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Juergen Schubert

Hubert Sauter

Juergen Kast

Johann Jung

Reinhard Kaczmarek

Eberhard Ammermann

Gisela Lorenz

Karl-Otto Westphalen

Bruno Wuerzer

Gerhard Hamprecht

Ulf Misslitz

Uwe Kardorff

Norbert Meyer

Albrecht Harreus

Christoph Kuenast

Thomas Kuekenhoehner

Reiner Kober

Jochen Wild

Guenter Schulz

Klaus Grosmann

Wilheim Rademacher

Abstract of the Disclosure: N-Hetaryl-2-nitroanilines Ia and Ib ##STR1## (R.sup.1 =H, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy; R.sup.2 =NO.sub.2, CN, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl; R.sup.3 =NO.sub.2, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl; R.sup.4 =CO--R.sup.5,CO--OR.sup.5, SO.sub.2 R.sup.5 with R.sup.5 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl; Q=H, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal ion, substituted or unsubstituted ammonium ion, phosphonium, sulfonium or sulfoxonium ion, one equivalent of a transition metal cation; Het=thienyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl or thiadiazolyl, each of which is linked via a ring carbon to the basic element, which can be fused to a non-aromatic C.sub.5 -C.sub.8 -ring and/or can additionally carry on each other carbon one of the following: CN, SCN, NO.sub.2, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl, benzyl or thienyl, CO--R.sup.5, CO--OR.sup.5, NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 ; R.sup.6, R.sup.7 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkynyl; excepting Ia where R.sup.1 =H, R.sup.2 and/or R.sup.3 =NO.sub.2 and Het= 1,3,4 -thiadiazol- 2 -yl substituted by CF.sub.3 or C(CH.sub.3).sub.3) can be used as pesticides.

N-hetaryl-2-nitroanilines

An acylcyclohexadionethiocarboxylic S-ester of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, benzyl or phenyl, and R.sup.2 is additionally hydrogen, are prepared by reacting an acylcyclohexadione II ##STR2## with hydroxylamine or hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid in an inert solvent at from 0.degree. to 150.degree. C., to give an acylcyclohexadione compound III ##STR3## and then reacting the compound III with a mercaptan IV

Acylcyclohexadionethiocarboximidic S-ester salts

An acylcyclohexadionethiocarboxylic S-ester of the fomrula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, benzyl or phenyl, and R.sup.2 is additionally hydrogen, are prepared by reacting an acylcyclohexadione II ##STR2## with hydroxylamine or hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid in an inert solvent at from 0.degree. to 150.degree. C., to give an acylcyclohexadione compound III ##STR3## and then reacting the compound III with a mercaptan IV

Preparation of acylcyclohexadionethiocarboxylic S-esters

Cyclohexenone compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: R.sup.1 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl or benzyl;

Cyclohexenone compounds and their use as herbicides or plant growth

2-Anilinocyanopyridines of the formula ##STR1## where X is NO.sub.2, CN, halogen, SO.sub.2 -alkyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, or phenoxy or phenylthio which is unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl,

2-Anilinocyanopyridines having fungicidal properties

Agents for reducing transpiration in plants and/or avoiding impairment to plants caused by heat and dry stress, comprising a synergistic mixture containing at least one acetylene compound of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings R.sup.1 CH.sub.2 OH, COOH, CH.sub.2 OR.sup.4, COOR.sup.4 or CHXY,

Agents for reducing transpiration of plants

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