US 4,911,746 AGrant
1-Hydroxyethyl-Azole Compounds and Agricultural Compositions
Issue Date:1990-03-27
•39 Claims
Abstract
New 1-hydroxyethyl-azole derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## in which R represents an alkyl radical, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl radical or an optionally substituted phenyl radical, X represents a nitrogen atom or a CH group, Y represents a grouping --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --or --CH.dbd.CH--, Z represents a halogen atom, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy or halogenoalkylthio radical, an optionally substituted phenyl radical, an optionally substituted phenoxy radical, an optionally substituted phenylalkyl radical or an optionally substituted phenylalkoxy radical and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3, a process for their preparation and their use as plant growth regulators and fungicides.
Metadata
Assignee
- Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors
- Graham Holmwood
- Karl H. Buchel
- Klaus Lurssen
- Paul-Ernst Frohberger
- Wilhelm Brandes
Application Information
Application Number:US 7321910
Filing Date:1985-05-08
Priority Date:1980-05-16
Art Unit:129
Classifications
IPC:
A01N 43653A01N 4350C07D24908C07D23360
Field of Search:
54871262;34192
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Claims
What is claimed is:
1. 1-Hydroxyethyl-azole compound of the formula ##STR161## wherein R is an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl radical which has 3 to 7 carbon atoms and is optionally substituted by alkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical which is optionally substituted by halogen, alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or haloalkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms; or else is phenyl which is optionally mono- or di-substituted by identical or different substituents selected from fluorine, chlorine, methyl and trifluoromethyl. X is a nitrogen atom or --CH--; Y is a grouping --CH.dbd.CH--; is a halogen atom, an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl radical with 5 to 7 carbon atoms, an alkoxy radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkylthio radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl radical with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms, a haloalkoxy radical with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms, a haloalkylthio radical with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms, a phenyl radical which is optionally substituted by halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenoxy radical which is optionally substituted by halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenylalkyl radical which has 1 or 2 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and is optionally substituted by halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a phenylalkoxy radical which has 1 or 2 carbon atoms in the alkoxy part and is optionally substituted by halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and physiologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof or metal salt complexes thereof.
2. Compound as claimed in claim 1, wherein X is nitrogen or --CH--; Y is a grouping --CH.dbd.CH--; m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and R is a tert.-butyl, iso-propyl or methyl radical, a cyclopropyl, substituted cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl or substituted cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl or substituted cyclohexyl, in each case the substituents being methyl; or else is phenyl which is optionally mono- or di-substituted by identical or different substituents selected from fluorine, chlorine, methyl and trifluoromethyl; Z is a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom, methyl, tert.-butyl, cyclohexyl, methoxy, methylthio, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or tri-fluoromethylthio, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl or benzyloxy radical, in each case optionally mono- or disubstituted by identical or different substituents selected from fluorine, chlorine and methyl.
3. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl.
4. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein R is C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl optionally substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkyl; or is phenyl optionally substituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or haloalkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms.
5. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein R is C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl substituted by alkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms. PG,52
6. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein R is phenyl.
7. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein R is phenyl substituted with at least one of halogen, alkyl of up to 4 carbon atoms and haloalkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms.
8. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein X is nitrogen.
9. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein X is --CH--.
10. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is halogen.
11. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
12. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is cycloalkyl with 5 to 7 carbon atoms.
13. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is alkoxy with 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
14. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is haloalkyl with 1 or 2 carbon atoms.
15. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is alkylthio with 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
16. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is haloalkoxy with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms.
17. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is haloalkylthio with 1 or 2 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 halogen atoms.
18. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is phenyl.
19. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is substituted phenyl the substituents being selected from halogen, or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
20. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is phenoxy.
21. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is substituted phenoxy the substituents being selected from halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
22. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is phenylalkyl of from 1 to 2 carbon atom in the alkyl moiety.
23. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is substituted phenylalkyl the substituents being selected from halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
24. Compound as claimed in claim 1, wherein Z is phenylalkoxy of from 1 to 2 carbon atoms in the alkoxy moiety.
25. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein Z is substituted phenylalkoxy the substituents being selected from halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
26. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein m is 0.
27. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein m is 1.
28. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein m is 2.
29. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein m is 3.
30. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein said compounds are in the form of a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt of a hydrogen halide acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, a mono- or bifunctional carboxylic or hydrocarboxylic acid or a sulfonic acid.
31. Compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein said compounds are in the form of a metal salt complex in which the metal is copper, zinc, manganese, magnesium, tin, iron or nickel and the anion is derived from hydrochloric, hydrobromic, phosphoric, nitric or sulfuric acid.
32. Compound as claimed in claim 1 designated 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-3-(1,2,4-imidazol-1-yl-methyl)-pentene-3-o l.
33. Plant growth regulant composition containing, as an active ingredient, a compound as claimed in claim 1 in admixtures with a solid or liquefied gaseous diluent or carrier.
34. Plant growth regulant composition containing, as an active ingredient, a compound as claimed in claim 1 in admixture with a liquid diluent or carrier containing a surface-active agent.
35. Plant growth regulant composition as claimed in claim 33 or 34 containing from 0.1 to 95% of the active compound by weight.
36. Method of regulating plant growth which comprises applying to the plants or to a habitat thereof a 1-hydroxyethylazole compound as claimed in claim 1 alone or in admixture with a diluent or carrier.
37. Method as claimed in claim 36 wherein the active compound is applied to an area of agriculture in an amount of 0.01 to 50 kg per hectare.
38. Method as claimed in claim 36 wherein the active compound is applied to an area of agriculture in an amount of 0.05 to 10 kg per hectare.
39. Method as claimed in claim 33 or 34 wherein said active compound is 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-3-(1,2,4-imidazol-1-yl-methyl)-pentene-3-o l.
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