Compounds of formula: ##STR1## wherein both groups X are chlorine, bromine or trifluoromethyl, or one X is chlorine or bromine and the other is trifluoromethyl, and Y is --CN or --COOR in which R is an alkyl group, are obtained by (A) reacting a compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein X.sup.1 is chlorine or bromine, with a compound of the formula: X.sub.2 C.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 in the presence of metallic copper or at least one copper salt and a base, or (B) reacting a compound of the formula: Y--CH.sub.2 --CN with a compound of the formula: X.sub.2 C.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 and chlorine or bromine, in the presence of at least one reducible copper salt and a base, or (C) reacting a compound of formula: X--CH.sub.2 --CN with a compound of the formula: ##STR3## wherein X.sup.1 is chlorine or bromine, in the presence of at least one copper salt. The compounds are intermediates in the synthesis of pyrethroid insecticides.
公式为:##
STR1##的化合物,其中两个X基团为
氯、
溴或三
氟甲基,或一个X为
氯或
溴,另一个为三
氟甲基,而Y为--CN或--COOR,其中R为烷基,通过以下方法得到:(A)将公式为##
STR2##的化合物,其中X.sup.1为
氯或
溴,与化合物X.sub.2C.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2在
金属
铜或至少一种
铜盐和碱的存在下反应,或(B)将公式为Y--CH.sub.2--CN的化合物与化合物X.sub.2C.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2和
氯或
溴在至少一种可还原
铜盐和碱的存在下反应,或(C)在至少一种
铜盐的存在下,将公式为X--CH.sub.2--CN的化合物与公式为##
STR3##的化合物,其中X.sup.1为
氯或
溴,反应。这些化合物是拟
除虫菊酯杀虫剂合成的
中间体。