Ether compounds, their production and an insecticidal and/or acaricidal composition containing the same.

摘要

Ether compounds of the general formula,
<Chemistry id="chema01" num="0001"><Image id="ia01" he="31" wi="86" file="IMGA0001.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry>wherein W represents methine group or nitrogen atom, and (1) when W is the methine group,
<UnorderedLists id="ula01" listStyle="none"><ListItem>R<Sup>1</Sup> represents hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom or methyl group, R<Sub>2</Sub> represents hydrogen atom or fluorine atom, R<Sub>3</Sub> and R<Sub>4</Sub> are same or different and represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C<Sub>1-4</Sub> alkyl, a C<Sub>1-4</Sub> alkoxyl, difluoromethoxy or 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy group, or represent, taken together, methylenedioxy group, A represents <Sub>I</Sub> oxygen atom, methylene group or imino group, and when the A represents oxygen atom or methylene group, X and Y represent, taken together, ethylene group or 1,1-difluoroethylene group and when the A represents imino group, both X and Y represent methyl group or represent, taken together, ethylene j group or 1,1-difluoroethylene group, and (2) when W is the nitrogen atom, both R<Sub>1</Sub> and R<Sub>2</Sub> represent hydrogen atom, R<Sub>3</Sub> and R<Sub>4</Sub> are as defined above, A represents oxygen atom, and both X and Y represent methyl group or represent, taken together, ethylene group or 1,1-difluoroethylene group.</ListItem></UnorderedLists>

The ether compounds of the present invention are useful as an active ingredient of an insecticidal and/or acaricidal composition.