Combating pests with 1-aryl-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid esters

Abstract

1-Aryl-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano radical or an alkyl, alkenyl or alkinyl radical within each case up to 7 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 represents a phenyl radical which is substituted by halogen and/or optionally halogen-substituted phenoxy, with the proviso that the radical R.sup.2 in total contains at least one fluorine substituent, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, which can be identical or different, represents a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom or a methyl radical, R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a methyl or methoxy radical, and R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, a cyano nitro or amino radical or an optionally halogen-substituted radical selected from C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkoxy and C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkylthio, or wherein the two radicals R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together represent an optionally halogen-substituted C.sub.1 or C.sub.2 alkylenedioxy radical, which possess pesticidal properties.

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