Patent ID: 8227620

Claim:
A method a treating disease comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of a compound of Formula (I) wherein R is aryl, not substituted or having from one to five substituents, equal to or different from each other, selected from halogen, C 1 -C 7 alkyl, C 1 -C 7 alkylthio, C 1 -C 7 alkoxy, C 1 -C 7 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 7 haloalkoxy, cyano, nitro, amino, N-alkylamino, N,N-dialkylamino, saturated or unsaturated heterocycle, and phenyl; A is an amidic substituent of formula —C(O)—NH-T, wherein T is a group NR 1 R 2 , wherein R 1 and R 2 are equal or different and have the following meanings: C 1 -C 7 alkyl; aryl, arylalkyl or arylalkenyl not substituted or optionally having on the aromatic rings from one to four substituents, equal to or different from each other, selected from halogen, C 1 -C 7 alkyl, C 1 -C 7 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 7 haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 7 alkylthio, C 1 -C 7 alkoxy, wherein in the previous substituents comprising C 1 -C 7 aliphatic chains, C 1 -C 3 chains are preferably used; wherein R 1 may additionally be hydrogen; or R 1 and R 2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are linked form a, saturated or unsaturated, heterocycle from 5 to 10 atoms comprising carbon atoms and including the nitrogen of NR 1 R 2 , and optionally an additional S, O or N atom, not substituted or optionally having from one to four substituents, equal to or different from each other, selected from C 1 -C 7 alkyl, phenyl, and benzyl, said phenyl or benzyl optionally substituted with one or more groups, equal to or different from each other, selected from: halogen, C 1 -C 7 alkyl, C 1 -C 7 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 7 haloalkoxy, C 1 -C 7 alkylthio and C 1 -C 7 alkoxy; B is a group selected from: hydrogen and C 1 -C 4 alkyl; and D is an heteroaryl with a ring size of from 5 to 6 atoms, selected from the group consisting of thiophene, pyridine, furan, oxazole, thiazole, imidazole, pyrazole, isoxazole, isothiazole, triazole, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, triazine and pyrrole; wherein the heteroaryl is optionally substituted with one, two, three or four substituents, equal to or different from each other, selected from the following: halogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy, wherein the compound of Formula (I) exhibits an affinity for CB1 receptors, and wherein the disease is selected from the group consisting of inflammation, schizophrenia, depression, hemicrania, stress, epilepsy, Tourette syndrome, Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, Alzheimer disease, and senile dementia.