Patent ID: 8114816

Claim:
A 4-(3-alkylsulfinylbenzoyl)pyrazole of the formula (I) or a salt thereof in which R 1 is (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, R 2 is hydrogen or (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, R 3 is (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, R 4 is hydrogen, (C 1 -C 6 )-alkylsulfonyl, (C 1 -C 4 )-alkoxy -(C 1 -C 6 )-alkylsulfonyl, or is phenylsulfonyl, thiophenyl-2-sulfonyl, benzoyl, benzoyl-(C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl or benzyl, each of which is substituted by m identical or different radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl and (C 1 -C 4 )-alkoxy, X is hydrogen, mercapto, nitro, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato, (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )-haloalkyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkenyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-haloalkenyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 )-haloalkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 )-cycloalkyl, OR 5 , OCOR 5 , OSO 2 R 5 , S(O) n R 5 , SO 2 OR 5 , SO 2 N(R 5 ) 2 , NR 5 SO 2 R 5 , NR 5 COR 5 , (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl-S(O) n R 5 , (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl-OR 5 , (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl-OCOR 5 , (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl-OSO2R 5 , (C 1 -C 6 ) -alkyl-SO 2 OR 5 , (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl-SO 2 N(R 5 ) 2 or (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl-NR 5 COR 5 ; Y is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, nitro or the group SO 2 R 7 , R 5 is hydrogen, (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkenyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 )-cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenyl-(C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, where the six last-mentioned radicals are substituted by s radicals from the group consisting of hydroxy, mercapto, amino, cyano, nitro, thiocyanato, OR 6 , SR 6 , N(R 6 ) 2 , NOR 6 , OCOR 6 , SCOR 6 , NR 6 COR 6 , CO 2 R 6 , COSR 6 , CON(R 6 ) 2 , (C 1 )-C 4 -alkyliminooxy, (C 1 -C 4 ) -alkylcarbonyl, (C 1 -C 4 )-alkoxy-(C 2 -C 6 )-alkoxycarbonyl and (C 1 -C 4 ) -alkylsulfonyl; R 6 is hydrogen, (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkenyl or (C 2 -C 6 )-alkynyl, R 7 is (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, n is 0, 1 or 2, s is 0, 1, 2 or 3.