Patent ID: 8193121

Claim:
A 2-(3-alkylthiobenzoyl)cyclohexanedione of formula (I) and/or a salt thereof in which R 1 is (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, R 2 is hydroxyl, SR 13 , or NR 14 R 15 , R 3 and R 8 independently of one another are hydrogen or (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, or the radicals R 3 and R 8 together form the unit Z which represents an oxygen or sulfur atom or one to four methylene groups, R 4 and R 7 independently of one another are hydrogen or (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, R 5 and R 6 independently of one another are hydrogen or (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a carbonyl group, X is OR 9 , OCOR 9 , or OSO 2 R 10 , R 9 is hydrogen, (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkenyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 )-cycloalkyl, (C 3 -C 6 )-cycloalkyl-(C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl or phenyl-(C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, where the six last-mentioned radicals are substituted by s radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, OR 11 and S(O) m R 12 , R 10 is (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkenyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 )-cycloalkyl, (C 3 -C 6 )-cycloalkyl-(C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl or phenyl-(C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, where the six last-mentioned radicals are substituted by s radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, OR 11 and S(O) m R 12 , R 11 is hydrogen, (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkenyl or (C 2 -C 6 )-alkynyl, R 12 is (C 1 -C 6 )-alkyl, (C 2 -C 6 )-alkenyl or (C 2 -C 6 )-alkynyl, R 13 is (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, phenyl which is substituted by s radicals selected from the group consisting of nitro, cyano, (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, (C 1 -C 4 )-haloalkyl, (C 1 -C 4 )-alkoxy or (C 1 -C 4 )-haloalkoxy or is partially or fully halogenated phenyl, R 14 is hydrogen, (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl or (C 1 -C 4 )-alkoxy, R 15 is hydrogen or (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, or R 14 and R 15 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5- or 6-membered saturated, partially saturated or unsaturated ring, which contains zero, one or two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen, which is substituted by s radicals from the group consisting of cyano, halogen, (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl, (C 1 -C 4 )-haloalkyl, (C 1 -C 4 )-alkoxy and (C 1 -C 4 )-haloalkoxy, Y is (C 1 -C 6 )-haloalkyl, m is 0, 1 or 2, n is 0, 1 or 2, s is 0, 1, 2 or 3.