Abstract: Herbicidal 5-alkoxy-1,2,4-triazol-3-(thi)ones of the gerneral formula ##STR1## (in which the radicals R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.

Abstract: Novel herbicidal fluorobenzothiazolyloxyacetamides of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl and aralkyl,R.sup.2 represents an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form an optionally substituted, saturated or unsaturated nitrogen heterocycle which can contain further heteroatoms and to which a benzo group can be fused.

Abstract: Herbicidal N-azinyl-N'-(2-ethylsulphinyl-phenylsulphonyl)ureas of the formula ##STR1## in which A represents nitrogen or a CH group,X represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio, each of which has 1 to 3 carbon atoms and each of which is optionally substituted by halogen andY represents alkyl or alkoxy, each of which has 1 to 3 carbon atoms and each of which is optionally substituted by halogen,and salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to new 4-(substituted)amino-3-arylpyrrolinone derivatives of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which X, Y, Z, n, B, M, L and A are as defined in the description, to a process and new intermediates for their preparation, and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted triazolinones of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which A represents a radical of the formula ##STR2## X and Y each represent O or S and the radicals R.sup.1 -R.sup.6 have the meanings mentioned in the description,processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: There are provided new 3-hydroxy-4-aryl-5-oxo-pyrazoline derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## The new 3-hydroxy-4-aryl-5-oxo-pyrazoline derivatives of the formula (I) have a particularly pronounced activity against animal pests, in particular against insects and arachnids, and against weeds.

Abstract: A herbicidal sulphonylurea salt of the formula ##STR1## in which M.sup..sym. represents an alkali metal ion or the counterion, formed by protonation, of a basic organic nitrogen compound,R represents halogenoalkyl,R.sup.1 represents optionally substituted radicals from the series comprising alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or aralkyl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkylthio, amino, alkylamino or dialkylamino,X represents nitrogen or a --CH group,Y represents nitrogen or a --CR.sup.3 group where R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkyl, formyl, alkyl-carbonyl or alkoxy-carbonyl, andZ represents nitrogen or a --CR.sup.4 group where R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino.

Abstract: Herbicidal new 2-(2-benzoxazolyloxy)-acetamides of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or halogenoalkyl andAr represents optionally substituted aryl,but with the exception of the compounds N-isopropyl-2-(2-benzoxazolyl-oxy)-acetanilide and N-isopropyl-2-(6-chlorobenzoxazol-2-yl-oxy)-acetanilide.

Abstract: Herbicidally active substituted triazolinones of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, halogenoalkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, or represents tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydrofuranylalkyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted aralkyl or aryl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, halogenoalkinyl, cyanoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkenyl, alkylaminoalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl or cycloalkenylalkyl, or represents optionally substituted heterocyclylalkyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted aralkyl, aroyl, aryl, aralkyloxy or aryloxy, or represents alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy,X represents oxygen or sulphur andY represents oxygen or sulphur.New intermediates therefor are also shown.

Abstract: Fluorine-substituted .alpha.-(5-aryloxy-naphthalen-1-yl-oxy)-propionic derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5, as defined herein, are useful as herbicides. Processes and intermediates for their preparation are also disclosed.

Abstract: Herbicidal sulphonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones having two substituents bonded via oxygen, of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted radical from the series comprising alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and aralkyl,R.sup.2 represents an optionally substituted radical from the series comprising alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and aralkyl, andR.sup.3 represents an optionally substituted radical from the series comprising alkyl, aralkyl, aryl and heteroaryl,and their salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclyltriazolinones of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or represents alkyl or cycloalkyl, each of which is optionally substituted,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, mercapto or halogen or represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, arylalkyl, amino or heterocyclyl, each of which is optionally substituted, andHet represents an optionally substituted heterocycle of the formula ##STR2## in which X in each case represents oxygen, sulphur, an NH group or an N-alkyl group,a process for their preparation and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to new N-aryl-nitrogen heterocycles of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or an in each case optionally substituted, straight-chain or branched radical from the series comprising alkyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl andA represents one of the radicals or ##STR2## where R.sup.3 represents alkyl,R.sup.4 represents alkyl andR.sup.5 represents hydrogen or alkyl,a plurality of processes for their preparation, and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Insecticidal, ascaracidal and herbicidal bicyclic 3-aryl-pyrrolidine-2,4-dione derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A and Q together represent an alkanediyl, alkenediyl, alkenedienyl or alkenetrienyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, each of these groups being monosubstituted to polysubstituted by identical or different substituents, each of these groups being substituted by halogen, hydroxyl, mercapto, in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, cycloalkyl or aryl, and each of these groups additionally being interrupted, if appropriate, by one of the groups below ##STR2## B represents hydrogen or alkyl, X represents alkyl, halogen or alkoxy,Y represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy or halogenoalkyl,Z represents alkyl, halogen or alkoxy,n represents a number 0, 1, 2 or 3,G represents hydrogen (a) or the groups ##STR3## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8, L, M and E are defined in the specification.

Abstract: Herbicidal substituted cycloalkenes of the formula ##STR1## in which A is a straight-chain or branched, optionally substituted alkanediyl group,X is O, S, N--R.sup.8 or CR.sup.9 R.sup.10,Y is O, S, NH or N-alkyl,Z is N or R.sup.11, andR.sup.1 to R.sup.11 represent various organic radicals.

Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted 4,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazol-3-(thi)ones of the general formula (I), ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, halogenoalkinyl, cyanoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, arylthioalkyl, arylsulfinylalkyl, arylsulfonylalkyl, arylaminoalkyl, N-alkyl-arylaminoalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkenyl, alkylaminoalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl or cycloalkenylalkyl, or optionally substituted heterocyclylalkyl, or in each case optionally substituted aralkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkinyl, aroyl, aryl, aralkyloxy or aryloxy, for alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy,R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted triazolinones of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents alkyl or cycloalkyl,R.sup.2 represents cycloalkyl which is optionally substituted by aryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl or arylalkinyl, or represents a radical of the formula ##STR2## X represents oxygen or sulphur and Y represents oxygen or sulphur, whereR.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 represent hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.9 represents in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl andn represents a number 0, 1, 2 or 3,but with the exception of those compounds in which, simultaneously, R.sup.1 represents a methyl radical, X represents oxygen, Y represents oxygen and R.sup.2 represents a radical of the formula ##STR3## a plurality of processes and novel intermediates for their preparation, and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Herbicidal N-azinyl-N'-(2-ethylsulphinyl-phenylsulphonyl)ureas of the formula ##STR1## in which A represents nitrogen or a CH group,X represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio, each of which has 1 to 3 carbon atoms and each of which is optionally substituted by halogen andY represents alkyl or alkoxy, each of which has 1 to 3 carbon atoms and each of which is optionally substituted by halogen,and salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted triazoles of the general formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents alkyl,R.sup.2 represents alkyl,R.sup.3 represents alkyl,R.sup.4 represents in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl or aryl,R.sup.5 represents either hydrogen, alkyl or cyano andR.sup.6 represents hydrogen or alkyl orR.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together represent divalent alkanediyl,A represents one of the radicals --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --; --CH(CH.sub.3)--CH.sub.2 --; --CH.sub.2 --O--; --CH.sub.2 --S--; --CH.sub.2 --N(R.sup.7)--; --CH.dbd.CH-- or --C.dbd.C-- andX represents oxygen or sulphur, whereR.sup.7 represents hydrogen, alkyl or alkanoyl,but with the exception of the compound 5-dimethylamino-4-methyl-3-(4-phenylbut-2-ylaminocarbonyl)-1,2,4-triazole,a plurality of processes for their preparation, and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Novel herbicides and plant growth regulants of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkylalkyl or cycloalkyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted aralkyl or aryl,R.sup.2 represents a radical ##STR2## or represents a radical --S(O).sub.n --R.sup.7, R.sup.3 and R.sup.