Alkylthiocinnamic acid nitriles for the control of harmful organisms

US4598083A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SCHERING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Carlo Skotsch · Berlin, DE
• Hartmut Joppien · Berlin, DE
• Ernst A. Pieroh · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 1984
• Grant date: Jul 1, 1986
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D213/57
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A composition is disclosed for the control of harmful organisms, containing at least one .alpha.-alkylthiocinnamic acid nitrile of the formula ##STR1## in which R is an if necessary, one or more times, the same or differently, substituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio or trifluoromethyl, aromatic hydrocarbon and R.sub.1 is a straight-chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or cyanoethyl, as well as a process for the production of these compounds and a method for the control of said harmful organisms.