Patent ID: 8507509

Claim:
A compound of the general formula (1) wherein Ar is a radical of the formula wherein R′ is hydrogen, halogen, C 1-4 alkyl, C 2-4 alkenyl, C 2-4 alkynyl, trialkylsilylethynyl or 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-1-yn-1-yl, and R″ and R′″, independently of each other, are hydrogen, C 1-3 alkyl or halogen, or Ar is a radical of the formula wherein R′ is hydrogen, halogen, C 1-4 alkyl or C 2-4 alkynyl, and R″ and R′″, independently of each other, are hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or halogen, L is O or S; R 1 is C 1-4 alkyl, haloC 1-4 alkyl or C 3-4 cycloalkyl, or C 1-4 alkoxy, halo(C 1-4 )alkoxy or C 3-4 cycloalkoxy, or C 1-4 alkylthio, C 1-4 alkylsulphinyl or C 1-4 alkylsulphonyl, or halo(C 1-4 )alkylthio, halo(C 1-4 )alkylsulphinyl or halo(C 1-4 )alkylsulphonyl, or C 3-4 cyclo-alkylthio, C 3-4 cycloalkylsulphinyl or C 3-4 cycloalkylsulphonyl; R 2 is hydrogen, C 1-8 alkyl, C 3-4 cycloalkyl, C 2-8 alkenyl, cyano(C 1-4 )alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy(C 1-4 )-alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy(C 1-4 )alkoxy(C 1-4 )alkyl or benzyloxy(C 1-4 alkyl, in which the phenyl ring of the benzyl moiety is optionally substituted with C 1-4 alkoxy; R a is hydrogen or methyl, and R b is hydrogen, methyl, cyano, ethynyl, methoxymethyl, allyloxymethyl or propargyloxymethyl, R c and R d , independently of each other, are hydrogen, C 1-4 alkyl, halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C 1-4 alkoxy or C 1-4 alkoxycarbonyl, or R a together with R b , or R c together with R d may join to form together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached a 3 to 6 membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring containing a heteroatom selected from sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen and NR o , wherein R o is hydrogen or optionally substituted C 1-4 alkyl, R e is hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, thienylmethyl or pyridylmethyl, R 3 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyl, optionally substituted C 3-6 cycloalkyl which optionally contains a heteratom selected from oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen, optionally substituted C 2-4 alkenyl, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynyl, C 1-4 alkoxy(C 1-4 )alkyl, C 3-5 alkenyloxy(C 1-4 )alkyl, C 3-5 alkynyloxy(C 1-4 )alkyl, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl, m is 1, n is 0, 1 or 2, and salts and N-oxides of the compounds of the formula (1), with the proviso that when Ar is a quinolin-6-yl group and R 1 is C 1-4 alkylthio, C 1-4 alkyl-sulphinyl or C 1-4 alkylsulphonyl, or halo(C 1-4 )alkylthio, halo(C 1-4 )alkylsulphinyl or halo(C 1-4 )alkylsulphonyl, or C 3-4 cycloalkylthio, C 3-4 cyclo-alkylsulphinyl or C 3-4 cycloalkylsulphonyl, then the position 7 of the quinolin-6-yl is unsubstituted.