APPLICATION OF MALONONITRILE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an excellent pest control agent and provide a method of pest control. SOLUTION: The pest control agent contains a malononitrile compound expressed by formula (I) or formula (II) wherein R1expresses a 2-5C alkynyl which may be substituted with a halogen atom; R2expresses a 1-5C alkyl which may be substituted with a halogen atom; R3and R4are the same or different and express each H or the like; R5expresses a halogen atom or the like; n expresses 0-3 arbitrary integer and when n≥2, each of R5s is the same or different; X expresses O or the like. The method of pest control is to apply an effective dose of the malonoitrile compound to the pest or a habitat of the pest. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO