2-nitromethylidene/2-cyanimino/2-nitro-imino-pyrrolidines and piperidines, intermediates, and their use as pesticides

Abstract

Compounds of formula wherein A is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic or non-aromatic, monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic radical wherein a ring nitrogen atom may have been replaced by a group R1 is hydrogen or C1-C3alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-C3alkyl; R3 is hydrogen an unsubstituted or substituted C1-C6alkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C2-C6alkenyl or C2-C6alkynyl group, or C(═O)—R5, R5 is C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, phenoxy or benzyloxy group, or N(R6)2, each R6, independently of the other, is hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, X is CH—NO2, N—CN or N—NO2 and n is from 1 to 3, in free form or in salt form, and, where appropriate, tautomers of those compounds and the salts thereof, can be used as agrochemical active ingredients and can be prepared in a manner known per se

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