Patents by Inventor Stephan Trah

Stephan Trah 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).

  • Publication number: 20130281467
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein G represents together with the two carbon atoms of the pyrimidine ring to which it is attached, a 5- to 7-membered aliphatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring system which contain 0 to 2 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur; and wherein said 5- to 7-membered aliphatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring system can be mono-, di- or trisubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, keto, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6alkyloximino and C1-C6alkylendioxy; and wherein the other substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in claim 1, and their use as microbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Laura Quaranta, Clemens Lamberth, Martin Pouliot
  • Patent number: 8519152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compound of formula (I), which process comprises a) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein X is chloro or bromo, with an organometallic species in an inert atmosphere to a halobenzyne of formula (X), reacting the halobenzyne of formula X so formed with cyclopentadiene to (III), b) reacting III in the presence of an inert solvent with an oxidant to (IV), c) reacting IV in the presence of a Lewis acid and a hydride source to (V), d) reacting V in the presence of an oxidizing agent, a base and an inert solvent to (VI), e) converting VI in the presence of a phosphane and CCl4 or CHCl3 to (VII), and either f1) reacting VII with NH3 in the presence of a catalyst to the compound of formula (VIII); and g) reacting VIII in the presence of a base with a compound of formula (IX), to the compound of formula (I); or f2) reacting the compound of formula (VII), in the presence of a solvent, a base, a copper catalyst and at least one ligand with the compound
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Raphael Dumeunier, Florian Schleth, Thomas Vettiger, Michael Rommel, Stephan Trah
  • Patent number: 8466180
    Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R1, R2, G1, G2, Q1 and Q2 are as defined in claim 1; or salts or N-oxides thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Stephan Trah, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, William Lutz, Peter Maienfisch, Werner Zambach
  • Publication number: 20130096156
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Laura Quaranta, Stephan Trah, Renaud Beaudegnies, Fiona Murphy Kessabi, Guillaume Berthon, Clemens Lamberth
  • Patent number: 8410026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridazine derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: wherein R1 is methyl, ethyl or isopropyl; R2 is chloro, fluoro, hydroxy or C1-C2alkoxy; R3 is H, chloro, fluoro, methoxy or C1-C3alkyl; R4 is chloro, fluoro or bromo; and R5 is H, fluoro or methoxy; or an agrochemically usable salt form thereof; with the proviso that when R1 is methyl, R2 is chloro and R3 is H, then R4 or R5 is different from fluoro.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Clemens Lamberth, Raphael Dumeunier, Sebastian Volker Wendeborn
  • Publication number: 20130065922
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Laura Quaranta, Renaud Beaudegnies, Fiona Murphy Kessabi, Guillaume Berthon, Clemens Lamberth
  • Publication number: 20130035496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compound of formula (I), which process comprises a) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein X is chloro or bromo, with an organometallic species in an inert atmosphere to a halobenzyne of formula (X), reacting the halobenzyne of formula X so formed with cyclopentadiene to (III), b) reacting III in the presence of an inert solvent with an oxidant to (IV), c) reacing IV in the presence of a Lewis acid and a hydride source to (V), d) reacting V in the presence of an oxidizing agent, a base and an inert solvent to (VI), e) converting VI in the presence of a phosphane and CCL4 or CHCl3 to (VII), and either f1) reacting VII with NH3 in the presence of a catalyst to the compound of formula (VIII); and g) reacting VIII in the presence of a base with a compound of formula (IX), to the compound of formula (I); or f2) reacting the compound of formula (VII), in the presence of a solvent, a base, a copper catalyst and at least one ligand with the compound
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Raphael Dumeunier, Florian Schleth, Thomas Vettiger, Michael Rommel, Stephan Trah
  • Publication number: 20120295876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridazine derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl; R2 is H or chloro; R3 is fluoro or chloro; R4 is fluoro or methoxy; and R5 is chloro or methoxy or an agrochemically usable salt from thereof, as active ingredients which have microbiodidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Clemens Lamberth
  • Publication number: 20120010195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazole derivatives of formula (I) having microbiocidal, in particular fungicidal, activity, to processes for their preparation and intermediates used in their preparation, to agrochemical compositions comprising them and to the use in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants, harvested food crops, seeds or non-living materials by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Raphael Dumeunier, Clemens Lamberth, Stephan Trah
  • Publication number: 20110311649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazole derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: wherein R1 is halogen, C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4haloalkyl; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; R3 is halogen; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, hydroxyl, C1-C4alkoxy, OR6, C1-C4haloalkoxy or cyano; R5 is halogen; R6 is hydrogen, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C3-C10 alkylcycloalkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 haloalkenyl, C3-C7 cycloalkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, C2-C6 haloalkynyl or C2-C6 alkyloxyalkyl; X is N or C(R); and R is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkoxy or cyano; or an agrochemically usable salt form thereof; provided that when X is C(R), R2 cannot be an optionally substituted aryl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Raphael Dumeunier, Clemens Lamberth, Stephan Trah, Sebastian Volker Wendeborn
  • Publication number: 20110224252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazole derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: wherein R1 is halogen, C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4haloalkyl; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; R3 is halogen; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkoxy or cyano; R5 is halogen; X is N or C(R); and R is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkoxy or cyano; or an agrochemically usable salt form thereof; provided that when X is C(R), R2 cannot be an optionally substituted aryl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Raphael Dumeunier, Clemens Lamberth, Stephan Trah, Sebastian Wendeborn
  • Publication number: 20110142802
    Abstract: A fungicidal composition suitable for control of disease caused by phytopathogens comprising (A) a compound of formula (I), wherein R1 is methyl, ethyl or isopropyl; R2 is 2-chloro-6-fluoro-phenyl, 2,4,6-trifluorophenyl or 2,6-difluoro-4-methoxy-phenyl; R3 is chloro, fluoro or methoxy; and (B) a compound selected, for example, from the group consisting of (B1) a strobilurin fungicide, (B2) an azole fungicide, (B3) a morpholine fungicide, and (B4) an anilinopyrimidine fungicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Godwin, Stephan Trah, Clemens Lamberth, Raphael Dumeunier, Valeria Grasso, Sebastian Volker Wendeborn
  • Publication number: 20110112108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridazine derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: wherein R1 is methyl, ethyl or isopropyl; R2 is chloro, fluoro, hydroxy or C1-C2alkoxy; R3 is H, chloro, fluoro, methoxy or C1-C3alkyl; R4 is chloro, fluoro or bromo; and R3 is H, fluoro or methoxy; or an agrochemically usable salt form thereof; with the proviso that when R1 is methyl, R2 is chloro and R3 is H, then R4 or R5 is different from fluoro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Clemens Lamberth, Raphael Dumeunier, Sebastian Volker Wenderborn
  • Publication number: 20100273804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridazine derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl or C3-C6cycloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl or C1-C6haloalkyl; R4 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl or C1-C6haloalkyl; or R3 and R4 together can be part of a carbocyclic or heterocyclic 3- to 8-membered ring; R5 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; and R6 is hydroxy, halogen, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6haloalkoxy, C1-C6alkylthio or C1-C6haloalkylthio; or an agrochemically usable salt form thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Clemens Lamberth, Stephan Trah, Raphael Dumeunier, Sebastian Volker Wendeborn
  • Patent number: 7812170
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which Z, is an oxygen atom; or a sulfur atom; Z2 is an oxygen atom; or a sulfur atom; R, is an aryl or heteroaryl group, which is unsubstituted or substituted; R2 is hydrogen; or an organic substituent; R3 is hydrogen; or an organic substituent; R4 is hydrogen; or an organic substituent; or R3 and R4, taken together, form, together with the nitrogen atom, to which they are attached, a ring, which is unsubstituted or substituted; R5 is hydrogen; or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group; or forms, taken together with R8 or with a monovalent substituent attached to that atom of R6, via which atom R6 is directly connected with the carbon atom, shown in the formula I, which carries R5, one additional bond; R6 and R7, taken together, form, together with the two carbon atoms, shown in the formula I, to which atoms they are attached, a bicyclic ring system, which ring system is carbocyclic or heterocyclic, which ring system is substituted, in the manner shown in the formula I, by
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: David John Hughes, James Edward Peace, Suzanna Riley, Sally Russell, Joseph John Swanborough, Roger Graham Hall, André Jeanguenat, Olivier Loiseleur, Peter Renold, Stephan Trah, Jean Wenger
  • Publication number: 20100197696
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein Het, A1, A2, A3, A4, D, W, T, Q, Y, X1, X2, R1, R2, R3, R4, k and m are as defined hereinabove, and, where applicable, to possible E/Z isomers, mixtures of E/Z isomers and/or tautomers thereof, in each case in free form or in salt form, to a process for the preparation of and to the use of those compounds, E/Z isomers, mixtures of E/Z isomers and/or tautomers, to pesticidal compositions in which the active ingredient has been selected from those compounds, E/Z isomers, mixtures of E/Z isomers and/or tautomers, in each case in free form or in agrochemically usable salt form, to a process for the preparation of and to the use of those compositions, to plant propagation material treated with those compositions, to a method of controlling pests, to intermediates and, where applicable, to possible E/Z isomers, mixtures of E/Z isomers and/or tautomers thereof, in each case in free form or in salt form, for the preparation of those compounds, E/Z isomers, m
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Roger Graham Hall, Stephan Trah, Werner Zambach, Juraj Tuleja
  • Publication number: 20100144674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridazine derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: wherein R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C8haloalkyl or C3-C6cycloalkyl; R2 is cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, halocycloalkyl, cycloalkoxy, halocycloalkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, halocycloalkylalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkoxyalkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, trialkylsilyl, alkylthioalkyl, haloalkylthioalkyl, cycloalkylthio, halocycloalkylthio, cycloalkylalkylthio, halocycloalkylalkylthio, alkylsulfinylalkyl, alkylsulfonylalkyl, alkylsulfinyl, haloalkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, haloalkylsulfonyl, C2-C6alkenyl, C2-C6alkynyl, optionally substituted arylsulfonyl, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally optionally substituted heteroaryloxy, optionally substituted arylthio, optionally substituted heteroarylthio; or R2 together with an adjacent carbon atom forms an optionally substituted fused ring; R3 is an optionally substituted aryl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen,
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Clemens Lamberth, Sebastian Wendeborn
  • Patent number: 7723362
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein Het, A1, A2, A3, A4, D, W, T, Q, Y, X1, X2, R1, R2, R3, R4, k and m are as defined hereinabove, and, where applicable, to possible E/Z isomers, mixtures of E/Z isomers and/or tautomers thereof, in each case in free form or in salt form, to a process for the preparation of and to the use of those compounds, E/Z isomers, mixtures of E/Z isomers and/or tautomers, to pesticidal compositions in which the active ingredient has been selected from those compounds, E/Z isomers, mixtures of E/Z isomers and/or tautomers, in each case in free form or in agrochemically usable salt form, to a process for the preparation of and to the use of those compositions, to plant propagation material treated with those compositions, to a method of controlling pests, to intermediates and, where applicable, to possible E/Z isomers, mixtures of E/Z isomers and/or tautomers thereof, in each case in free form or in salt form, for the preparation of those compounds, E/Z isomers, m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Graham Hall, Stephan Trah, Werner Zambach, Juraj Tuleja
  • Publication number: 20100113457
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridazine derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: wherein R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl or C3-C6cycloalkyl; R2 is halogen, nitro, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio or C1-C4haloalkylthio; R3 is an optionally substituted aryl; R4 is fluoro, cyano, C1-C6haloalkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C1-C6haloalkoxy, C1-C6alkylthio or C1-C6haloalkylthio; and n is a whole number from 1 to 4; or an agrochemically usable salt form thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Clemens Lamberth, Sebastian Wendeborn
  • Publication number: 20100113464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridazine derivatives of formula I as active ingredients which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: wherein R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl or C3-C6cycloalkyl; R2 is an optionally substituted heteroaryl; R3 is an optionally substituted aryl; and R4 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, (VCehaloalkoxy, hydroxy or cyano; or an agrochemically usable salt form thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Clemens Lamberth, Sebastian Volker Wendeborn