Patent ID: 7393856

Claim:
A method for treating a viral infection in an animal, comprising administering to such animal an effective amount of a compound having the structure: and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates, wherein: R 31 and R 32 are selected independently from the group consisting of optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, aralkyl, and optionally substituted heteroaryl; R 33 -R 36 are selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, dialkylamino, diarylamino, alkylamino, arylamino, carboxyalkyloxy, heterocycyloxy, heterocycyl, carboxy, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, (alkylamino)alkyl, (dialkylamino)alkyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, thio, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, arylsulfinyl, dialkylsulfamoyl, alkylsulfamoyl, sulfamoyl, sulfo, cyano, halo, nitro, alkylcarbamoyl, wherein each of the above-recited moieties is optionally substituted; and R 35 and R 36 together with the ring atoms to which they are attached form an optionally substituted aromatic ring.