Patent ID: 7691844

Claim:
A method of treating a subject suffering from a condition associated with vasopressin receptor activity wherein said condition is selected from hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiac insufficiency, coronary vasospasm, cardiac ischemia, liver cirrhosis, renal vasospasm, renal failure, cerebral edema and ischemia, stroke, thrombosis, rental water retention, dysmenorrhea, and nephrotic syndrome, which comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective dose of a compound of Formula I, wherein R 1 is one to three substituents independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, amino, substituted amino, hydroxy, alkyloxy, phenyl, substituted phenyl, alkylthio, arylthio, alkyl-sulfoxide, aryl-sulfoxide, alkyl-sulfone, and aryl-sulfone; R 1 ′ is B p -G-E q —W wherein (a) B is selected from (CH 2 ) m , NH and O; (b) G is selected from aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, and substituted heteroaryl; (c) E is O, S, NH, (CH 2 ) i N(R″)CO or (CH 2 ) i CONR″ wherein R″ is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, and substituted alkyl; (d) W is one to three members independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, amino, substituted amino, alkylthiophenyl, alkyl-sulfoxidephenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl and substituted heteroaryl; (e) p is independently 0 or 1; (f) q is independently 0 or 1; (g) m is independently 1, 2, or 3; and (h) i is independently 0,1, 2, or 3; R 4 is one or two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, phenyl, and substituted phenyl; R 5 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aldehyde, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, substituted alkoxycarbonyl, —(CH2) k NZ 1 Z 2 and —CONZ 1 Z 2 wherein k is an integer from 1-4, and Z 1 and Z 2 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl, aminocarbonyl, and substituted aminocarbonyl, or N, Z 1 and Z 2 together form heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, or substituted heteroaryl; a represents a single or double bond provided that when R 1 is iodine, bromine, alkylthio, arylthio, alkyl-sulfone, or aryl-sulfone, a is a double bond; A is selected from phenyl or substituted phenyl; X is selected from CH, CH 2 , CHOH, and C═O and; n is 1, 2, or 3; or an optical isomer, enantiomer, diastereomer, racemate thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.