ANT CONTROLLERS AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION THEREOF

Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent ant controller for protecting wooden materials such as trees, board fences, sleepers, etc. and structures such as shrines, temples, houses, outhouses, factories, etc. from termites, and for controlling ants doing harm to crops or humans, which contains as active ingredient thereof a hydrazine derivative represented by general formula (I) [wherein A represents one of formulas (II), (III), (IV), and (V), (wherein R<4> and R<5> are H, C1-C6 alkyl, etc.; X is 1 to 5 substituents selected from H, halogen and (halo) C1-C6 alkyl); R<1> is H or C1-C6 alkyl; R<2> and R<3> are H, OH, C1-C6 alkyl, phenylcarbonyl, etc.; Y is 1 to 5 substituents selected from H, halogen, nitro and cyano; Z is halogen, cyano, C1-C6 alkyl, etc.; and W is O or S]; and a method for application of the ant controller.

Description: ANT CONTROLLERS AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION THEREOF BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to novel ant controller containing a hydrazine derivative as an active ingredient and to a method for application of the ant controller. RELATED ART The hydrazine derivatives represented by the formula (I) which can be used as active ingredient of the ant controllers of the present invention are known compounds disclosed in JP-A-5-4958, JP-A-5-17428, JP-A- 5-32603, JP-A-5-262712, etc. In these patents, it is described that these derivatives have an insecticidal activity as agrihorticultuarl insecticides against LEPIDOPTERA such as dia ondback moth, rice leafroller, etc., HEMIPTERA such as tea green leafhopper, pear lace bug, etc., COLEOPTERA such as twenty-eight-spotted ladybird, maize weevil, etc., DIPTERA such as melon fly, house fly, house mosquito, etc., and TYLENCHIDA such as coffee root-lesion nematode, root-knot nematode, etc. Any of these patent gazettes, however, does neither describe nor suggest that said hydrazine derivatives have a marked insecticidal effect against ISOPTERA such as formosan subterranean termite, kolbe, etc., HYMENOPTERA such as cabbage sawfly, Carpenter ant, etc., ORTHOPTERA such as Japanese cockroach, field cricket, rice grasshopper, etc., and PSOCOPTERA such as large pale booklouse, etc. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present inventors have conducted extensive studies with the aim of creating a novel ant controller having a marked controlling effect upon ants doing harm to the wooden materials constituting houses, furniture, etc. or crops and human being. As a result, it has been found that some of the hydrazine derivatives described in the above-mentioned prior art have a marked insecticidal effect upon termites and ants. The present invention has been accomplished on the basis of this findings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to ant controllers containing as active ingredient thereof a hydrazine derivative represented by the following formula (I) and method for application of the ant controllers : wherein A represents (wherein R 4 represents hydrogen atom or C1-C5 alkyl group, and X represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, Cι-C 6 alkyl group and halo Ci-Cβ alkyl group) , ( wherein R 4 and X are as defined above, and R° represents hydrogen atom, Ci-C; alkylcarbonyl group or phenyl- carbonyl group which may have 1 to 2, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of Cι-C 6 alkyl groups) , (wherein R and X are as defined above) , or (wherein R 4 and X are as defined above) ; R 1 represents hydrogen atom or Ci-C b alkyl group; R 2 and R J , which may be same or different, represent hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, Ci-Cβ alkyl group, Cι~C 6 alkoxy group, Cι-C 0 alkylcarbonyl group or phenylcarbonyl group; Y represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group and cyano group; Z represents halogen atom, cyano group, Cι-C 6 alkyl group, halo Ci-Cβ alkyl group, Ci-Ce alkoxy group, halo Cι-C 6 alkoxy group, halo Cι-C 6 alkylthio group, halo Ci-Cβ alkylsulfinyl group or halo Ci-Cβ alkylsulfonyl group; and represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom. The ant controller of the present invention is an excellent ant controller for protecting wooden materials such as trees, board fences, sleepers, etc. and buildings such as shrines, temples, houses, outhouses, factories, etc. from ants such as termites, and for controlling ants doing harm to crops or human being. In the definition of the formula (I) shown above, the term "halogen atom" means chlorine atom, bromine atom, iodine atom and fluorine atom; the term "Ci-Ce alkyl" means a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and the term "halo C L - C alkyl" means an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms substituted with at least one, same or different halogen atoms . Preferable examples of the hydrazine derivative represented by the formula (I) of the present invention are the hydrazine derivatives represented by the formulas (1-1) and (1-2) as mentioned below. Preferable examples of each substituent of the hydrazine derivatives of formulas (1-1) and (1-2) are the compounds wherein is oxygen atom, X is trifluoromethyl group, Y is cyano group, Z is trifluoromethoxy group, and each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 is simultaneously a hydrogen atom. More preferable examples are the compounds wherein X is substituted on the 3-posιtιon, and Y is substituted on the 4-posιtion of the phenyl ring. Most preferable example is the hydrazine derivative represented by the formula (1-1), wherein each of R ~ , R", R 3 and R is simultaneously a hydrogen atom, X is trifluoromethyl group substituted on the 3- position of the phenyl ring, Y is cyano group substituted on the 4-posιtιon of the pnenyl ring, and Z is trifluoromethoxy group. Typical examples of the hydrazine derivative represented by the formula (I) used as an active ingredient of the ant controller of the present invention are shown in Table 1 to Table 4, but the present invention is by no means limited to the compounds exemplified herein. Formula (I-l) Table 1 Table 1 (Cont'd) Table 1 (Cont'd) Table 1 (Cont'd) Table 1 (Cont'd) Table 1 (Cont'd) Table 1 (Cont'd) Table 1 (Cont'd) Note: Ph is phenyl group, Formula (1-2 Table 2 (R 1 and R 3 are hydrogen atoms) Table 2 (Cont'd) Table 2 (Cont'd) Table 2 (Cont'd) Note: Ph is phenyl group. Compounds 106 and 107 are diasteromers. Compound 106 is higher than Compound 107 in the Rf value. Formula (1-3! Table 3 (R and R 3 are hydrogen atoms, and W is oxygen atom. ) Table 3 (Cont'd) Formula (1-4; Table 4 (R 1 , R , R ~ and R are hydrogen atoms. Some of the compounds shown in Tables 1 to 4 are viscous or glassy substances. Their X H-NMR data are summarized in Table 5. Table 5 No 1 H-NMR[CDC1 3 /TMS, δ (ppm) ] 59 6.29 (s, IH) , 7.65-7.92 (m, 13H) , 9.14 (bs, IH) , 10.70 (bs, IH) . (DMSO-de) 62 3.88 (bs, IH), 3.87 (s, IH) , 6.91-7.55 (m, 13H) , 7.73 (s, IH) , 8.13 (bs, IH) . 119 3.12 (dd, IH) , 3.23 (dd, IH) , 4.12-4.32 (m, 2H) , 6.13 (bs, IH) , 7.24-7.93 (m, 12H) , 8.08 (bs, IH) . 120 3.11 (dd, IH) , 3.23 (dd, IH) , 4.13-4.28 (m, 2H) , 5.97 (s, IH) , 7.25-7.75 (m, 12H) , 7.90-8.00 (bs, IH) . 149 3.65 (d, 2H) , 4.20 (t, IH) , 4.70 (s, 2H) , 6.85 (dd, IH), 6.93 (dd, IH) , 7.08 (dd, IH) , 7.15-7.21 (m, 3H), 7.24 (d, 2H) , 7.40 (d, 2H) , 8.13 (d, 2H) , 8.40 (s, IH) . 150 3.64 (s, 2H) , 4.69 (s, 2H) , 6.84 (dd, IH) , 6.94 (dd, IH) , 7.09 (m, 3H) , 7.23 (t, IH) , 7.29 (d, 2H) , 7.40 (d, 2H) , 8.12 (d, 2H) , 8.40 (s, IH) . The ant controller cf the present invention exhibits a markedly high killing effect at a low dosage upon all the termites doing harm to houses, construction materials, furniture, leathers, fibers, vinyl articles, electric wires and cables, for example, RHINOTERMITIDAE including Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, Reticulitermes speratus (Kolbe) , Reticulitermes hesperus which inhabits the North America, Reticulitermes tibialis, Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermes lucifugus which inhabits the shore of the Mediterranean, Reticulitermes santonensis, Incisitermes minor (Hagen) , TERMITIDAE including Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki), KALOTERMITIDAE including Cryptotermes domesticus (Haviland) , TERMOPSIDAE including Hodoter opsis japonica (Holmgren) , etc. Further, the ant controller of the present invention exhibits a markedly high killing effect at a low dosage upon all the ants doing harm to crops, or to human being when the ants invade into houses and public facilities such as parks, for example, FORMICIDAE including Monomorium pharaonis Linne, Monomorium nipponense heelex, Camponotus kiusiuensis Santschi, Formica japonica Motschulsky, Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille) , Solenopsis richteri, Solenopsis invicta, Solenopsis geminata (Fireant) , etc. For using the ant controller of the present invention containing the hydrazine derivative of formula (I) as an active ingredient efficiently, the ant controller is formulated with a proper solid carrier and/or liquid carrier. If necessary, it is formulated with auxiliaries in a proper proportion according to the conventional recipe of formulation, and homogenized together with the carrier by the method of dissolution, suspension, mixing, impregnation, adsorption or adhesion, so as to be made it into an appropriate preparation form such as oily solution, emulsifiable concentrate, solubilized concentrate, dust, granule, wettable powder, aerosol, fumigant, flowable preparation or the like. It is also possible to form the termite controller into a bait preparation by compounding it with a bait containing an attractant or the like. As the solid carrier used in the present invention, there can be exemplified clays such as kaolin, bentonite, acid clay and the like; talcs such as talc, pyrophillite and the like; silica materials such as diatomaceous earth, siliceous sand, mica, synthetic silicate, synthetic high-dispersion silica and the like; and inorganic mineral powders such as pumice, sand and the like; organic matters such as pieces of wood, chips of pulp wood, grain flour, sugars and the like. As the liquid carrier, there can be exemplified alcohols such as methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethylene glycol and the like; ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone and the like; ethers such as ethyl ether, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, Cellosolves and the like; aliphatic hydrocarbons such as light oil, kerosene and the like; aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, xylene, solvent naphtha, cyclohexanone, methylnaphthalene and the like; and halogenated hydrocarbons such as chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, chlorobenzene and the like. These solid and liquid carriers may be used either alone or in the form of a mixture . As the auxiliaries which can be used in the present invention, surfactants, dispersants, sticking agents, etc. can be referred to. As the surfactants, there can be exemplified polyoxyethylene alkylaryl ethers, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurates, alkylaryl sorbitan monolaurates, alkylbenzesulfonates, alkylnaphthalene-sulfonates, ligninsulfonates, higher alcohol sulfuric ester salts, etc. These surfactants may be used either alone or in the form of a mixture. As the dispersants or sticking agents, for example, casein, gelatin, starch, alginic acid, carboxymethyl cellulose, agar, polyvinyl alcohol, turpentine oil, etc. can be used according to the need. The ant controller of the present invention is applied not only to the surrounding soil surface or into the under-floor soil in order to protect wooden materials such as trees, board fences, sleepers, etc. and structures such as shrines, temples, houses, outhouses, factories, etc., but it can also be applied to lumbered articles such as surfaces of the under-floor concrete, alcove posts, beams, plywoods, furniture, etc., wooden articles such as particle boards, half boards, etc. and vinyl articles such as coated electric wires, vinyl sheets, heat insulating material such as styrene foams, etc. In case of application against ants doing harm to crops or human beings, the ant controller of the present invention is applied to the crops or the surrounding soil, or is directly applied to the nest of ants or the like. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments mentioned above, but it also includes the embodiments of applying the ant controller of the invention preventively to places at which occurrence of ants is expected. In putting the ant controller of the present invention, the dosage may be appropriately selected from the ranges properly chosen. In case of application to wooden materials, the quantity of active ingredient ranges from 0.1 to 50 g per rrr; and in case of soil treatment or application to the nests, the quantity of active ingredient ranges from 1 to 500 g per m 2 . EXAMPLES Next, typical examples and test example of the present invention are presented below. The invention is by no means limited to these examples. In the examples, "parts" are by weight. Formulation Example 1 Each hydrazine derivative listed in Tables 1-4 20 parts Xylene 80 parts The ingredients mentioned above were made into a uniform solution to obtain an oily solution. Formulation Example 2 Each hydrazine derivative listed in Tables 1-4 10 parts Polyoxyethylene styrylphenyl ether 10 parts Cyclohexanone 80 parts The ingredients mentioned above were uniformly mixed and dissolved together to obtain an emulsifiable concentrate . Formulation Example 3 Each hydrazine derivative listed in Tables 1-4 10 parts Sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate 2 parts White carbon 10 parts Clay 78 parts The ingredients mentioned above were uniformly mixed and pulverized to obtain a wettable powder. Formulation Example 4 Each hydrazine derivative listed in Tables 1-4 8 parts Cyclohexanone 4 parts Mixture of polyoxyethylene nonylphenyl ether and alkylbenzenesulfonic acid 3 parts A granular composition was prepared by uniformly mixing and dissolving together the ingredients mentioned above, and spraying the resulting solution onto 85 parts of granular pumice, followed by drying. Test Example 1 A filter paper was spread in a glass dish having a diameter of 9 cm, onto which was dropped 1 ml of a 500 ppm solution of the ant controller of the present invention. Then, the filter paper was inoculated with Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Seven days after the inoculation, percentage of dead insects was investigated, from which mortality was calculated. The results were evaluated according to the following criterion. The test was carried out with triplicate group of 10 insects. Criterion Mortality A 100 B 99-90 C 89-80 D 79-50 The results are summarized in Table 6. Table 6 Table 6 (Cont'd) Table 6 (Cont'd) Table 6 (Cont'd) Table 6 ( Cont' d) Test Example 2 The ant controller of the present invention was applied to nests (anthill) of fireant (Solenopsis gemmata) with drench treatment, in terms of 1 g of the active ingredient per one nest. 14 Days after the treatment of the ant controller, the activity of the nests was evaluated according to the following criterion. The test was carried out with one block per one nest. Criterion Effect A Nest is completely destructed or activity of the nest is extremely low. B Activity of the nest is exhibited. C High activity of the nest is exhibited. D Activity of the nest is extremely high. As a result of the test, compound Nos. 44 and the present invention exhibited the effect "A".

Claims: AM100246 WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 1. An ant controller characterized by containing, as active ingredient thereof, a hydrazine derivative represented by the following formula (I): wherein A represents (wherein R 4 represents hydrogen atom or Ci-Cβ alkyl group, and X represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, Cι-C 6 alkyl group and halo Cι-C 6 alkyl group) , (wherein R 4 and X are as defined above, and R represents hydrogen atom, C ι -C 6 alkylcarbonyl group or phenyl- carbonyl group which may have 1 to 2, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of Cι-C 6 alkyl groups) , (wherein R 4 and X are as defined above) , or (wherein R 4 and X are as defined above) ; R 1 represents hydrogen atom or Ci-Cβ alkyl group; R 2 and R J , which may be same or different, represent hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, Ci-Cβ alkyl group, Ci-Cβ alkoxy group, Cι-C 6 alkylcarbonyl group or phenylcarbonyl group; Y represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group and cyano group; Z represents halogen atom, cyano group, alkyl group, halo C -C„ alkyl group, C -C alkoxy group, halo alkoxy group, halo Cι-C b alkylthio group, halo C t -Ch alkylsulfmyl group or halo C -C„ alkylsulfonyl group; and W represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom. 2. The ant controller according to Claim 1, which is represented by the following formula (I-l): wherein R' represents hydrogen atom or C L -C„ alkyl group; R" and R 3 , which may be same or different, represent hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, C L -Cf, alkyl group, C_-C„ alkoxy group, C -C 6 alkylcarbonyl group or phenylcarrjonyl group; R " represents hydrogen atom or C -C 6 alkyl group; X represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C -CΛ alkyl group and halo C-Ce alkyl group; Y represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group and cyano group; Z represents halogen atom, cyano group, Ci-Ce alkyl group, halo Ci-C„ alkyl group, Cj-C„ alkoxy group, halo Ci-Cβ alkoxy group, halo Ci-C * , alkylthio group, halo Ci-Cβ alkylsulfinyl group or halo Cι-C b alkylsulfonyl group; and W represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom. 3. The ant controller according to Claim 1, which is represented by the following formula (1-2): wherein R 1 represents hydrogen atom or Ci-C * alkyl group; R 2 and R 3 , which may be same or different, represent hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, C_-C„ alkyl group, Ci-Cb alkoxy group, Ci-Cp alkylcarbonyl group or phenylcarbonyl group; R 4 represents hydrogen atom or C : -C 6 alkyl group; R D represents hydrogen atom, C-C ^ alkylcarbonyl group or phenylcarbonyl group which may have 1 to 2, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of Cι-C 6 alkyl groups; X represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, Cι-C β alkyl group and halo C : -C,, alkyl group; Y represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group and cyano group; Z represents halogen atom, cyano group, Ci-C 6 alkyl group, halo Cι-C 3 alkyl group, Cι~C 6 alkoxy group, halo Cι-C 6 alkoxy group, halo Cι~C 6 alkylthio group, halo Cι-C 6 alkylsulfinyl group or halo Cι~C 6 alkylsulfonyl group; and W represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom. 4. The ant controller according to Claim 1, which is represented by the following formula (1-3) : wherein R 1 represents hydrogen atom or Cι-C ς alkyl group; R ~ and R 3 , which may be same or different, represent hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, C:-C β alkyl group, Cι-C 6 alkoxy group, C:~C 6 alkylcarbonyl group or phenylcarbonyl group; R 4 represents hydrogen atom or Cι~C β alkyl group; X represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C:-C„ alkyl group and halo Ci-Cζ alkyl group; Y represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group and cyano group; Z represents halogen atom, cyano group, Cι~C 6 alkyl group, halo C1-C5 alkyl group, Cι-C 6 alkoxy group, halo C : -C 6 alkoxy group, halo Cι-C 6 alkylthio group, halo Cι-C 6 alkylsulfinyl group or halo Ci-C alkylsulfonyl group; and W represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom. 5. The ant controller according to Claim 1, which is represented by the following formula (1-4) : wherein R- represents hydrogen atom or C:-C 0 alkyl group; R" and R 3 , which may be same or different, represent hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, Cι-C« alkyl group, Ci-Cβ alkoxy group, Ci-C* alkylcarbonyl group or phenylcarbonyl group; R 4 represents hydrogen atom or C:-C« alkyl group; X represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, Cι-C 6 alkyl group and halo Ci-Cβ alkyl group; Y represents 1 to 5, same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group and cyano group; Z represents halogen atom, cyano group, Ci~C 6 alkyl group, halo Ci-Ce alkyl group, Cι~C* alkoxy group, halo Ci-Cf, alkoxy group, halo Cι-C 6 alkylthio group, halo Ci-Cβ alkylsulfmyl group or halo Cι~C 6 alkylsulfonyl group; and W represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom. 6. A method for application of an ant controller which comprises treating a wooden part and a surrounding soil where ants and termites live, with an effective quantity of the ant controller according to Claim 1. 7. The method for application of an ant controller according to Claim 6, wherein the hydrazine derivative represented by the general formula (I) is a hydrazine derivative claimed in any one of Claims 2 to 5.

Inventors: TAKAGI KAZUHIRO, WADA YASUHIRO, YAMAGUCHI RIKIO, TAKAGI, KAZUHIRO, WADA, YASUHIRO, YAMAGUCHI, RIKIO
Applicants: AMERICAN CYANAMID CO, TAKAGI KAZUHIRO, WADA YASUHIRO, YAMAGUCHI RIKIO, AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, TAKAGI, KAZUHIRO, WADA, YASUHIRO, YAMAGUCHI, RIKIO
Application year: 2000
Main classification: A01N47
IPC codes: A01N37, A01N47