Use of certain triazoles to protect materials from fungal attack, articles and compositions

Abstract

Specific triazoles discovered to be useful as industrial fungicides are: 1. .alpha.-n-butyl-.alpha.-phenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile 2. .alpha.,.alpha.-diphenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile 3. .alpha.-benzyl-.alpha.-phenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile 4. .alpha.-n-butyl-.alpha.-2-methoxyphenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile 5. .alpha.-n-butyl-.alpha.-4-fluorophenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile 6. .alpha.-phenyl-.alpha.-(2-phenylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile 7. .alpha.-(4-fluorophenyl)-.alpha.-n-propyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitri le 8. .alpha.-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]-.alpha.-phenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1- propanenitrile 9. .alpha.-n-butyl-.alpha.-4-chlorophenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-propanenitrile

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