Patent ID: 7462640

Claim:
A sulfonamide compound of general formula (Ia), wherein R 1 represents a —NR 8 R 9 radical or a saturated or unsaturated, optionally at least mono-substituted, optionally at least one heteroatom as a ring member containing cycloaliphatic radical, which may be condensed with a saturated or unsaturated, optionally at least mono-substituted, optionally at least one heteroatom as a ring member containing mono- or bicyclic cycloaliphatic ring system, R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 7 , identical or different, each represent hydrogen, halogen, nitro, alkoxy, cyano, a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, optionally at least mono-substituted aliphatic radical, or an optionally at least mono-substituted phenyl radical or an optionally at least mono-substituted heteroaryl radical, R 6 represents hydrogen or a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, optionally at least mono-substituted aliphatic radical, R 8 and R 9 , identical or different, each represent hydrogen or a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, optionally at least mono-substituted aliphatic radical, with the proviso that R 8 and R 9 are not hydrogen at the same time, and if one of them, R 8 or R 9 , is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, optionally at least mono-substituted C 1 -C 4 aliphatic radical, the other one is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, optionally at least mono-substituted aliphatic radical with at least five carbon atoms, or R 8 and R 9 , together with the bridging nitrogen atom, form a saturated or unsaturated, optionally at least mono-substituted heterocyclic ring, which may contain at least one further heteroatom as a ring member and/or which may be condensed with a saturated or unsaturated, optionally at least mono-substituted, optionally at least one heteroatom as a ring member containing mono- or bicyclic cycloaliphatic ring system, A represents an optionally at least mono-substituted mono- or polycyclic aromatic ring system, which may be bonded via an optionally at least mono-substituted alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene group and/or which may contain at least one heteroatom as a ring member in one or more of its rings and n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; optionally in form of one of its stereoisomers, a racemate or in form of a mixture of at least two of its stereoisomers, in any mixing ratio, or a salt thereof.