Pest control agents
Disclosed is a composition for use as a pest control agent, comprising a compound represented by formula (I) or an agriculturally and horticulturally acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient and an agriculturally and horticulturally acceptable carrier:
1. A method for controlling a hemipteran pest, comprising applying an effective amount of a compound represented by formula (Ia) or an agriculturally and horticulturally acceptable salt thereof to a plant or soil,
wherein
Het 2 represents optionally substituted 3-pyridyl,
R 11 represents hydroxyl,
optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynyloxy,
optionally substituted benzyloxy, or
oxo in the absence of a hydrogen atom at the 13-position, or
the bond between 5-position and 13-position represents a double bond in the absence of R 11 and a hydrogen atom at the 5-position,
R 12 represents hydroxyl,
optionally substituted C 1-18 alkylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted benzoyloxy, or
optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylsulfonyloxy,
R 13 represents a hydrogen atom,
hydroxyl,
optionally substituted C 1-18 alkylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted benzoyloxy,
optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylsulfonyloxy,
optionally substituted benzenesulfonyloxy, or
optionally substituted five- or six-membered heterocyclic thiocarbonyloxy,
or
R 12 and R 13 together represent —O—CR 12 ′R 13 ′—O— wherein R 12 ′ and R 13 ′, which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 alkyloxy, C 2-6 alkenyl, optionally substituted phenyl, or optionally substituted benzyl, or R 12 ′ and R 13 ′ together represent oxo or C 2-6 alkylene, and
R 14 represents a hydrogen atom,
hydroxyl,
optionally substituted C 1-18 alkylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted benzoyloxy,
optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylsulfonyloxy,
optionally substituted benzenesulfonyloxy,
optionally substituted benzyloxy,
optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenyloxy,
optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynyloxy,
C 1-6 alkyloxy-C 1-6 alkyloxy,
C 1-6 alkylthio-C 1-6 alkyloxy,
C 1-6 alkyloxy-C 1-6 alkyloxy-C 1-6 alkyloxy,
optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyloxycarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylaminocarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated five- or six-membered heterocyclic oxy,
optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated five- or six-membered heterocyclic carbonyloxy,
optionally substituted thieno[3,2-b]pyridylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted 1H-indolylcarbonyloxy,
optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated five- or six-membered heterocyclic thiocarbonyloxy, or
oxo in the absence of a hydrogen atom at the 7-position.