Pyridylmethyl nitriles, amides and thioamides useful as fungicides

Abstract

Compounds of of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl group, optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, phenoxy, or, linear or branched, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkoxy, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl; R.sup.1 is C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl or, linear or branched, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 haloalkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkoxyalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl; n is 1, 2 or 3; and R.sup.2 is CN, C(O)NH.sub.2 or C(S)NH.sub.2, or the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with organic and inorganic acids. These compounds are useful as fungicides.