Imidazolyl-substituted cyclohexane derivatives

An imidazolyl-substituted cyclohexane of the formula ##STR39## in which A is alkyl or alkenyl each having up to 8 carbon atoms, or is cycloalkyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms,

• X is hydrogen, halogen or perfluoroalkyl having up to 5 carbon atoms,
• D is --CH.sub.2 --OR.sup.3 or --CO--R.sup.4,
• in which
• R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkyl having up to 8 carbon atoms,
• R.sup.4 is hydrogen, hydroxyl or alkoxy having up to 8 carbon atoms,
• R.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, hydroxyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, alkyl, alkoxy or alkoxycarbonyl each having up to 6 carbon atoms, cyano or carboxyl, and
• R.sup.2 is --CO--NR.sup.6 R.sup.7,
• in which
• R.sup.6 is hydrogen or alkyl having up to 6 carbon atoms,
• R.sup.7 is --SO.sub.2 R.sup.9 or ##STR40## in which R.sup.9 is alkyl having up to 8 carbon atoms, which is optionally substituted by phenyl or tolyl, or is phenyl which is optionally substituted by halogen or by alkyl having up to 6 carbon atoms, and
• R.sup.10 is hydrogen, alkyl having up to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxyl protective group, wherein said group is selected from the group consisting of triethylsilyl, triisopropylsilyl, tert-butyldimethylsilyl, tert-butyldiphenylsilyl, trimethylsilylethoxycarbonyl, benzyl, triphenylmethyl (trityl), monomethoxytrityl (MMTr), dimethoxytritryl (DMTr), benzyloxycarbonyl, 2-nitrobenzyl, 4-nitrobenzyl, 2-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl, 4-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl, tert-butoxycarbonyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, 4-methoxybenzyloxycarbonyl, formyl, acetyl, trichloroacetyl, 2,2,9-trichloroethoxycarbonyl, 2,4-dimethoxybenzyl, 2,4-dimethoxybenzyloxycarbonyl, methoxymethyl, methylthiomethyl, methoxyethoxymethyl, [2- (trimethylsilyl)ethoxy]methyl, 2-(methylthiomethoxy)-tetrahydropyranyl, benzoyl, ethoxycarbonyl, 4-nitrobenzoyl, 4-fluorobenzoyl, 4 -methylbenzoyl, 4-chlorobenzoyl, or 4-methoxybenzoyl,
• or a salt thereof.