Benzimidazole derivatives, a method for producing the same, agricultural and horticultural fungicides containing the same as an active ingredient and intermediate compounds thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A benzimidazole derivative having the formula wherein R is cyano or thiocarbamoyl; Q is lower alkyl or a group represented by the formula NQ1Q2 in which, Q1 and Q2 are independently lower alkyl lower alkyl, substituted with phenyl, lower alkenyl or lower alkynyl or they form a lower alkylene ring when taken together at their ends which ring may include a hetero atom; X is hydrogen or halogen; and Z is a group which consists of (a) one oxygen atom or two non-adjacent oxygen atom (b), -CF2- group and (c) any one of a single bond -CF2-, -CFH-, CFCl- and -CH2- groups and forms a five-membered or six membered ring together with two adjacent carbon atoms of the benzene ring; is obtained by …