Patent ID: 7767624

Claim:
A 3-heterocyclyl-substituted benzoic acid compound of the formula I wherein: X is oxygen or NR 9 , R 1 is a heterocyclic radical of the formulae II-A to II-D, R 2 is hydrogen or halogen, R 3 is halogen or cyano, R 4 , R 5 independently of one another are hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, or R 4 and R 5 together are a group ═CH 2 , R 6 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, R 7 , R 8 independently of one another are hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 3 -C 6 -alkenyl, C 3 -C 6 -alkynyl, C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulfinyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulfonyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, cyano-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxycarbonyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, amino-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylamino-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, di(C 1 -C 4 -alkyl)amino-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, aminocarbonyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, (C 1 -C 4 -alkylamino)carbonyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, di(C 1 -C 4 -alkyl)aminocarbonyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, phenyl or C 1 -C 4 -alkylphenyl or R 9 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, phenyl, phenyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 3 -C 6 -alkenyl or C 3 -C 6 -alkynyl, R 10 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or amino, R 11 is C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl, R 12 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, R 13 , R 13′ independently of one another are hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, R 14 is halogen, R 15 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, R 16 is C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio, C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulfonyl or C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulfonyloxy, R 17 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, R 18 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl or amino, R 19 is C 1 -C 4 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkylthio or C 1 -C 4 -alkylsulfonyl, R 20 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, R 21 is hydrogen, halogen or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, or an agriculturally useful salt thereof.