Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing pyridylpyrazole compounds of the formula (I) starting from pyridylhydrazine of formula (II) The present invention relates also to processes comprising further preceding and/or subsequent reaction steps, leading to anthranilamide pesticides or to precursors for them.

Abstract: The invention relates to pyridylidene compounds of formula (I), to the enantiomers, diastereomers and salts thereof and to compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to methods and uses of these N-substituted pyridylidene compounds, and of compositions comprising thereof, for combating and controlling animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to pesticidal methods of applying such N-substituted pyridylidene compounds. The N-substituted pyridylidene compounds of the present invention are defined by the following formula I: wherein X, Het, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R6 are defined as in the description.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing N-substituted 1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid compounds of the formula I-A and derivatives thereof, in particular the corresponding carbonylchloride compounds (acid chlorides). It also relates to the use of these acid chlorides for preparing anthranilamide derivatives that are useful pesticides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystalline form of 2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-N-[2-methyl-4-chloro-6-[(diethyl-?4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]phenyl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pest, which method comprises contacting the invertebrate pest or their food supply, habitat, breeding grounds or their locus with a pesticidally effective amount of a crystalline form of 2-(3-chloro- 2-pyridyl)-N-[2-methyl-4-chloro-6-[(diethyl-?4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]phenyl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrazoles of formula I wherein the variables are as defined in the description, a method for controlling invertebrate pests, a method for protecting plant propagation material and/or the plants which grow therefrom, to plant propagation material, comprising at least one compound according to the present invention, and to an agricultural composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a compound of the formulae (Ia) or (Ib), or a mixture thereof, wherein R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-haloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-halocycloalkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C2-C10-haloalkenyl or together represent an aliphatic chain, or the like; A? is HSO4? or 1/2 SO42?; the process comprising the reaction of a sulfide of formula SR1R2 with hydroxylamineO-sulfonic acid of formula; wherein the reaction is carried out in an aqueous medium in the presence of a base.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a and R6b are as as defined in the description; or a stereoisomer, salt, tautomer or N-oxide, or a polymorphic crystalline form, a co-crystal or a solvate of a compound or a stereoisomer, salt, tautomer or N-oxide thereof, and to mixtures, methods and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-(pyridin-3-yl)-5-hetaryl-thiazole compounds carrying an imine or imine-derived substituent on the 5-hetaryl ring which are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes, and to a method for producing them. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds and to plant propagation material and to an agricultural and a veterinary composition comprising said compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrazole compounds of the formulae I and II, to their salts and their N-oxides which can be used for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds. The present invention also relates to seed and to an agricultural and veterinary composition comprising said compounds. wherein A is a pyrazole radical of the formulae A1, A2 or A3 # denotes the binding site to the remainder of formulae I or II; X1 is S, O or NR1a; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d; X3 is a lone pair or oxygen; R1, R2 and R3 are, inter alia, hydrogen, and wherein R41, R42, R43, R51, R52, R53, R61, R62, R63, are as defined in claim 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrazoles of formula I wherein the variables are as defined in the description, a method for controlling invertebrate pests, a method for protecting plant propagation material and/or the plants which grow therefrom, to plant propagation material, comprising at least one compound according to the present invention, and to an agricultural composition.

Abstract: Indole alkaloid compounds of the general formula (I), salts and N-oxides where the symbol in formula (I) has the following meanings given in the specification, are useful for controlling invertebrate pests.

Abstract: Substituted imine compounds of formula (I), wherein D is C(R2)?N˜Z—R1 or C(?Y1)NRAY2RB and the other symbols have the meanings given in the description, their N-oxides and salts are useful for combating animal pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to agricultural methods using anthranilamide compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and k are as defined in the description; and their mixtures; for controlling and/or combating animal pests in soil application methods and seed treatment methods The anthranilamide compounds of formula (I) are highly suitable for controlling animal pests such as insects and/or spider mites and/or nematodes by treating the soil/growth substrate by drenching or drip application or dipping or soil injection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to agricultural methods for controlling pests and/or increasing the plant health of a cultivated plant with at least one modification, using anthranilamide compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and k are as defined in the description; and their mixtures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one pesticidally active anthranilamide compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and k are as defined in the description; and 2) at least one fungicidally active compound II selected from a group F comprising azoles, strobilurins, carboxamides, carbamates, heterocyclic and various other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts. The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating and controlling insects, acarids or nematodes and harmful fungi in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests, especially also for protecting plant propagation material, such as seeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one pesticidally active anthranilamide compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and k are as defined in the description; and 2) at least one pesticidally active compound II selected from a group M comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acteylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, allosteric nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activitaors, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, homopteran feeding blockers, mit grow inhibitors, inhibitors of mitochondrial bATP synthase, uncouplers of the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, ecdyson receptor agonists, octamin receptor agonists, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis, ryanodine receptor modulators and other compounds as defined in the des

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and uses of compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered heterocyclic radical; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is selected from H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R2a is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, R2b, R2c are H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like; X3 is a lone pair or oxygen; R1, R2 and R3 are, inter alia, hydrogen, and R1 is H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling insects, especially from the order Lepidoptera, Coleoptera or Diptera, that are resistant to ryanodine-modulator insecticides, especially chlorantraniliprole and cyantraniliprole, using anthranilamide compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and k are as defined in the description; and their mixtures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-haloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-halocycloalkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C2-C10-haloalkenyl or together represent an aliphatic chain, or the like; R3 is halogen, cyano, C1-C8-alkyl, C1-C8-haloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, C2-C8-haloalkenyl, C1-C8-alkoxy, phenyl, or the like; R4 is hydrogen, C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-haloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C2-C10-haloalkenyl, phenyl, or the like; t is 0 or 1; p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing a compound of the formula (I) which comprises reacting a compound of the formula II with a compound of the formulae III or IV: where t, p, R1 R3, R3 and R4 are as defined in any of claims 1 to 6 and where A? is an equivalent of an anion having a pKB of at least 10 (determined under standard conditions in water).

Abstract: Microorganisms and processes for the recombinant manufacture of clavine-type alkaloids such as cycloclavine, festuclavine, agroclavine, chanoclavine and chanoclavine aldehyde, as well as polypeptides, polynucleotides and vectors comprising such polynucleotides which can be applied in a method for the manufacture of clavine-type alkaloids are provided.