Patent ID: 8008484

Claim:
Sulfonanilides represented by the formula wherein X A represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkoxy, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfonyloxy, dialkylamino, haloalkoxy, haloalkylthio, haloalkylsulfinyl, haloalkylsulfonyl, haloalkylsulfonyloxy, formyl, carboxy, cyano, nitro or phenoxy, Y A represents halogen, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, alkoxy, alkylsulfonyl, haloalkoxy, haloalkylthio, haloalkylsulfinyl, haloalkylsulfonyl, dialkylamino, cyano, nitro, or alkyl that may be optionally substituted by one or more halogens and 2 or 3 Y A 's may be identical or different each other in case that n is 2 or 3, Z A represents N, n represents an integer of 0 to 3, R 1A and R 2A each independently represents hydrogen, halogen, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, or alkyl that may be optionally substituted by one or more halogens, R 3A and R 4A each independently represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio or alkylsulfonyl, or R 3A represents hydroxy and R 4A represents hydrogen or alkyl, or R 3A and R 4A together may form C═O with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, R 6A represents hydrogen, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, group —SO 2 R 5A , or alkyl that may be optionally substituted by one or more halogens, R 5A represents alkyl that may be optionally substituted by one or more halogens, and R 7A represents hydrogen or alkyl, with the exception of the following cases (T-1) or (T-3); (T-1) the case in which X A represents alkyl, and n represents 0, (T-3) the case in which X A represents halogen, n represents 0, Z A represents N, R 1A and R 2A represent methoxy, R 3A and R 4A represent hydrogen, R 3A represents hydroxyl and R 4A represents hydrogen, or R 3A and R 4A together form C═O with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, and R 6A represents hydrogen.