WHEREIN R1 AND R2 ARE HYDROGEN: AN ALKYL RADICAL OF FROM 1 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS; AN ALKYL RADICAL OF FROM 1 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS; AN ALKYNYL RADICAL OF FROM 1 TO 9 CARBON ATOMS; A NON-AROMATIC CARBOCYCLIC RADICAL OF FROM 5 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS; AN ARALKYL RADICAL WHEREIN THE ALKYL PORTION IS LOWER ALKYL AND THE ARYL PORTION IS A PHENYL OR NAPHTHYL RADICAL; PHENYL RADICAL; NAPHTHYL RADICAL; AN AMINO RADICAL; CYANO OR A HETEROCYCLIC RADICAL; AND WHEN TAKEN TOGETHER R1 AND R2 MAY FORM A HETEROCYCLIC RING SYSTEM; IT BEING PROVIDED THAT THE AFORESAID RADICALS MAY HAVE ATTACHED THERETO THE FUNCTIONAL MOIETY: HALOGEN, -CN, -SCN, -COOR, -SO2NR2, -SOR, -SO3R, -CONR2, - CONHR, - OH, -SH, -NR2, -NHR, -NH2, -OR, -SR, -OC(O)R, - CHO,
-CO-, -CH(-O-R)2
-NO2 AND -N=N, WHEREIN R CAN BE AN ORGANIC RADICAL OF THE TYPE ABOVE DEFINED FOR R1 AND R2; X AND X'' ARE FLUORINE OR CHLORINE, AND N AND M ARE INTEGERS OF FROM 1 TO 3 WITH THE PROVISO THAT N AND M ARE IDENTICAL WHEN EQUAL TO UNITY; AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING SAID CHEMICAL COMPLEX BY REACTING 1 TO 2 MOLES OF AN ORGANIC AMINE OF THE FORMULA
R1-NH-R2
WHEREIN R1 AND R2 HAVE THE VALUES AS ABOVE DESIGNATED, WITH 1 TO 2 MOLES OF A FULLY HALOGENATED ACETONE OF THE FORMULA
X-CF2-CO-CF2-X''
WHEREIN X AND X'' HAVE THE VALUES AS ABOVE DESIGNATED, AND ISOLATING THE SO-FORMED CHEMICAL COMPLEX AND THE USE OF SAID CHEMICAL COMPLEXES AS FUNGICIDES.