Patent ID: 6844295

Claim:
A benzoxazole compound of formula (I): wherein R 1 to R 4 alternatively are the same or are different from each other, and each is a hydrogen atom, provided that all of R 1 to R 4 are not simultaneously hydrogen; an alkyl group, having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; an alkoxy group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a haloalkyl group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a haloalkoxy group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a halogen; a nitro group; a cyano group; R 12 S(O) n ; an alkoxycarbonyl group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; or a carbonyl group, where R 12 is an alkyl group, having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n is an integer from 0 to 2; A is a single bond; and W is a group of formula (II): wherein R 8 is a haloalkyl group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; an alkylsulfonyl group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a cyano group; a haloalkoxy group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; hydrogen; or a halogen; Y′ is O, S(O) n , or NR 13 , where n is an integer from 0 to 2; R 13 is hydrogen or an alkoxy group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and Z is a group of formula (III-1): wherein R 9 is hydrogen; a cyano group; a haloalkyl group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; or a halogen; R 10 is hydrogen a halogen; an alkyl group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; an alkoxy group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a haloalkyl group, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; or a hetero ring selected from the group consisting of: a furyl group, a thienyl group, a pyrazoyl group, a pyrrolinoyl group, an imidazoyl group, an oxazoyl group, an isoxazoyl group, a thiazol group, a 1,2,3-triazoyl group, a 1,2,4-triazoyl group, a 1,2,3-thiadiazoyl group, a tetrazoyl group, a pyridyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a primidinoyl group, a thiazolyl group, a quinolyl group, a 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl group, a benzoxazoyl group, a benzothiazoyl group, and a benzoimidazoyl group.