Modern agricultural chemistry has to support farmers by providing innovative agrochemicals. In this context, the introduction of sulfur atoms into an active ingredient is still an important tool in modulating the properties of new crop-protection compounds. More than 30% of today’s agrochemicals contain at least one sulfur atom, mainly in fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. A number of recently developed sulfur-containing agrochemical candidates represent a novel class of chemical compounds with new modes of action, so we intend to highlight the emerging interest in commercially active sulfur-containing compounds. This chapter gives a comprehensive overview of selected leading sulfur-containing pesticidal chemical families namely: sulfonylureas, sulfonamides, sulfur-containing heterocyclics, thioureas, sulfides, sulfones, sulfoxides and sulfoximines. Also, the most suitable large-scale synthetic methods of the recently launched or provisionally approved sulfur-containing agrochemicals from respective chemical families have been highlighted.

现代农业化学必须通过提供创新的农用化学品来支持农民。在这种情况下，将硫原子引入活性成分仍然是调节新型农作物保护化合物性能的重要工具。如今，超过30％的农用化学品至少包含一个硫原子，主要存在于杀菌剂，除草剂和杀虫剂中。许多最近开发的含硫农用化学品代表了具有新作用方式的一类新型化合物，因此，我们打算重点介绍人们对具有商业活性的含硫化合物的兴趣。本章全面概述了精选的主要含硫农药化学家族，即：磺酰脲类，磺酰胺类，含硫杂环类，硫脲类，硫化物，砜类，亚砜和亚砜亚胺。而且，已经着重强调了来自各个化学家族的最近推出或临时批准的含硫农药的最合适的大规模合成方法。