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US 3,941,777 AGranted
Compounds having juvenile hormone activity
AssigneeA/S Cheminova
InventorsHans Berg Madsen, Preben Lindholm Holst, Houk Solli
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Abstract
This invention is concerned with certain alkyl, terpenoid and olefinic oximethers of some aryl, pyridyl and alifatie aldehydes and ketones, and their preparation and use. These compounds possess improved juvenile hormonal activity which can be utilized first and foremost to inhibit the metamosphosis of insert larvae and to act as sterilizing or ovicidal agent, consequently, can be utilized in the control of insects.
Claims6
A compound of the formula:
- ##SPC10##
- in which the symbols have the following meanings:
- Ab:
- are taken together and represent an oxygen atom;
- C:
- a hydrogen atom, and
- D:
- a hydrogen atom, or
- Cd:
- when taken together a further single bond between the adjacent carbon atoms,
- n:
- an integer which is 0 or 1,
- m:
- an integer which is 0 or 1,
- R.sub.4 :
- a methyl or ethyl group,
- R.sub.3 :
- a methyl or ethyl group,
- R.sub.1 :
- a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
- R.sub.2 :
- a 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl group, or a group having the general formula II ##SPC11##
- wherein Z is CH or a nitrogen atom, p is an integer from 0 to 3, and X is a hydrogen atom or at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of NO.sub.2, halogen, OH, CF.sub.3, alkyl and alkoxy, which, when p is 2 or 3, may be the same or different.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.