Phenylsulfonyl ureas, process for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators

Compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof 1 in which R 1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon radical or a heterocyclyl radical, where each of the two last-mentioned radicals is unsubstituted or substituted and, including substituents, has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 2 is a group of the formula R 0 -Q 0 - in which R 0 is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon radical or a heterocyclyl radical, where each of the two last-mentioned radicals is unsubstituted or substituted and, including substituents, has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and Q 0 is a direct bond or a divalent group of the formula -O- or -N(R # )-, where R # is a hydrogen atom, an acyl radical or a hydrocarbon radical and where the last-mentioned radical is unsubstituted or substituted and, including substituents, has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 3 is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon radical or a heterocyclyl radical, where each of the two last-mentioned radicals is unsubstituted or substituted and, including substituents, has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 4 independently of one another, are halogen, OH, SH, a nitrogen-containing radical which does not contain any carbon or a carbon-containing radical, I is 0, 1, 2 or 3 , preferably 0 or 1, R 5 is a hydrogen atom or a C 1 -C 10 -hydrocarbon radical which is unsubstituted or substituted, such as (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, preferably H or CH 3 ), Q is O, S or NR*, R* is a hydrogen atom or a C 1 -C 10 -hydrocarbon radical which is unsubstituted or substituted such as (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, (C 3 -C 4 )alkenyl or (C 3 -C 4 )alkynyl, where each of the three last-mentioned radicals is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, (C 1 -C 4 )alkoxy and (C 1 -C 4 )alkylthio, W is an oxygen or sulfur atom, X, Y independently of one another are a hydrogen atom, halogen, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkoxy, (C 1 -C 4 )alkylthio, where each of the 3 last-mentioned radicals is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halogen, (C 1 -C 4 )alkoxy and (C 1 -C 4 )alkylthio, or are mono- or di[(C 1 -C 4 )alkyl]amino, (C 2 -C 6 )alkenyl, (C 2 -C 6 )alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 )alkenyloxy or (C 3 -C 6 )alkynyloxy, and V, Z independently of one another are CH or N, are suitable for use as herbicides or plant growth regulators, for example for controlli