Patents by Inventor Robin A. E. Carr
Robin A. E. Carr has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 5585376Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) ##STR1## and physiologically acceptable salts thereof wherein the group NR.sub.1 R.sub.2 represents a 5-7 membered saturated heterocyclic ring which may be substituted by one or two methyl groups; R.sub.3 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl or phenyl optionally substituted by 1 or 2 halogen atoms; R.sub.4 is phenyl or phenyl substituted by one or two groups selected from the group consisting of halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or (CH.sub.2).sub.n R.sub.5 wherein n is zero or 1 and R.sub.5 represents C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, CO.sub.2 R.sub.6, S(O).sub.p CH.sub.3, NR.sub.7 R.sub.8, CONR.sub.7 R.sub.8, SO.sub.2 NR.sub.7 CO(C.sub.1-4)alkyl, tetrazolyl, carboxamidotetrazolyl, or a 3-trifluoromethyl 1,2,4-triazolyl; R.sub.6 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl or benzyl; R.sub.7 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl, R.sub.8 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, SO.sub.2 CH.sub.3 or SO.sub.2 CF.sub.3, X represent hydrogen, C.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1995Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome Inc.Inventors: Harry Finch, Pritom Shah, Robin A. E. Carr
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Patent number: 5225607Abstract: This invention relates to novel fluorinated ethers, useful as insecticides and acaricides, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, to insecticidal and acaricidal compositions thereof and to methods of combating and controlling insect and acarine pests therewith.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1987Date of Patent: July 6, 1993Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Michael J. Bushell, Robin A. E. Carr, Alan J. Whittle
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Patent number: 5196610Abstract: A compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein W represents one or two substituents selected from halo, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkyl and haloalkoxy, or W represents a bidentate group linking adjacent carbon atoms selected from alkylene and alkylenedioxy; Z represents a fluoroalkyl group of up to two carbon atoms; Y represents a substituted aryl group where such substituent is selected from halo, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aryloxy and arylamino; and either X' is hydrogen and X is selected from hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, alkoxy and aryloxy, or X and X' together represent a second bond between the adjacent carbon atoms. The compounds have useful insecticidal properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1986Date of Patent: March 23, 1993Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Michael J. Bushell, Alan J. Whittle, Robin A. E. Carr
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Patent number: 5137886Abstract: The invention provides insecticidally active compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is nitrogen or carbon bearing a hydrogen atom; R.sup.1 is a group of formula --S(O).sub.n --Y, wherein Y is an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring containing at least one nitrogen atom, the point of attachment of the group Y being at a ring nitrogen atom, and n is 0, 1 or 2; R.sup.2 is a group of formula --OSO.sub.2 R.sup.3 wherein R.sup.3 is selected from C.sub.1-8 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkyl substituted by an optionally substituted phenyl or heterocyclic ring, C.sub.1-8 haloalkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl substituted by an optionally substituted phenyl or heterocyclic ring, C.sub.2-4 alkynyl, C.sub.2-4 alkynyl substituted by an optionally substituted phenyl or heterocyclic ring, optionally substituted aryl, and a group of formula --N(R.sup.4)(R.sup.5) wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from hydrogen and C.sub.1-6 alkyl or wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together represent --(CH.sub.2).sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1990Date of Patent: August 11, 1992Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Robin A. E. Carr, Donn W. Moseley, Nan C. Sillars
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Patent number: 5068461Abstract: The invention provides insecticidally active compounds of formula I: ##STR1## wherein A is selected from oxygen and a group of formula S(O).sub.n, where n represents 0, 1 or 2; W represents one or two substituents selected from halo, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkyl and haloalkoxy, or W represents a bidentate group linking adjacent carbon atoms, selected from alkylene and alkylenedioxy; Y represents a substituted aryl group where each substituent is selected from halo, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aryloxy and arylamino; Z represents a fluoroalkyl group of up to two carbon atoms; and either X' represents hydrogen and X is selected from hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, alkoxy and acyloxy, or X and X' together represent a second bond between the adjacent carbon atoms.The invention also provides processes and intermediates useful for the preparation of the compounds of formula I, insecticidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula I, and methods of combating and controlling pests therewith.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1990Date of Patent: November 26, 1991Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Michael J. Bushell, Robin A. E. Carr
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Patent number: 4988826Abstract: The invention provides novel arylalkene compounds of formula I, a process for their preparation and their use as intermediates for insecticidal compounds, comprising, ##STR1## wherein W represents 1 to 4 substituents selected from halo, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy and alkoxyalkyl, or W represents a bidentate alkylene or alkylenedioxy group linking adjacent carbon atoms, X represents fluoroalkyl, and Y is selected from chlorine, bromine and alkoxy; and a process for preparing said ethers. The compounds of formula I are prepared by reacting a ketone of formula: ##STR2## with a phosphonium salt of formula Hal.sup.- (Q).sub.3 P.sup.+ --CH.sub.2 --Y, where Hal.sup.- represents a halide ion and Q represents alkyl or aryl.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1989Date of Patent: January 29, 1991Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Robin A. E. Carr, Lyn Powell
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Patent number: 4987141Abstract: The invention provides insecticidally active compounds of formula: ##STR1## wherein X is N or CH; R.sup.a is the group (R.sup.1)(R.sup.2)NS(O).sub.n --wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from H, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, formyl, alkanoyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkylmethyl, optionally substituted benzyl and optionally substituted phenyl, and n is 0, 1 or 2; R.sup.b is the group --OSO.sub.2 R.sup.3 wherein R.sup.3 is alkyl optionally substituted by an optionally substituted phenyl group, haloalkyl, alkenyl optionally substituted by an optionally substituted phenyl group, optionally substituted aryl or N(R.sup.4)(R.sup.5), wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from H and alkyl; and wherein the groups R.sup.a and R.sup.b occupy either a 1,3 configuration relative to each other when X is CH, or a 2,4 or 2,6 configuration relative to X when X is N.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1989Date of Patent: January 22, 1991Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Michael J. Bushell, Robin A. E. Carr, Donn W. Moseley, Nan C. Sillars
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Patent number: 4937388Abstract: The invention provides insecticidally active compounds of formula I: ##STR1## wherein A is selected from oxygen and a group of formula S(O).sub.n, where n represents 0, 1 or 2; W represents one or two substituents selected from halo, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkyl and haloalkoxy, or W represents a bidentate group linking adjacent carbon atoms, selected from alkylene and alkylenedioxy; Y represents a substituted aryl group where each substituent is selected from halo, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, aryloxy and arylamino; Z represents a fluoroalkyl group of up to two carbon atoms; and either X' represents hydrogen and X is selected from hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, alkoxy and acyloxy, or X and X' together represent a second bond between the adjacent carbon atoms.The invention also provides processes and intermediates useful for the preparation of the compounds of formula I, insecticidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula I, and methods of combating and controlling pests therewith.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1987Date of Patent: June 26, 1990Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Michael J. Bushell, Robin A. E. Carr
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Patent number: 4891450Abstract: The invention provides novel arylalkene compounds of formula I, a process for their preparation and their use as intermediates for insecticidal compounds, comprising, ##STR1## wherein W represents 1 to 4 substituents selected from halo, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy and alkoxyalkyl, or W represents a bidentate alkylene or alkylenedioxy group linking adjacent carbon atoms, X represents fluoroalkyl, and Y is selected from chlorine, bromine and alkoxy; and a process for preparing said ethers. The compounds of formula I are prepared by reacting a ketone of formula: ##STR2## with a phosphonium salt of formula Hal.sup.- (Q).sub.3 P.sup.+ -CH.sub.2 -Y, where Hal.sup.- represents a halide ion and Q represents alkyl or aryl.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1988Date of Patent: January 2, 1990Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Robin A. E. Carr, Lyn Powell
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Patent number: 4791139Abstract: A compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein W represents one or more substituents selected from halo, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkyl and haloalkoxy or W represents a bidentate group linking adjacent carbon atoms selected from alkylene and alkylenedioxy; Y is a group of formula ##STR2## wherein X is a group of formula --(CF.sub.2).sub.n R.sup.3, where R.sup.3 is selected from hydrogen, chloro and fluoro, and n is one or two, R.sup.1 is selected from hydrogen, chloro, fluoro and hydroxy and R.sup.2 is selected from methyl, cyano, ethynyl and hydrogen; Q is selected from carbon bearing a hydrogen atom and nitrogen; and Z represents one or more substituents selected from fluoro, benzyl, phenoxy, chlorophenoxy, fluorophenoxy and bromophenoxy, or any isomer thereof. Processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates for use therein, insecticidal compositions containing these compounds and the use thereof are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1987Date of Patent: December 13, 1988Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Michael J. Bushell, Robin A. E. Carr