Patents by Inventor John M. Clough

John M. Clough has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5264440
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is CE; X and Y are independently hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyloxy, phenyl, benzyloxy, cyano, isocyano, isothiocyanato, nitro, NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NR.sup.1 OR.sup.2,N.sub.3, NHCOR.sup.1, NR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, NHCONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, N.dbd.CHNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, OR.sup.1, OCOR.sup.1, OSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SR.sup.1, SOR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SO.sub.2 OR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, COR.sup.1, CR.sup.1 .dbd.NOR.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, CO.sub.2 R.sup.1, CONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CSNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CH.sub.3 O.sub.2 C.C:CH.OCH.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Ian T. Streeting, Rex Cheetham
  • Patent number: 5258360
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein W is R.sup.1 O.sub.2 C--C.dbd.CH--ZR.sup.2, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which are the same or different, are alkyl or fluoroalkyl groups, and Z is either an oxygen or sulphur atom; A is an oxygen or sulphur atom, --NR.sup.3 --, or --CR.sup.4 R.sup.5 --; X, Y and Z.sup.1, which are the same or different, are, for example, hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl among other possible substituents or X and Y when they are in adjacent positions on the ring optionally form a fused ring; and R, R.sup.3 -R.sup.12 are, for example, hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl among other possible substituents provided R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are not both hydrogen. The compounds are useful in agriculture, especially as fungicides but also as insecticides and plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Vivienne M. Anthony, John M. Clough, Paul deFraine, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Kevin Beautement
  • Patent number: 5238956
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein Y is a specified small group or single atom and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are selected from a wide range of specified substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries plc
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Paul J. de Fraine
  • Patent number: 5229393
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein V is an oxygen or a sulphur atom; X and Y, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen or halogen atoms, or optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted arylalkoxy, optionally substituted acyloxy, optionally substituted amino, acylamino, nitro, nitrile, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, or --COR.sup.6 groups; or the groups X and Y, when they are in adjacent positions on the phenyl ring, may join to form a fused ring, either aromatic or aliphatic, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms; and Z is optionally substituted methylene, optionally substituted amino, oxygen or sulphur and when Z is a substituted methylene group, the substituent may join the 2-position of the phenyl ring to form a non-aromatic fused ring; R.sup.1 and R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey
  • Patent number: 5229391
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is CE; X and Y are independently hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyloxy, C.sub.2-4 alkynyloxy, phenyl, benzyloxy, cyano, isocyano, isothiocyanato, nitro, NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NR.sup.1 OR.sup.2, N.sub.3, NHCOR.sup.1, NR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, NHCONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, N.dbd.CHNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, OR.sup.1, OCOR.sup.1, OSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SR.sup.1, SOR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SO.sub.2 OR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, COR.sup.1, CR.sup.1 .dbd.NOR.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, CO.sub.2 R.sup.1, CONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CSNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CH.sub.3 O.sub.2 C.C:CH.OCH.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Ian T. Streeting
  • Patent number: 5221316
    Abstract: Acrylic acid derivatives having the formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein W is R.sup.1 O.sub.2 C--C.dbd.CH--ZR.sup.2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl or fluoroalkyl groups, and Z is oxygen or sulphur; A, B, D and E are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy or optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, aralkyl, arylalkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylthio, acyloxy, amino, arylazo or acylamino, nitro, cyano, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --CONR.sup.3 R.sup.4, --COR.sup.3, --CR.sup.3 .dbd.NR.sup.4, --N.dbd.CR.sup.3 R.sup.4 or --S(O).sub.n R.sup.3 groups; any two of the groups A, B, D and E, when they are in adjacent positions on the ring, optionally join to form a fused ring, n is 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted aryl or aralkyl; and metal complexes thereof. These compounds are useful as fungicides, insecticides, nematicides or plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Vivienne M. Anthony, John M. Clough, Paul DeFraine, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Patrick J. Crowley, Kenneth Anderton
  • Patent number: 5221691
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein A is hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 haloalkyl, C.sub.1-4 haloalkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkylcarbonyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxycarbonyl, phenoxy, nitro or cyano; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted heterocyclylalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkylalkyl, optionally substituted aralkyl, optionally substituted aryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted heterocyclyloxyalkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heterocyclyl, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted heterocyclyloxy, nitro, halo, cyano, --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --CONR.sup.3 R.sup.4, --COR.sup.3, --S(O).sub.n R.sup.3 wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, (CH.sub.2).sub.m PO(OR.sup.3).sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Paul J. de Fraine, Ian R. Matthews
  • Patent number: 5206245
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is CE; X and Y are independently hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyloxy, phenyl, benzyloxy, cyano, isocyano, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, nitro, NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NR.sup.1 OR.sup.2, N.sub.3, NHCOR.sup.1, NR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, NHCONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, N.dbd.CHNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, OR.sup.1, OCOR.sup.1, OSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SR.sup.1, SOR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SO.sub.2 OR.sup.1,SO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, COR.sup.1, CR.sup.1 .dbd.NOR.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, CO.sub.2 R.sup.1, CONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CSNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CH.sub.3 O.sub.2 C.C:CH.OCH.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Ian T. Streeting, Rex Cheetham, Paul J. de Fraine
  • Patent number: 5204363
    Abstract: Triazole and imidazole compounds having the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkylmethyl, alkenyl, heterocyclyl, aryl or aralkyl optionally substituted with halogen, nitro alkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, alkoxy, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl, benzylosy, halophenyl or haloalkoxy; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl or acyl; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl or optionally substituted aryl; R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl or optionally substituted aryl; X is oxygen or sulphur or is SO or SO.sub.2 ; and Az is 1,2,4- or 1,3,4-triazole or imidiazole ring; and isomers, acid addition salts and metal complexes thereof. The compounds are useful as plant fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Balasubramanyan Sugavanam, Paul A. Worthington, John M. Clough
  • Patent number: 5198444
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein K is oxygen or sulphur; Z is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is O, S(O).sub.n, NR.sup.4, CR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CHR.sup.5, CO, CR.sup.1 (OR.sup.2), C.dbd.CR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CHR.sup.2, CR.sup.1 .dbd.CR.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CR.sup.2 .dbd.CH, C.dbd.C, OCHR.sup.1, CHR.sup.1 O, OCHR.sup.1 O, S(O).sub.n CHR.sup.1, S(O).sub.n CHR.sup.1 O, CHR.sup.1 S(O).sub.n, CHR.sup.1 OSO.sub.2, NR.sup.4 CHR.sup.1, CHR.sup.1 NR.sup.4, CO.sub.2, O.sub.2 C, SO.sub.2 O, OSO.sub.2, CO.CO, COCHR.sup.1, COCHR.sup.1 O, CHR.sup.1 CO, CHOH.CHR.sup.1, CHR.sup.1.CHOH, ##STR2## CONR.sup.4, OCONR.sup.4, NR.sup.4 CO, CSNR.sup.4, OCS.NR.sup.4, SCO.NR.sup.4, NR.sup.4 CO.sub.2, NR.sup.4 CS, NR.sup.4 CSO, NR.sup.4 COS, NR.sup.4 CONR.sup.4, S(O).sub.n NR.sup.4, NR.sup.4 S(O).sub.n, CS.sub.2, S.sub.2 C, CO.S, SCO, N.dbd.N, N.dbd.CR.sup.1, CR.sup.1 .dbd.N, CHR.sup.1 CHR.sup.2 CH(OH), CHR.sup.1 OCO, CHR.sup.1 SCO, CHR.sup.1 NR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Stephen P. Heaney, Kenneth Anderton
  • Patent number: 5179098
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is CH; and X is an optionally substituted 3- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one trivalent nitrogen atom by which it is attached to the central pyrimidine ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Ian T. Streeting, David P. Bacon
  • Patent number: 5162319
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is CY wherein Y is H, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, cyano, nitro or trifluoromethyl; n is 0 or 1 and X is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries plc
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Ian T. Streeting, Christopher R. A. Godfrey
  • Patent number: 5160364
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## or a stereoisomer thereof, wherein W is R.sup.1 O.sub.2 C--C.dbd.CH--ZR.sub.2, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which are the same of different, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 fluoroalkyl containing one, two or three fluorine atoms and Z is either an oxygen or sulphur atom; A is a sulphur atom; X is optionally substituted pyrimidinyl joined to the thienyl ring by a link --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.CH--, --O--, --S--; and X and Z.sup.1 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, halo (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkyl, cyano and formyl. The compounds are useful in agriculture, especially as fungicides but also as insecticides and plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Vivienne Anthony, John M. Clough, Paul deFraine, Christopher Godfrey, Kevin Beautement
  • Patent number: 5158954
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein K is oxygen or sulphur; Z is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is O, S(O).sub.n, NR.sup.4, CR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CHR.sup.5, CO, CR.sup.1 (OR.sup.2), C.dbd.CR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CHR.sup.2, CR.sup.1 .dbd.CR.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CR.sup.2 .dbd.CH, C.dbd.C, OCHR.sup.1, CHR.sup.1 O, OCHR.sup.1 O, S(O).sub.n CHR.sup.1, S(O).sub.n CHR.sup.1 O, CHR.sup.1 S(O).sub.n, CHR.sup.1 OSO.sub.2, NR.sup.4 CHR.sup.1, CHR.sup.1 NR.sup.4, CO.sub.2, O.sub.2 C, SO.sub.2 O, OSO.sub.2, CO.CO, COCHR.sup.1, COCHR.sup.1 O, CHR.sup.1 CO, CHOH.CHR.sup.1, CHR.sup.1.CHOH, ##STR2## CONR.sup.4, OCONR.sup.4, NR.sup.4 CO, CSNR.sup.4, OCS.NR.sup.4, SCO.NR.sup.4, NR.sup.4 CO.sub.2, NR.sup.4 CS, NR.sup.4 CSO, NR.sup.4 COS, NR.sup.4 CONR.sup.4, S(O).sub.n NR.sup.4, NR.sup.4 S(O).sub.n, CS.sub.2, S.sub.2 C, CO.S, SCO, N.dbd.N, N.dbd.CR.sup.1, CR.sup.1 .dbd.N, CHR.sup.1 CHR.sup.2 CH(OH), CHR.sup.1 OCO, CHR.sup.1 SCO, CHR.sup.1 NR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Stephen P. Heaney, Kenneth Anderton
  • Patent number: 5157144
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein X is halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryloxyalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, amino, arylazo, heteroarylalkyl, heteroaryloxyalkyl, acylamino nitro, nitrile, trifluoromethyl, --OR.sup.1, SR.sup.1, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, --CONR.sup.3 R.sup.4, --COR.sup.5, --CR.sup.6 .dbd.NR.sup.7, --N.dbd.CR8R.sup.9, --SOR.sup.10 or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.11 ; W, Y and Z, which may be the same or different, are any of the atoms or groups listed for X above and, in addition, may be hydrogen atoms; or any two of the groups W, X, Y and Z, in adjacent positions on the phenyl ring, optionally join to form a fused ring, either aromatic or aliphatic, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms; R.sup.1 is alkyl, or cycloalkyl optionally containing a heteroatom in the cycloalkyl ring, alkenyl, acyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl or heteroarylalkyl; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Vivienne M. Anthony, John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Thomas E. Wiggens
  • Patent number: 5145856
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is CE; X and Y are independently hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyloxy, phenyl, benzyloxy, cyano, isocyano, isothiocyanato, nitro, NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NR.sup.1 OR.sup.2, N.sub.3, NHCOR.sup.1, NR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, NHCONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, N.dbd.CHNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, OR.sup.1, OCOR.sup.1, OSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SR.sup.1, SOR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SO.sub.2 OR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, COR.sup.1, CR.sup.1 .dbd.NOR.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, CO.sub.2 R.sup.1, CONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CSNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CH.sub.3 O.sub.2 C.C:CH.OCH.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Ian T. Streeting, Rex Cheetham
  • Patent number: 5145954
    Abstract: Compounds of formula: ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which are the same or different, are optionally substituted alkyl; W, X, Y and Z, which are the same or different, are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkylalkyl, optionally substituted aralkyl, optionally substituted aryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted amino, optionally substituted arylazo, optionally substituted heteroarylalkyl, optionally substituted heteroaryloxyalkyl, optionally substituted acylamino, nitro, cyano, --OR.sup.3, --SR.sup.3, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.4, --CONR.sup.5 R.sup.6, --COR.sup.7, --CR.sup.8 .dbd.NR.sup.9, --N.dbd.CR.sup.10 R.sup.11, --SOR.sup.12 or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Vivienne M. Anthony, John M. Clough, Paul DeFraine, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Thomas E. Wiggins, David J. Tapolczay
  • Patent number: 5124329
    Abstract: Fungicidal compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is CY wherein Y is H, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, cyano, nitro or trifluoromethyl; n is 0 or 1 and X is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Ian T. Streeting, Christopher R. A. Godfrey
  • Patent number: 5124353
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein V is an oxygen or a sulphur atom; X and Y, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen or halogen atoms, or optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted arylalkoxy, optionally substituted acyloxy, optionally substituted amino, acylamino, nitro, nitrile, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, or --COR.sup.6 groups; or the groups X and Y, when they are in adjacent positions on the phenyl ring, may join to form a fused ring, either aromatic or aliphatic, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms; and Z is optionally substituted methylene, optionally substituted amino, oxygen or sulphur and when Z is a substituted methylene group, the substituent may join the 2-position of the phenyl ring to form a non-aromatic fused ring; R.sup.1 and R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey
  • Patent number: 5112386
    Abstract: Acrylic acid derivatives having the formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein W is R.sup.1 O.sub.2 C--C.dbd.CH--ZR.sup.2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl or fluoroalkyl groups, and Z is oxygen or sulphur, A, B, D and E are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy or optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, aralkyl, arylalkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylthio, acyloxy, amino, arylazo or acylamino, nitro, cyano, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --CONR.sup.3 R.sup.4, --COR.sup.3, --CR.sup.3 .dbd.NR.sup.4, --N.dbd.CR.sup.3 R.sup.4 --S(O).sub.n R.sup.3 groups; any two of the groups, A, B, D and E, when they are in adjacent positions on the ring, optionally join to form a fused ring, n is 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted aryl or aralkyl; and metal complexes thereof. These compounds are useful as fungicides, insecticides, nematicides or plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Anthony Vivienne, John M. Clough, Paul deFraine, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Patrick J. Crowley, Kenneth Anderton