Substituted aryl ketones

Substituted aryl ketones of the general formula (I)

• 225
• in which
• n represents the number 0, 1 or 2,
• A represents alkanediyl (alkylene),
• R1 represents one of the groupings below
• 226
• where
• m represents the numbers 0 to 6,
• R5 represents halogen or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkylthio or aryl or—if m represents 2—optionally also together with a second radical R5 represents alkanediyl (alkylene),
• R6 represents hydroxyl, formyloxy, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylsulphonyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkinyloxy, aryloxy, arylthio, arylsulphinyl, arylsulphonyl, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkoxy, arylsulphonyloxy, arylalkoxy, arylalkylthio, arylalkylsulphinyl or arylalkylsulphonyl,
• R7 represents hydrogen, cyano, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkoxycartonyl or cycloalkyl,
• R8 represents hydrogen or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl or arylalkyl,
• R9 represents hydroxyl, formyloxy, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkoxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylsulphonyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkinyloxy, arylalkoxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkoxy or arylsulphonyloxy,
• R10 represents hydrogen, cyano, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl,
• R11 represents hydrogen or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl or cycloalkyl,
• R12 represents hydrogen or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl or cycloalkyl, and
• R13 represents hydrogen, cyano, carbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl or alkylsulphonyl,
• R2 represents hydrogen, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino or dialkylaminosulphonyl,
• R3 represents nitro, cyano, carboxyl, carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl, halogen, or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino or dialkylaminosulphonyl, and
• R4 represents an optionally substituted 4- to 12-membered, saturated or unsaturated, monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic grouping which contains 1 to 4 hetero atoms (up to 4 nitrogen atoms and optionally—alternatively, or additionally—one or two oxygen atoms or one or two sulphur atoms, or one or two SO groupings or one or two SO2 groupings), and which additionally contains one to three oxo groups (C═O) and/or thioxo groups (C═S) as components of the heterocycle,
• —including all possible tautomeric forms of the compounds of the general formula (I) and the possible salts and acid or base adducts of the compounds of the general formula (I)—.