PHENOXY-PYRIDINYL-ALCANOLS, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE AS FUNGICIDES

摘要

1-Phenoxy-2-pyridinyl(pyrimidinyl)-alkanols of the formula in which R represents alkyl, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted aralkyl, X represents a nitrogen atom or the CH group, Y represents halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, alkylthio, or an optionally substituted phenyl, phenoxy, phenylalkoxy or phenylalkyl radical, and n represents 0 or an integer from 1 to 5, the Y's being selected independently of one another when n is 2, 3, 4 or 5, in the form of the free base, a salt or a metal salt complex thereof, which possess fungicidal properties.