Patent ID: 8372867

Claim:
A compound represented by formula (I): wherein A represents C or N; R represents alkyl or haloalkyl; X which may be identical or different, represents halogen, haloalkyl, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, haloalkoxy, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfenyl, alkylsulfonyl, haloalkylsulfinyl, haloalkylsulfenyl, haloalkylsulfonyl, amino, acylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, haloalkylcarbonylamino, haloalkoxycarbonylamino, alkylsulfonylamino, haloalkylsulfonylamino, hydroxyl or mercapto; Y which may be identical or different, represents halogen, haloalkyl, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, haloalkoxy, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfenyl, alkylsulfonyl, haloalkylsulfinyl, haloalkylsulfenyl, haloalkylsulfonyl, hydroxyl, mercapto, amino, acylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, haloalkylcarbonylamino, haloalkoxycarbonylamino, alkylsulfonylamino or haloalkylsulfonylamino; or two adjacent Y, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached to, form an optionally substituted cycle; l represents 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; m represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n represents 1, 2 or 3; R 1 and R 2 each independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, cyano, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, or alternatively R 1 and R 2 together represent C 2-5 alkylene; R 3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, cyano, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylcarbonyl or CH 2 —R 5 , wherein R 5 represents optionally substituted phenyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; and R 4 represents hydrogen, formyl, cyano, alkylcarbonyl, alkylthiocarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, haloalkylthiocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, alkylaminothiocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminothiocarbonyl, alkoxyaminocarbonyl, alkoxythiocarbonyl, alkoxyaminothiocarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, thioalkoxycarbonyl, thioalkoxythiocarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl or haloalkylsulfonyl, wherein R 5 is as defined above.