Patent ID: 7011838

Claim:
A malononitrile compound of formula (Y): wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and independently C 1 –C 5 (halo)alkyl, C 1 –C 5 (halo)alkyloxy, C 2 –C 5 (halo)alkenyl, C 2 –C 5 (halo)alkynyl, hydrogen, or cyano; R 3 is C 1 –C 3 haloalkyl, C 2 –C 4 haloalkenyl, or C 2 –C 4 haloalkynyl; m is an integer of 1 to 3; R 5 is halogen, cyano, nitro, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkyl, C 2 –C 4 (halo)alkenyl, C 2 –C 4 (halo)alkynyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkyloxy, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylthio, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylsulfinyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylsulfonyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylcarbonyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkyloxycarbonyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylcarbonyloxy, benzyloxy, phenyloxy, or phenylthio, in which the phenyloxy and phenylthio groups may optionally be substituted with halogen or C 1 –C 3 alkyl; n is an integer of 0 to 4; R 6 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkyl, C 2 –C 4 (halo)alkenyl, C 2 –C 4 (halo)alkynyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkyloxy, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylthio, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylsulfinyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylsulfonyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylcarbonyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkyloxycarbonyl, C 1 –C 4 (halo)alkylcarbonyloxy, benzyloxy, phenyloxy, or phenylthio, in which the phenyloxy and phenylthio groups may optionally be substituted with halogen or C 1 –C 3 alkyl with the proviso that when n is 2 or more, then R 5 's are the same or different from each other.