Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated

Hirohisa Yanagita

Hideo Yamazaki

Keiichi Igarashi

Takeo Yoshimoto

Mitsumasa Umemoto

Yuji Enomoto

Yutaka Kubota

Yoshio Takasawa

Tekeo Yoshimoto

Disclosed herein are N-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl)-3-trifluoromethyl-benzenesulfonamide derivatives represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X and Y individually mean a hydrogen or chlorine atom and agricultural fungicides containing said derivatives.

N-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl)-3-trifluoromethyl-benzenesulfonamide

Disclosed herein are N-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl)-benzenesulfonamide derivatives represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X and Y individually mean a hydrogen or chlorine atom and Z denotes a chlorine atom or trifluoromethyl group, and agricultural fungicides containing said derivatives.

N-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl)-(benzenesulfonamide derivative and

Disclosed herein are N-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl)benzenesulfonamide derivatives represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X and Y individually mean a hydrogen or chlorine atom and Z denotes a chlorine atom or trifluoromethyl group, and agricultural fungicides containing said derivatives.

N-(2-Chloro-4-nitrophenyl)-benezene-sulfonamide derivative and

Disclosed herein are N-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-trifluoromethylbenzensulfonamide derivatives represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X and Y individually mean a hydrogen or chlorine atom, and agricultural fungicides containing said derivatives.

N-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-trifluoromethylbenzenesulfonamide

Disclosed are novel 3-nitrobenzene sulfonanilide derivatives and, among others, that of the formula ##STR1## as well as fungicidal compositions containing such compounds as the active ingredient. The compounds of the invention are markedly effective in controlling plant diseases and, in particular, clubroot disease of Brassica spp., have no toxicity to men, beasts, and fishes, exert no phytotoxicity on crops, have neither irritant nor unpleasant odor, and manifest their excellent fungicidal effect at low concentrations. Accordingly, they are ideally useful in fungicidal compositions.

3-Nitrobenzene sulfonanilide derivatives and fungicidal compositions for

3-nitro-4-methylbenzene sulfon-2-chloro-4-nitroanilide ##STR1## as a novel compound as well as fungicidal composition containing the compound as the active ingredient. The compound of the invention is markedly effective in controlling plant diseases and, in particular, clubroot disease of Brassica spp., has no toxicity to men, beasts, and fishes, exerts no phytotoxicity on crops, has neither irritant nor unpleasant odor, and manifests its excellent fungicidal effect at low concentrations. Accordingly, it is ideally useful in fungicidal composition.

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Chigasaki, Japan

Hirohisa Yanagita