Indazolesulfonylurea derivative, its use and intermediate for its production

An indazolesulfonylurea derivative represented by the general formula:

• ##STR79## {wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a haloalkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a benzyloxyalkyl group, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, a pyridyl group, a dialkylaminocarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a phenylsulfonyl group, a dialkylaminosulfonyl group, a haloalkylcarbonyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group, a benzoyl group or an alkenyl group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxycarbonylalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a haloalkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an alkoxycarbonylalkyl group, an alkylcarbonylalkyl group, a cycloalkylcarbonylalkyl group, a cyanoalkyl group, a dialkylaminocarbonylalkyl group, a dialkylaminoalkyl group, a dialkylaminosulfonylalkyl group, an azidoalkyl group, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, an azide group, an amino group, a monoalkylamino group, a dialkylamino group, a benzylamino group, an alkylcarbonylamino group which may be substituted by a halogen atom, a benzoylamino group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, a phenoxycarbonylamino group, an alkylsulfonylamino group wherein the amino group may be substituted by an alkyl group, a phenylsulfonylamino group wherein the amino group may be substituted by an alkyl group, an alkylideneamino group, a benzylideneamino group, a tetrazolyl group which may be substituted, a group represented by the formula --COR.sup.4 (wherein R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a haloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, an alkoxy group, a haloalkoxy group, an alkoxyalkoxy group, an alkenyloxy group, a haloalkenyloxy group, an alkynyloxy group, a benzyloxy group or a phenoxy group), a group represented by the formula --C(O)NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 (wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a benzyl group, a phenyl group or an alkoxy group), a group represented by the formula --SR.sup.7 (wherein R.sup.7 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a haloalkyl group), a group represented by the formula --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 (wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 have the same meanings as defined above), a group represented by the formula --S(O).sub.n R.sup.8 (wherein n represents an integer of 1 or 2, and R.sup.8 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or a haloalkyl group), a group represented by the formula --OR.sup.9 ›wherein R.sup.9 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkylalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a benzyl group (said group may be substituted by a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group), a haloalkyl group, a haloalkenyl group, a phenyl group (said group may be substituted by a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group), an alkoxyalkyl group, an alkoxyalkoxyalkyl group, a haloalkoxyalkyl group, a benzyloxyalkyl group, a phenoxyalkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group, a dialkylaminoalkyl group, an azidoalkyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group, a haloalkylcarbonyl group, a benzoyl group, a dialkylaminocarbonyl group, a cyanoalkyl group, an alkylideneamino group, a dialkylideneamino group, a benzylideneamino group or an alkoxycarbonylalkyl group!, or the formula --C(.dbd.NOR.sup.10)R.sup.11 (wherein R.sup.10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a benzyl group, a haloalkyl group or a phenyl group, and R.sup.11 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a benzyl group, a haloalkyl group or a phenyl group), R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may together form a ring with an alkyl group which may contain a hereto atom, A and B are the same or different and represent an alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, a monoalkylamino group, a dialkylamino group, a halogen atom or a haloalkoxy group, Z represents a nitrogen atom, X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and Y represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxyalkyl group.