Patent ID: 8198420

Claim:
A compound of formula (I) (I) in which n represents 1, 2 or 3; A represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of —C(O)—, —C(S)—, and —CH 2 —; B is selected from the group consisting of a biphenylene; this group optionally being substituted with one or two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, C(O)OR 14 , C(O)NR 15 R 16 , CF 3 , OCF 3 , —NO 2 , N 3 , OR 14 , SR 14 , NR 15 R 16 and C 1-6 -alkyl; C represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —CH 2 —, and CH—(C 1 -C 6 -alkyl); D represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based chain containing from 2 to 20 carbon atoms; E and G represent, independently of each other, a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, OH, OC(O)CH 3 and NHC(O)CH 3 ; R 1 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-6 -alkyl, C(O)H and C(O)CH 3 ; R 2 , R 3 , R 6 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 represent, independently of each other, a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-6 -alkyl, C(O)C 1-6 -alkyl, —C(S)C 1-6 -alkyl, —C(O)OC 1-6 -alkyl, —C(O)NH 2 , —C(S)NH 2 , —C(NH)NH 2 , —C(O)NHC 1-6 -alkyl, —C(S)NHC 1-6 -alkyl and —C(NH)NHC 1-6 -alkyl; R 4 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-6 -alkyl and R 21 ; R 5 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-6 -alkyl, fucosyl and R 22 ; R 7 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-6 -alkyl, arabinosyl and R 23 ; R 8 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-6 -alkyl, fucosyl, methylfucosyl, sulfofucosyl, acetylfucosyl, arabinosyl, SO 3 H, SO 3 Li, SO 3 Na, SO 3 K, SO 3 N(C 1-8 alkyl) 4 and R 24 ; R 9 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-6 -alkyl, mannose, glycerol and R 25 ; R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 and R 25 represent, independently of each other, a substituent selected from the group consisting of C(O)C 1-6 -alkyl, —C(S)C 1-6 -alkyl, —C(O)OC 1-6 -alkyl, —C(O)NH 2 , —C(S)NH 2 , —C(NH)NH 2 , —C(O)NHC 1-6 -alkyl, —C(S)NHC 1-6 -alkyl and —C(NH)NHC 1-6 -alkyl; and the possible geometrical or optical isomers, enantiomers or diastereoisomers, tautomers, salts, N-oxides, sulfoxides, sulfones, and metal or metalloid complexes thereof that are agriculturally acceptable.