Claims
- 1. A compound having the formula ##STR8## in which: the broken line represents a carbon-carbon single or double bond between the atoms an the 22 and 23 positions;
- X represents
- a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, or together with the carbon atom to which it is attached represents the group C.dbd.O; provided that X represents a hydrogen atom when the broken line represents a double bond between the carbon atoms the 22 and 23 positions;
- Y represents the group --OR.sup.4,
- wherein R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, or a group of the following formula:
- --CO--(O).sub.n --R.sup.8
- wherein
- n=0 or 1; and
- R.sup.8 represents a straight or branched chain C.sub.1-18 alkyl group, a C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.7-9 aralkyl group, a C.sub.2-6 alkenyl or alkynyl group, a C.sub.6-10 aryl group or a monocyclic or fused heterocyclic group having from 5 to 10 ring atoms and containing at least one oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom; the group R.sup.8 may optionally have one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyloxy, hydroxy, carboxy, amino, mono- to trialkyl-amino, acylamino, cyano, carbamoyl, mono- or di-alkylcarbamoyl, mercapto, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, nitro, phenoxy, halophenoxy, alkylsulfonyloxY, arylsulfonyloxy, cyanothio, and 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic groups containing at least one oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom; where the substituent contains a carbon atom or atoms, the number of the carbon atoms is from 1 to 9, where R.sup.8 itself is an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group, the above-described substituent cannot be an alkyl, alkoxyalkyl or haloalkyl group;
- R.sup.1 represents an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyalkyl or alkylthioalkyl group, each having up to 8 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl-substituted alkyl group wherein the cycloalkyl moiety has from 3 to 6 ring carbon atoms and the alkyl moiety has from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl group having from 3 to 8 ring carbon atoms and optionally substituted with at least one substituent selected from halogen atoms and alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a heterocyclic group having from 3 to 6 ring atoms of which at least one is an oxygen or a sulfur atom and which may optionally be substituted with at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms and alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
- R.sup.2 represents the group A--(W).sub.n --C(R.sup.6 R.sup.7)--
- wherein n=0 or 1;
- R.sup.6 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, or a cyano group;
- R.sup.7 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
- or R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, jointly represent a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 6 ring carbon atoms;
- W represents a methylene group, or an oxygen or sulfur atom; and
- A represents a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, or a heterocyclic group having from 5 to 10 ring atoms of which at least one is a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom; and said phenyl, naphthyl or heterocyclic group may optionally be substituted with at least one substituent selected from alkyl, alkoxy and alkylthio groups each having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen atoms, trifluoromethyl, amino, nitro, cyano, keto, phenoxy (which may itself optionally be substituted with at least one substituent selected from halogen atoms and trifluoromethyl), and heterocyclyloxy groups having from 5 to 10 ring atoms of which at least one is a nitrogen, an oxygen or a sulfur atom;
- or a salt or ester of said compound of formula (I).
- 2. The compound as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.1 represents a methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl, 1-methyl-1-propenyl, 1-methyl-1-butenyl or 1,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl group.
- 3. Compounds as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.4 represents a group of the formula:
- --CO--(O).sub.n --R.sup.8
- wherein
- n=0 or 1; and
- R.sup.8 represents a straight or branched chain C.sub.1-18 alkyl group, a C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.7-9 aralkyl group, a C.sub.2-6 alkenyl or alkynyl group, a C.sub.6-10 aryl group or a monocyclic or fused heterocyclic group having from 5 to 10 ring atoms and containing at least one oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom.
- 4. Compounds as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetoxyacetyl group or a pivaloyloxyacetyl group.
- 5. Compounds as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.6 represents a methyl, ethyl or phenyl group, R.sup.7 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and the group A--(W).sub.n -- represents phenyl or a halophenyl group.
- 6. Compounds as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and X represents a hydrogen atom.
- 7. A compound as claimed in claim 1, selected from the group consisting of: 13-(2-phenylpropionyloxy)-25-ethylmilbemycin, 13-(2-phenylbutylyloxy)-25-ethylmilbemycin, 13-(2-phenyl-3-methylbutyryloxy)-25-ethylmilbemycin.
- 8. The compound as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.4 represents a group of the following formula:
- --CO--(O).sub.n --R.sup.8
- wherein
- n=0 or 1; and
- R.sup.8 represents a straight or branched chain C.sub.1-18 alkyl group, a C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.7-9 aralkyl group, a C.sub.2-6 alkenyl or alkynyl group, a C.sub.6-10 aryl group or a monocyclic or fused heterocyclic group having from 5 to 10 ring atoms and containing at least one oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom; the group R.sup.8 may optionally have one or more substituents selected from the group, consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyloxy, hydroxy, carboxy, amino, mono- to trialkyl-amino, acylamino, cyano, carbamoyl, mono- or di-alkylcarbamoyl, mercapto, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, nitro, phenoxy, halophenoxy, alkylsulfonyloxy, arylsulfonyloxy, cyanothio, and 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic groups containing at least one oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom; where the substituent contains a carbon atom or atoms, the number of the carbon atoms is from 1 to 9, where R.sup.8 itself is an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group, the above-described substituent cannot be an alkyl, alkoxyalkyl or haloalkyl group.
- 9. The compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein R.sup.4 is hydrogen.
- 10. The compound as claimed in claim 1 wherein W is a methylene group.
- 11. The compound as claimed in claim 2 wherein W is a methylene group.
- 12. The compound as claimed in claim 3 wherein W is a methylene group.
- 13. The compound as claimed in claim 4 wherein W is a methylene group.
- 14. The compound as claimed in claim 5 wherein W is a methylene group.
- 15. An anthelmintic acaricidal and insecticidal composition, which comprises an effective amount of a compound as claimed in claim 1 in admixture with a pharmaceutically, agriculturally, veterinarily or horticulturally acceptable carrier or diluent.
- 16. The composition as claimed in claim 15 wherein W is a methylene group.
- 17. A method of protecting animals or plants from damage by parasites selected from acarids, helminths and insects, which comprises applying to said animals or plants, or to said seeds of said plants or to a locus including said animals, planes or seeds, and effective amount of a compound as, claimed in claim 1.
- 18. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein W is a methylene group.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/758,355, filed Sept. 9, 1991 (abandoned) which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/554,451, filed Jul. 17, 1990 (abandoned); which is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 07/030,217, filed Mar. 24, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,963,582.
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