Biphenyl ether oxazolines and their use as pest-control agents

Compounds of the formula (I)

• in which
• X represents hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine,
• Y represents fluorine, chlorine or methyl,
• Z represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy or dialkylamino,
• R1 and R2 independently of one another represent halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy or halogenoalkylthio,
• m and n independently of one another represent 0, 1 or 2 and
• A represents the grouping —(CH2)p—(CR3R4)q—(CH2)r—R wherein
• R3 and R4 independently of one another represent hydrogen or alkyl,
• p, q and r independently of one another represent 0, 1, 2 or 3, at least one index being other than 0, and
• R represents cyano;
• or represents an optionally substituted, heterocyclic radical selected from
• or represents one of the following groupings:
• wherein
• R5 represents hydrogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl or optionally substituted aryl,
• R6 represents alkyl, alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, optionally substituted arylalkyl or in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl,
• R7 and R8 independently of one another represent hydrogen, alkyl,alkoxy, alkenyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkenyl, in each case optionally substituted aryl or arylalkyl, or in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, or represent —OR6 or —NR5R6, wherein
• R5 and R6 have the above meaning, or
• R7 and R8 together represent a 5- or 6-membered alkylene chain, which optionally contains an oxygen atom,
• R9 and R10 independently of one another represent alkyl,
• R11 represents —OR6, —NR5R6 or —N(R5)—COOR6, wherein
• R5 and R6 have the above meaning, and
• R12, R13 and R14 independently of one another represent alkyl.