Patent ID: 8916710

Claim:
A process for preparing a compound of formula (I) in which R 1 , R 3 independently of one another represent hydrogen, or represent C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkynyl or C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl which are each optionally mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different halogen or nitro substituents, R 2 represents C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 -halocycloalkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 -haloalkenyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkynyl, C 2 -C 6 -haloalkynyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio, C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulphinyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulphonyl, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkylthio, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkylsulphinyl, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkylsulphonyl, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkylamino, dialkylamino, cycloalkylamino or C 3 -C 6 -trialkylsilyl, R 4 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 -haloalkenyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkynyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkoxy, SF 5 , C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio, C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulphinyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulphonyl, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkylthio, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkylsulphinyl, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkylsulphonyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylamino, di-(C 1 -C 4 -alkyl)amino, C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkylamino, (C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy)imino, (C 1 -C 4 -alkyl)(C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy)imino, (C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl)(C 1 -C 4 -cyano, nitro, alkoxy)imino or C 3 -C 6 -trialkylsilyl, Q represents a tetrazole ring which is monosubstituted by R 5 , R 5 represents C 1 -C 5 -alkyl which may be mono- to trisubstituted by halogen, Z represents CH or N, Wherein the compound of formula (I) furthermore may also comprise an N-oxide and/or a salt, comprising reacting a tetrazole-substituted pyrazole acid of formula (II) with an anthranilic ester of formula (III) in which R represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, arylalkyl, thioalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkylsulphonylalkyl, cyanoalkyl, haloalkyl, nitroalkyl or aryl, to give a compound of formula (IV) and reacting said compound of formula (IV) with an amine of general formula (V) R 1 NH 2 (V) to give an anthranilamide of formula (I).