Nitro-substituted heterocyclic compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl, Z is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heterocyclic groun containing at least one atom selected from N, O and S, A is optionally substituted ethylene or optionally substituted trimethylene, and B stands for 2 or 3 members of a heterocyclic ring which is formed, together with the adjacent C-atom and N-atom and at least one of said members may represent a hetero atom and may be optionally substituted, provided that when B stands for 3 members, two of which are carbon atoms and the other one is a nitrogen atom which is located in the middle of the three members, then at least one of said two carbon atoms must be substituted by a keto group. Such compounds being useful as insecticides.
式(I)中,R为氢或烷基,Z为可选取官能团取代的芳基或含有至少一个N、O、S原子的可选取官能团取代的杂环基,A为可选取官能团取代的
乙烯基或三甲基
乙烯基,B代表一个杂环环的2或3个成员,该环与相邻的C原子和N原子一起形成,至少一个成员可表示为杂原子并可选取取代,但当B代表3个成员时,其中两个是碳原子,另一个是位于三个成员中间的氮原子,则至少一个碳原子必须被酮基取代。这些化合物可用作
杀虫剂。