Patent ID: 7598269

Claim:
A compound of Formula III: wherein: A is oxygen and R 11 is hydrogen, a salt-forming cation, an ester forming group or or —(CH 2 ) x -Q, or A is nitrogen and A and R 11 taken together are a natural or unnatural amino acid or a salt thereof; Q is hydrogen, thiazolyl, triazolyl, imidazolyl, benzothiazolyl, or benzoimidazolyl; x is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; n is 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10; R 3 , R 3a , R 4 , R 4a , R 5 , R 5a , R 6 , R 6a , R 7 and R 7a are hydrogen, alkyl, mercaptoalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, cyano, halogen, amino, tetrazolyl, or two R groups on adjacent ring atoms taken together with the ring atoms form a double bond, provided that R 4 or R 7 is a moiety of Formula IIIa: wherein: m is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; R A , R B , R C , R D , and R E are independently selected from a group of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkoxyl, halogenated alkyl, mercaptoalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, cyano, thiazolyl, triazolyl, imidazolyl, tetrazolyl, benzothiazolyl, and benzoimidazolyl; or R 3a , R 4 , R 4a , R 5 , R 5a , R 6 , R 6a , R 7 and R 7a are hydrogen, and R 3 is a moiety of Formula IIIa; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, provided that said compound is not 3-(4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-1-pyridyl)-1-propanesulfonic acid.