An object of the present invention is to provide a thiazole compound and a herbicide containing the thiazole compound. The present invention relates to a thiazole compound represented by general formula (1): [Chem. 1]wherein R1and R2are identical or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group which may have a substituent, R3and R4are identical or different and represent, for example, a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, or a halogen atom, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9are identical or different and represent, for example, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydroxyl group, at least one of R5, R6, R7, R8or R9represents a hydroxyl group, an OCOR12group, a COR13group, or an OSO2R14group, R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, or an aryl group which may have a substituent, and n represents 0, 1, or 2.本發明以提供一種噻唑化合物及含有該噻唑化合物之除草劑為課題。 本發明有關於通式(1)所示噻唑化合物： [化學式1][式中，R1及R2相同或相異表示氫原子、鹵素原子或亦可具有取代基之烷基。 R3及R4相同或相異表示氫原子、氘原子、鹵素原子等。 R5、R6、R7、R8及R9相同或相異表示氫原子、鹵素原子、羥基等， 前述R5、R6、R7、R8及R9中的至少一者表示羥基、OCOR12基、COR13基、OSO2R14基等。 R10、R11、R12、R13及R14表示氫原子、亦可具有取代基之烷基或亦可具有取代基之芳基。 n表示0、1或2]。
