Certain thiazole-5-carboxamide compounds

A compound having the formula ##STR17## wherein X is the group --SOR.sup.1 or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.1 wherein R.sup.1 is lower alkyl, phenyl, or benzyl and Z is selected from the group of alkyl having from one through 12 carbon atoms, and groups having the formulas:

• R.sup.2 --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --;
• R.sup.3 (CH.sub.2).sub.n --;
• R.sup.4 --CH.dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --;
• R.sup.5 --C.tbd.C--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --
• wherein m is 1, 2, 3, or 4;
• n is 2, 3, or 4;
• R.sup.2 is cycloalkyl having from three through eight carbon atoms;
• R.sup.3 is selected from the group of bicyclo[3.1.0]hexyl;
• bicyclo[2.2.1]heptyl;
• adamantyl;
• and 4-methylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl and wherein attachment to the (CH.sub.2).sub.n linking group can be at any ring atom of bicyclo[3.1.0]hexyl;
• bicyclo[2.2.1]heptyl and adamantyl group and is at the 1-position of the 4-methylbicyclo[2.2.2]octyl group;
• and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are hydrogen or alkyl having from one through four carbon atoms and wherein the groups R.sup.4 --CH.dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- and R.sup.5 --C.tbd.C--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- each have from four through eight carbon atoms.