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• This invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic compounds useful as fungicides.
• Certain chromones and their isomeric coumarins have been disclosed as having fungicidal properties.
• USP 4065574 discloses fungicidal chromones which are substituted in the 2-position by various groups including hydroxy.
• EP 567828 discloses fungicidal phenylacrylate derivatives in which a coumarinyloxymethyl or chromonyloxymethyl group is attached to the 2-position of the phenyl group. In this patent the phenylacrylate part of the molecule would be considered as the toxophore.
• USP 4380649 discloses coumarin substituted in the 4 position by an isophoronyloxy group and no other substituent.
• the invention provides the use as fungicides of compounds of formula I
• R 1 is hydrogen, or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl or heterocyclyl group;
• R 2 , R 3 and R 4 which may be the same or different, are as defined above for R 1 , or are acyl, or
• each X which may be the same as or different from any other X, is halogen, CN, NO2, SF5, B(OH)2, trialkylsilyl or a group E, OE or S(0) n E where E is a group as defined hereinbefore for R or is optionally substituted amino; or two adjacent groups X together with the atoms to which they are attached form an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; n is 0, 1 or 2; and p is 0 to 4. with the proviso: a) when W is O, R 2 cannot be o-substituted benzyl, and b) when p is 0, R 1 is not hydrogen.
• R1 is an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or phenyl group
• R 2 , R 3 and R 4 which may be the same or different, are as defined above for R 1 , or are acyl or optionally substituted heterocyclyl, or
• each X which may be the same as or different from any other X, is halogen, CN, NO2, SF5, B(OH>2, trialkylsilyl or a group E, OE or S(0) n E where E is a group as defined hereinbefore for R 2 or is optionally substituted amino; or two adjacent groups X together with the atoms to which they are attached form an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; n is 0, 1 or 2; and p is 1 or 2 with one X group being in the 6-position, with the proviso: a) when Z is CO and WR 2 is methoxy, R 1 is not 1 -methylbenzyl or 1 , 1 -dimethylallyl, b) when Z is CO and WR 2 is M ⁇ 2, two X groups cannot form a benzo
• Any alkyl group present in the molecule is preferably of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, especially of 1 to 7 carbon atoms, and particularly of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and may be straight or branched.
• Any alkenyl or alkynyl group present in the molecule may be straight or branched, and is preferably of 2 to 7 carbon atoms, for example allyl, vinyl or propargyl.
• Any cycloalkyl group present in the molecule is preferably of 3 to 7 carbon atoms, especially cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, or cyclohexyl.
• alkenyl, alkynyl or cycloalkyl moiety may for example be halogen, cyano, tralkylsilyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted alkylthio, hydroxy, nitro, optionally substituted amino, acyl, acyloxy, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted heterocyclyl, optionally substituted phenylthio, optionally substituted phenoxy, optionally substituted heterocyclyloxy, optionally substituted heterocyclylthio or oxidised derivatives of thio-containing groups. Cycloalkyl groups may also be substituted by alkyl.
• heterocyclyl includes both heteroaryl groups as described below and non- aromatic heterocyclyl groups.
• Heteroaryl groups are generally 5- or 6-membered rings containing up to 4 hetero atoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, optionally fused to a benzene ring.
• heteroaryl groups are those derived from thiophene, furan, pyrrole, thiazole, oxazole, imidazole, isothiazole, isoxazole, pyrazole, 1 ,3,4- oxadiazole, 1 ,3,4-thiadiazole, 1 ,2,4-oxadiazole, 1 ,2,4-thiadiazole, 1 ,2,4-triazole, 1 ,2,3-triazole, tetrazole, benzo[b]thiophene, benzo[b]furan, indole, benzo[c]thiophene, benzo[c]furan, isoindole, benzoxazole, benzothiazole, benzimidazole, benzisoxazole, benzisothiazole, indazole, benzothiadiazole, benzotriazole, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, carbazole, pyridine,
• Non-aromatic heterocyclyl groups are generally 3, 5, 6 or 7-membered rings containing up to 3 hetero atoms from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, for example oxiranyl, thiiranyl, thiazolinyl, dioxolanyl, 1 ,3-benzoxazinyl, 1 ,3-benzothiazinyl, morpholino, pyrazolinyl, sulfolanyl, dihydroquinazolinyl, piperidi ⁇ yl, phthalimido, tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydropyranyl, pyrrolidinyl, indolinyl, 2-oxopyrrolidino, 2-oxobenzoxazolin-3-yl or tetrahydroazepinyl.
• Substituents when present on any phenyl or heterocyclyl group may for example be halogen, CN, N0 2 , SF 5 , B(OH>2, trialkylsilyl, acyl, O-acyl or a group E, OE or
• acyl includes the residue of sulfur and phosphorus-containing acids as well as carboxylic acids.
• Examples of acyl groups are thus -COR 5 , -COOR 5 , -CLNR 5 R 6 , -CON(R 5 )OR 6 , -COONR 5 R 6 , -CON(R 5 )NR 6 R 7 , -COSR 5 , -CSSR 5 ,
• R 5 , R 6 and R 7 which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkenyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted heterocyclyl, or R 5 and R 6 , or R 6 and R 7 , together with the atom(s) to which they are attached can form a ring, q is 1 or 2 and L is 0 or S.
• Amino groups may be substituted for example by one or two optionally substituted alkyl or acyl groups, or two substituents can form a ring, preferably a 5- to 7- membered ring, which may be substituted and may contain other hetero atoms, for example morpholine.
• p is generally 1 or 2.
• X is preferably halogen; alkyl, e.g. C -
• alkynyl e.g. C2-4-alkynyl, optionally substituted by trialkylsilyl
• alkoxy e.g. C-j ⁇ -alkoxy, especially methoxy
• haloalkoxy e.g. halo-C - ⁇ .5-alkoxy
• alkenyloxy e.g. C2-4-alkenyloxy
• alkynyloxy e.g. C2-4-alkynyloxy
• cycloalkyloxy e.g. C3_6_cycloalkyloxy
• alkylthio e.g.
• W is preferably O, S, SO, SO2, NH or N-alkyl, e.g. N-methyl.
• R 1 is preferably C3_6-cycloalkyl; C2-4-alkenyl; phenyl or alkyl, e.g. C -j _s-alkyl, optionally substituted by hydroxy, hydroxyimino, C - ⁇ g-alkoxyimino or
• R 2 is preferably C3.6-cycloalkyl; phenyl; or alkyl, e.g. C -
• X is preferably in the 6 position or the 6 and 8-positions on the ring.
• the invention also includes the compounds disclosed in the Examples except those where WR 2 is OH, which are synthesised as intermediates.
• the compounds of the invention have activity as fungicides, especially against fungal diseases of plants, e.g. mildews and particularly cereal powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis), vine powdery mildew (Uncinula necator), vine downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola), rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae), cereal eyespot (Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides) , rice sheath blight (Pellicularia sasakii), grey mould ⁇ Botrytis cinerea), damping off (Rhizoctonia solani), wheat brown rust (Puccinia recondita), late tomato or potato blight (Phytophthora infestans), apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis), glume blotch (Leptosphaeria nodorum).
• Other fungi against which the compounds may be active include other powdery mildews, other rusts, and
• the invention thus also provides a method of combating fungi at a locus infested or liable to be infested therewith, which comprises applying to the locus a compound of formula I.
• the invention also provides an agricultural composition
• an agricultural composition comprising a compound of formula I in admixture with an agriculturally acceptable diluent or carrier.
• composition of the invention may of course include more than one compound of the invention.
• composition can comprise one or more additional active ingredients, for example compounds known to possess plant-growth regulant, herbicidal, fungicidal, insectieidal or acaricidal properties.
• additional active ingredients for example compounds known to possess plant-growth regulant, herbicidal, fungicidal, insectieidal or acaricidal properties.
• the compound of the invention can be used in sequence with the other active ingredient.
• the diluent or carrier in the composition of the invention can be a solid or a Iiquid optionally in association with a surface-active agent, for example a dispersing agent, emulsifying agent or wetting agent.
• Suitable surface-active agents include anionic compounds such as a carboxylate, for example a metal carboxylate of a long chain fatty acid; an N-acylsarcosinate; mono- or di-esters of phosphoric acid with fatty alcohol ethoxylates or salts of such esters; fatty alcohol sulfates such as sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium octadecyl sulfate or sodium cetyl sulfate; ethoxylated fatty alcohol sulfates; ethoxylated alkylphenol sulfates; lignin sulfonates; petroleum sulfonates; alkyl-aryl sulfonates such as alkyl-benzen
• butyl-naphthalene sulfonate salts of sulfonated naphthalene-formaldehyde condensates; salts of sulfonated phenol-formaldehyde condensates; or more complex sulfonates such as the amide sulfonates, e.g. the sulfonated condensation product of oleic acid and N-methyl taurine or the dialkyl sulfosuccinates, e.g. the sodium sulfonate of dioctyl succinate.
• amide sulfonates e.g. the sulfonated condensation product of oleic acid and N-methyl taurine or the dialkyl sulfosuccinates, e.g. the sodium sulfonate of dioctyl succinate.
• Nonionic agents include condensation products of fatty acid esters, fatty alcohols, fatty acid amides or fatty-alkyl- or alkenyl-substituted phenols with ethylene oxide, fatty esters of polyhydric alcohol ethers, e.g. sorbitan fatty acid esters, condensation products of such esters with ethylene oxide, e.g. polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters, block copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, acetylenic glycols such as 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol, or ethoxylated acetylenic glycols.
• a cationic surface-active agent examples include, for instance, an aliphatic mono-, di-, or polyamine as an acetate, naphthenate or oleate; an oxygen-containing amine such as an amine oxide or polyoxyethylene alkylamine; an amide-linked amine prepared by the condensation of a carboxylic acid with a di- or polyamine; or a quaternary ammonium salt.
• compositions of the invention can take any form known in the art for the formulation of agrochemicals, for example, a solution, a dispersion, an aqueous emulsion, a dusting powder, a seed dressing, a fumigant, a smoke, a dispersible powder, an emulsifiable concentrate or granules. Moreover it can be in a suitable form for direct application or as a concentrate or primary composition which requires dilution with a suitable quantity of water or other diluent before application.
• An emulsifiable concentrate comprises a compound of the invention dissolved in a water-immiscible solvent which is formed into an emulsion with water in the presence of an emulsifying agent.
• a dusting powder comprises a compound of the invention intimately mixed and ground with a solid pulverulent diluent, for example, kaolin.
• a granular solid comprises a compound of the invention associated with similar diluents to those which may be employed in dusting powders, but the mixture is granulated by known methods. Alternatively it comprises the active ingredient absorbed or adsorbed on a pre-granular diluent, for example, Fuller's earth, attapulgite or limestone grit.
• Wettable powders, granules or grains usually comprise the active ingredient in admixture with a suitable surfactant and an inert powder diluent such as china clay.
• Another suitable concentrate is a flowable suspension concentrate which is formed by grinding the compound with water or other Iiquid, a wetting agent and a suspending agent.
• the concentration of the active ingredient in the composition of the present invention, as applied to plants is preferably within the range of 0.0001 to 1 .0 per cent by weight, especially 0.0001 to 0.01 per cent by weight.
• the amount of active ingredient can vary widely and can be, for example, from 5 to 95 per cent by weight of the composition.
• the compound is generally applied to seeds, plants or their habitat.
• the compound can be applied directly to the soil before, at or after drilling so that the presence of active compound in the soil can control the growth of fungi which may attack seeds.
• the active compound can be applied in any manner which allows it to be intimately mixed with the soil such as by spraying, by broadcasting a solid form of granules, or by applying the active ingredient at the same time as drilling by inserting it in the same drill as the seeds.
• a suitable application rate is within the range of from 5 to 1000 g per hectare, more preferably from 10 to 500 g per hectare.
• the active compound can be applied directly to the plant by, for example, spraying or dusting either at the time when the fungus has begun to appear on the plant or before the appearance of fungus as a protective measure.
• the preferred mode of application is by foliar spraying. It is generally important to obtain good control of fungi in the early stages of plant growth as this is the time when the plant can be most severely damaged.
• the spray or dust can conveniently contain a pre- or post-emergence herbicide if this is thought necessary.
• a suitable rate of application is from 0.025 to 5 kg per hectare, preferably from 0.05 to 1 kg per hectare.
• novel compounds of the invention can be prepared in various ways in known manner. Typical methods are shown in the following reaction schemes.
• the reaction may be effected as described for example in J. Org. Chem., 1 960, 25, 677, by heating the reactants in the presence of anhydrous zinc chloride and phosphorus oxychloride. If excess reagents are used, then compounds of formula V can be obtained by this procedure.
• the compound of formula I where Y is CO and Z is COH can be prepared from the phenols of formula II by acylation using an acyl chloride of formula RI CH2COCI to give the corresponding phenyl ester, followed by rearrangement to the corresponding ⁇ -acylphenol of formula IV.
• the cyclisation of compound IV to the compound of formula I, where Y is CO and Z is COH is carried out using diethyl carbonate and sodium hydride.
• Compounds of formula I, where Y is CO and Z is COR 2 , where R 2 is other than hydrogen can be prepared from this compound by reaction with a compound of formula R 2 Q, where Q is a leaving group, e.g. halogen or p-toluenesulfonyloxy, in the presence of a base or by reaction with an alcohol of formula R 2 OH under Mitsunobu conditions (PPh3, DEAD).
• the compounds of formula II and III are either known or can be prepared by methods analogous to those known for preparing analogous known compounds.
• R 2 SH an appropriate nucleophile
• R 2 R 3 NH an appropriate nucleophile
• R 2 R 4 NN(R 3 )H
• R 2 ON ⁇ R 3 )H or R 2 R 3 NOH in the presence of a base, where R 2 - R 4 are as defined hereinbefore.
• Compounds of formula I, where Z is CO and Y is C-SH can be prepared by cyclising the compound of formula IV with carbon disulfide in the presence of a base. This compound can then be alkylated, acylated etc., in the presence of a base in known manner, to give the compound where R 2 is other than hydrogen.
• the alkylated compound may then be oxidised in suitable manner to give a compound where Z is CO and Y is CS(0) n R 2 , where n is 1 or 2.
• Compounds of formula I, where Z is CO and Y is CH-W-R 2 and W is other than S, can be prepared from the compound where W is SO or SO2, with an appropriate nucleophile, i.e.
• the compounds may be obtained by methods similar to those disclosed in Chemistry and Industry 1 980, 1 1 6; J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Com. 1 1981 , 282 and J. Org. Chem. 1 992, 51, 6502.
• Mefs-chloroperbenzoic acid 50.72 g of 50% pure material was dissolved in dichloromethane (250 ml), the water separated off and the organic phase dried over magnesium sulfate. This solution was then added to a solution of 6-methyl- 2-methythio-4H-1 -benzopyran-4-one (compound 1 10 - see later) (10.1 3 g) in dichloromethane (50 ml) with cooling and the mixture stirred at room temperature ovemight. Sodium methoxide (20.1 1 g) in methanol (250 ml) was added and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and then evaporated under reduced pressure.
• N-bromosuccinimide (3.97 g) was added with stirring to a solution of compound 8 (3.85 g) in dichloromethane (50 ml) and the mixture stirred for 3 hours. Water (200 ml) was added and the mixture extracted with dichloromethane. The extract was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was recrystallised from toluene to give 3-bromo- 2-methoxy-6-methyl-4H-1 -benzopyran-4-one, m.p. 1 58-66°C. (compound 10)
• Phenylacetyl chloride (9.4 g) was added dropwise to 4-bromophenol ( 10 g) in pyridine, and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour then evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue was taken up in ethyl acetate, washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure to give 4-bromophenyl phenylacetate.
• Aluminium trichloride (5.5 g) was added portionwise with stirring to this compound (8 g), and the reaction mixture was heated to 1 60°C for 1 hour. The hot, viscous oil produced was poured into ice/concentrated hydrochloric acid ( 100 ml), and the aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane. The organics were washed with brine (x2), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give 5'- bromo-2'-hydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone.
• Aluminium trichloride 1 2.74 g was added portionwise with stirring to this product ( 1 6.5 g) and the reaction mixture was heated to 1 60°C for 1 hour.
• the hot, viscous oil produced was poured into ice/concentrated hydrochloric acid ( 100 ml), and the aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane, washed with brine (x2), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give 1 -(4-bromo- 2-hydroxy-phenyl)-1 -pentanone.
• dichloroethane 50 ml
• dichloromethylene- dimethylammonium chloride 4.4 g
• the reaction mixture was heated to 80°C for 2 hours, and then cooled, with the solvent being removed under reduced pressure to give the boron trifluoride complex of 1 -(4-bromo-2-hydroxyphenyl)-2-[chloro- (dimethylamino)methylene]-1 -pentanone.
• Example 14 A mixture of compound 1 3 (0.5 g), propyl bromide (0.23 g) and potassium carbonate (0.22 g) in acetone (5 ml) was refluxed overnight, after which the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The residue was taken up in diethyl ether, washed with water, brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give 7-bromo-4-propoxy-3-propyl-2H-benzopyran-2-one, m.p. 73- 5 °C. (compound 14)
• Tributylamine ( 1 2 ml) was added dropwise to a stirred mixture of compound 13a (5 g) and phosphoryl chloride (80.2 ml) in toluene (50 ml). The mixture was heated at 100-10°C overnight. It was then poured into ice-water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extracts were washed with water and brine, dried and evaporated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 6-bromo-4-chloro-3-propyl-2H-1 -benzopyran-2-one, m.p. 96-7°C.
• Example 16 A solution of 6-bromo-4-chloro-3-propyl-2H- 1 -benzopyran-2-one (0.5 g) in dimethylformamide (2 ml) was treated with sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (0.34 g). The mixture was stirred at room temperature under nitrogen overnight and then poured into water, extracted with diethyl ether and the extract washed with brine, dried and evaporated under reduced pressure to give 6-bromo- 4-diethylthiocarbamoylthio-3-propyl-2H-1 -benzopyran-2-one, m.p. 1 35-7°. (compound 1 6)
• Example 2Q A mixture of 6-bromo-4-chloro-3-propyl-2H-1 -benzopyran-2-one (0.5 g) with sodium hydride (0.8g of 60% in oil) and 4-methoxyphenol (0.24 g) in dry dimethylformamide (5 ml) was stirred at room temperature overnight under nitrogen. The mixture was poured into dilute hydrochloric acid and extracted with diethyl ether. The extracts were washed with sodium hydroxide, brine, dried and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was triturated with light petroleum (b.p. 40-60 °C) to give 6-bromo-4-(4-methoxyphenoxy)-3-propyl- 2H-1 -benzopyran-2-one, m.p. 1 04-6°C (compound 20).
• Triethylamine was added to a solution of 6-bromo-4-chloro-3-propyl-
• This compound (6 g) was dissolved in diethyl carbonate (20 ml) and the solution added dropwise to a stirred suspension of sodium hydride (3.75 g of 60% in oil) in diethyl carbonate (21 .5 ml). The mixture was slowly warmed to 1 20°C under nitrogen for 3 1 /. hours, cooled, poured into water, acidified to pH 1 , stirred for one hour and allowed to stand overnight. The mixture was filtered and the solid washed with water and cyclohexane.
• Example 23 A mixture of compound 22 ( 1 g), potassium carbonate (0.76 g) and
• Aluminium trichloride (22.44 g) was added portionwise to this compound (32 g) and the mixture was heated at 1 60°C in an oil bath for 3 V ⁇ hours. It was then cooled to room temperature, poured into ice/1 M hydrochloric acid (600 ml) with stirring. Dichloromethane was added and the aqueous layer extracted with dichloromethane. The combined extracts were washed with water, dried and evaporated under reduced pressure to give 4-bromo-2-heptanoylphenol as a brown oil.
• Example 25 A cooled ( 10°C) stirred solution of 4-bromophenol (3 g) and triethylamine (2.5 ml) in dichloromethane (100 ml) was treated with 4-chlorophenylacetyl chloride (3.3 g) in dichloromethane (50 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The solution was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography to give 4-bromophenyl 4-chlorophenylacetate.
• Pentanoyl chloride 39.8 g in dichloromethane (50 ml) was added slowly to a solution of p-cresol (32.4 g) and triethylamine (36.4 g) in dichloromethane (250 ml) with ice cooling. After 1 hour the reaction mixture was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure to give 4-methylphenyl pentanoate.
• Aluminium trichloride 45 g was added slowly to a solution of the previous compound (43 g) in ⁇ -dichlorobenzene (100 ml) . The mixture was heated to
• Plasmopara viticola vine downy mildew
• Erysiphe graminis f sp. hordei; barley powdery mildew
• Botrytis cinerea grey mould
• Venturia inaequalis apple scab Leptosphae a nodorum: glume blotch
• Pellicularia sasakii rice sheath blight Aqueous solutions or dispersions of the compounds at the desired concentration, including a wetting agent, were applied by spray or by drenching the stem base of the test plants, as appropriate. Plants or plant parts were then inoculated with appropriate test pathogens and kept under controlled environment conditions suitable for maintaining plant growth and development of the disease. After an appropriate time, the degree of infection of the affected part of the plant was visually estimated. Compounds are assessed on a score of 1 to 3 where 1 is little or no control, 2 is moderate control and 3 is good to total control. At a concentration of 500 ppm (w/v) or less, the following comounds scored 2 or more against the fungi specified

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