4-amino substituted phenylamidine derivatives and their use to protect crops by fighting undesired phytopathogenic micoorganisms

A compound of general formula (I)

• wherein,
• R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CN, SR″, S(O)nR″, OR″, C1-12-alkyl, C1-12-alkoxy, C1-12-alkylthio, C2-12-alkenyl, C2-12-alkynyl, C1-12-haloalkyl, C2-12-haloalkenyl, C2-12-haloalkynyl, C3-8-cycloalkyl, C4-8-cycloalkenyl and C5-8-cycloalkynyl;
• one or more carbon atoms of said cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S(O)n;
• R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CN, S(O)nR″, OR′, (C═O)—R″, C1-12-alkyl, C2-12-alkenyl, C2-12-alkynyl, C1-12-haloalkyl, C2-12-haloalkenyl, C2-12-haloalkynyl, C3-8-cycloalkyl, C4-8-cycloalkenyl, C5-8-cycloalkynyl, C5-18-aryl, C7-19-aralkyl and C7-19-alkaryl;
• one or more carbon atoms of said cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S(O)n;
• 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 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 and CONR′2;
• all of the groups 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;
• R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, X, CN, SCN, SF5, S(O)nR″, SiR′3, —OR″, NR′R″, (C═O)—R″, CR′═NR″, C1-12-alkyl, C2-12-alkenyl, C2-12-alkynyl, C1-12-haloalkyl, C2-12-haloalkenyl, C2-12-haloalkynyl, C1-12-haloalkoxy, C1-12-haloalkylthio, C3-8-cycloalkyl, C4-8-cycloalkenyl, C5-8-cycloalkynyl, C3-8-cycloalkyloxy, C3-8-cycloalkylthio, C5-18-aryl, C7-19-aralkyl and C7-19-alkaryl;
• one or more carbon atoms of said cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S(O)n;
• or
• R4 and R7 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 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 and CONR′2;
• all of the groups of R4, R5, R6 and R7 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;
• R8 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CN, SCN, S(O)nR″, SiR′3, NR′R″, (C═O)—R″, CR′═NR″, C1-12-alkyl, C2-12-alkenyl, C2-12-alkynyl, C2-12-haloalkenyl, C2-12-haloalkynyl, C3-8-cycloalkyl, C4-8-cycloalkenyl, C5-8-cycloalkynyl, C5-18-aryl, C7-19-aralkyl, C7-19-alkaryl, heterocyclyl and C3-8-heterocyclylalkyl;
• one or more carbon atoms of said cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S(O)n;
• A is selected from the group consisting of fused or non-fused C6-18-aryl and C5-18-heteroaryl;
• wherein one or more carbon atoms are replaced by heteroatoms selected from N, O, S and optionally including 1 to 3 ring members selected from the group consisting of C(═O), C(═S), S(O)m, SiR′2 and further optionally substituted by one or more groups of R9;
• R9 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, X, CN, SCN, SF5, R″, OR″, NO2, NR″2, SiR′3, (C═O)—R″, S(O)nR″, OS(O)nR″, OSiR′3, NR′S(O)nR″, C1-8-alkyl-S(O)nR″, C1-8-alkyl-(C═O)—R″, CR′═NR″, S(O)nC5-18-aryl, S(O)nC7-19-aralkyl, S(O)nC7-19-alkaryl, C1-12-alkyl, C2-12-alkenyl, C2-12-alkynyl, C1-12-haloalkyl, C2-12-haloalkenyl, C2-12-haloalkynyl, C1-12-alkoxy, C1-12-alkylthio, C1-12-holoalkoxy, C1-12-haloalkylthio, C3-12-cycloalkyl, C4-8-cycloalkenyl, C5-8-cycloalkynyl, C3-8-cycloalkyloxy, C3-8-cycloalkylthio, C7-19-aralkyl, C7-19-alkaryl, bicyclic C5-12alkyl and bicyclic C7-12-alkenyl;
• one or more carbon atoms of said cyclic ring system may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S(O)n;
• or
• two R9 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 ten membered ring, which for its part may be substituted by one or more X, R′, OR′, SR′, NR′2, SiR′3, COOR′, CN;
• and CONR′2;
• all of the groups of R8 and R9 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;
• X represents halogen;
• R′ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, straight chain or branched chain C1-12-alkyl and cyclic C3-10-alkyl, wherein each group of R′ is optionally substituted by one or more X;
• R″ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, NR′2, OR′, straight chain or branched chain C1-12-alkyl, C1-12-haloalkyl and cyclic C3-8-alkyl, wherein each group of R″ is optionally 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, or
• R″ is C5-18-aryl which is optionally substituted by one or more group of R′;
• m and n represent integers wherein, n=0, 1 or 2;
• and m=1 or 2;
• and agronomically acceptable salts, metallic complexes, isomers/structural isomers, stereo-isomers, diastereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers, or N-oxides.