Pesticidally active 1,2,4-triazole derivatives with sulphur containing substituents

A compound of formula I

• wherein
• G1 is nitrogen or CR2;
• G2 is nitrogen or CR3;
• G3 is nitrogen or CR4;
• G4 is nitrogen or CR5;
• G5 is nitrogen or CR6, with the proviso that not more than 2 nitrogens as G may follow consecutively;
• R2, R3, R4, R5 or R6 are, independently from each other, hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl substituted by one or two hydroxy, C1-C4haloalkyl substituted by one or two methoxy, C1-C4haloalkyl substituted by one or two cyano;
• or
• R2, R3, R4, R5 or R6 are, independently from each other, C1-C4haloalkylsulfanyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfonyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, SF5, phenylcarbonylthio, cyano, mercapto, C1-C4alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C4alkylcarbonyl or —C(O)C1-C4haloalkyl;
• or
• R2, R3, R4, R5 or R6 are, independently from each other, C3-C6cycloalkyl which can be mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano and C1-C4alkyl;
• or two adjacent Ri, wherein Ri is selected from R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, taken together may form a fragment —OCH2O— or —OCF2O—,
• R8 is hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4haloalkyl;
• R7 is a radical selected from the group consisting of formula Q1 and Q2
• wherein the arrow denotes the point of attachment to the triazole ring;
• and wherein A represents CH or N;
• Q is phenyl which can be mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkylsulfanyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfonyl and —C(O)C1-C4haloalkyl;
• or
• Q is a five- to ten-membered monocyclic or fused bicyclic ring system linked via a carbon atom to the ring which contains the group A, said ring system can be aromatic, partially saturated or fully saturated and contains 1 to 4 hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, it not being possible for each ring system to contain more than 2 oxygen atoms and more than 2 sulfur atoms, said five-to ten-membered ring system can be mono- to polysubstituted by substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylsulfanyl, C1-C4alkylsulfinyl, C1-C4alkylsulfonyl, —C(O)C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfanyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfonyl and —C(O)C1-C4haloalkyl;
• or
• Q is a five- to six-membered, aromatic, partially saturated or fully saturated ring system linked via a nitrogen atom to the ring which contains the group A, said ring system can be mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylsulfanyl, C1-C4alkylsulfinyl, C1-C4alkylsulfonyl, —C(O)C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfanyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfonyl and —C(O)C1-C4haloalkyl;
• and said ring system contains 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, where said ring system may not contain more than one oxygen atom and not more than one sulfur atom;
• or
• Q is C3-C6cycloalkyl, or C3-C6cycloalkyl mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl and phenyl, wherein said phenyl can be mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkylsulfanyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfonyl and —C(O)C1-C4haloalkyl;
• or
• Q is C2-C6alkenyl, or C2-C6alkenyl mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C3-C6cycloalkyl and phenyl, wherein said phenyl can be mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkylsulfanyl, C1-C4halo-alkylsulfinyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfonyl and —C(O)C1-C4haloalkyl;
• or
• Q is C2-C6alkynyl, or C2-C6alkynyl mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, tri(C1-C4alkyl)silyl and phenyl, wherein said phenyl can be mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4haloalkylsulfanyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C4haloalkylsulfonyl and —C(O)C1-C4haloalkyl;
• or
• Q is C1-C6haloalkylsulfanyl, C1-C6haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C6haloalkylsulfonyl, C1-C6haloalkoxy, —C(O)C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C6alkylsulfanyl, C1-C6alkylsulfinyl, or C1-C6alkylsulfonyl;
• X is S, SO or SO2;
• and
• R1 is C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl-C1-C4alkyl;
• or
• R1 is C3-C6cycloalkyl mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano and C1-C4alkyl;
• or
• R1 is C3-C6cycloalkyl-C1-C4alkyl mono- or polysubstituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano and C1-C4alkyl;
• or
• R1 is C2-C6alkenyl, C2-C6haloalkenyl or C2-C6alkynyl;
• and agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N -oxides of the compounds of formula I.