Abstract: Disclosed are 3-heterocyclyl substituted benzoic acid derivatives of general formula (I), in which the variables R1 to R8 and X have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and the use thereof as herbicides or for desiccating/defoliating plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing organic alkyne compounds of formula (I), X—C?C—Y According to said method, organic halogen compounds of formula (Ia), X-Hal, are reacted with organic terminal alkyne compounds of formula (Ib), H—C?C—Y, X and Y representing the same or different organic radicals and Hal representing chlorine or bromine, in inert solvents under the action of microwave radiation, in the presence of at least one metallic compound and at least one base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing sulfamoyl halides of primary or secondary amines, comprising the following steps: i) reacting a primary or secondary amine Al with at least equimolar amounts of SO3 or an SO3 source in the presence of at least equimolar amounts of a tertiary amine A2, based in each case on the amine A1, and ii) reacting the reaction mixture obtained in step i) with at least the amount of a phosphorus halide required by the stoichiometry; The invention further relates to a process for preparing sulfonic diamides, comprising the preparation of sulfamoyl halides by means of carrying out steps i) and ii) and subsequently reacting the sulfamoyl halide obtained with ammonia. The invention further relates to the use of this process for preparing active herbicidal ingredients having a sulfuric diamide structure. The invention further relates to novel sulfamoyl chlorides.

Abstract: A process for preparing 7-(pyrazol-3-yl)benzoxazoles of the formula I in which the variables R1-R6 are as defined in claim 1, which process is characterized in that a 2-halo-3-(pyrazol-3-yl)anilide of the formula II, in which X is bromine or iodine is reacted with a base in the presence of a transition metal compound of subgroup VIIa, VIIIa or Ib of the Periodic Table of the Elements, is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides serotonergic benzofurans of Formula (I): where A, R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing fused tetrahydro-[1H]-triazoles of the formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-aryl-5-trifluoromethylpyridines of the formula I 1

Abstract: 3-Arylisothiazoles of the formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted aniline compounds of the formula 1 in which R21, R22 and R23 have the meanings indicated in the description. The compounds according to the invention are intermediates for the preparation of herbicidally active pyridinedicarboxamide compounds.

Abstract: The use of 1-aryl-4-haloalkyl-2-[1H]-pyridones of the formula I 1

Abstract: N-substituted perhydro-2,3-diazines of the formula I in which the variables Z, R, m and RA are as defined in claim 1, a process for their preparation and the use of the compounds of the formula I as starting materials for preparing herbicides of the formula V in which R, RA, Z and m are as defined above, X is O or S and Q is a C6-C14-aromatic radical are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to herbicidally effective 3-{benz(ox/thi)azol-7-yl}-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-diones of formula (I) wherein X=oxygen or sulphur, Y=oxygen or sulphur; Z=chemical bond, C1-C4-alkylene, O, S, SO, SO2; R1=H, NH2, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkyl halide; R2=H, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkyl halide, C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl or C1C6-alkylsulfonyl; R3=H, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl; R4=H, halogen; R5=CN, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkyl halide, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy; R6=H, C3-C7-cycloalkyl containing a 3 to 7-membered saturated heterocyclyl and one or more oxygen and/or sulphur atoms, whereby each heterocyclic ring may contain a carbonyl or thiocarbonyl ring member. The invention also relates to the agriculturally usable salts of the compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-phenyl-2H-pyridazin-3-ones of the general formula I 1

Abstract: Novel 1-aryl-4-thiotriazines I where the variables have the following meanings: R1=H, NH2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl; R2=H, NH2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl; R3=H, halogen; R4=CN, halogen; Y=nitrogen, the methine group or, together with R5, a bridge >C—O—C(R6)═N—; R5=one of the meanings given in the description; R6=H, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-alkenyl, C3-C6-alkynyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C3-C6-alkenyloxy, C3-C6-alkynyloxy, C3-C6-cycloalkyl or C3-C6-cycloalkoxy; their salts and enol ethers, the preparation of the novel compounds I and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-phenyl-2H-pyridazin-3-ones of the general formula I 1

Abstract: A process for preparing 7-(pyrazol-3-yl)benzoxazoles of the formula I 1

Abstract: Phenoxy- and thiophenoxyacrylic acid compounds of the formula I in which Het, R1, R2, R3, V, W and Z are as defined in claim 1 and processes for their preparation, intermediates for their preparation, herbicidally active compositions comprising the compounds of the formula I and a method for controlling harmful fungi are described.

Abstract: A process for preparing fused triazoles of formula I where: X—X is C—O, C—S, C—SO, C—SO2, or C—NR1; V is C═W2, R1R2C—C(═W2)— or C(═V2)—C(═W2); W1, W2 are oxygen or sulfur; which comprises reacting substituted N-aminoureas are reacted with formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde to give the corresponding methyleneimino ureas; cyclizing these in the presence of catalytic amounts of acid or metal oxide to give tetrahydro-4H-1,3,4-oxa(or thia)diazines, and cyclizing the fused triazoles using phosgene or a phosgene substitute.

Abstract: Substituted (4-bromopyrazol-3-yl)benzazoles I and their salts where R1=H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl; R2=CN, Cl-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C1-C4-alkylthio, C1-C4-haloalkylthio, C1-C4-alkylsulfinyl, C1-C4-haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C4-alkylsulfonyl, C1-C4-haloalkylsulfonyl; R4=H, halogen; R5=H, CN, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-haloalkoxy; Z=—N═C(XR6)—O— or —N═C(XR6)—S—, attached to &agr; via the nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur; X=a chemical bond, oxygen, sulfur, —S(O)—, —SO2—, —NH— or —N(R7)—; R6, R7=Cl-C6-alkyl, Cl-C6-haloalkyl, cyano-Cl-C4-alkyl, hydroxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C6-alkenyl, cyano-C3-C6-alkenyl, C3-C6-haloalkenyl, C3-C6-alkynyl, cyano-C3-C6-alkynyl, C3-C6-haloalkynyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-alkenyloxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-alkynyloxy-C1-C4-alkyl,

Abstract: Pyridine-2,3-dicarboxamides of the formula I in which the variables are as defined in the description, which are suitable for use as herbicides or for the desiccation or defoliation of plants are described.