Abstract: The invention relates to the use of partly known substituted pyrazolin-5-one derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## as herbicides and fungicides, new substituted pyrazolin-5-one derivatives and processes for their preparation.

Abstract: Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating N-aryl heterocycles of the formula ##STR1## where A represents one of the groupings ##STR2## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 in each case independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, halogenoalkyl or alkyl,Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 in each case represent oxygen or sulphur andZ represents hydrogen, hydroxyl or chlorine, R represents in each case optionally branched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkylalkyl or cycloalkenylalkyl in each case interrupted by at least one oxygen atom and in each case substituted by at least one fluorine atom,X represents hydrogen or halogen andY represents hydrogen or halogen.

Abstract: Herbicidal substituted triazoles of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another each stands for hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, halogenoalkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, for in each case optionally substituted aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded stand for an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring,R.sup.3 stands for alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, halogenoalkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkyl or for in each case optionally substituted aralkyl or aryl,R.sup.4 and R.sup.

Abstract: Herbicidal substituted 4-amino-5-alkylthio-1,2,4-triazol-3-ones of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents in each case straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl, each of which has up to 4 carbon atoms, andR.sup.2 represents sec-butyl, tert.-butyl or optionally substituted C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl, or piperidyl- or morpholinyl-alkyl, optionally substituted C.sub.3, C.sub.4, C.sub.5 and C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl, substituted cyclohexyl, or optionally substituted benzyl, phenethyl, naphthylmethyl or naphthylethyl.

Abstract: Herbicidal substituted sulphonylaminoazoles of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is optionally substituted alkyl, aralkyl, aryl or heteroaryl,R.sup.2 is hydrogen or --SO.sub.2 --R.sup.1,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, mercapto, amino, or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino radical,A is CH, nitrogen or,at least one of A, D and E is ##STR2## and the others may be that or CH or nitrogen, and X, Y and Z each is nitrogen or optionally substituted C, and salts thereof.

Abstract: Novel herbicides of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents --CH.sub.2 --O--R.sup.5 and at the same time R.sup.2 represents alkyl, orR.sup.2 represents --CH.sub.2 --O--R.sup.5 and at the same time R.sup.1 represents alkyl,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkenyl or alkinyl, or represents optionally substituted aralkyl,R.sup.4 represents aryl or heteroaryl, in each case optionally substituted, andR.sup.5 represents alkyl.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel N-aryl-substituted nitrogen-containing heterocycles, several processes and novel intermediates for their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators.

Abstract: Herbicidal sulphonylaminoazines of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents halogen, cyano, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -halogenoalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -halogenoalkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -halogenoalkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkylsulphinyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -halogenoalkylsulphinyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkylsulphonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -halogenoalkylsulphonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkylamino)-sulphonyl, N-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy)-N-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkyl)-aminosulphonyl or C.sub.1 -(C.sub.2 -alkoxy-carbonyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or halogenoalkyl,n represents the numbers 0 or 1,X represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -halogenoalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkyl, cyclopropyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -halogenoalkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.

Abstract: A mild skin-cleansing aerosol mousse-forming emulsion providing benefits in leaving the skin after washing feeling not taut and dry, but moisturized, soft and smooth. The product also provides abundant rich creamy foam. The cleansing mousse emulsion comprises:A. 88% to 97% of a concentrate containing by weight of the concentrate:1. from 3% to 20% of a mild nonsoap anionic or amphoteric surfactant;2. a polymeric skin feel aid at 0.05% to 5%;3. a moisturizer at 10% to 60%, preferably glycerin;4. the balance water; andB. from 3% to 12% of a propellant by weight of the total emulsion.

Abstract: Herbicidal .alpha.-(5-aryloxy-naphthalen-1-yl-oxy)-propionic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 stands for hydrogen, halogen, cyano or trifluoromethyl,R.sup.2 stands for hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.3 stands for halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethoxy,R.sup.4 stands for hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.5 stands for hydrogen or halogen andZ stands for halogen, hydroxyl, amino, alkylamino, alkenylamino, alkinylamino, arylamino, aralkylamino, alkoxycarbonylalkylamino, cyanamino, dialkylamino, dialkenylamino, alkylsulphonylamino, arylsulphonylamino, hydroxylamino, alkoxyamino, hydrazino, alkylsulphonylhydrazino, arylsulphonylhydrazino, alkylthio, arylthio, aralkylthio, alkoxycarbonylalkylthio or for the --O--R.sup.6 group, wherein R.sup.6 can be various organic radicals.The starting material naphthol of the formula ##STR2## is also new.

Abstract: Herbicidally active novel substituted 1-benzylsulphonyl-3-heteroaryl(thio)-ureas of the formula ##STR1## in whichQ.sub.1 represents oxygen or sulphur,R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, or represents optionally substituted radicals from the series comprising alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl and aralkyl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkylthio, amino, alkylamino or dialkylamino,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.4 represents halogenoalkyl,X represents nitrogen or a --CH grouping,Y represents nitrogen or a --CR.sup.5 grouping,R.sup.5 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkyl, formyl, alkyl-carbonyl or alkoxy-carbonyl,Z represents nitrogen or a --CR.sup.6 grouping, andR.sup.6 represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino,and salts thereof with metals and basic organic nitrogen compounds. The benzylsulphonyl moieties are also new.

Abstract: Herbicidal substituted sulphonylaminotriazolinones of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, aryl and heteroaryl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or the group --SO.sub.2 --R.sup.1 where R.sup.1 has the abovementioned meaning,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, mercapto, amino or an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkinyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkenylthio, alkinylthio, aralkoxy, aralkylthio, alkylamino and dialkylamino,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amino or an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkylamino and dialkylamino,X represents nitrogen or a CH group,Y represents nitrogen or a CR.sup.5 group whereR.sup.

Abstract: Herbicidal substituted thiadiazolyloxyacetamides of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 stands for hydrogen or for an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl and aralkyl,R.sup.2 stands for an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy and 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 heterocycle which can contain further hetero atoms and to which a benzo group can be fused, andR.sup.3 stands for an optionally substituted alkyl radical.Intermediates of the formulas ##STR2## in which R.sup.3 stands for optionally substituted alkyl, andX stands for S or SO.sub.2,are also new.

Abstract: A process for selectively combating weeds in crops, comprising applying to a locus in which such crops are growing or are to be grown a herbicidally effective amount of a difluoromethyl-thiadiazolyl-oxy-acetamide of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 stands for hydrogen or for an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl and aralkyl,R.sup.2 stands for an optionally substituted radical from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy and 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 heterocycle which can contain further hetero atoms and to which a benzo group may be fused.Compounds wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and R.sup.2 is optionally substituted phenyl are new as are intermediates of the formula ##STR2## in which x is 0 or 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to new sulphonyliso(thio)-urea derivatives of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents an optionally substituted radical from the series comprising alkyl, aralkyl, aryl and heteroaryl,R.sup.2 represents an optionally substituted and/or optionally fused 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic radical containing at least one nitrogen atom,R.sup.3 represents an optically substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical,X represents oxygen or sulphur andM represents hydrogen or an equivalent of a metal,and adducts of compounds of the formula (I) with strong acids, processes for their preparation, and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: A 3-aryl-pyrrolidine-2,4-dione (e) derivative of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which X represents alkyl, halogen and alkoxy,Y represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy and halogenoalkyl,Z represents alkyl, halogen and alkoxy,m represents a number from 1-4,n represents a number from 0-3, R represents hydrogen, ##STR2## or A where A represents a metal cation equivalent or represents an ammonium ion,R.sup.1 represents optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, polyalkoxyalkyl and optionally substituted cycloalkyl which can be interrupted by hetero atoms, or represents optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenylalkyl, substituted hetaryl, substituted phenoxyalkyl and substituted hetaryloxyalkyl andR.sup.2 represents optionally halogen-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, polyalkoxyalkyl and optionally substituted phenyl,as well as the pure enantiomeric forms of compounds of the formula (I).

Abstract: Herbicidal triazoloazines of the formula ##STR1## in which A stands for nitrogen or for a radical C--R.sup.3,R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another each stand for hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, for optionally substituted alkyl, for alkoxy, alkylthio or for optionally substituted aryl, or eitherR.sup.1 and R.sup.3 together or R.sup.3 and R.sup.2 together stand for a fused, optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring,X stands for oxygen, sulphur, a sulphinyl group, or a sulphonyl group andAr stands for in each case optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl.

Abstract: Herbicidal 3-aminopyrazolin-5-ones of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 stands for alkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, cycloalkyl, for optionally substituted aralkyl or for optionally substituted aryl,R.sup.2 stands for hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.3 stands for hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.4 stands for hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl or alkanoyl, orR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together stand for an alkylene or alkenylene radical, each of which is divalent, X stands for halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy or halogenoalkylthio, andZ stands for hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy or halogenoalkylthio,and acid addition salts thereof. Intermediates of the formula ##STR2## are also disclosed.

Abstract: Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating substituted phenoxyphenylsulphonylazoles of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano or trifluoromethyl,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.3 represents halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or trifluoromethylsulphonyl,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.5 represents hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.6 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro or amino andAz represents optionally substituted azolyl.

Abstract: Herbicidal N-isopropylheteroaryloxyacetanilides of the formula ##STR1## in which A stands for nitrogen or the group C--R.sup.3 whereR.sup.3 stands for halogen, cyano, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl,B stands for nitrogen or the group C--R.sup.4 whereR.sup.4 stands for halogen, cyano, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, halogenoalkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, halogenoalkylsulphonyl, for phenyl which is optionally substituted by halogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy or halogenoalkoxy, or for the group --CY.sub.2 --Z--R.sup.5 whereR.sup.5 stands for alkyl, which is optionally substituted by halogen, alkoxy or alkylthio, or for phenyl which is optionally substituted by halogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio or halogenoalkylthio,Y stands for hydrogen or halogen,Z stands for oxygen, sulphur, SO or SO.sub.2,R.sup.