Five-membered C-N-attached aryl sulphide and aryl sulphoxide derivatives as pesticides

A compound of formula (I)

• wherein
• W represents hydrogen or halogen;
• n represents the number 0, 1 or 2;
• Y represents hydrogen, halogen, (C1-C6)-alkyl, halo-(C1-C6)-alkyl, (C1-C6)-alkoxy, halo-(C1-C6)-alkoxy or amino;
• or
• represents NR′″R″″, where R′″ and R″″ independently of one another represent hydrogen, (C1-C6) alkyl or halo-(C2-C6)-alkyl;
• X represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, (C1-C6)-alkyl, halo-(C1-C6)-alkyl or (C1-C6)-alkoxy;
• V1 and V2 independently of one another represent oxygen or sulphur;
• R1 and R2 independently of one another
• represent hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano or nitro;
• or
• represent alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylsulphanyl, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl, where the radicals mentioned above may optionally be substituted by halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cyano, nitro, alkoxy, haloalkyl or haloalkoxy;
• or
• R1 and R2 together form a saturated or unsaturated three- to six-membered ring which is optionally substituted by halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cyano, nitro, alkoxy, haloalkyl or haloalkoxy, and optionally interrupted by one or more heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, with the proviso that two oxygen atoms are not directly adjacent to one another;
• R3 represents alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl, alkyl-S(O)m-alkyl, haloalkyl-S(O)m-alkyl, N-alkylaminocarbonylalkyl or N,N-dialkylaminocarbonylalkyl, or
• represents cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl or cycloalkenylalkyl which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by identical or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, amino, (C1-C4)-alkyl, halo-(C1-C3)-alkyl, (C1-C3)-alkoxy, halo-(C1-C3)-alkoxy and cyclopropyl, or
• represents heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, hetaryl or hetarylalkyl which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by identical or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, amino, (C1-C4)-alkyl, halo-(C1-C3)-alkyl, (C1-C3)-alkoxy, halo-(C1-C3)-alkoxy and cyclopropyl;
• R4 represents hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl, alkyl-S(O)m-alkyl, haloalkyl-S(O)m-alkyl, N-alkylaminocarbonylalkyl or N,N-dialkylaminocarbonylalkyl, or
• represents cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl or cycloalkenylalkyl which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by identical or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, amino, (C1-C4)-alkyl, halo-(C1-C3)-alkyl, (C1-C3)-alkoxy, halo-(C1-C3)-alkoxy and cyclopropyl, or
• represents heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, hetaryl or hetarylalkyl which is optionally mono- or disubstituted by identical or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, amino, (C1-C4)-alkyl, halo-(C1-C3)-alkyl, (C1-C3)-alkoxy, halo-(C1-C3)-alkoxy and cyclopropyl;
• or
• R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a saturated to triunsaturated 3- to 6-membered ring selected from the group consisting of aziridinyl, azirenyl, diaziridinyl, diazirenyl, azetidinyl, dihydroazetyl, diazetidinyl, dihydrodiazetyl, oxazetidinyl, oxazetyl, thiazetidinyl, thiazetyl, pyrrolidinyl, dihydropyrrolyl, pyrazolidinyl, dihydropyrazolyl, imidazolidinyl, dihydroimidazolyl, oxazolidinyl, dihydrooxazolyl, thiazolidinyl, dihydrothyazolyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, hexahydropyridazinyl, hexahydropyrimidinyl, morpholine, dioxazinanyl, thiomorpholine, dithiazinane, dioxothiazinane, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, triazolyl and tetrazolyl which is optionally substituted by halogen, cyano, (C1-C4)-alkyl, halo-(C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, halo-(C1-C4)-alkoxy or (C3-C6)-cycloalkyl;
• and
• m represents the number 0, 1 or 2.