Pesticidal 1,2,4-triazole compounds

US4414221A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• FBC Limited · GB

Inventors

• John H. Parsons · Saffron Walden, GB
• Peter J. West · Great Shelford, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 1981
• Grant date: Nov 8, 1983
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D271/07
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents phenyl substituted in at least the 2-position by fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine, R.sup.2 represents a group R.sup.3, --OR.sup.3, --SR.sup.3 or --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 where R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkenyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms, alkynyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenylalkyl of 7 to 10 carbon atoms or naphthyl, each of which may be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halogen atoms, alkyl or alkoxy or alkylthio groups of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, nitro groups, cyano groups or mercapto groups, R.sup.4 represents a group as defined for R.sup.3 but not necessarily identical thereto, and A and B, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, form a 3,6-disubstituted pyridazine, a 3,6-disubstituted dihydropyridazine, a 2,5-disubstituted pyrimidine, a 1,2,4-oxadiazole, a 1,2,4-oxadiazoline or a 1,2,4-triazole ring, and the quaternary salts thereof, are novel compounds which are pesticidal, notably with respect to acarids, insects and aphids and their eggs and larvae. Compositions containing the c…