Patent ID: 7217831

Claim:
An insecticide comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of formula I(a) and salts derived therefrom wherein: R 1 is selected from the group consisting of: —OR 5 wherein R 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocyclic and substituted heterocyclic; —NR 6 OH wherein R 6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, carbocyclic and substituted carbocyclic; —NR 7 R 8 wherein R 7 and R 5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl and carbocyclic; and a group wherein R 1 is linked to R 2 to form a diradical bridging group; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, carbocyclic, substituted carbocyclic, aryl, substituted aryl, acyl and substituted acyl; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of substituted alkyl, substituted haloalkyl, substituted acyl, substituted aryl, substituted alkylaryl and substituted arylalkyl, wherein the substituent is a group of the formula wherein R 14 and R 15 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, haloalkyl, haloaryl, haloakylaryl, and haloaralkyl; R 10 , X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, thiol, hydroxy, thioalkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkyl, carbocyclic, substituted carboxyclic, heterocyclic and substituted heterocyclic; and p and q are independently selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3.