FUNGICIDAL NOVEL IMINOMETHYL-AZOLYL DERIVATIVES

Iminomethyl-azolyl derivatives of the formula in which X is nitrogen or a CH group, R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or phenyl, phenylalkyl or phenoxyalkyl which is optionally substituted in the phenyl part and R2 is optionally substituted alkyl, or alkenyl, alkinyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, cyano, optionally substituted benzyl or phenyl, or a cycloalkyl radical which is optionally substituted by oxygen and/or interrupted by a keto group, or addition products thereof with acids or metal salts with the exception of the compounds in which (a) X represents a CH group, R1 represents phenyl which is subsituted by halogen and/or alkyl and R2 represents alkyl, or (b) X represents nitrogen or a CH group, R1 represents phenyl which is optionally substituted by halogen, alkyl, alkoxy and/or trifluoromethyl and R2 represents benzyl which is optionally substituted by halogen, alkyl, alkoxy and/or trifluoromethyl which possess fungicidal activity. The intermediates wherein R2 is replaced by an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal are also disclosed.