| abstract |
Heterocyclic tertiary alcohol derivatives useful as fungicides and plant growth regulating agents have the formula (I): <IMAGE> wherein A is an optionally substituted phenyl or benzyl group; R<1> is an optionally substituted alkyl group containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloakylalkyl or cycloalkenylalkyl group containing from 3 to 5 carbon atoms; or an optionally substituted alkenyl or alkynyl group containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms; Y is a pyrimidin-5-yl, pyrazin-2-yl or pyridin-3-yl group; and R<2> is hydrogen, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl or alkynyl group containing from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, or salts or metal complexes thereof, or esters of compounds wherein R<2> is hydrogen. |