Patent ID: 7205301

Claim:
A compound of formula I wherein m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; n and p are independently of each other 0 or 1; R 1 is halogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted alkenyloxy, optionally substituted alkynyloxy, optionally substituted thioalkyl optionally substituted aryl, COOR 11 , CONR 12 R 13 , S(O) q R 14 , SO 2 NR 15 R 16 or NR 15a R 16a ; when there is more than on R 1 group, they may be the same or different; q is 1 or 2; R 2 , R 2a , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 are each independently hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, COR 17 , COOR 18 or optionally substituted aryl, and in addition R 2 and R 3 may also independently be optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted alkenyloxy, optionally substituted alkynyloxy, or optionally substituted alkylthio, COOR 19 , CONR 20 R 21 , OH or SH; R 6 and R 7 may also be independently halogen, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted alkenyloxy, optionally substituted alkynyloxy, optionally substituted alkenylamino, optionally substituted alkynylamino, optionally substituted alkylthio, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted hetrocyclyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyloxy, OH, SH, N 3 , NR 22 R 23 or N(R 24 )COR 25 ; or the ring members CR 3 R 4 or CR 2 R 2A are independently of each other a carbonyl group (C═O) or a thonyl group (C═S); or one or two of the adjacent pairs of groups R 9 and R 4 , R 4 and R 8 , R 5 and R 8 , or, if p is zero, R 2A and R 8 may form a bond, provided that if there are 2 double bonds in the ring the double bonds are not adjacent each other; or the pair of groups R 7 and R 8 or the pair of groups R 6 and R 7 together with the atom to which they are attached form a C 3 –C 7 saturated ring; R 9 is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl or optionally substituted alkynyl; R 10 is hydrogen, C 1 –C 4 -alkyl, C 3 –C 4 -alkenyl, C 3 –C 4 -alkynyl, —CH 2 OR 26 , CH 2 SR 27 , —C(O)R 28 , —C(O)OR 29 , SO 2 R 30 , SOR 31 or SR 32 ; R 26 , R 27 , R 28 , R 29 , R 30 , R 31 , R 32 are independently C 1 –C 8 -alkyl C 1 –C 8 -alkoxyalkyl, C 1 –C 8 haloalkyl or phenylC 1 –C 2 -alkyl wherein the phenyl may be substituted by up to three groups selected from halo or C 1 –C 4 -alkyl, R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 R 15a , R 16a , R 17 , R 18 , R 19 , R 20 , R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , and R 25 are independently H or optionally substituted alkyl; or a salt thereof.