Aroylaminomethylpyridines and their use to combat fungi

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Compounds of formula :, and stereoisomers thereof wherein R1 is unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl; R2 is H, alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl X is, O, WH, or S; R3 being alkyl, alkenyl alkynyl or COR4, where R4 has an R3 value when X is O, R3 being -CO-, alkyl when X is NH; and R3 being alkyl alkenyl or, CSNR5R6 where R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, are H, alkyl, alkenyl or, together with the adjacent N atom, constitute a ring when X is S;, or XR3 together represent -CN; and salts and metal complexes thereof, have fungicidal and plant growth regulating activity.