Fluoroalkyl-substituted 2-amidobenzimidazoles

A fluoroalkyl-substituted 2-amidobenzimidazole of the formula (I), or salt thereof,

• where
• R1, R2, R3 are each independently H, halogen, branched or unbranched alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthio, fluoroalkylthio, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy;
• R4 is H, unbranched alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, branched alkyl, unbranched alkenyl, branched alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, alkynylalkoxy, alkenylalkoxy, alkenyloxyalkoxy, alkyloxyalkoxy, alkylaminoalkoxy, bisalkylaminoalkoxy, cycloalkylaminoalkoxy;
• R5 is H, unbranched alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy;
• R6 is H, unbranched alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, alkynylalkoxy, alkenylalkoxy, alkenyloxyalkoxy, alkyloxyalkoxy, alkylaminoalkoxy, bisalkylaminoalkoxy, cycloalkylaminoalkoxy;
• R7 is H, unbranched alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, alkynylalkoxy, alkenylalkoxy, alkenyloxyalkoxy, alkyloxyalkoxy, alkylaminoalkoxy, bisalkylaminoalkoxy, cycloalkylaminoalkoxy;
• n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
• W is oxygen, sulfur;
• Y is H, unbranched or branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cyanoalkyl, unbranched or branched alkenylalkyl, branched or unbranched haloalkyl, alkynylalkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, arylalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, cycloalkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, alkoxycarbonylcarbonyl, arylalkoxycarbonylcarbonyl, alkylaminothiocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, alkoxyalkyl, cyanoalkyl;
• Z1 is H, unbranched or branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, halogen, unbranched or branched alkylalkenyl, branched or unbranched haloalkyl, alkynyl, alkenyl, cyanoalkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, cycloalkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, arylsulfinyl, cycloalkylsulfinyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl;
• and
• Z2 is H, unbranched or branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, branched or unbranched haloalkyl, alkynyl, alkenyl, cyanoalkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, unbranched or branched alkylalkenyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl;
• or Z1 and Z2 together are part of an optionally substituted sulfilimine or amidine group or form an iminophosphorane,
• excluding the compound in which
• R1, R2 and R3 are each H;
• Z1 and Z2 are each H;
• W is O;
• Y is H;
• and V is CF3.