Imidic acid derivatives and their use as pesticides

An imidic acid derivative of the formula (I)

• in which
• R represents cyano,
• X represents in each case straight-chain or branched alkoxy or alkylthio, each of which has 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• amino or in each case straight-chain or branched alkylamino and dialkylamino, each of which has 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the individual alkyl moieties,
• Ar represents in each case optionally substituted phenylene or naphthylene, the substituents being selected from the group consisting of:
• halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, hydroxyl, formyl, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, in each case straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in each case straight-chain or branched alkenyl, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy, each of which has 2 to 6 carbon atoms, in each case straight-chain or branched halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkylthio, halogenoalkylsulphinyl or halogenoalkylsulphonyl, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms and 1 to 13 identical or different halogen atoms, in each case straight-chain or branched halogenoalkenyl or halogenoalkenyloxy, each of which has 2 to 6 carbon atoms and 1 to 13 identical or different halogen atoms, in each case straight-chain or branched alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulphonyloxy, hydroximinoalkyl or alkoximinoalkyl, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the individual alkyl moieties, and in each case divalent alkylene or dioxyalkylene, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms and each of which is optionally monosubstituted or potysubstituted by identical or different substituents from the series consisting of halogen and/or straight-chain or branched alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and/or straight-chain or branched halogenoalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and 1 to 9 identical or different halogen atoms,
• G represents a single bond, represents oxygen, or represents in each case optionally halogen-, hydroxyl-, C1-C4-alkyl-, C1-C4-halogenoalkyl- or C3-C6-cycloalkyl-substituted alkanediyl, alkenediyl, oxaalkenediyl or alkinediyl, each of which has up to 4 carbon atoms, or one of the groups which follow:
• -Q—CQ-, —CQ-Q-, —CH2—Q-;
• -Q—CH2—, —CQ-Q—CH2—, —CH2—Q—CQ-, -Q—CQ—CH2—, -Q—CQ-Q—CH2—, —N═N—, —S(O)n—, —CH2—S(O)n—, —CQ-, —S(O)n—CH2—, —C(R4)=N—O—, —C(R4)=N—0—CH2—, -Q—C(R4)=N—O—CH2—, —NH—C(R4)=N—O—CH2—, —N(R5)-, —CQ—N(R5)-, —N(R5)—CQ-, -Q—CQ—N(R5)-, —N═C(R4)-Q—CH2—, —CH2—O—N═C(R4)-, —N(R5)—CQ-Q-, —CQ—N(R5)—CQ-Q-, —N(R5)—CQ-Q—CH2—, —CQ—CH2— or —N═N—C(R4)=N—,
• where
• n represents the numbers 0, 1 or 2,
• Q represents oxygen or sulphur,
• R4 represents hydrogen, cyano, or represents alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl groups and is optionally substituted by halogen, cyano or C1-C4-alkoxy, or represents cycloalkyl having 3 to 6 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by halogen, cyano, carboxyl, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, and
• R5 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, cyano, or represents alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by halogen, cyano or C1-C4-alkoxy, or represents cycloalkyl having 3 to 6 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by halogen, cyano, carboxyl, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl,
• Z represents allyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, amino, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-alkylthio, C1-C4-alkylsulphinyl or C1-C4-alkylsulphonyl (which are in each case optionally substituted by halogen), or represents alkenyl or alkinyl;
• each of which has up to 8 carbon atoms and is optionally substituted by halogen, or represents cycloalkyl having 3 to 6 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by halogen, cyano, carboxyl, phenyl (which is optionally substituted by halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenoalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-halogenoalkoxy), C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl the substituents being selected from the the group consisting of:
• halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, hydroxyl, formyl, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, in each case straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in each case straight-chain or branched alkenyl or alkenyloxy, each of which has 2 to 6 carbon atoms, in each case straight-chain or branched halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogeno alkylthio, halogenoalkylsulphinyl or halogenoalkylsulphonyl, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms and 1 to 13 identical or different halogen atoms, in each case straight-chain or branched halogenoalkenyl or halogenoalkenyloxy, each of which has 2 to 6 carbon atoms and 1 to 13 identical or different halogen atoms, in each case straight-chain or branched alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulphonyloxy, hydroximinoalkyl or alkoximinoalkyl, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the individual alkyl moieties, in each case divalent alkylene or dioxyalkylene, each of which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms and each of which is optionally monosubstituted or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents from the series consisting of halogen and/or straight-chain or branched alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and/or straight-chain or branched halogenoalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and 1 to 9 identical or different halogen atoms, or cycloalkyl having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl, benzyloxy, phenylethyl or phenylethyloxy, each of which is optionally monosubstituted or polysubstituted in the phenyl moiety by identical or different substituents from the series consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, carboxyl, carbamoyl and/or straight-chain or branched alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and/or straight-chain or branched halogenoalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and 1 to 9 identical or different halogen atoms and/or straight-chain or branched alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and/or straight-chain or branched halogenoalkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and 1 to 9 identical or different halogen atoms and/or alkylcarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl, each of which has up to 5 carbon atoms.