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US 4,705,900 AGranted
Insecticidal alkenes
AssigneeImperial Chemical Industries PLC
InventorAlan J. Whittle
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Abstract
Compounds of formula R.sup.3 --CH.dbd.CH--CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 R.sup.4 wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are H, alkyl or together form a cycloalkyl group with the adjacent carbon, R.sup.3 is a substituted phenyl group, R.sup.4 is an optionally subsituted phenoxy phenyl group, and compositions containing them useful as insecticides, and compounds of formula HOCH.sub.2 --CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 R.sup.4 and OCH--CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 R.sup.4, useful as intermediates therefor.
Claims7
A compound of formula:
- ##STR7## wherein W represents hydrogen or one or two substituents selected from halo, alkyl of up to four carbon atoms, alkoxy of up to four carbon atoms, and fluoroalkyl of one or two carbon atoms;
- X and X.sup.1 together represent a second bond between the adjacent carbon atoms;
- Y represents hydrogen or halogen;
- Z represents hydrogen, halogen or lower alkyl;
- and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent hydrogen or alkyl of up to four carbon atoms, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together represent an alkylene group of from two to five carbon atoms.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.