C

1. A compound of formula (I)

wherein:

W represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

X represents C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

Y represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

Z represents C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

with the proviso that at least one of the radicals W, X, Y and Z represents a chain having at least two carbon atoms,

and with the further proviso that when W is hydrogen then Y is methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or ethinyl, and when Y is hydrogen then W is C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

CKE represents

A represents hydrogen or in each case optionally halogen-substituted C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, C 3 -C 8 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 10 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 1 -C 10 -alkylthio-C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, optionally halogen-, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl- or C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-substituted C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl in which optionally one or two not directly adjacent ring members are replaced by oxygen and/or sulphur or represents in each case optionally halogen-, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-, C 1 -C 6 -halogenoalkyl-, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-, C 1 -C 6 -halogenoalkoxy-, cyano- or nitro-substituted phenyl or naphthyl, hetaryl having 5 to 6 ring atoms, phenyl-C 1 -C 6 -alkyl or naphthyl-C 1 -C 6 -alkyl,

B represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 12 -alkyl or C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent saturated C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl or unsaturated C 5 -C 10 -cycloalkyl in which optionally one ring member is replaced by oxygen or sulphur and which are optionally mono- or disubstituted by C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 8 -halogenoalkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 8 -alkylthio, halogen or phenyl, or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl which is substituted by an alkylenediyl group which optionally contains one or two not directly adjacent oxygen and/or sulphur atoms and which is optionally C 1 -C 4 -alkyl-substituted, or by an alkylenedioxyl group or by alkenedithioyl group which, together with the carbon atom to which it is attached, forms a further five- to eight-membered ring, or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 5 -C 8 -cycloalkenyl in which two substituents together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached represent in each case optionally C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy- or halogen-substituted C 2 -C 6 -alkanediyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenediyl or C 4 -C 6 -alkanedienediyl in which optionally one methylene group is replaced by oxygen or sulphur,

D represents hydrogen,

and in which:

G represents hydrogen (a) or represents one of the group

in which

E represents an ammonium ion,

L represents oxygen or sulphur and

M represents oxygen or sulphur,

R 1 represents in each case optionally halogen-substituted methyl, ethyl, propyl, t-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, C 2 -C 20 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkylthio-C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, poly-C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 8 -alkyl or optionally halogen-, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl or C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-substituted C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl in which optionally one or more not directly adjacent ring members are replaced by oxygen and/or sulphur,

or R 1 represents optionally halogen-, cyano-, nitro-, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-, C 1 -C 6 -halogenoalkyl-, C 1 -C 6 -halogenoalkoxy-, C 1 -C 6 -alkylthio- or alkylsulphonyl-substituted phenyl,

or R 1 represents optionally halogen-, nitro-, cyano-, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-, C 1 -C 6 -halogenoalkyl- or C 1 -C 6 -halogenoalkoxy-substituted phenyl-C 1 -C 6 -alkyl,

or R 1 represents optionally halogen- or C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-substituted 5- or 6-membered hetaryl,

or R 1 represents optionally halogen- or C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-substituted phenoxy-C 1 -C 6 -alkyl or

or R 1 represents optionally halogen-, amino- or C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-substituted 5- or 6-membered hetaryloxy-C 1 -C 6 -alkyl,

R 2 represents in each case optionally halogen-substituted C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, C 2 -C 20 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy-C 2 -C 8 -alkyl, poly-C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy-C 2 -C 8 -alkyl,

or R 2 represents optionally halogen-, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl- or C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-substituted C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or

or R 2 represents in each case optionally halogen-, cyano-, nitro-, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-, C 1 -C 6 -halogenoalkyl- or C 1 -C 6 -halogenoalkoxy-substituted phenyl or benzyl,

R 3 represents optionally halogen-substituted C 1 -C 8 -alkyl or represents in each case optionally halogen-, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl-, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-, C 1 -C 4 -halogenoalkyl-, C 1 -C 4 -halogenoalkoxy-, cyano- or nitro-substituted phenyl or benzyl,

R 4 and R 5 independently of one another each represent in each case optionally halogen-substituted C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 8 -alkylamino, di-(C 1 -C 8 -alkyl)amino, C 1 -C 8 -alkylthio, C 2 -C 8 -alkenylthio, C 3 -C 7 -cycloalkylthio or represent in each case optionally halogen-, nitro-, cyano-, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-, C 1 -C 4 -halogenoalkoxy-, C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio-, C 1 -C 4 -halogenoalkylthio-, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl- or C 1 -C 4 -halogenoalkyl-substituted phenyl, phenoxy or phenylthio,

R 6 and R 7 independently of one another each represent hydrogen, represent in each case optionally halogen-substituted C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 3 -C 8 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, represent optionally halogen-, C 1 -C 8 -halogenoalkyl-, C 1 -C 8 -alkyl- or C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy-substituted phenyl, optionally halogen-, C 1 -C 8 -alkyl-, C 1 -C 8 -halogenoalkyl- or C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy-substituted benzyl or together represent an optionally C 1 -C 4 -alkyl-substituted C 3 -C 6 -alkylene radical in which optionally one carbon atom is replaced by oxygen or sulphur.

2. A compound according to claim 1 wherein

W represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 2 -C 4 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

X represents C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 2 -C 4 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

Y represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, -propyl, C 2 -C 4 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

Z represents C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkenyl or ethinyl, with the proviso that at least one of the radicals W, X, Y or Z represents a chain having at least two carbon atoms, where at most only one of the radicals W, X, Y or Z may represent C 2 -C 4 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

and with the further proviso that when W is hydrogen then Y is methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, C 2 -C 4 -alkenyl or ethinyl, and when Y is hydrogen then W is C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 2 -C 4 -alkenyl or ethinyl,

A represents in each case optionally fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 2 -alkyl, optionally C 1 -C 2 -alkyl- or C 1 -C 2 -alkoxy substituted C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl or in each case optionally fluorine-, chlorine-, bromine-, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl-, C 1 -C 4 -halogenoalkyl-, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-, C 1 -C 2 -halogenoalkoxy-, cyano- or nitro-substituted phenyl or benzyl,

B represents hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent saturated or unsaturated C 5 -C 7 -cycloalkyl in which optionally one ring member is replaced by oxygen or sulphur and which is optionally monosubstituted by C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl or C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy, or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkyl which is substituted by an alkylenediyl group which optionally contains one or two not directly adjacent oxygen and/or sulphur atoms and which is optionally methyl- or ethyl-substituted, or by an alkylenedioxyl group or by an alkylenedithiol group which, together with the carbon atom to which it is attached, forms a further 5- or 6-membered ring, or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl or

C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkenyl in which two substituents together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached represent in each case optionally C 1 -C 2 -alkyl- or C 1 -C 2 -alkoxy-substituted C 2 -C 4 -alkanediyl, C 2 -C 4 -alkenediyl or butadienediyl,

D represents hydrogen,

and in which G represents hydrogen (a) or represents one of the groups

in which

E represents an ammonium ion,

L represents oxygen or sulphur and

M represents oxygen or sulphur,

R 1 represents in each case optionally fluorine- or chlorine-substituted methyl, ethyl, propyl, t-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, C 2 -C 8 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 2 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio-C 1 -C 2 -alkyl or optionally fluorine-, chlorine-, C 1 -C 2 -alkyl- or C 1 -C 2 -alkoxy-substituted C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl in which optionally one or two not directly adjacent ring members are replaced by oxygen,

or R 1 represents phenyl which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, nitro, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 2 -halogenoalkyl or C 1 -C 2 -halogenoalkoxy,

R 2 represents in each case optionally fluorine-substituted C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 2 -C 8 -alkenyl or C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 2 -C 4 -alkyl,

or R 2 represents optionally C 1 -C 2 -alkyl- or C 1 -C 2 -alkoxy-substituted C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl or

or R 2 represents phenyl or benzyl, each of which is optionally monosubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, nitro, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 3 -alkoxy, trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethoxy,

R 3 represents optionally fluorine-substituted C 1 -C 6 -alkyl or represents phenyl which is optionally monosubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, cyano or nitro,

R 4 represents C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 -alkylamino, di-(C 1 -C 6 -alkyl)-amino, C 1 -C 6 -alkylthio, C 3 -C 4 -alkenylthio, C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkylthio or represents phenyl, phenoxy or phenylthio, each of which is optionally monosubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, nitro, cyano, C 1 -C 3 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 -halogenoalkoxy, C 1 -C 3 -alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 -halogenoalkylthio, C 1 -C 3 -alkyl or trifluoromethyl,

R 5 represents C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy or C 1 -C 6 -alkylthio,

R 6 represents hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy, C 3 -C 6 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, represents phenyl which is optionally monosubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, trifluoromethyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, represents benzyl which is optionally monosubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl or C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy,

R 7 represents C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 3 -C 6 -alkenyl or C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, or

R 6 and R 7 together represent an optionally methyl- or ethyl-substituted C 5 -alkylene radical in which optionally one methylene group is replaced by oxygen or sulphur.

3. A compound according to claim 1 in which

W represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, vinyl or ethinyl,

X represents methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, vinyl or ethinyl,

Y represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, -propyl, vinyl or ethinyl,

Z represents methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, -butyl, vinyl or ethinyl,

with the proviso that at least one of the radicals W, X, Y or Z represents a chain having at least two carbon atoms where at most only one of the radicals W, X, Y or Z may represent vinyl or ethinyl,

and with the further proviso that when W is hydrogen, then Y is methyl, ethyl, -propyl, vinyl or ethinyl, and when Y is hydrogen then W is methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, vinyl or ethinyl,

A represents in each case optionally fluorine-substituted C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or alkoxy-C 1 -C 2 -alkyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl and, only in the case of the compounds of the formula (I-5), represents optionally fluorine-, chlorine-, bromine-, methyl-, ethyl-, n-propyl-, iso-propyl-, methoxy-, ethoxy-, trifluoromethyl-, trifluoromethoxy-, cyano- or nitro-substituted phenyl,

B represents hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent saturated C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkyl in which optionally one ring member is replaced by oxygen or sulphur and which is optionally monosubstituted by methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy or butoxy or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent C 6 -cycloalkyl which is substituted by an alkylenedioxyl group which contains two oxygen atoms which are not directly adjacent, or

A, B and the carbon atom to which they are attached represent C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkyl or C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkenyl in which two substituents together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached represent C 2 -C 4 -alkanediyl or C 2 -C 4 -alkenediyl or butadienediyl,

D represents hydrogen,

G represents hydrogen (a) or represents one of the groups

in which

L represents oxygen or sulphur and

M represents oxygen or sulphur,

R 1 represents methyl, ethyl, propyl, t-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 2 -alkoxy-C 1 -alkyl, C 1 -C 2 -alkylthio-C 1 -alkyl or cyclohexyl or cyclopropyl which is optionally monosubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, methyl or methoxy,

or R 1 represents phenyl which is optionally monosubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, nitro, methyl, methoxy, trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethoxy,

R 2 represents in each case optionally fluorine-substituted C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 2 -C 3 -alkyl, phenyl or benzyl.

4. A compound according to claim 1 in which

W represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or i-propyl,

X represents methyl, ethyl, i-propyl or vinyl,

Y represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, -propyl, vinyl or ethinyl,

Z represents methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or -butyl,

with the proviso that at least one of the radicals W, X, Y or Z represents a chain having at least two carbon atoms, where at most only one of the radicals W, X, Y or Z may represent vinyl or ethinyl,

with the further proviso that when W is hydrogen then Y is methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, vinyl or ethinyl, and when Y is hydrogen then W is methyl, ethyl or i-propyl,

A represents methyl,

B represents methyl,

A, B and the carbon atoms to which they are attached represent saturated C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkyl in which optionally one ring member is replaced by oxygen and which is optionally monosubstituted by methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, or

A and B together represent

D represents hydrogen

G represents hydrogen (a) or represents one of the groups

R 1 represents methyl, ethyl, propyl, t-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, C 1 -C 2 -alkoxymethyl,

R 2 represents C 1 -C 4 -alkyl.

5. A method of preparing a compound of formula (I) as defined in claim 1 which process comprises:

(i) wherein G is hydrogen, reacting a compound of formula (II)

in which A, B, D, W, X, Y and Z are each as defined in claim 1

and R 8 represents alkyl, with a base in the presence of a diluent; or

(ii) wherein G is not hydrogen, reacting the compound of formula (I) wherein G is hydrogen with acid halides of the formula (XI)

or with carboxylic anhydrides of the formula (XII)

R 1 —CO—O—CO—R 1   (XII)

or with chloroformic esters or chloroformic thioesters of the formula (XIII)

R 2 -M-CO—Cl  (XIII)

or with chloromonothioformic esters or chlorodithioformic esters of the formula (XIV)

or with sulphonyl chlorides of the formula (XV)

R 3 —SO 2 —Cl  (XV)

or with phosphorus compounds of the formula (XVI)

or with metal compounds or amines of the formulae (XVII) or (XVIII)

or with isocyanates or isothiocyanates of the formula (XIX)

R 6 —N═C=L  (XIX)

or with carbamoyl chlorides or thiocarbamoyl chlorides of the formula (XX)

in which R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , L, and M are defined in claim 1 and Hal represents halogen, Me represents a mono- or divalent metal, t represents the number 1 or 2, R 10 , R 11 , R 12 independently of one another each represents hydrogen or alkyl (optionally C 1 -C 8 -alkyl), and

optionally in the presence of a diluent and/or in the presence of an acid binder;

(iii) wherein one, or at most two, of the radicals W, X, Y or Z represent R 22 C≡C— or

 and R 22 represents hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl,

reacting a compound of formula (I-1′)

wherein A, B, D, G, are defined as in claim 1 and W′, Y′, Y′, and Z′ means that one, at most two, radicals W, X, Y and Z in this process represent chlorine, bromine or iodine, with the proviso that the other radicals W, X, Y and Z do not represent alkenyl or alkinyl

with silylacetylenes of the formula (X-a) or vinylstannanes of the formula (X-b)

in which alk represents C 1 -C 4 -alkyl and

R 21 represents C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or phenyl,

R 22 represents hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl,

in the presence of a solvent, if appropriate in the presence of a base and a catalyst.

6. A pesticidal or herbicidal composition comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) according to claim 1 and a pesticidally or herbicidally acceptable carrier.

7. A method for controlling animal pests and undesirable vegetation, comprising allowing one or more compounds of the formula (I) according to claim 1 or the composition according to claim 6 to act on pests and/or their habitat.

8. A process for preparing pesticides and herbicides, comprising mixing one or more compounds of the formula (I) according to claim 1 with extenders and/or surfactants.