Bicyclic aryl sulfide and aryl sulfoxide derivatives as pest control agent

Compound of formula (I)

• in which
• V represents oxygen, sulfur or substituted nitrogen;
• Q represents substituted carbon or represents nitrogen;
• Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 each independently of one another represent substituted carbon or represent nitrogen, where at least one of the structural elements Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 is nitrogen and at most two of the structural elements Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 are nitrogen;
• W represents hydrogen or halogen;
• n represents the number 0, 1 or 2;
• X, Y and z each independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amino, cyano, nitro, OCN, SCN, SF5;
• or
• represent trialkylsilyl, alkyl, haloalkyl, cyanoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, cyanoalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl, cyanoalkynyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, cyanoalkoxy, hydroxycarbonylalkoxy, alkoxycarbonylalkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy, alkylhydroxyimino, alkoxyimino, alkylalkoxyimino, haloalkylalkoxyimino, alkylthio, haloalkylthio, alkoxyalkylthio, alkylthioalkyl, alkylsulfinyl, halo alkylsulfinyl, alkoxyalkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfinylalkyl, alkylsulfonyl, haloalkylsulfonyl, alkoxyalkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfonylalkyl, alkylsulfonyloxy, alkylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, carboxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, haloalkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkenylaminocarbonyl, dialkenylaminocarbonyl, cycloalkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfonylamino, aminosulfonyl, alkylaminosulfonyl, dialkylaminosulfonyl, alkylsulfoximino, aminothiocarbonyl, alkylaminothiocarbonyl or dialkylaminothiocarbonyl, where all the aforementioned radicals may optionally be substituted;
• or represent phenylalkyl, phenoxy, phenylalkyloxy, phenoxyalkyl, phenylthio, phenylthioalkyl, phenylsulfinyl, phenylsulfonyl, hetarylalkyl, hetaryloxy, hetarylalkyloxy, hetarylthio, hetarylsulfinyl or hetarylsulfonyl, where all the aforementioned radicals may optionally be substituted;
• or represent cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, cycloalkylthio, cycloalkylalkylthio, cycloalkylsulfinyl, cycloalkylalkylsulfinyl, cycloalkylsulfonyl, cycloalkylalkylsulfonyl or cycloalkenyl, where all the aforementioned radicals may each optionally be substituted;
• or
• represent NR′R″,
• where R′ and R″ each independently of one another hydrogen, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, cyanoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, cyanoalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl, cyanoalkynyl, acyl or alkoxycarbonyl;
• or
• R′ and R″ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form an optionally substituted, saturated or unsaturated five- to eight-membered ring optionally interrupted by one or more heteroatoms which are selected independently from the group consisting of O, S and N;
• or are a 3- to 6-membered saturated, partly saturated or aromatic ring which may optionally contain one to three heteroatoms which are selected independently from the group consisting of O, S and N, and which may optionally be substituted;
• or X and z, or Y and z, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, form a 5- or 6-membered ring which is optionally substituted and optionally interrupted by one or more heteroatoms which are selected independently from the group consisting of O, S, N and CO.