Patent ID: 7968728

Claim:
A process for preparing a carboxamide of formula (I) in which R is C 3 -C 12 -cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 12 -cycloalkenyl, C 6 -C 12 -bicycloalkyl, C 2 -C 12 -oxacycloalkyl, C 4 -C 12 -oxacycloalkenyl, C 3 -C 12 -thiacycloalkyl, C 4 -C 12 -thiacycloalkenyl, C 2 -C 12 -azacycloalkyl, each of which may optionally be mono- or polysubstituted identically or differently by C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, halogen and/or cyano, or phenyl which is optionally mono- to pentasubstituted identically or differently, where the substituents are each selected from the list W l , or unsubstituted C 2 -C 20 -alkyl, or C 1 -C 20 -alkyl which is mono- or polysubstituted identically or differently by halogen, C 1 -C 6 -alkylthio, C 1 -C 6 -alkylsulfinyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkylsulfonyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 -alkylamino, di(C 1 -C 6 -alkyl)amino, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkylthio, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkyl-sulfinyl, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkylsulfonyl, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkylamino, halo-di (C 1 -C 6 -alkyl)amino, -SiR 1 R 2 R 3 and/or C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl, where the cycloalkyl moiety may in turn optionally be mono- to tetrasubstituted identically or differently by halogen, C 1 -C 20 -alkyl and/or C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl, W 1 is halogen, cyano, nitro, amino, hydroxyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 8 -alkyl-thio, C 1 -C 8 -alkylsulfinyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkylsulfonyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyloxy; C 1 -C 6 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkylthio, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkylsulfinyl or C 1 -C 6 -haloalkylsulfonyl having in each case from 1 to 13 identical or different halogen atoms; C 2 -C 6 -haloalkenyl or C 2 -C 6 -haloalkenyloxy having in each case from 1 to 11 identical or different halogen atoms; C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl or C 3 -C 6 -cyclo-alkyloxy; R l and R 2 are each independently hydrogen, C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or C 1 -C 6 -haloalkyl, R 3 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl-thio -C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 2 -C 8 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 8 -alkynyl, C 1 -C 6 -haloalkyl, C 2 -C 6 -halo-alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 -haloalkynyl, C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl, or in each case optionally substituted phenol or phenylalkyl, said process comprising reacting 5-fluoro- 1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonyl fluoride of formula (II) with aniline derivatives of formula (III) in which R is as defined above, in the presence of an acid acceptor of formula (IV) in which R 4 and R 5 are each independently C 1 -C 3 -alkyl.