Glyoxylic acid amides

A compound of the formula (I)

• wherein
• A represents propane-1,3-diyl, butane-1,4-diyl or ethane-1,2-diyl,
• Q represents oxygen or sulfur,
• R1 represents optionally mono- to trisubstituted phenyl, where the possible substituents are optionally selected from the list below:
• bromine, chlorine, fluorine, nitro, methylsulphonyl, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy, cyclopropyl, cyclohexyl, methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, n-, I-, s- or t-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, n-heptyl, methoxy, ethoxy, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy and/or methylthio, or
• R1 represents a grouping
• wherein each cycloalkyl moiety is optionally mono- to tetrasubstituted by methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, n-, i-, s- or t-butyl, and
• wherein each phenyl moiety is unsubstituted or is optionally substituted, wherein the substituents independently independently of one another represent hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, nitro, methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, n-, i-, s- or t-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, n-heptyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n- or i- propoxy, methylthio, ethylthio, n- or i-propylthio, methylsulphinyl, ethylsulphinyl, methylsulphonyl or ethylsulphonyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoroethyl, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, difluorochloromethoxy, trifluoroethoxy, difluoromethylthio, difluorochloromethylthio, trifluoromethylthio, trifluoromethylsulphinyl or trifluoromethylsulphonyl, methylamino, ethylamino, n- or i-propyl-amino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl,
• R2 represents methoxy or ethoxy,
• R3 represents methyl or hydrogen.