Patent ID: 7652055

Claim:
A compound of formula I wherein X—Y is CH(R 3 )—N(R 2 )—, —NH—NH—, —O—CHR 3 —, —CHR 3 —O—, —S—CHR 3 , —CHR 3 —S— or —CHR 3 —CHR 3′ —; R 1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, —(CH 2 ) o -phenyl optionally substituted by lower alkoxy, —(CH 2 ) o —C(O)-phenyl optionally substituted by lower alkoxy, —(CH 2 ) o —O-phenyl optionally substituted by lower alkoxy, —(CH 2 ) o —O-phenyl, CF 3 , cycloalkyl, NO 2 , amino or hydroxy; R 2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or benzyl; R 3 and R 3′ are each independently Hydrogen or benzyl; Ar is phenyl, naphthyl, benzofuranyl or benzo[1,3]dioxolyl; n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; and o is 0, 1, 2, 3 or a pharmaceutically active salt thereof, with the exception of the following compounds: 2-(4-benzyl-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(4-phenethyl-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2,3,6-trimethyl-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2,6-dichloro-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2-chloro-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(biphenyl-2-yloxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2,3-dichloro-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(biphenyl-4-yloxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2-methoxy-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(naphthalen-2-yloxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(4-chloro-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2,4-dichloro-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-[1-(2-benzyloxy-phenoxy)-2-phenyl-ethyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2-cyclopropyl-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(3-chloro-phenoxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-phenoxymethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-phenethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, N-(3-chloro-2-methyl-phenyl)-N′-(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-hydrazine, benzyl-(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-amine, 2-(3,4-dichloro-phenylsulfanylmethyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2,4-dichloro-benzylsulfanyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(3-chloro-4-propoxy-benzylsulfanyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(3-nitro-4-propoxy-benzylsulfanyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-benzylsulfanyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2-chloro-6-fluoro-benzylsulfanyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(3-chloro-4-ethoxy-benzylsulfanyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, 2-(2,6-dichloro-benzylsulfanyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole, and 2-(3,4-dichloro-benzylsulfanyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole.