2,2-dimethyl-3-(2-halovinyl)cyclopropane carboxlic acid ester pesticides

摘要

New insecticides are of formula: <IMAGE> wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group; R2 represents hydrogen or a halogeno or lower alkyl group; R3 represents hydrogen or a halogeno or carbo(lower alkoxy) group which contains at least 2 carbon atoms in the lower alkoxy residue when R2 represents methyl; with the proviso that (a) R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen only when R1 represents methyl, (b) when R1 and R3 each represent hydrogen and R2 represents alkyl, that alkyl group contains at least 2 carbon atoms and (c) when R3 represents halogeno, R2 represents hydrogen or halogeno; and R represents a group which forms insecticidal esters with chrysanthemic acid e.g. 5-benzyl-3-furylmethyl, 3-phenoxybenzyl, alpha -cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl. The esters are prepared by forming the ester linkage conventionally or by a Wittig reaction using a 3-formyl- or 3-acetyl-2,2-dimethyl cyclopropane carboxylic acid esterified with the desired residue or by an alkyl group which is subsequently converted to the desired residue.