Phenylamine compounds

A compound of formula (I)

• wherein,
• R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CN, SR″, OR″, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkynyl, C1-C12-haloalkyl, C2-C12-haloalkenyl, C2-C12-haloalkynyl, cyclic C3-C8-alkyl, cyclic C4-C8-alkenyl and cyclic C4-C8-alkynyl;
• wherein one or more carbon atoms in cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2;
• R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CN, S(O)nR″, OR″, (C═O)—R″, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkynyl, C1-C12-haloalkyl, C2-C12-haloalkenyl, C2-C12-haloalkynyl, cyclic C3-C8-alkyl, cyclic C4-C8-alkenyl, cyclic C4-C8-alkynyl, C5-C18-aryl and C7-C19-aralkyl;
• wherein one or more carbon atoms in cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2;
• or
• R1 and R2, R2 and R3 or R1 and R3 together with the atoms to which they are attached or together with further atoms selected from the group consisting of C, N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2 may form a three to seven membered non-aromatic ring, which for its part may be substituted by one or more X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN or CONR′2;
• each one of R1, R2 and R3 may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN and CONR′2;
• A1, A2, A3 and A4 independently represent CR4 or nitrogen;
• with the proviso that no more than two of A1, A2, A3 and A4 are to be nitrogen simultaneously;
• R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, X, CN, NR″2, NO2, SCN, SF5, S(O)nR″, SiR′3, OR″, (C═O)—R″, CR′═NR″, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkynyl, C1-C12-haloalkyl, C2-C12-haloalkenyl, C2-C12-haloalkynyl, cyclic C3-C8-alkyl, cyclic C4-C8-alkenyl, cyclic C4-C8-alkynyl, C5-C18-aryl and C7-C19-aralkyl;
• wherein one or more carbon atoms in cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2;
• or
• two vicinal R4 together with the atom to which they are attached or together with further atoms selected from the group consisting of C, N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2 may form a four to seven membered ring, which for its part may be substituted by one or more X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN or CONR′2;
• G and B represent O, S, NR′″ or CR5R6;
• m represents an integer 1 or 2;
• R5 and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, X, CN, NR″2, SCN, S(O)nR″, SiR′3, OR′, (C═O)—R″, CR′═NR″, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkynyl, C1-C12-haloalkyl, C2-C12-haloalkenyl, C2-C12-haloalkynyl, cyclic C3-C8-alkyl, cyclic C4-C8-alkenyl, C5-C18-aryl and C7-C19-aralkyl;
• wherein one or more carbon atoms in cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2;
• or
• R5 and R6 together with the atom to which they are attached or together with further atoms selected from the group consisting of C, N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2 may form a three to seven membered ring, which for its part may be substituted by one or more X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN or CONR′2;
• or
• R5 and R6 together represent group selected from ═O, ═S;
• Q is selected from the group consisting of fused or non-fused C3-C15-carbocycle and C3-C15-heterocycle;
• which may be optionally substituted by one or more groups of R7;
• wherein R7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, X, CN, SCN, SF5, OR″, NO2, NR″2, SiR′3, (C═O)—R″, S(O)nR″, C1-C8-alkyl-S(O)nR″, C1-C8-alkyl-(C═O)—R″, CR′═NR″, S(O)nC5-C18-aryl, S(O)nC7-C19-aralkyl, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkynyl, C1-C12-haloalkyl, C2-C12-haloalkenyl, C2-C12-haloalkynyl, C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C12-alkylthio, C1-C12-haloalkoxy, C1-C12-haloalkylthio, cyclic C3-C8-alkyl, cyclic C3-C8-haloalkyl, cyclic C4-C8-alkenyl, cyclic C4-C8-alkynyl, bicyclic C5-12-alkyl, bicyclic C7-C12-alkenyl, C6-C15-aryl, C7-C19-aralkyl, C3-C6-heterocyclyl, C3-C8-heterocyclylalkyl, C3-C6-heterocyclyloxy and C3-C6-heterocyclylthio;
• wherein one or more carbon atoms in cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2;
• or
• two R7 together with the atoms to which they are attached or together with further atoms selected from the group consisting of C, N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2 may form a three to seven membered ring, which for its part may be substituted by one or more X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN or CONR′2;
• each one of R4, R5, R6 and R7 may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of X, R′, R″, SR′, SiR′3, COOR′, CN and CONR′2;
• X represents halogen;
• R′ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl and cyclic C3-C8-alkyl which may be optionally substituted by one or more X;
• R″ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CONR′2, NR′2, OR′, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, cyclic C3-C8-alkyl which may be optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN or CONR′2;
• and C6-C12-aryl which may be optionally substituted by one or more X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN or CONR′2;
• wherein one or more carbon atoms in cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2;
• R′″ is selected from the groups consisting of hydrogen, R″, OR″, (C═O)—R′, S(O)nR″, COOR′, CONR′2, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, cyclic C3-C8-alkyl, C6-C12-aryl and C7-C12-aralkyl;
• wherein one or more carbon atoms in cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m and SiR′2;
• and each of the above groups may be substituted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN and CONR′2;
• n represents an integer ranging from 0 to 2;
• or agronomically acceptable salts, metallic complexes, isomers/structural isomers, stereo-isomers, diastereomers, enantiomers, tautomers, polymorphs, or N-oxides thereof.