Patent ID: 7034035

Claim:
A compound of Formula I: wherein: a) represents a 6-membered heterocyclic aromatic ring in which X 1 is N and X 2 , X 3 and X 4 are each independently CR″; R″ is independently H, halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 haloalkyl, cyclopropyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, aryl, C 1 -C 3 NHC(O)alkyl, NHC(O)H, C 1 -C 3 haloalkylthio, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 2 -C 4 haloalkenyl, C 2 -C 4 alkynyl, C 2 -C 4 haloalkynyl or nitro wherein adjacent R″ substituents may form a ring; b) Z is O, S or NOR Z in which R Z is H or C 1 -C 3 alkyl; and c) A represents (i) C 3 -C 14 cycloalkyl, containing 1 or 3 heteroatoms and 0-2 unsaturations, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with halogen, hydroxy, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, cyano, nitro, aroyl, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, C 1 -C 6 alkylthio, arylthio, heteroarylthio, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 8 acyloxy, aryl, heteroaryl, C 1 -C 6 acyl, C 1 -C 6 carboalkoxy or amido unsubstituted or substituted with one or two C 1 -C 6 alkyl groups, or (ii) C 6 -C 14 bi- or tricyclic ring system, containing 1-3 heteroatoms and 0-2 unsaturations, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with halogen, hydroxy, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, cyano, nitro, aroyl, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, C 1 -C 6 alkylthio, arylthio, heteroarylthio, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 8 acyloxy, aryl, heteroaryl, C 1 -C 6 acyl, C 1 -C 6 carboalkoxy or amido unsubstituted or substituted with one or two C 1 -C 6 alkyl groups, wherein heteroaryloxy is a —O-heteroaryl group, heteroarylthio is a —S-heteroaryl group, C 1 -C 6 acyl is a —C(O)R group wherein R is a C 1 -C 6 organic group, C 1 -C 8 acyloxy is an —OC(O)R group wherein R is a C 1 -C 8 organic group, and C 1 -C 6 carboalkoxy is a —C(O)OR group wherein R is C 1 -C 6 alkyl.