Patent ID: 6864392

Claim:
α-sulfin- and α-sulfonamino acid amides of formula I including the optical isomers thereof and mixtures of such isomers, wherein n is a number zero or one; R 1 is C 1 -C 12 alkyl, C 1 -C 12 alkyl substituted with C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 alkylthio, C 1 -C 4 alkylsulfonyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, cyano, C 1 -C 6 alkoxycarbonyl, C 3 -C 6 alkenyloxycarbonyl or C 3 -C 8 alkynyloxycarbonyl; C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl; C 2 -C 12 alkenyl; C 2 -C 12 alkynyl; C 1 -C 12 halogenalkyl; or a group NR 9 R 10 wherein R 9 and R 10 are each independently of the other C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or together are tetra- or penta-methylene; R 2 and R 3 are each independently hydrogen; C 1 -C 8 alkyl; C 1 -C 8 alkyl substituted with hydroxy, mercapto, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy or C 1 -C 4 alkylthio; C 3 -C 8 alkenyl; C 3 -C 8 alkynyl; C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl; C 3 -C 3 cycloalkyl-C 1 -C 4 alkyl; or the two groups R 2 and R 3 together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded form a three- to eight-membered hydrocarbon ring; R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 are each independently hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 alkyl; R 11 , R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 17 are each independently hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 alkyl, R 13 is C 4 -C 12 alkyl; C 1 -C 12 halogenalkyl; C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl; optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl, R 16 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; and Z is oxygen, sulfur —CR 18 R 19 — or —NR 20 —, wherein R 18 , R 19 and R 20 independently of each other are hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 alkyl.