Patent ID: 6538159
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A01N,C07C

Abstract:
&agr;-Sulfin- and &agr;-sulfonamino acid amides of formula I including the optical isomers thereof and mixtures of such isomers, whereinn is a number zero or one; R1 is C1-C12alkyl, C1-C12alkyl substituted with C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, C1-C4alkylsulfonyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, cyano, C1-C6alkoxycarbonyl, C3-C6alkenyloxycarbonyl or C3-C6alkenyloxycarbonyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl; C2-C12alkenyl; C2-C12alkynyl; C1-C12haloalkyl; or a group NR12R13 wherein R12 and R13 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl, or together are tetra- or penta-methylene; R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen; C1-C8alkyl; C1-C8alkyl substituted with hydroxy, mercapto, C1-C4alkoxy or C1-C4alkylthio; C3-C8alkenyl; C3-C8alkynyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl-C1-C4alkyl; or the two groups R2 and R3 together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded form a three- to eight-membered hydrocarbon ring; R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each independently hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl; R8 is C1-C6alkyl, C3-C6alkenyl or C3-C6alkynyl; R9, R10, R14, R15, R16 and R17 are each independently hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl; A is optionally substituted phenyl.