Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Takashi Matsuo

Nobuo Ohno

Toshio Mizutani

Nobushige Itaya

Masachika Hirano

Yoshitoshi Okuno

Isao Ohno

Shigeyoshi Kitamura

Keimei Fujimoto

Hisami Takeda

Shunichi Hashimoto

Katsuzo Kamoshita

Hiroshi Noguchi

Toshio Nishioka

Akihiko Mine

Yositosi Okuno

Osamu Magara

Yoshitaka Ume

Kazunori Tsushima

Norbushige Itaya

A novel process for producing a .beta.-dihalogenoethenylcyclopropane derivative of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl, acyl, carboxyl or alkoxycarbonyl group and R is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group and each of Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 is a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom respectively, which is an acidic moiety of the useful synthetic insecticides of the pyrethrin type, which process comprises a combination of a series of sequential steps starting from alkyl 3-butenyl ketone derivative of the formula (I), which may be shown according to the following reaction scheme: ##STR2## According to this process, objective compound of the formula (VI) having any cis/trans ratio can be produced by selecting the reaction condition of the Stages II-1, II-2, and IV-2.

Process for production of .beta.-dihalogenoethenylcyclopropane

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

A herbicidal composition which comprises as an active ingredient a m-phenoxybenzamide compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X, which may be the same or different, is a halogen atom or a lower alkyl or lower alkoxy group, n is zero or an integer of 1 to 5 and R is a group of the formula: ##STR2## (in which R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl or lower alkenyl group and R.sub.2 is a lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, lower alkoxy, lower cycloalkyl, lower haloalkyl, lower alkoxy-substituted lower alkyl, lower cyanoalkyl, lower alkylamino-substituted lower alkyl or benzyl group) or an ethylenimino, pyrrolidino, dimethylpyrrolidino, piperidino, methylpiperidino, hexamethylenimino, morpholino or dimethylmorpholino group.

M-Phenoxybenzamide derivatives

A compound of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are respectively hydrogen atom or methyl, R.sub.5 is a member of ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 is hydrogen atom or methyl, R.sub.7 is alkenyl, alkadienyl, alkynyl or benzyl, R.sub.8 is hydrogen atom, ethynyl or cyano, R.sub.9 is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or alkyl, R.sub.10 is a halogen atom, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, benzyl, thenyl, furylmethyl, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy of phenylthio, or R.sub.9 and R.sub.10 are bonded at the ends to form polymethylene chain containing or not containing oxygen or sulfur atom, Y is oxygen atom, sulfur atom or --CH.dbd.CH--, n is 1 or 2, Z is phthalimido, thiophthalimido, di- or tetra-hydrophthalimido or dialkylmaleimido, R.sub.11 is phenyl, thienyl or furyl and X is a halogen atom, which is useful as an active ingredient of insecticides.

Novel alkadienylcyclopropanecarboxylates

A novel process for producing cyclopentenolones, useful intermediates for producing agricultural chemicals and prostaglandins of the formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or lower alkynyl group or a group of the formula, ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a halogen atom), --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.3 --CO.sub.2 R.sub.5, or --(CH.sub.2).sub.5 --CO.sub.2 R.sub.5 (in which R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), but R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are not a hydrogen atom at the same time, characterized in that said cyclopentenolones are derived from a starting material of the formula (III), ##STR3## through intermediates of the formulae (IV), (V) and (II), ##STR4## Many of the intermediates are novel compounds.

Process for producing cyclopentenolones

Novel insecticidal composition

Novel alkynylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid esters represented by the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl having up to 5 carbon atoms, lower alkenyl having up to 5 carbon atoms, lower alkynyl having up to 5 carbon atoms, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, aryl, aryl C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, furyl, substituted furyl, thienyl, substituted thienyl, furfuryl, substituted furfuryl, thenyl, substituted thenyl, cyclo C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkyl, substituted cyclo C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkyl, cyclo C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyl or substituted cyclo C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyl; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 individually represent hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl having up to 5 carbon atoms, lower alkenyl having up to 5 carbon atoms, lower alkynyl having up to 5 carbon atoms, aryl, aryl C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or may form a carbon-carbon bond; or R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are bonded to each other at the ends to form a polymethylene chain containing or not containing an oxygen or a sulfur atom, or R.sub. 1 and R.sub.2 are bonded to each other at the ends to form a polymethylene chain containing or not containing an oxygen or a sulfur atom; R.sub.4 represents hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.5 represents hydrogen, methyl, vinyl, 1-propenyl, 2-methyl-1-propenyl, 2-methoxymethyl-1-propenyl, 2-methoxycarbonyl-1-propenyl, 2,2-dichlorovinyl or cyclopentylidenemethyl when R.sub.4 is hydrogen, and R.sub.5 represents methyl when R.sub.4 is methyl; and R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 represent hydrogen or methyl. These novel esters are produced by reacting an alcohol or its halide or arylsulfonate of the formula, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.6 are as defined above, and A is hydroxy, halogen or arylsulfoxy, with a cyclopropanecarboxylic acid of the formula, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.7 are as defined above, or its reactive derivative. These esters are useful as an insecticide harmless to mammals.

Acetylenic secondary alcohols

M-phenoxybenzamide derivatives

A compound of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are respectively hydrogen atom or methyl, R.sub.5 is a member of ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 is hydrogen atom or methyl, R.sub.7 is alkenyl, alkadienyl, alkynyl or benzyl, R.sub.8 is hydrogen atom, ethynyl or cyano, R.sub.9 is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or alkyl, R.sub.10 is a halogen atom, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, benzyl, thenyl, furylmethyl, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy or phenylthio, or R.sub.9 and R.sub.10 are bonded at the ends to form polymethylene chain containing or not containing oxygen or sulfur atom, Y is oxygen atom, sulfur atom or --CH.dbd.CH--, n is 1 or 2, Z is phthalimido, thiophthalimido, di- or tetra-hydrophthalimido or dialkylmaleimido, R.sub.11 is phenyl, thienyl or furyl and X is a halogen atom, which is useful as an active ingredient of insecticides.

Insecticidal alkadienylcyclopropanecarboxylates

m-Phenoxybenzamide derivatives

Novel alkynyl esters of cyclopropanecarboxylic acid represented by the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, lower alkenyl having 2-4 carbon atoms, lower alkynyl having 2-4 carbon atoms, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkylthio-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, furyl, thienyl, furfuryl, thenyl, cyclo-C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkyl, oxygen atom-containing cyclo-C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkyl, cyclo-C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, oxygen atom-containing cyclo-C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, halo-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, phenyloxymethyl, phenylthiomethyl, cyclo-C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 alkenylmethyl, oxygen atom-containing cyclo-C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 alkenylmethyl, cyclo-C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 alkylmethyl, oxygen atom-containing cyclo-C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 alkylmethyl or ##STR2## IN WHICH X is halogen, nitro, cyano, methylenedioxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxy, dimethylamino, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and each X may be different when n is 2 or 3; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 individually represent hydrogen, halogen (except R.sub.2), phenyl, benzyl, lower alkyl having 1 - 3 carbon atoms, lower alkenyl having 2 - 3 carbon atoms, lower alkynyl having 2 - 3 carbon atoms or may form a carbon-carbon bond or are bonded to each other at the ends to form C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 polymethylene chain, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are bonded to each other at the ends to form C.sub.5 polymethylene chain; R.sub.4 represents hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.5 represents hydrogen, methyl, vinyl, 1-propenyl, 2-methyl-1-propenyl, 2-methoxy-methyl-1-propenyl, 2-methoxycarbonyl-1-propenyl, 1,3-butadienyl, 2-methyl-1,3-butadienyl, 2,2-dichlorovinyl or cyclopentylidenemethyl when R.sub.4 is hydrogen, and R.sub.5 represents methyl when R.sub.4 is methyl; and R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 represent hydrogen or methyl. These novel esters are produced by reacting an alcohol or its halide or arylsulfonate of the formula, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.6 are as defined above, and A is hydroxy, halogen or arylsulfoxy, with a cyclopropanecarboxylic acid of the formula, ##STR4## wherein R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.7 are as defined above, or its reactive derivative. These esters are useful as an insecticide harmless to mammals.

Novel cyclopropanecarboxylates

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.

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Takashi Matsuo