Trichloroacryloyl oxime fungicides

Abstract

The invention relates to new trichloroacryloyl oxime compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a benzyl group, a benzylthio group, a lower alkylthio group, a cycloalkyl group, a halogen atom, a styryl group, a halogenophenylthio group, a naphthyl group, or a phenyl group which may optionally be substituted by at least one substituent selected from the class consisting of a halogen atom, a nitro group, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a phenoxy group, a benzyloxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a thiocyanato group, a di-lower alkylamino group, a halogenopyridyloxy group and a methylenedioxy group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, may form an aliphatic ring, said ring being optionally substituted by at least one methyl group, and their use as fungicides. They may be obtained by reacting a trichloroacryloyl halide with an oxime, or by reacting a salt of trichloroacryloyl acid, a formic acid ester halide and an oxime, if appropriate in the presence of a diluent and if appropriate in the presence of an acid binder.