Carboxylic acid esters for combating pests

Abstract

3-Phenoxybenzyl alcohols and carboxylic acid esters thereof for combating pests of the formula ##STR1## in which R and R.sup.1 are different and each represent hydrogen, fluorine or bromine, R.sup.2 represents cyano or ethynyl and R.sup.3 represents the ##STR2## or the ##STR3## wherein the phenyl ring can optionally carry one or more substituents selected independently from halogen, alkyl, alkylthio and alkoxy with in each case 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro and methylenedioxy, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical and each represent chlorine, bromine or methyl, and R.sup.2 represents hydrogen in case that R.sup.3 represents the ##STR4## wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical and each represent chlorine or bromine and R.sup.3 represents the ##STR5## wherein the phenyl ring can carry the above mentioned substituents which possess insecticidal and acaricidal properties. The benzyl alcohols from which the esters are made are also new.

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