Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising a component A and a component B, wherein component A is a compound of formula (I) wherein B1, B2, B3, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3 and R9 are as defined in claim 1 and component B is an insecticide. The present invention also relates to methods of using said mixtures for the control of plant pests.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): where A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, G1, L, R1, R2, R3, R4, Y1, Y2 and Y3 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using compounds of formula (I) to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, G1, n, A1, A2, A3, A4, Y1, Y2, and Y3 are as defined in the claims. The invention also relates to processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds, to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (IA) wherein QA is QA1 or QA2 P is P1, heterocycyl or heterocyclyl substituted by one to five Z; and wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, Z, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (IA), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula (IA) and to methods of using the compounds of formula (IA) to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising a component A and a component B, wherein component A is a compound of formula (I) wherein B1, B2, B3, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, R5, R7, and R8 are as defined in claim 1 and component B is an insecticide. The present invention also relates to methods of using said mixtures for the control of plant pests.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) or (I?), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as pesticides.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, G1, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the enantio-selective preparation of spyrrolidine derivatives useful in the manufacture of pesticidally active compounds, as well as to intermediates in the processes. The processes include those comprising (a-i) reacting a compound of formula Ia wherein P is alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, each optionally substituted, wherein the heteroaryl is connected at P via a ring carbon atom; R1 is chlorodifluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl; R2 is aryl or heteroaryl, each optionally substituted; with a source of cyanide in the presence a chiral catalyst to give a compound of formula IIa wherein P, R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula Ia; and (a-ii) oxidising the compound of formula IIa with a peroxy acid, or peroxide in the presence of an acid to give a compound of formula VI wherein R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula Ia.

Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I wherein Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, R4, R8 and Ra are specified organic groups and p is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; q is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; provided that when p is 2 then q is not 2; p+q is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them and their using incontrolling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds formula (I): wherein P is P1, P2, heterocyclyl or heterocyclyl substituted by one to five Z; and wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R17, R18, R19 and R20 are as defined herein; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A1?, A2?, A3?, A4?, A5?, A6?, G1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5a and R5b are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I) or compounds of formula (I?), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) or compounds of formula (I?), and to methods of using compounds of formula (I) or compounds of formula (I?) to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I wherein G1 is oxygen; R1 is hydrogen; R2 is group P L is a bond, methylene or ethylene; R3 is hydrogen; R4 is independently hydrogen, cyano, cyano-C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8haloalkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl where one carbon atom is replaced by O, S, S(O) or SO2, or C3-Cgcycloalkyl-C1-C8alkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl-C1-C8alkyl where one carbon atom in the cycloalkyl group is replaced by O, S, S(O) or SO2, or C3-C8cycloalkyl-C1-C8haloalkyl, C1-C8hydroxyalkyl, C1-C8alkoxy-C1-C8alkyl, C2-C8alkenyl, C2-C8haloalkenyl, C2-C8alkynyl, C2-C8haloalkynyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted by one to three R6, phenyl-C1-C4alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4alkyl wherein the phenyl moiety is substituted by one to three R6, 5-6 membered heteroaryl-C1-C4alkyl or 5-6 membered heteroaryl-C1-C4alkyl wherein the heteroaryl moiety is substituted by one to three R6, or C1-C4alkyl-(C1-C4alkyl-O—N?)C—CH2—; each R6 is independently halogen, cyano, nitro, C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8haloalkyl, C1-C8alkoxy, or

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I wherein Q is Q1 or Q2; A1, A2, A3 and A4 are independently of each other C—H, C—R7, or nitrogen; R1 is C1-C8haloalkyl; R2 is aryl or aryl substituted by one to five R11, or heteroaryl or heteroaryl substituted by one to five R11; and R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined in the claims. The invention also provides methods of controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs which methods comprise applying to a pest, to a locus of a pest, or to a plant susceptible to attack by a pest an insecticidally, acaricidally, nematicidally or molluscicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of thietane derivatives of the formula (IA) and thietane derivatives of the formula (IB) wherein R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, B, and n are as defined in the claims. The invention also relates to intermediates useful in the processes, as well as the compounds of formula (IA) and (IB) and their use as pesticides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, L, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of formula IB wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, L, Y1, Y2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims, comprising reacting a compound of formula (II) wherein Y1, Y2, L, A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined for the compound of formula (I); with hydroxylamine in the presence of water, a base and a chiral phase transfer catalyst, which chiral phase transfer catalyst is a quinine derivative. The invention also relates to compounds of formula IB and enantiomerically enriched mixtures comprising compounds of formula IB.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein G1 is oxygen; R1 is hydrogen; R2 is group P (P) L is a bond, methylene or ethylene; one of A1 and A2 is S, SO or SO2 and the other is —C(R4)R4—R3 is hydrogen or methyl; each R4 is independently hydrogen or methyl; Y1 is C—R6, CH or nitrogen; Y2 and Y3 are independently CH or nitrogen; wherein no more than two of Y1, Y2 and Y3 are nitrogen and wherein Y2 and Y3 are not both nitrogen; R5 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, NH2, C1-C2alkyl, C1-C2haloalkyl, C3-C5cycloalkyl, C3-C5halocycloalkyl, C1-C2alkoxy, C1-C2haloalkoxy; R6 together with R5 forms a —CH?CH—CH?CH— bridge; X2 is C—X6 or nitrogen; X1, X3 and X6 are independently hydrogen, halogen or trihalomethyl, wherein at least two of X1, X3 and X6 are not hydrogen; X4 is trifluoromethyl, difluoromethyl or chlorodifluoromethyl.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling termites comprising applying a liquid formulation comprising a compound of formula I to a location where termite control is needed or is expected to be needed, wherein the compound of formula (I) is wherein X is optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heterocyclyl, or a group selected from X1 to X5 cycle A is aryl or heteroaryl; cycle B is a saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclyl; cycle C is aryl or heteroaryl; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8 are independently hydrogen or an organic radical; R7 is haloalkyl; G is oxygen or sulfur; L is O, NH, NR1, CR3R4; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; o is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; p is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. The invention also relates to methods for protecting man-made structures from termites using the compounds of formula I as well as termite baits comprising the compound of formula I.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein G1 is oxygen; R1 is hydrogen; R2 is group (P) L is a bond, methylene or ethylene; one of A1 and A2 is S, SO or SO2 and the other is —C(R4)R4—; R3 is hydrogen or methyl; each R4 is independently hydrogen or methyl; Y2 and Y3 are independently CH or nitrogen, wherein Y2 and Y3 are not both nitrogen; X2 is C—X6 or nitrogen; X1, X3 and X6 are independently hydrogen, halogen or trihalomethyl, wherein at least two of X1, X3 and X6 are not hydrogen; X4 is trifluoromethyl, difluoromethyl or chlorodifluoromethyl. The invention also provides intermediates useful for the preparation of compounds of formula (I), as well as methods of controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs using the compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention provides processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) including processes comprising a. reacting a a compound comprising a thietane moiety in which the carbon atom at the 3 position of the thietane moiety is bonded to a nitrogen atom; wherein the nucleophile is selected the group consisting of: N3?, a sulfonamide having two hydrogen atoms bound to the nitrogen atom, a diimide having a hydrogen atom bound to the nitrogen atom or an anion thereof, NH2OH and NH3; and b. when the nucleophile used in step a. is N3? or NH2OH, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a suitable reducing agent to give a compound of formula (I); or when the nucleophile used in step a. is a sulfonamide, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a reagent suitable for cleaving the S—N bond of the sulfonamide group to give a compound of formula (I); or when the nucleophile used in step a. is a diimide, reacting the compound produced in step a.