Patent ID: 8785649

Claim:
An ethynylphenylamidine compound or a salt thereof, the compound being represented by Formula (1): wherein R 1 and R 2 are each hydrogen or C 1-12 alkyl, or R 1 and R 2 may be bonded together to form C 2-7 alkylene; R 3 is hydrogen or C 1-4 alkylthio; R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 are each hydrogen, halogen, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, or C 1-4 haloalkoxy; and R 8 is hydrogen; C 1-20 alkyl optionally substituted on the alkyl group with one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-4 alkoxy, hydroxy, cyano, phenyl, phenoxy, and optionally substituted heterocyclic groups; C 3-8 cycloalkyl; C 1-4 haloalkyl; phenyl optionally substituted on the phenyl ring with one to five substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy, and phenoxy; a heterocyclic group optionally substituted on the heterocyclic ring with one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, and optionally substituted heterocyclic groups; or —(CH 2 )n-Si(R 9 )(R 10 )(R 11 ) wherein R 9 , R 10 , and R 11 are each C 1-6 alkyl, and n is an integer of 0 or 1.