| US 7,538,139 B2 | ||
| Sugar derivatives comprising oxiranes or α, β-unsaturated γ-lactones, process for their preparation and their utilisation as pesticides | ||
| Jorge Alberto Guerra Justino, Santarem (Portugal); Amélia Pilar Grases Santos Silva Rauter, Lisbon (Portugal); Tana Lukeba Canda, Luanda (Angola); and Richard Wilkins, Tyne and Wear (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Instituto Politecnico De Santarem/Escola Superior Agraria, Santarem (Portugal); Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa (Portugal); and University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/494,865. | ||
| Application 11/494865 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/902970, filed on Jul. 30, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0117865 A1, May 24, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01N 43/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 514—473 | 29 Claims |
| 1. A method for controlling pests, the method comprising
applying an effective amount to pests or their locus of one or more compounds of general formula (I′)
 R1 and R2 represent, independently from each other, hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy or an ester group; or
R1 and R2, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, represent an oxirane ring; or
R1 and R2, taken together, represent an akylidenedioxy or substituted alkylidenedioxy group; and
R3 represents —CH2R6 (wherein R6 represents an ester group), oxiranyl, or a group of formula
 wherein
R7 represents hydrogen or alkyl,
R8 represents phenylsulfanyl, phenylselenyl, phenylsulfoxy or phenylselenoxy, and
R9 represents hydrogen, ethoxycarbonyl or carbamoyl; and
R4 represents, independently, hydrogen, alkoxy or substituted alkoxy, or
R1 and R4, taken together, represent an alkylidenedioxy or a substituted alkylidenedioxy group;
wherein the pest dies as a result of contact with the compound.
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