Patent ID: 7449471

Claim:
A 5-phenylpyrimidine of the formula I where the substituents and the index are as defined below: R 1 is C 1 —C 6 -alkyl, C 1 —C 6 -haloalkyl, C 3 —C 6 cycloalkyl, C 3 —C 6 -halo-cycloalkyl, C 2 —C 6 -alkenyl, C 2 —C 6 -haloalkenyl, C 2 —C 6 -alkynyl or C 2 —C 6 -haloalkynyl, R 2 is hydrogen or a group as defined for R 1 , or R 1 and R 2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may also form a saturated or unsaturated five- or six-membered ring which may be interrupted by an ether- (—O—), thio- (—S—), sulfoxyl- (—S[═O]—) or sulfenyl- (—SO 2 —) group and/or may be substituted by one to four groups R a and/or R b ; R a , R b independently of one another are hydrogen, C 1 —C 6 -alkyl, C 2 —C 8 -alkenyl, C 2 —C 8 -alkynyl, C 1 —C 6 -haloalkyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkoxy, C 1 —C 6 -haloalkoxy, C 3 —C 10 -cycloalkyl, phenyl or a five- to ten-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle containing one to four heteroatoms from the group consisting of O, N and S, where the cyclic radicals may be partially or fully substituted by the following groups R x ; or R a and R b together, via an alkylene or alkenylene chain with the bridging atom, may also form a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6- membered ring; R x independently of one another are cyano, nitro, amino, aminocarbonyl, aminothiocarbonyl, halogen, hydroxyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkyl, C 1 —C 6 -haloalkyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylcarbonyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylsulfonyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylsulfoxyl, C 3 —C 6 -cycloalkyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkoxy, C 1 —C 6 -haloalkoxy, C 1 —C 6 -alkyloxycarbonyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylthio, C 1 —C 6 -alkylamino, di-C 1 —C 6 -alkylamino, C 1 —C 6 -alkylaminocarbonyl, di-C 1 —C 6 -alkylaminocarbonyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylaminothiocarbonyl, di-C 1 —C 6 -alkylaminothiocarbonyl, C 2 —C 6 -alkenyl, C 2 —C 6 -alkenyloxy, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl, benzyloxy, 5- or 6-membered heterocyclyl, 5- or 6-membered hetaryl, 5 -or 6-membered hetaryloxy, C(═NOR α )—OR β or OC(R α ) 2 —C(R β )═NOR β where the cyclic groups for their part are unsubstituted or substituted by one to three radicals R y ; R y is cyano, nitro, halogen, hydroxyl, amino, aminocarbonyl, aminothiocarbonyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkyl, C 1 —C 6 -haloalkyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylsulfonyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylsulfoxyl, C 3 —C 6 -cycloalkyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkoxy, C 1 —C 6 -haloalkoxy, C 1 —C 6 -alkoxycarbonyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylthio, C 1 —C 6 -alkylamino, di-C 1 —C 6 -alkylamino, C 1 —C 6 -alkylaminocarbonyl,di-C 1 —C 6 -alkylaminocarbonyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkylaminothiocarbonyl, di-C 1 —C 6 -alkylaminothiocarbonyl, C 2 —C 6 -alkenyl, C 2 —C 6 -alkenyloxy, C 2 —C 6 -cycloalkyl, C 3 —C 6 -cycloalkenyl, phenyl, phenoxy, phenylthio, benzyl, benzyloxy, 5- or 6-membered heterocyclyl, 5 - or 6-membered hetaryl, 5- or 6-membered hetaryloxy or C(═NOR α )—OR β ; R α , R β are hydrogen or C 1 —C 6 -alkyl; R 3 is halogen, cyano or C 1 —C 6 -alkyl; R 4 is cyano; X is halogen, C 1 —C 6 -alkyl, C 1 —C 6 -alkoxy or C 1 —C 6 -haloalkyl; and m is an integer from 1 to 5.