| abstract |
1-Vinyltriazole compounds of the formula <IMAGE> (I) wherein R1 is alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or substituted aryl; R2 is alkyl; R3 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, substituted cycloalkenyl, alkenyl, aryl or substituted aryl; or R2 and R3, together with the carbon to which they are bonded, represent cycloalkenyl, substituted cycloalkenyl, cycloalkyl or substituted cycloalkyl; is the group <IMAGE> or, alternatively, X may represent a keto group provided that when X is a keto group, R1 is alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, or substituted cycloalkyl; R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, substituted aralkyl, acyl, carbamoyl or substituted carbamoyl; R5 is hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl or substituted aralkyl; and acid addition salts and metal salt complexes thereof; are outstandingly effective plant growth regulants and as fungicides. |