Substituted aromatic thiocarboxylic acid amides and their use as herbicides

A substituted aromatic thiocarboxamide of the formula (I)

• wherein
• R1 represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine,
• R2 represents the following group
• —A1—A2—A3
• in which
• A1 represents a single bond, or represents oxygen, sulphur, —SO—, —SO2—, —CO— or the group —N(A4)—, in which A4 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-alkenyl, C3-C4-alkinyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, phenyl, C1-C4-alkylsulphonyl or phenylsulphonyl,
• A1 additionally represents in each case optionally fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C1-C6-alkanediyl, C2-C6-alkenediyl, C2-C6-alkinediyl, C3-C6-cycloalkanediyl, C3-C6-cycloalkenediyl or phenylene,
• A2 represents a single bond, or represents oxygen, sulphur, —SO—, —SO2—, —CO— or the group —N(A4)—, in which A4 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-alkenyl, C3-C4-alkinyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, phenyl, C1-C4-alkylsulphonyl or phenylsulphonyl,
• A2 additionally represents in each case optionally fluorine- or chlorine-substituted C1-C6-alkanediyl, C2-C6-alkenediyl, C2-C6-alkinediyl, C3-C6-cycloalkanediyl, C3-C6-cycloalkenediyl or phenylene,
• A3 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino, cyano, isocyano, thiocyanato, nitro, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, sulpho, chlorosulphonyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally halogen- or C1-C4-alkoxy-substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxycarbonyl or dialkoxy(thio)phosphoryl having in each case 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl groups, or represents in each case optionally halogen-substituted alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkenylamino, alkylideneamino, alkenyloxycarbonyl, alkinyl, alkinyloxy, alkinylamino or alkinyloxycarbonyl having in each case 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkenyl, alkylidene or alkinyl groups, or represents in each case optionally halogen-, cyano-, carboxyl-, C1-C4-alkyl- and/or C1-C4-alkoxy-carbonyl-substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkoxy, cycloalkylideneamino, cycloalkyloxycarbonyl or cycloalkylalkoxycarbonyl having in each case 3 to 6 carbon atoms in the cycloalkyl groups and optionally 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl groups, or represents in each case optionally nitro-, cyano-, carboxyl-, halogen-, C1-C4-alkyl-, C1-C4-halogenoalkyl-, C1-C4-alkyloxy-, C1-C4halogenoalkyloxy- and/or C1-C4-alkoxy-carbonyl-substituted phenyl, phenyloxy, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkoxy, phenyloxycarbonyl or phenyl-C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, (in each case optionally totally or partially hydrogenated) pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, triazolyl, furyl, thienyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, thiadiazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, triazinyl, pyrazolyl-C1-C4-alkyl, furyl-C1-C4-alkyl, thienyl-C1-C4-alkyl, oxazolyl-C1-C4-alkyl, isoxazole-C1-C4-alkyl, thiazole-C1-C4-alkyl, pyridinyl-C1-C4-alkyl, pyrimidinyl-C1-C4-alkyl, pyrazolylmethoxy or furylmethoxy, or represents perhydropyranylmethoxy or pyridylmethoxy,
• R3 represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine or together with R2 represents an alkanediyl or alkenediyl group having in each case up to 4 carbon atoms which optionally contains at the beginning (or end) or within the hydrocarbon chain an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, an SO2 group, an NH group, an N—C1-C4-alkyl group, a carbonyl group and/or a thiocarbonyl group, and
• Z represents Z3:
• or Z15:
• wherein
• Q1 represents a group from the series —CO—, —CS—, —CH2—, —CH(OH)—, —CHCl—, —CHBr—, —C(═CH2)—, —C(═CHF)—, —C(═CF2)—, —C(═CHCl)—, —C(═CHBr)—, —C(═CHOCHF2)—, —C (═CHOCF3)—, —C(═CHOCH2CF3)—,
• R6 represents hydrogen, amino, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, carbamoyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, cyclopropyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chlorodifluoromethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n- or i-propoxy, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, chlorodifluoro-methoxy, methylthio, ethylthio, n- or i-propylthio, difluoromethylthio, trifluoromethylthio, chlorodifluoromethylthio, methylamino, ethylamino, n- or i-propylamino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, methoxycarbonyl or ethoxycarbonyl, and
• R7 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino, cyano, methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, difluoromethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n- or i-propoxy.