Cyclic diones and their use as insecticides, acaricides and/or fungicides
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to the use of compounds of Formula (I) wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , X, n and G have the meanings given above as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or fungicides.
1. A method of controlling an animal pest or unwanted fungi of a plant comprising contacting the plant or its environment with a compound of Formula (I)
wherein
R 1 is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, cyclopropyl, halomethyl, haloethyl, halogen, vinyl, ethynyl, methoxy, ethoxy, halomethoxy or haloethoxy,
R 2 and R 3 are, independently of each other hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 haloalkoxy, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 haloalkenyl, C 2 -C 6 alkynyl, C 3 -C 6 alkenyloxy, C 3 -C 6 haloalkenyloxy, C 3 -C 6 alkynyloxy, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkylthio, C 1 -C 6 alkylsulfinyl, C 1 -C 6 alkylsulfonyl, C 1 -C 6 alkylsulfonyloxy, C 1 -C 6 haloalkylsulfonyloxy, cyano, nitro, phenyl, phenyl substituted by C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy, cyano, nitro, halogen, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 alkylsulfinyl or C 1 -C 3 alkylsulfonyl, heteroaryl or heteroaryl substituted by C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy, cyano, nitro, halogen, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 alkylsulfinyl or C 1 -C 3 alkylsulfonyl,
R 4 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, halomethyl, haloethyl, halogen, vinyl, ethynyl, methoxy, ethoxy, halomethoxy or haloethoxy,
n is 2,
X is O,
R 6 and R 7 are each hydrogen,
R 5 and R 8 together form an ethylene chain, and
G represents hydrogen (a).
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein R 2 is hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 haloalkoxy, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 haloalkenyl, C 2 -C 6 alkynyl, C 3 -C 6 alkenyloxy, C 3 -C 6 haloalkenyloxy, C 3 -C 6 alkynyloxy, C 1 -C 6 alkylthio, C 1 -C 6 alkylsulfinyl, C 1 -C 6 alkylsulfonyl, C 1 -C 6 alkylsulfonyloxy, C 1 -C 6 haloalkylsulfonyloxy, cyano or nitro.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein R 3 is phenyl substituted by C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy, cyano, nitro, halogen, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio C 1 -C 3 alkylsulfinyl or C 1 -C 3 alkylsulfonyl.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein R 3 is phenyl substituted by halogen.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula (I) is
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula (I) is
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula (I) is
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula (I) is
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula (I) is
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the animal pest is an insect, an arachnid, a helminth, a nematode or a mollusc.