Fungicidal aromatic pyrimidinyl oxime ethers

Abstract

Fungicidal compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is CE; X and Y are independently hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyloxy, phenyl, benzyloxy, cyano, isocyano, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, nitro, NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NR.sup.1 OR.sup.2, N.sub.3, NHCOR.sup.1, NR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, NHCONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, N.dbd.CHNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, OR.sup.1, OCOR.sup.1, OSO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SR.sup.1, SOR.sup.1, SO.sub.2 R.sup.1, SO.sub.2 OR.sup.1,SO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, COR.sup.1, CR.sup.1 .dbd.NOR.sup.2, CHR.sup.1 CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, CO.sub.2 R.sup.1, CONR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CSNR.sup.1 R.sup.2, CH.sub.3 O.sub.2 C.C:CH.OCH.sub.3, 1-(imidazol-1-yl)vinyl, a 5-membered heterocyclic ring containing one, two or three nitrogen heteroatoms, or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing one or two oxygen or sulphur heteroatoms, optionally a nitrogen heteroatom and optionally one or two oxo or thioxo substituents; or X and Y, when ortho to one another, join to form a 5- or 6-membered aliphatic or aromatic ring optionally containing one or two oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen atoms or one, two or three nitrogen atoms; A, Q, D, E, G, U and V are independently hydrogen, halogen (especially fluorine and chlorine), C.sub.1-4 alkyl (especially methyl), C.sub.1-4 alkoxy (especially methoxy), cyano, nitro or trifluoromethyl; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl or phenyl; the aliphatic moieties of any of the foregoing being optionally substituted with one of more of halogen, cyano, OR.sup.1, SR.sup.1, NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, SiR.sup.1.sub.3 or OCOR.sup.1 and the phenyl moieties of any of the foregoing being optionally substituted with one or more of halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, nitro or cyano.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.