| abstract |
A substituted alkenylbenzene compound of formula (4): n nwherein X 1 is a halogen atom, —SF 5 , C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, hydroxy C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 halocycloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 6 haloalkylthio, C 1 -C 6 haloalkylsulfinyl or C 1 -C 6 haloalkylsulfonyl; X 3 is a hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy or C 1 -C 6 alkylthio; X 4 is a hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy or C 1 -C 4 haloalkoxy; R 3 is —C(R 3a )(R 3b )R 3c , where R 3a and R 3b are a halogen, or R 3a and R 3b together form a 3 - to 6 -membered ring together with the carbon bonding them by forming a C 2 -C 5 haloalkylene chain, and R 3c is a hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 1 -C 5 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 haloalkoxy or C 1 -C 4 haloalkylthio, with a proviso that where X 1 is a fluorine, chlorine or trifluoromethyl, and X 2 and X 3 are hydrogen, where X 1 and X 2 are fluorine and X 3 is a hydrogen, or where X 1 and X 2 are trifluoromethyl and X 3 is a hydrogen, R 3c is a hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 1 -C 5 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 4 haloalkoxy or C 1 -C 4 haloalkylthio. |