2-Substituted-2-(acetoxyethyl) esters of (1-methyl-2-imidazolidinylidene) nitroacetic acid

A compound of the formula:

• ##STR4## wherein R is alkyl of one to four carbon atoms, or is phenyl or phenyl substituted by from one to three halogen atoms or by one of nitro, cyano, alkyl, mono- and polyhaloalkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio, wherein the alkyl moiety contains from one to six carbon atoms.