Method for inhibiting the growth of fungi with phenyl glycine compounds

Abstract

New compounds and a method for inhibiting the growth of fungus is disclosed which comprises contacting said fungus with a fungicidal amount of a phenyl glycine compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, alkenyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, halogen, amino or hydroxy groups; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen, lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, benzoyl, halo or nitro substituted benzoyl, substituted cycloalkyl, methylcarbamoyl, cyclohexylcarbamoyl, phenylcarbamoyl, halophenylcarbamoyl, methylphenylcarbamoyl, methylthiocarbamoyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, napthyl group or --SO.sub.2 R.sub.7 where R.sub.7 is a hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl or amino group; R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently hydrogen, lower alkyl or substituted lower alkyl groups and R.sub.6 is a hydrogen, lower alkyl or substituted lower alkyl, alkenyl or substituted alkenyl group.