N-sulfonyliminodithio compounds useful for in plant and material protection

Compounds of the formula (I), in which

• R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another represent straight-chain or branched alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, straight-chain or branched alkenyl having 2 to 8 carbon atoms or straight-chain or branched alkinyl having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, which in each case are optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted identically or differently by fluorine, chlorine, alkoxy having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, halogenoalkoxy having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 fluorine and/or chlorine atoms, alylthio having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, halogenoalkylthio having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and 1 to 5 fluorine and/or chlorine atoms, acyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, acyloxy having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, amino which is optionally identically or differently substituted by alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and/or phenyl, optionally in each case substituted phenoxy, aryl, pyridyl or pyridyloxy, nitro or cyano, and
• Ar represents phenyl which is optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted by fluorine, chlorine, alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and 1 to 6 fluorine and/or chlorine atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, halogenoalkoxy having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and 1 to 6 fluorine and/or chlorine atoms, alkylthio having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, halogenoalkylthio having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and 1 to 6 fluorine and/or chlorine atoms, amino, monoalkylamino with alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, dialkylamino with identical or different alkyl radicals in each case having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, methylenedioxy, difluoromethylenedioxy, chlorofluoromethylenedioxy, dichloromethylenedioxy, nitro or cyano.