Halogen-containing organosulfur compound and use thereof

A halogen-containing organosulfur compound represented by the following formula (I):

• wherein
• m represents 0, 1 or 2,
• n represents 0, 1 or 2,
• A represents a 3- to 8-membered saturated heterocyclic group optionally substituted with a group selected from the group E1,
• Q represents a fluorine atom, or a C1-C5 haloalkyl group containing at least one fluorine atom,
• R1, R1a and R3 independently represent an optionally halogenated C1-C4 chain hydrocarbon group, a halogen atom, or a hydrogen atom,
• R2, R2a and R4 independently represent an optionally halogenated C1-C4 chain hydrocarbon group, —C(=G)R5, a cyano group, a halogen atom, or a hydrogen atom,
• G represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom,
• R5 represents an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkoxy group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkenyloxy group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkynyloxy group, an amino group, an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkylamino group, an optionally halogenated di(C1-C4 alkyl)amino group, a C2-C5 cyclic amino group, or a hydrogen atom,
• the group E1 consists of −OR6, —SR6, —S(═O)R6, —S(═O)2R6, —C(═O)R7, —OC(═O)R6, a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally substituted with a group selected from the group L, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, and a halogen atom,
• R6 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally substituted with a group selected from the group L, or an optionally halogenated C3-C6 cycloalkyl group,
• R7 represents a hydroxyl group, an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkoxy group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkenyloxy group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkynyloxy group, an amino group, an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkylamino group, an optionally halogenated di(C1-C4 alkyl)amino group, a C2-C5 cyclic amino group, an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkyl group, or a hydrogen atom,
• R8 represents an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkoxy group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkenyloxy group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkynyloxy group, an amino group, an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkylamino group, an optionally halogenated di(C1-C4 alkyl)amino group, a C2-C5 cyclic amino group, an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkyl group, or a hydrogen atom,
• the group L consists of a hydroxyl group, an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkoxy group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkenyloxy group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkynyloxy group, —C(═O)R7, —OC(═O)R8, —N(R9)R10, a C2-C5 cyclic amino group, and a halogen atom, and
• R9 and R10 independently represent an optionally halogenated C1-C4 alkyl group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkenyl group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 alkynyl group, an optionally halogenated C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, an optionally halogenated phenyl group, or a hydrogen atom;