| 摘要 |
<p>An azolylmethylcyclopentanol derivative which is useful as an agricultural and horticultural fungicide and which is represented by the formula (II) : <CHEM> wherein R<1> represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R<2> represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, X represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group or a nitro group, A represents a nitrogen atom or a CH group and m is an integer of 1 to 5 is prepared by reacting a cyclopentanone derivative represented by the formula (I) : <CHEM> wherein R<1>, R<2>, X and m are as defined above, with an azole compound represented by the formula (III) : <CHEM> wherein A is as defined above and M represents an alkali metal atom or a hydrogen atom, and a sulfonium methylide or a sulfoxonium methylide in a polar solvent or a mixture of a polar solvent and an alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and, when M represents a hydrogen atom, in the presence of a base.</p> |
