Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Isao Ohno

Nobuo Ohno

Masachika Hirano

Nobushige Itaya

Takashi Matsuo

Toshio Mizutani

Yoshitoshi Okuno

Keimei Fujimoto

Hisami Takeda

Toshio Nishioka

Kiyoshi Kasamatsu

Osamu Magara

Kunio Mukai

Mitsuru Sasaki

Takeo Satomi

Akihiko Mine

Substituted acetate compounds represented by the formula ##STR1## which are useful as pesticides and pesticidal composition containing the substituted acetate compounds as active ingredients, as well as processes for preparing the compounds and the compositions are disclosed.

Optically active phenyl acetates

An insecticidal composition comprising, as an active ingredient, an optically active .alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)isovalerate and an inert carrier having a strong insecticidal activity without any appreciable toxicity to plants as well as to mammals.

Insecticidal composition containing optically active

A novel substituted-arylacetic acid ester of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each hydrogen or a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, cyano, nitro, methylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanoyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanoyloxy, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxycarbonyl group, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, taken together, may form methylenedioxy, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkylene or butadienylene (--CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--) ring; R.sub.3 is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, propargyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl or cyclopropylmethyl group; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or a halogen atom, methyl or ethyl group; R.sub.5 is allyl, propargyl, 3-butenyl, 3-butynyl, phenyl or benzyl group; and A is oxygen or sulfur atom or --CH.dbd.CH-- group, which possesses various useful insecticidal and acaricidal activities and can be prepared by reacting a substituted-arylacetic acid of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and A are each as defined above, or a reactive derivative thereof with an alcohol, or halide or sulfonate thereof of the formula, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each as defined above and X is hydroxy group, a halogen atom, alkylsulfonyloxy or arylsulfonyloxy group.

Substituted-acetic acid ester

Novel insecticidal composition

A novel substituted-arylacetic acid ester of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each hydrogen or a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, cyano, nitro, methylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanoyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanoyloxy, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxycarbonyl group, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, taken together, may form methylenedioxy, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkylene or butadienylene (--CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--) ring; R.sub.3 is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, propargyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl or cyclopropylmethyl group; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or a halogen atom, methyl or ethyl group; R.sub.5 is allyl, propargyl, 3-butenyl, 3-butynyl, phenyl or benzyl group; and A is oxygen or sulfur atom or --CH.dbd.CH-- group, which possesses various useful insecticidal and acaricidal activities and can be prepared by reacting a substituted-arylacetic acid of the formula; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and A are each as defined above, or a reactive derivative thereof with an alcohol, or halide or sulfonate thereof of the formula, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each as defined above and X is hydroxy group, a halogen atom, alkylsulfonyloxy or arylsulfonyloxy group.

Insecticidal substituted acetate compounds

Substituted acetate compounds represented by the formula ##STR1## which are useful as pesticides and pesticidal compositions containing the substituted acetate compounds as active ingredients, as well as processes for preparing the compounds and the compositions are disclosed.

Substituted phenyl acetate, insecticidal composition and method of use

Insecticidal esters of substituted furan methanol

A new pyrethroidal pesticide containing as an active ingredient a pesticidally effective amount of novel cyclopropanecarboxylic acid esters represented by the formula, ##EQU1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl or a methoxy group, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen atom, methyl group or a halogen atom, which have a low toxicity to mammals, excellent pesticidal effect on injurious pests in cereal storage, agriculture and forestry and a wide range of uses for prevention of epidemics.

Cyclopropane carboxylic acid esters

Oximino-phosphorothiolate derivatives represented by the formula, ##EQU1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are as hereinafter defined, which are useful as a controlling agent for agricultural pests containing the oximino-phosphorothiolate derivatives as active ingredients, as well as processes for preparing the compounds and the composition are disclosed.

Novel oximino -phosphorothiolate derivatives

A new cyclopropanecarboxylic acid ester represented by the formula, ##SPC1## Wherein R.sub.1 is alkyl having up to four carbon atoms, alkenyl having up to five carbon atoms, cycloalkenyl having up to six carbon atoms, alkenyl having up to five carbon atoms, benzyl, phenoxy or halogen; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen, halogen or methyl; and any adjacent two of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may combine to form polymethylene, which is useful as insecticides and acaricides having a strong insecticidal activity but a low toxicity to mammals, in agriculture, horticulture as well as public health.

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Minoo, Japan

Isao Ohno