Composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate of 2-propylheptylamine

Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.

1 . A composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate, wherein the alkoxylate is an amine alkoxylate (A) 
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         or a quaternized derivative (AQ) 
       
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         of the amine alkoxylate (A), where 
         R 1 , R 2 , and R 5  independently of one another are ethylene, propylene, or butylene, 
         —R 3  is —H, —OH, —OR 4 , —[R 5 —O] p —R 6 , —C 1 -C 6 -alkyl or an oxygen anion, 
         R 4  is a C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or C 2 -C 6 -alkynyl, 
         R 6  is an C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkynyl, —SO 3 R a , —P(O)OR b OR c , —CH 2 CO 2 R d , or —C(O)R e , 
         R a  and R d  independently of one another are H, or an inorganic or organic cation, 
         R b  and R c  independently of one another are H, an inorganic or organic cation, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or C 2 -C 6 -alkynyl, 
         R e  is C 1 -C 22 -alkyl, C 2 -C 22 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 22 -alkynyl, C 6 -C 22 -aryl or C 7 -C 22 -alkylaryl, 
         n, m and p independently of one another have a value of from 1 to 30, 
         A −  is an agriculturally acceptable anion, or, if R 3  is an oxygen anion, A −  is absent. 
       
     
     
         2 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein R 1 , R 2  and R 5  independently of one another are (a) ethylene, ethylene and propylene, (b) ethylene and butylene, or (c) ethylene, propylene and butylene. 
     
     
         3 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein A −  is a halide, phosphate, sulfate or anionic pesticide. 
     
     
         4 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein R 3  is an H. 
     
     
         5 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein, in the amine alkoxylate (A), the total of n and m is from 2 to 40, and in its quaternized derivative (AQ) the total of n, m and p is from 3 to 80. 
     
     
         6 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the alkoxylate is the amine alkoxylate (A). 
     
     
         7 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the pesticide comprises a pesticide with at least one H-acidic group. 
     
     
         8 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the pesticide comprises glyphosate or glufosinate, and additionally a further pesticide. 
     
     
         9 . An amine alkoxylate (A) or a quaternized derivative (AQ) of the amine alkoxylate (A) according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         10 . A process for the preparation of the amine alkoxylate (A) or a quaternized derivative (AQ) of the amine alkoxylate (A) according to  claim 1 , comprising the alkoxylation of 2-propylheptylamine with ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         11 . A method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition according to  claim 1 , is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. 
     
     
         12 . A seed treated with the composition according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         13 . The composition according to  claim 1 , the sum of n and m is 9 to 11.