Patent ID: 7846956

Claim:
A malononitrile compound which is represented by any one of the formula (II-i) to (II-xiii): wherein R 1 represents C1-C5 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C5 alkenyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C5 alkynyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, or hydrogen, R 2 represents C1-C5 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C1-C5 alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C5 alkenyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C5 alkynyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, cyano or hydrogen, R 3 and R 4 each represent C1-C5 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C5 alkenyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C5 alkynyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C3-C5 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C4-C5 cycloalkenyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, or hydrogen, or R 3 and R 4 are taken together to represent C2-C6 alkanediyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen or C4-C6 alkenediyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, R 5 represents halogen, cyano, nitro, formyl, SF 5 , C1-C5 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C5 alkenyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C5 alkynyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C3-C6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen or one or more C1-C3 alkyl, C1-C5 alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C3-C6 alkenyloxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C3-C6 alkynyloxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C1-C5 alkylthio optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C3-C5 alkenylthio optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C3-C5 alkynylthio optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C1-C5 alkylsulfinyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C1-C5 alkylsulfonyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C2-C6 alkylcarbonyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, a group represented by C(OR 19 )R 20 R 21 , or hydrogen, R 6 represents C1-C5 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, R 19 represents C1-C5 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C3-C5 alkynyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, or hydrogen, and R 20 and R 21 each represent C1-C5 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, or hydrogen.