aid of shaped articles which comprise active compound, such as collars, ear tags, tail marks, limb bands, halters, marking devices and the like.
• enteral administration for example in the form of tablets, capsules, drinks, drenches, granules, pastes, boli, the feed-through method, suppositories
• parenteral administration such as, for example, by means of injections (intramuscular, subcutaneous, intrave
• the active compounds of the formula (I) can be used as formulations (for example powders, emulsions, flowables) which comprise the active compounds in an amount of 1 to 80% by weight, either directly or after dilution by a factor of 100 to 10 000, or they may be used in the form of a chemical bath.
• formulations for example powders, emulsions, flowables
• the compounds according to the invention have a potent insecticidal action against insects which destroy industrial materials.
• insects may be mentioned by way of example and as being preferred, but without any limitation:
• Kalotermes flavicollis Cryptotermes brevis, Heterotermes indicola, Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermes santonensis, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Mastotermes darwiniensis, Zootermopsis nevadensis, Coptotermes formosanus.
• Bristletails such as Lepisma saccharina.
• Industrial materials are to be understood as meaning, in the present context, non-live materials, such as, preferably, synthetic materials, glues, sizes, paper and board, leather, wood and timber products, and paint.
• the materials to be very particularly preferably protected against attack by insects are wood and timber products.
• Wood and timber products which can be protected by the composition according to the invention or mixtures comprising such a composition are to be understood as meaning, for example: construction timber, wooden beams, railway sleepers, bridge components, jetties, wooden vehicles, boxes, pallets, containers, telephone poles, wood cladding, windows and doors made of wood, plywood, particle board, joiner's articles, or wood products which, quite generally, are used in the construction of houses or in joinery.
• the active compounds can be used as such, in the form of concentrates or generally customary formulations, such as powders, granules, solutions, suspensions, emulsions or pastes.
• the formulations mentioned can be prepared in a manner known per se, for example by mixing the active compounds with at least one solvent or diluent, emulsifier, dispersant and/or binder or fixative, water repellent, if appropriate desiccants and UV stabilizers and, if appropriate, colorants and pigments and other processing auxiliaries.
• the insecticidal compositions or concentrates used for the protection of wood and wooden materials comprise the active compound according to the invention in a concentration of 0.0001 to 95% by weight, in particular 0.001 to 60% by weight.
• compositions or concentrates employed depends on the species and the occurrence of the insects and on the medium. The optimum rate of application can be determined upon use in each case by a test series. However, in general, it suffices to employ 0.0001 to 20% by weight, preferably 0.001 to 10% by weight, of the active compound, based on the material to be protected.
• the solvent and/or diluent used is an organochemical solvent or solvent mixture and/or an oily or oil-type organochemical solvent or solvent mixture of low volatility and/or a polar organochemical solvent or solvent mixture and/or water and, if appropriate, an emulsifier and/or wetting agent.
• Organochemical solvents which are preferably employed are oily or oil-type solvents having an evaporation number of above 35 and a flashpoint of above 30° C., preferably above 45° C.
• Substances which are used as such oily and oil-type solvents which have low volatility and are insoluble in water are suitable mineral oils or their aromatic fractions, or mineral-oil-containing solvent mixtures, preferably white spirit, petroleum and/or alkylbenzene.
• Substances which are advantageously used are mineral oils with a boiling range of 170 to 220° C., white spirit with a boiling range of 170 to 220° C., spindle oil with a boiling range of 250 to 350° C., petroleum or aromatics of boiling range 160 to 280° C., essence of terpentine and the like.
• liquid aliphatic hydrocarbons with a boiling range of 180 to 210° C. or high-boiling mixtures of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons with a boiling range of 180 to 220° C. and/or spindle oil and/or monochloronaphthalene, preferably ⁇ -monochloronaphthalene, are used.
• organic oily or oil-type solvents of low volatility having an evaporation number of above 35 and a flashpoint of above 30° C., preferably above 45° C. can be partially replaced by organochemical solvents of high or medium volatility, with the proviso that the solvent mixture also has an evaporation number of above 35 and a flashpoint of above 30° C., preferably above 45° C., and that the insecticide/fungicide mixture is soluble or emulsifiable in this solvent mixture.
• organochemical solvent or solvent mixture part of the organochemical solvent or solvent mixture or an aliphatic polar organochemical solvent or solvent mixture is replaced.
• Substances which are preferably used are aliphatic organochemical solvents having hydroxyl and/or ester and/or ether groups, such as, for example, glycol ethers, esters and the like.
• the organochemical binders used within the scope of the present invention are the synthetic resins and/or binding drying oils which are known per se and can be diluted with water and/or are soluble or dispersible or emulsifiable in the organochemical solvents employed, in particular binders composed of, or comprising, an acrylate resin, a vinyl resin, for example polyvinyl acetate, polyester resin, polycondensation or polyaddition resin, polyurethane resin, alkyd resin or modified alkyd resin, phenol resin, hydrocarbon resin, such as indene/coumarone resin, silicone resin, drying vegetable and/or drying oils and/or physically drying binders based on a natural and/or synthetic resin.
• binders composed of, or comprising, an acrylate resin, a vinyl resin, for example polyvinyl acetate, polyester resin, polycondensation or polyaddition resin, polyurethane resin, alkyd resin or modified alkyd resin, phenol resin, hydrocarbon resin, such as
• the synthetic resin used as the binder can be employed in the form of an emulsion, dispersion or solution. Up to 10% by weight of bitumen or bituminous substances can also be used as binders. In addition, colorants, pigments, water repellents, odor-masking substances and inhibitors or anticorrosives known per se and the like can also be employed.
• composition or the concentrate preferably comprises, in accordance with the invention, at least one alkyd resin or modified alkyd resin and/or a drying vegetable oil as the organochemical binder.
• alkyd resins with an oil content of over 45% by weight, preferably 50 to 68% by weight.
• binder can be replaced by a fixative (mixture) or a plasticizer (mixture).
• fixative mixture
• plasticizer mixture
• additives are intended to prevent volatilization of the active compounds and crystallization or precipitation. They preferably replace 0.01 to 30% of the binder (based on 100% of binder employed).
• the plasticizers are from the chemical classes of the phthalic esters, such as dibutyl phthalate, dioctyl phthalate or benzyl butyl phthalate, the phosphoric esters, such as tributyl phosphate, the adipic esters, such as di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, the stearates, such as butyl stearate or amyl stearate, the oleates, such as butyl oleate, the glycerol ethers or relatively high-molecular-weight glycol ethers, glycerol esters and p-toluenesulfonic esters.
• the phthalic esters such as dibutyl phthalate, dioctyl phthalate or benzyl butyl phthalate
• the phosphoric esters such as tributyl phosphate
• the adipic esters such as di(2-ethy
• Fixatives are chemically based on polyvinyl alkyl ethers, such as, for example, polyvinyl methyl ether, or ketones, such as benzophenone or ethylenebenzophenone.
• Particularly suitable as a solvent or diluent is also water, if appropriate as a mixture with one or more of the abovementioned organochemical solvents or diluents, emulsifiers and dispersants.
• the ready-to-use compositions can additionally comprise other insecticides and, if appropriate, additionally one or more fungicides.
• Suitable additional components which may be admixed are, preferably, the insecticides and fungicides mentioned in WO 94/29 268.
• the compounds mentioned in that document are expressly part of the present application.
• Very particularly preferred components which may be admixed are insecticides, such as chlorpyriphos, phoxim, silafluofin, alphamethrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, imidacloprid, NI-25, flufenoxuron, hexaflumuron, transfluthrin, thiacloprid, methoxyphenoxid, triflumuron, chlothianidin, spinosad, tefluthrin,
• insecticides such as chlorpyriphos, phoxim, silafluofin, alphamethrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, imidacloprid, NI-25, flufenoxuron, hexaflumuron, transfluthrin, thiacloprid, methoxyphenoxid, triflumuron, chlot
• fungicides such as epoxyconazole, hexaconazole, azaconazole, propiconazole, tebuconazole, cyproconazole, metconazole, imazalil, dichlorfluanid, tolylfluanid, 3-iodo-2-propynylbutyl carbamate, N-octyl-isothiazolin-3-one and 4,5-dichloro-N-octylisothiazolin-3-one.
• the compounds according to the invention can at the same time be employed for protecting objects which come into contact with salt water or brackish water, in particular hulls, screens, nets, buildings, moorings and signaling systems, against fouling.
• Ledamorpha group such as various Lepas and Scalpellum species
• Balanomorpha group acorn barnacles
• Balanus or Pollicipes species increases the frictional drag of ships and, as a consequence, leads to a marked increase in operation costs owing to higher energy consumption and additionally frequent residence in the dry dock.
• the ready-to-use antifouling paints can additionally comprise other active compounds, preferably algicides, fungicides, herbicides, molluscicides, or other antifouling active compounds.
• suitable components in combination with the antifouling compositions according to the invention are:
• algicides such as 2-tert-butylamino-4-cyclopropylamino-6-methylthio-1,3,5-triazine, dichlorophen, diuron, endothal, fentin acetate, isoproturon, methabenzthiazuron, oxyfluorfen, quinoclamine and terbutryn; fungicides such as benzo[b]thiophenecarboxylic acid cyclohexylamide S,S-dioxide, dichlofluanid, fluorfolpet, 3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate, tolylfluanid and azoles such as azaconazole, cyproconazole, epoxyconazole, hexaconazole, metconazole, propiconazole and tebuconazole; molluscicides such as fentin acetate, metaldehyde, methiocarb, niclosamid
• the antifouling compositions used comprise the active compound according to the invention of the compounds according to the invention in a concentration of 0.001 to 50% by weight, in particular 0.01 to 20% by weight.
• antifouling compositions according to the invention comprise the customary components such as, for example, those described in Ungerer, Chem. Ind. 1985, 37, 730-732 and Williams, Antifouling Marine Coatings, Noyes, Park Ridge, 1973.
• antifouling paints comprise, in particular, binders.
• Examples of recognized binders are polyvinyl chloride in a solvent system, chlorinated rubber in a solvent system, acrylic resins in a solvent system, in particular in an aqueous system, vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer systems in the form of aqueous dispersions or in the form of organic solvent systems, butadiene/styrene/acrylonitrile rubbers, drying oils such as linseed oil, resin esters or modified hardened resins in combination with tar or bitumens, asphalt and epoxy compounds, small amounts of chlorine rubber, chlorinated polypropylene and vinyl resins.
• paints also comprise inorganic pigments, organic pigments or colorants which are preferably insoluble in salt water. Paints may furthermore comprise materials such as rosin to allow controlled release of the active compounds. Furthermore, the paints may comprise plasticizers, modifiers which affect the rheological properties and other conventional constituents.
• the compounds according to the invention or the abovementioned mixtures may also be incorporated into self-polishing antifouling systems.
• the active compounds are also suitable for controlling animal pests, in particular insects, arachnids and mites, which are found in enclosed spaces such as, for example, dwellings, factory halls, offices, vehicle cabins and the like. They can be employed in domestic insecticide products for controlling these pests alone or in combination with other active compounds and auxiliaries. They are active against sensitive and resistant species and against all development stages. These pests include:
• Acarina for example, Argas persicus, Argas reflexus, Bryobia ssp., Dermanyssus gallinae, Glyciphagus domesticus, Ornithodorus moubat, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Trombicula alfreddugesi, Neutrombicula autumnalis, Dermatophagoides pteronissimus, Dermatophagoides forinae.
• Opiliones From the order of the Opiliones, for example, Pseudoscorpiones chelifer, Pseudoscorpiones cheiridium, Opiliones phalangium.
• Saltatoria for example, Acheta domesticus.
• Anthrenus spp. From the order of the Coleptera, for example, Anthrenus spp., Attagenus spp., Dermestes spp., Latheticus oryzae, Necrobia spp., Ptinus spp., Rhizopertha dominica, Sitophilus granarius, Sitophilus oryzae, Sitophilus zeamais, Stegobium paniceum.
• Aedes aegypti Aedes albopictus, Aedes taeniorhynchus, Anopheles spp., Calliphora erythrocephala, Chrysozona pluvialis, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex pipiens, Culex tarsalis, Drosophila spp., Fannia canicularis, Musca domestica, Phlebotomus spp., Sarcophaga carnaria, Simulium spp., Stomoxys calcitrans, Tipula paludosa.
• Lepidoptera From the order of the Lepidoptera, for example, Achroia grisella, Galleria mellonella, Plodia interpunctella, Tinea cloacella, Tinea pellionella, Tineola bisselliella.
• Ctenocephalides canis Ctenocephalides felis, Pulex irritans, Tunga penetrans, Xenopsylla cheopis.
• Hymenoptera From the order of the Hymenoptera, for example, Camponotus herculeanus, Lasius fuliginosus, Lasius niger, Lasius umbratus, Monomorium pharaonis, Paravespula spp., Tetramorium caespitum.
• the active compounds according to the invention can also be used as defoliants, desiccants, haulm killers and, in particular, as weed killers. Weeds in the broadest sense are understood as meaning all plants which grow at locations where they are undesired. Whether the substances according to the invention act as nonselective or selective herbicides depends essentially on the application rate.
• the active compounds according to the invention can be used, for example, in the following plants:
• Monocotyledonous crops of the genera Allium, Ananas, Asparagus, Avena, Hordeum, Oryza, Panicum, Saccharum, Secale, Sorghum, Triticale, Triticum, Zea.
• the active compounds according to the invention are suitable for the nonselective weed control on, for example, industrial terrains and railway tracks and on paths and locations with and without trees.
• the active compounds according to the invention can be employed for controlling weeds in perennial crops, for example forests, ornamental tree plantings, orchards, vineyards, citrus groves, nut orchards, banana plantations, coffee plantations, tea plantations, rubber plantations, oil palm plantations, cocoa plantations, soft fruit plantings and hop fields, on lawns, turf and pastureland, and for the selective control of weeds in annual crops.
• the compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention have strong herbicidal activity and a broad activity spectrum when used on the soil and on aerial plant parts. To a certain extent, they are also suitable for the selective control of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous weeds in monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crops, both pre- and post-emergence.
• the active compounds according to the invention can also be employed for controlling animal pests and fungal or bacterial plant diseases. If appropriate, they can also be used as intermediates or precursors for the synthesis of other active compounds.
• the active compounds can be converted into the customary formulations, such as solutions, emulsions, wettable powders, suspensions, powders, dusting agents, pastes, soluble powders, granules, suspoemulsion concentrates, natural and synthetic materials impregnated with active compound, and very fine capsules in polymeric substances.
• formulations are produced in a known manner, for example by mixing the active compounds with extenders, that is liquid solvents and/or solid carriers, optionally with the use of surfactants, that is emulsifiers and/or dispersants and/or foam-formers.
• Suitable liquid solvents are essentially: aromatics, such as xylene, toluene or alkylnaphthalenes, chlorinated aromatics and chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as chlorobenzenes, chloroethylenes or methylene chloride, aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as cyclohexane or paraffins, for example petroleum fractions, mineral and vegetable oils, alcohols, such as butanol or glycol, and also their ethers and esters, ketones, such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone or cyclohexanone, strongly polar solvents, such as dimethylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide, and also water.
• aromatics such as xylene, toluene or alkylnaphthalenes
• chlorinated aromatics and chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons such as chlorobenzenes, chloroethylenes or methylene chlor
• Suitable solid carriers are: for example ammonium salts and ground natural minerals, such as kaolins, clays, talc, chalk, quartz, attapulgite, montmorillonite or diatomaceous earth, and ground synthetic minerals, such as finely divided silica, alumina and silicates
• suitable solid carriers for granules are: for example crushed and fractionated natural rocks such as calcite, marble, pumice, sepiolite and dolomite, and also synthetic granules of inorganic and organic meals, and granules of organic material such as sawdust, coconut shells, maize cobs and tobacco stalks
• suitable emulsifiers and/or foam-formers are: for example non-ionic and anionic emulsifiers, such as polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters, polyoxyethylene fatty alcohol ethers, for example alkylaryl polyglycol ethers, alkylsulfonates, alkyl sulfates, aryls
• Tackifiers such as carboxymethylcellulose and natural and synthetic polymers in the form of powders, granules or latices, such as gum arabic, polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl acetate, and also natural phospholipids, such as cephalins and lecithins, and synthetic phospholipids, can be used in the formulations.
• Other possible additives are mineral and vegetable oils.
• colorants such as inorganic pigments, for example iron oxide, titanium oxide and Prussian Blue, and organic colorants, such as alizarin colorants, azo colorants and metal phthalocyanine colorants, and trace nutrients such as salts of iron, manganese, boron, copper, cobalt, molybdenum and zinc.
• the formulations generally comprise between 0.1 and 95 percent by weight of active compound, preferably between 0.5 and 90%.
• the active compounds according to the invention can also be used for weed control purposes as a mixture with known herbicides and/or with substances which improve crop plant tolerance (“safeners”), ready mixes or tank mixes being possible. Mixtures with herbicide products which contain one or more known herbicides and a safener are hence also possible.
• safeners substances which improve crop plant tolerance
• Herbicides which are suitable for the mixtures are known herbicides, for example
• acetochlor acifluorfen (-sodium), aclonifen, alachlor, alloxydim (-sodium), ametryne, amicarbazone, amidochlor, amidosulfuron, aminopyralid, anilofos, asulam, atrazine, azafenidin, azimsulfuron, beflubutamid, benazolin (-ethyl), bencarbazone, benfuresate, bensulfuron (-methyl), bentazone, benzfendizone, benzobicyclon, benzofenap, benzoylprop (-ethyl), bialaphos, bifenox, bispyribac (-sodium), bromobutide, bromofenoxim, bromoxynil, butachlor, butafenacil (-allyl), butroxydim, butylate, cafenstrole, caloxydim, carbetamide, carfen
• a mixture with other known active compounds such as fungicides, insecticides, acaricides, nematicides, bird repellents, plant nutrients and soil conditioners, is also possible.
• the active compounds or active compound combinations can be applied as such, in the form of their formulations or the use forms prepared therefrom by further dilution, such as ready-to-use solutions, suspensions, emulsions, powders, pastes and granules. They are applied in the customary manner, for example by pouring, spraying, atomizing, spreading.
• the active compounds or active compound combinations according to the invention can be applied both before and after plant emergence. They can also be incorporated into the soil prior to planting.
• the application rate of active compound can vary within a substantial range. Essentially, it depends on the nature of the desired effect. In general, the application rates are between 1 g and 10 kg of active compound per hectare of soil area, preferably between 5 g and 5 kg per ha.
• the advantageous effect of the compatibility with crop plants of the active compound combinations according to the invention is particularly pronounced at certain concentration ratios.
• the weight ratios of the active compounds in the active compound combinations can be varied within relatively wide ranges. In general,
• salts from 0.001 to 1000 parts by weight, preferably from 0.01 to 100 parts by weight, particularly preferably 0.05 to 20 parts by weight, of one of the compounds which improves crop plant compatibility (antidotes/safeners) mentioned above under (b′) are present per part by weight of active compound of the formula (I).
• the active compound combinations according to the invention are generally applied in the form of finished formulations.
• the active compounds contained in the active compound combinations can, as individual formulations, also be mixed during use, i.e. be applied in the form of tank mixes.
• mineral or vegetable oils which are tolerated by plants for example the commercial preparation “Rako Binol”
• ammonium salts such as, for example, ammonium sulfate or ammonium thiocyanate.
• novel active compound combinations can be used as such, in the form of their formulations or the use forms prepared therefrom by further dilution, such as ready-to-use solutions, suspensions, emulsions, powders, pastes and granules.
• Application is in the customary manner, for example by pouring, spraying, atomizing, dusting or scattering.
• the application rates of the active compound combinations according to the invention can be varied within a certain range; they depend, inter alia, on the weather and on soil factors. In general, the application rates are between 0.001 and 5 kg per ha, preferably between 0.005 and 2 kg per ha, particularly preferably between 0.01 and 0.5 kg per ha.
• the active compound combinations according to the invention can be applied before and after emergence of the plants, that is to say by the pre-emergence and post-emergence method.
• the safeners to be used according to the invention can be used for pretreating the seed of the crop plant (seed dressing) or can be introduced into the seed furrows prior to sowing or be used separately prior to the herbicide or together with the herbicide, before or after emergence of the plants.
• plants which may be mentioned are important crop plants, such as cereals (wheat, barley, rice), maize, soybeans, potatoes, cotton, oilseed rape, beet, sugar cane and also fruit plants (with the fruits apples, pears, citrus fruits and grapevines), greater emphasis being given to maize, soybeans, potatoes, cotton and oilseed rape.
• active compounds always also includes the active compound combinations mentioned here.
• the organic phase is separated off, the solvent is removed using a rotary evaporator and the precipitate is saturated with n-heptane.
• the precipitate is filtered off with suction.
• the compounds of the formula (I-a) can be prepared by the processes described in WO 01/74770:
• Alk represents C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, preferably methyl or ethyl.
• the process is characterized in that 2,6-diethyl-4-methylbromobenzene is reacted with tert-butyl acetate, if appropriate in the presence of a diluent, if appropriate in the presence of a base, if appropriate in the presence of a phosphine ligand and if appropriate in the presence of palladium (0) compounds, and then reacted with an acid.
• Suitable diluents for use in the process according to the invention are all solvents which are inert to the reagents. Preference is given to using hydrocarbons, such as benzine, benzene, toluene, xylene and tetraline, furthermore ethers, such as diethyl ether, dimethoxyethane, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane.
• hydrocarbons such as benzine, benzene, toluene, xylene and tetraline
• ethers such as diethyl ether, dimethoxyethane, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane.
• Suitable bases for the reaction according to the process according to the invention are lithium amide bases, preferably lithium hexyldisilazide, lithium diisopropylamide, lithium dicyclohexylamide.
• Suitable phosphine ligands are, for example, in particular tri-tert-butylphosphine and 2-dicyclohexylphosphino(2′-N,N-dimethylamino)biphenyl.
• a palladium (0) compound which may be mentioned by way of example is bis-(dibenzylideneacetone)-palladium.
• Acids which may be mentioned are organic acids, for example formic acid, or inorganic acids, for example hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid.
• the reaction temperature in the process according to the invention may be varied within a relatively wide range.
• the process is carried out at temperatures between ⁇ 80° C. and +150° C., preferably between 0° C. and 100° C.
• the starting materials are generally each employed in approximately equivalent amounts.
• a further process for preparing 2,6-diethyl-4-methylphenylacetic acid comprises the reaction of 2,6-diethyl-4-methylphenylmalodinitrile with acids, if appropriate in the presence of a diluent, and the subsequent reaction with an acid.
• Suitable acids are mineral acids, for example concentrated sulfuric acid.
• the reaction temperature may be varied within a relatively wide range. In general, the process is carried out at temperatures between 0 and 150° C.
• the starting materials are generally each employed in approximately equivalent amounts.
• the residue is filtered off with suction through a frit, washed with ethyl acetate/n-heptane 1:4, dried (0.5 g), and the solvent is removed using a rotary evaporator.
• the residue of the mother liquor is purified by column-chromatographic separation (silica gel, ethyl acetate/n-heptane 1:4 ⁇ 1:1.
• the fractions are concentrated using a concentrated evaporator, stirred with ethyl acetate/n-heptane 1:9 for 10 minutes and filtered off with suction through a frit, and the filter cake is washed with n-heptane and dried (0.85 g).
• the mixture is stirred at 40° C. for 1 h (monitored by TLC).
• the solvent is removed using a rotary evaporator.
• the residue is purified by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane:ethyl acetate, 2:1).
• component D′ route 2 in 15 ml of dimethylactamide are added to 3.9 g of potassium tert-butoxide in 20 ml of dimethylacetamide.
• the mixture is stirred at 80° C. and the reaction is monitored by TLC.
• the reaction solution is added to 200 ml of ice-water, the pH is adjusted to 2 using concentrated hydrochloric acid and the precipitate is filtered off with suction.
• the precipitate is purified using methyl tert-butyl ether/hexane.
• the product is purified by column chromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane; ethyl acetate, 3:1).
• the reaction mixture was put into a mixture of 10 ml of hydrochloric acid and 200 ml of water, and 400 ml of dichloromethane were added. After 30 min of stirring, the solid was separated off and washed with dichloromethane. The organic phase was removed from the mother liquor and dried with magnesium sulfate. Column filtration on silica gel using ethyl acetate/n-heptane 1:6 gave 12.1 g of product. The viscous oil was reacted further without further purification.
• Test compounds formulated in the form of wettable powders (WP) are then, as an aqueous suspension with a water application rate of 600 l/ha (converted), with 0.2% of wetting agent added, applied to the surface of the covering soil in various dosages.
• WP wettable powders
• the following compounds show an activity of ⁇ 80% against Avena sativa, Lolium multiflorum and Setaria viridis : I-a-8, I-a-9, I-b-5, I-b-13, I-b-14, I-c-3.
• Test compounds formulated as wettable powders (WP) are then, in various dosages with a water application rate of 600 l/ha (converted), with 0.2% of wetting agent added, sprayed onto the green parts of the plants.
• the following compounds show an activity of ⁇ 80% against Avena sativa, Echinochloa crus - galli, Lolium multiflorum and Setaria viridis : I-a-2, I-a-4, I-a-8, I-a-10, I-b-3, I-b-4, I-b-5, I-b-6, I-b-7, I-b-8, I-b-11, I-b-13, I-b-14, I-c-3, I-c-4, I-c-5, I-c-6.
• Test plants are placed into sandy loam in wood fiber pots or in plastic pots, covered with soil and cultivated in a greenhouse, during the vegetation period also outdoors outside of the greenhouse, under good growth conditions.
• the test plants are treated at the one- to three-leaf stage.
• the test compounds formulated as wettable powders (WP) or liquid (EC) are, in various dosages with a water application rate of 300 l/ha (converted), with wetting agent (0.2 to 0.3%) added, sprayed onto the plants and the surface of the soil.
• WP wettable powders
• EC liquid
• Example 25 28 days after application Application Summer wheat g of a.i./ha observed (%)
• Example 25 90 I-b-1
• Example 12.5 95 I-b-2
• active compound 1 part by weight of active compound is mixed with the stated amounts of solvents and emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with emulsifier-containing water to the desired concentration.
• Disks of Chinese cabbage Brassica pekinensis ) which are infested by all stages of the green peach aphid ( Myzus persicae ) are sprayed with a preparation of active compound of the desired concentration.
• the activity in % is determined. 100% means that all aphids have been killed, 0% means that none of the aphids have been killed.
• Tetranychus test - (OP-resistance/spray treatment)
• Solvents 78 parts by weight of acetone 1.5 parts by weight of dimethylformamide
• Emulsifier 0.5 part by weight of alkylaryl polyglycol ether
• active compound 1 part by weight of active compound is mixed with the stated amounts of solvents and emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with emulsifier-containing water to the desired concentration.
• Disks of bean leaves Phaseolus vulgaris ) infested by all stages of the greenhouse red spider mite ( Tetranychus urticae ) are sprayed with a preparation of active compound of the desired concentration.
• the activity in % is determined. 100% means that all spider mites have been killed, 0% means that none of the spider mites have been killed.
• Vessels are filled with sand, solution of active compound, Meloidogyne incognita egg/larva suspension and lettuce seeds.
• the lettuce seeds germinate and the plants develop. On the roots, galls are formed.
• the nematicidal activity is determined in % by the formation of galls. 100% means that no galls have been found; 0% means that the number of galls on the treated plants corresponds to that of the untreated control.
• Phaedon test (PHAECO spray treatment) Solvents: 78 parts by weight of acetone 1.5 parts by weight of dimethylformamide Emulsifier: 0.5 part by weight of alkylaryl polyglycol ether
• active compound 1 part by weight of active compound is mixed with the stated amounts of solvents and emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with emulsifier-containing water to the desired concentration.
• Disks of Chinese cabbage ( Brassica pekinensis ) are sprayed with a preparation of active compound of the desired concentration and, after drying, populated with larvae of the mustard beetle ( Phaedon cochleariae ).
• active compound 1 part by weight of active compound is mixed with the stated amount of solvent, the stated amount of emulsifier is added and the concentrate is diluted with water to the desired concentration.
• the preparation of active compound is poured onto the soil.
• concentration of active compound in the preparation is virtually immaterial; only the amount by weight of active compound per volume unit of soil, which is stated in ppm (mg/l) matters.
• the soil is filled into 0.25 l pots, and these are allowed to stand at 20° C.
• active compound 1 part by weight of active compound is mixed with the stated amount of solvent and the stated amount of emulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with water to the desired concentration.
• Soybean shoots ( Glycine max ) of the cultivar Roundup Ready (trademark of Monsanto Comp. USA) are treated by being dipped into the preparation of active compound of the desired concentration and are populated with the tobacco butterworm Heliothis virescens while the leaves are still moist.
• the kill of the insects is determined.

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