Abstract: 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.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel carboxylic acid ester represented by the following general formula (I) and an insecticidal and/or acaricidal composition containing the same as an active ingredient: ##STR1## wherein X is represented by the formula, ##STR2## and further also relates to a carboxylic acid or a reactive derivative thereof represented by the general formula, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.16 is hydroxy group, chlorine or bromine atom, or a C.sub.1-2 alkoxy group, W is oxygen atom or --CH.sub.2 -- group, k is an integer of 0 or 1, E is hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine or bromine atom, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for producing cyclopentenolone of the formula (I), ##STR1## which is a useful intermediate for producing agricultural chemicals, which comprises reacting an acetonedicarboxylic ester of the formula (VII), ##STR2## wherein R is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, with 2-propynyl chloride in the presence of magnesium alkoxide and in the presence of alkali iodide to obtain novel mono-(2-propynyl)-substituted acetonedicarboxylic ester of the formula (VI), ##STR3## wherein R is as defined above; hydrolyzing the mono-(2-propynyl)-substituted acetonedicarboxylic ester of the formula (VI) under alkaline conditions with an alkali and then reacting the hydrolyzed product with methylglyoxal of the formula, ##STR4## to obtain novel .gamma.-diketone of the formula (V), ##STR5## and ring-closing the .gamma.-diketone of the formula (V) under alkaline condition.

Abstract: Carboxylic acid esters of the formula (I), ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom, or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxyl group or a halogen atom linked to the meta or para position and R.sub.1 is a group of the formula (II) or (III), ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and when R.sub.2 is a methyl group R.sub.3 is also a methyl group, and when R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom R.sub.3 is a group of the formula, ##STR3## (wherein R.sub.5 is a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, vinyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxymethyl group, R.sub.6 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or a methyl group, or, taken together, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 may form a tetramethylene group by connecting together at ends thereof), R.sub.4 is a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxyl or 3,4-methylenedioxy group, n is 1 or 2 and Y is a isopropyl or cyclopropyl group.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## which is useful as a herbicide, is effectively produced by reacting a compound of the formula: ##STR2## with dimethyl sulfate in a two phase reaction medium consisting of water and a hydrophobic organic solvent in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, or produced through a novel intermediate of the formula: ##STR3##

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: m-(p-Bromophenoxy)-.alpha.-cyanobenzyl trans- or trans-rich-2,2-dimethyl-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate of the formula (I), ##STR1## and their preparation and use as a low fish toxic insecticide and/or acaricide.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## which is useful as a herbicide, is effectively produced by reacting a compound of the formula: ##STR2## with dimethyl sulfate in a two phase reaction medium consisting of water and a hydrophobic organic solvent in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, or produced through a novel intermediate of the formula: ##STR3##

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A process for preparing m-(p-bromophenoxy)benzaldehyde of the formula, ##STR1## characterized by brominating m-phenoxybenzaldehyde with bromine or bromine chloride as a brominating agent.

Abstract: Carboxylic acid esters of the formula (I), ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom, or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxyl group or a halogen atom linked to the meta or para position and R.sub.1 is a group of the formula (II) or (III), ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and when R.sub.2 is a methyl group R.sub.3 is also a methyl group, and when R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom R.sub.3 is a group of the formula, ##STR3## (wherein R.sub.5 is a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, vinyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxymethyl group, R.sub.6 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or a methyl group, or, taken together, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 may form a tetramethylene group by connecting together at ends thereof), R.sub.4 is a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxyl or 3,4-methylenedioxy group, n is 1 or 2 and Y is a isopropyl or cyclopropyl group. These carboxylic acid esters are useful as insecticides and acaricides.

Abstract: Hydantoin N-methylol esters of the formula, ##STR1## wherein one of X and Y is a carbonyl group and the other is a methylene, ethylidene or propylidene group, R.sub.1 is a lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or lower alkynyl having up to 3 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is a group represented by the formula, ##STR2## in which R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; when R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, R.sub.4 is a methoxyiminomethyl or 2,2-disubstituted vinyl group in which the substituents can be selected from the group consisting of methyl, vinyl, fluorine, chlorine and bromine, or both of the substituents may form tetramethylene chain; when R.sub.3 is a methyl group, R.sub.4 is a methyl group; R.sub.5 is a methyl, methoxy, fluorine, chlorine, bromine or 3,4-methylenedioxy group; and n is 1 or 2, a process for producing the same, insecticides and acaricides containing the same as an active ingredient, and novel intermediate compounds.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method for producing a 3,3-dimethyl-4-(2,2-dihalogenovinyl)-4-hydroxybutyric-1,4-lactone of the formula, ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom, which comprises reacting a 1,1,1-trihalogeno-4-methyl-3-pentene-2-ol of the formula, ##STR2## wherein X is a halogen atom, or a 1,1,1-trihalogeno-4-methyl-4-pentene-2-ol of the formula, ##STR3## wherein X is a halogen atom, or the mixture of the both compounds with vinylidene chloride of the formula, ##STR4## IN SULFURIC ACID.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A cyclopropanecarboxylic acid ester of the formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, methyl group or a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom, R.sub.2 is a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom, and each of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is independently a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 alkenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 alkynyl group, an alkyl- or halogen-substituted aryl, unsubstituted aryl group or an aralkyl group, which possesses various useful insecticidal and acaricidal activities and can be prepared by reacting an alcohol, halide or arylsulfonate compound of the formula (II), ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 have the same meanings as defined above and A is a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom or an arylsulfoxy group, with a cyclopropanecarboxylic acid of the formula (III), ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 have the same meanings as defined above, or its reactive derivative.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.