Insecticidal n-(substituted arylmethyl)-4-�bis(substituted

Abstract

Compounds of the following structure are disclosed as effective insecticides: ##STR1## in which Q is hydroxy; U is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, where n is 1; R is ##STR2## in which V, W, Y, and Z are each hydrogen; X is alkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylamino, or a five- or six-membered heteroaryl or heteroaryloxy, each heteroaryl optionally substituted with halogen, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, or haloalkoxyalkyl; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from haloalkyl; phenyl substituted with halogen, halothio, haloalkyl, or haloalkoxy; or a five- or six-membered heteroaryl substituted with halogen or haloalkyl; R.sup.3 is alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, alkylaminocarbonyloxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkylsulfonylalkyl, alkylcarbonyloxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyarylalkyl, arylcarbonyl, sulfonato, or sulfonatoalkyl, and may bear a negative charge resulting in an inner salt; and a separate anion is chloride, bromide, iodide, or an phenyl or alkyl sulfate or sulfonate; with the proviso that at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is phenyl substituted in the para position or pyrid-2-yl or pyrimidin-2-yl, each substituted in the the 5-position; each aliphatic moiety contains not more than 4 carbon atoms, except that R.sup.3 may contain up to eighteen carbon atoms; halogen means bromine, chlorine, or fluorine; each heteroaryl contains from 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, or 1 or 2 oxygen or sulfur atoms, or 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms and an oxygen or sulfur atom.