摘要 |
<p>This invention relates to substituted arylcyanoalkyl and diarylcyanoalkylimidazoles, their acid addition salts and their metal salt complexes and their use as broad spectrum protectant-eradicant fungicides. The arylacyanoalkyl and diarycyanoalkylimidazoles are of the general formula (I) wherein Z is an aryl or substituted aryl group; R1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, phenyl or substituted phenyl group, an aralkyl or substituted aralkyl group; R2 and R3 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a phenyl or substituted phenyl group or an aralkyl or substituted aralkyl group or taken together form a (C4-C8) cycloalkyl group; R1 and Z when taken together form the group a and b are integers from zero to five; X is a halogen atom; and c is an integer from zero to two. Also described herein are the metal salt complexes of the general formula: (II) wherein Z, R1, R2, R3, a, b, X and c are as defined previously; M is a metal cation selected from the Group IIA, IVA, IIB, VIB, VIIB or VIII of the Periodic Table; Y is an anion counterion; and d is an integer from one to four.</p> |