Imperial Chemical Industries Limited

Keith P Parry

Paul A Worthington

William G Rathmell

Margaret C Shephard

Michael J Brown

Edwin Francis George

Colin F Rowe

Jeremy J Batch

David K Lawrence

A compound of general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl or phenyl, and R.sup.2 is phenyl or benzyl; the phenyl or the phenyl moiety optionally substituted with halogen, C.sub.1-5 alkyl, halo-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, halo-C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, nitro, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl, optionally halo-substituted benzyloxy, alkylenedioxy; haloalkylenedioxy, amino, mono- or di-C.sub.1-4 alkylamino, hydroxy, morpholino or carboxy or an alkyl ester thereof, and/or the alkyl moiety of the benzyl is optionally substituted with one C.sub.1-4 alkyl; or an acid addition salt or metal complex thereof. The compounds are useful fungicides and plant growth regulating agents.

Method of preventing fungal attack on wood, hides, leather or paint

A compound of general formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl cyclohexyl or phenyl, and R.sup.2 is phenyl or benzyl; the phenyl of R.sup.1 and the phenyl or phenyl moiety of the benzyl of R.sup.2 being optionally substituted with halogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-5 alkoxy, C.sub.1-10 alkoxyalkyl, halo-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, halo-C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, halo-.sub.1-5 alkoxy, halo-C.sub.1-5 alkyl, nitro, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl, optionally halo-substituted benzyloxy, C.sub.1-2 alkylenedioxy, acetylamino, halo-C.sub.1-2 alkylenedioxy, amino, mono- or di-C.sub.1-4 alkylamino, hydroxy, cyano, morpholino or carboxy or an alkyl ester thereof, and/or the alkyl moiety of the benzyl is optionally substituted with one C.sub.1-4 alkyl; and acid addition salts, ethers, esters and metal complexes thereof. The compounds are useful as fungicides and as plant growth regulating agents.

Ethers on esters of 1-triazole-2-substituted ethanols

Compounds of formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or phenyl and R.sup.2 is phenyl or benzyl and their acid addition salts and metal complexes. The compounds have fungicidal activity.

Heterocyclic compounds

Fungicidal triazole ethanol compounds

The triazole compounds have the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl, cycloalkyl (e.g. cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl) or optionally substituted phenyl and R.sup.2 is optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted benzyl; or an acid addition salt or metal complex thereof. The compounds have fungicidal and plant growth regulating properties.

Plant growth regulation using triazole ethanols

Antifungal and plant growth regulatory compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, and R.sub.2 is optionally substituted phenyl or benzyl.

Antifungal triazole ethanol derivatives

Fungicidal or plant growth regulating compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, is unsubstituted or methyl-substituted C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or halo-substituted C.sub.1-6 alkyl or unsubstituted or halo-, C.sub.1-4 alkyl-, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy-, phenyl- or nitro-substituted phenyl, and Y is .dbd.N-- or .dbd.CH--; or an acid addition salt or metal complex thereof.

Imidazolyl and triazolyl compounds, compositions containing them and

Compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein Y is .dbd.N-- or .dbd.CH--, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl, cycloalkyl, or phenyl and Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are carbonyl or a derivative thereof, or salts or metal complexes thereof. These compounds have fungicidal and plant growth regulating activity.

Imidazole and triazole compounds, fungicidal and plant growth regulating

A method of controlling pollen formation in a hermaphrodite plant, the method comprising applying to the plant, to seed of the plant or to the locus surrounding the plant or seed, a compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkyl substituted with up to three halogens (e.g. trichloro- or trifluoro-methyl), cycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl (e.g. 2-methoxy-ethyl), substituted or unsubstituted aryl or aralkyl or an alkali metal (e.g. sodium or potassium), alkaline earth metal or quaternary ammonium cation, R.sup.3 is halogen, nitro, alkyl, alkyl substituted with up to three halogens (e.g. trichloro- or trifluoro-methyl), cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, amino, acylamino (e.g. acetylamino), mono- or di-alkylamino, acyl (e.g. acetyl), haloacyl (e.g. bromoacetyl), cyano, amido, hydroxy, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl (e.g. methoxycarbonyl) or phenoxy, n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 5 (preferably 0, 1, 2 or 3) and each of X and Y, which may be the same or different, is oxygen or sulphur.

Control of pollen formation

A method of regulating the growth of, or killing, plants, which method consists essentially of applying to the plants an indole compound which is 7-chloro or 7-bromo indole, the compound being applied in an amount sufficient at least to stunt, or kill, the plants.

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Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Keith P Parry