Abstract: Oxiranes of the formula: ##STR1## in which R is ##STR2## R.sup.1 is hydrogen or halogen, R.sup.2 is halogen,R.sup.3 is alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or alkoxy with 1 to 4 carbon atoms,n is 0, 1 or 2,Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 each independently is hydrogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms,Z is halogen or alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, andm is 0 or 1.and useful as intermediates in the preparation of fungicides.

Abstract: Herbicidally and fungicidally active novel 2-(alkoximiminoalkoxycarbonyl)-phenylsulphonylureas of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy or nitro,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl or optionally substituted aryl,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, cyano, alkoxycarbonyl or optionally substituted aryl,R.sup.5 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl or optionally substituted aralkyl,Y represents oxygen or sulphur andHet represents a heterocyclic radical of the formula ##STR2## wherein E represents nitrogen or the CH group andR.sup.6 and R.sup.7 independently of one another each represent alkyl, alkoxy or alkoxyalkyl.

Abstract: Novel substituted azolylalkyl pyridinyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## in which Az represents 1,2,4-triazolyl or imidazolyl,B represents the keto or the CH(OH) group,Y represents halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphonyl, halogenoalkyl, nitro, cyano, alkoxycarbonyl or optionally substituted phenylR represents optionally substituted aryl or the groupings ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 represents optionally substituted aryl,X.sup.1 represents halogen andX.sup.2 represents hydrogen and halogen, andn represents the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3,and their acid addition salts and metal salt complexes, are outstandingly effective as fungicides.

Abstract: Plant growth-regulating and fungicidally active novel substituted phenylsulphonylureas of the formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl or nitro,Y is oxygen or sulphur,Het is ##STR2## T is --X--CH.sub.2 --Si(CH.sub.3).sub.3, or ##STR3## or, if Het is ##STR4## can also be ##STR5## --O--CH.sub.2 --CN or --O--CH.sub.2 --CO--CH.sub.3, E is nitrogen or CH,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently is alkyl, alkoxy, or alkoxyalkyl,X is oxygen, sulphur, the sulphinyl group or the sulphonyl group,X' is hydrogen or alkyl andR.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl or optionally substituted aralkyl.

Abstract: Novel substituted tetrahydrothiopyran-2,4-dione herbicides of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, halogenoalkyl, cycloalkyl or optionally substituted aryl,R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkoximinoalkyl, optionally substituted aralkyl or optionally substituted heterocyclylalkyl, andR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted aryloxyalkyl or optionally substituted aralkyl,or metal salts thereof.

Abstract: Herbicidally active 5-amino-1-phenyl-pyrazoles, most of which are new, of the formula ##STR1##

Abstract: 5-Amino-4-heterocyclyl-1-phenylpyrazoles of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or a radical ##STR2## R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, ##STR3## alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently of one another represent hydrogen, cyano, nitro, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy or a radical --S(O).sub.n --R.sup.10,R.sup.9 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, alkoxy, alkylthio, optionally substituted aryloxy or aryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted arylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino or optionally substituted arylamino,R.sup.

Abstract: Combating fungi with novel 1-azolyl-substituted oxime ethers of the formula ##STR1## in which R is alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or cycloalkyl; or aralkyl, phenoxyalkyl or phenyl optionally substituted in the aromatic part,R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, or optionally substituted aralkyl or heteroalkyl, andX is nitrogen or the CH group,or physiologically acceptable addition products thereof with acids or metal salts.

Abstract: Fungicidally active novel substituted azolylethyl oximinoalkyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## in which A is a nitrogen atom or the CH group,R.sup.1 is optionally substituted phenyl,R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently is hydrogen, alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, andR.sup.5 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted phenylalkyl,or addition products thereof with acids or metal salts.

Abstract: Substituted 1-hydroxyethyl-triazole derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl or optionally substituted phenyl,X represents the grouping --OCH.sub.2 --, --SCH.sub.2 --, --(CH.sub.2)p-- or --CH.dbd.CH--,Y represents the grouping --CO--Y.sup.1 or an acetal or ketal derivative thereof, or the grouping --C(Y.sup.1).dbd.N--OY.sup.2,Y.sup.1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted benzyl,Y.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl or optionally substituted benzyl,Z represents halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy or halogenoalkylthio andthe indices m and p represent 0, 1 or 2,or addition products thereof with acids or metal salts which possess fungicidal activity.

Abstract: A substituted 3-trichloromethyl-1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-yl-oxyacetamide of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and individually represent optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxy, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic radical, or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form an optionally substituted, optionally partially unsaturated and optionally benzo-fused monocyclic or bicyclic structure which optionally contains further heteroatoms,which possesses herbicidal activity.

Abstract: Novel N-Diazolylalkyl-haloacetanilides of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is oxygen, sulphur or the grouping <NR,wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy,R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or halogen,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or halogen,R.sup.4 is hydrogen or alkyl,X is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, alkylthio, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxycarbonyl, dialkylamino, cyano, phenyl, substituted phenyl, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy, phenylthio or substituted phenylthio, andZ is halogen,and in which the diazolyl radical is bonded via a carbon atom, and acid addition salts and metal salt complexes thereof.

Abstract: Fungicidally active novel substituted azolylethyl oximinoalkyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## in which A is a nitrogen atom or the CH group,R.sup.1 is optionally substituted phenyl,R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently is hydrogen, alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, andR.sup.5 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted phenylalkyl,or addition products thereof with acids or metal salts.

Abstract: A substituted azolyl-phenoxy derivative of the formula ##STR1## in which A is a nitrogen atom or a CH group,B is a keto group or a CH(OH) grouping,R.sup.1 is an alkyl or halogenoalkyl group of an optionally substituted aryl group,R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an optionally substituted phenyl group,R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl group,m is 1 or 2,X is a halogen atom, or an alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy or halogenoalkylthio group, andn is 0, 1 or 2,or an addition product thereof with an acid or metal salt, which possesses fungicidal activity particularly for combating cereal diseases as well as rust and scab diseases.

Abstract: Hydroxamic acid esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl radical andR.sup.2 is an alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl radical, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are an alkylene bridge with 2 to 4 carbon atoms,one of the radicals R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is ##STR2## while the other is an alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkenyl or alkoxyalkyl radical, andX is O or S,which possess pesticidal properties. Intermediates therefor wherein one of N--OR.sup.3 and N--OR.sup.4 is N--OH or a carbonyl group are also new.

Abstract: A 4-fluoro-1-azolyl-1-phenoxy-butan-2-one or -ol of the formula ##STR1## in which Az is an imidazol-1-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl or 1,2,4-triazol-4-yl radical,B is a keto or CH(OH) group,X is a hydrogen or fluorine atom,Y is an alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy or halogenoalkylthio radical,Z is a halogen atom or an alkyl radical,m is 1, 2 or 3 andn is 0, 1 or 2,or an addition product thereof with a physiologically acceptable acid or a metal salt, which possesses fungicidal activity.

Abstract: Substituted triazolylalkyl pyridyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is a halogen atom,R.sup.2 is a hydrogen or halogen atom,X is a keto group or a CH(OH) group,Y each independently is a halogen atom or an alkyl, alkoxy or cyano group, andn is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,or an addition product thereof with a physiologically acceptable acid or metal salt which possesses fungicidal activity. Intermediates therefor wherein X is a keto group and with a halogen atom in place of either the pyridinyloxy group or the azole group are also new.

Abstract: 1-Phenoxy-1-imidazol-1-yl-4-fluoro-butane derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which B is --CO- or --CH(OH)--,X is hydrogen or fluorine,Z each independently is halogen, alkyl, nitro, cyano, alkoxy-carbonyl or optionally substituted phenyl, andn is 0, 1, 2 or 3,or an acid or metal salt adduct thereof, which possess fungicidal properties.

Abstract: N-allenyl-acetanilides of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, alkyl or halogen,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.5 represents hydrogen or alkyl andR.sup.6 represents furyl, tetrahydrofuryl, thiophenyl or tetrahydrothiophenyl; isoxazolyl which is optionally substituted by alkyl; alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, in each case optionally substituted by cyano or thiocyano; dihalogenoalkyl; or the grouping ##STR2## wherein R.sup.7 represents an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or alkoxyalkyl radical andAz represents pyrazol-1-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl or imidazol-1-yl.which possess fungicidal properties.

Abstract: Fungicidally active acylated imidazolyl-.gamma.-fluoropiniacolyl derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, halogenoalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenylalkyl, optionally substituted phenoxyalkyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, optionally substituted phenylamino, halogenoalkylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino or alkoxyalkylamino,X represents hydrogen or fluorine,Z represents halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, alkylthio, alkoxycarbonyl, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenoxy, optionally substituted phenylalkyl, cyano or nitro, each Z being selected independently, andn represents 0 or an integer from 1 to 5,or a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt or metal salt complex thereof.