Patent ID: 7709484

Claim:
A compound of formula I: or an enantomeric, stereoisomeric or diastereomeric form of the foregoing, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein J is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or bicyclic ring structure selected from the group consisting of L is a bond, —(CH 2 ) q —, —(CH 2 ) q —O—, —(CH 2 ) q —O—(C═O)—, —(CH 2 ) q (C═O)— or —(CH 2 ) q —(C═O)—O—; W is H or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; Q is phenyl, substituted phenyl, naphthyl or substituted naphthyl; R 6 is H, ═O, ═S or CH 3 ; R 7 is H, NH 2 , NH—R 8 , or R 8 is a C 1 to C 6 linear or branched chain, an amine capping group, a natural or unnatural amino acid containing an aliphatic or aromatic side chain, or a natural or unnatural amino acid containing an aliphatic or aromatic side chain with a pendant amine capping group, and where there are two R 8 groups, each R 8 is independently a C 1 to C 6 linear or branched chain or an amine capping group, or one R 8 is a C 1 to C 6 linear or branched chain or an amine capping group and the remaining R 8 is a natural or unnatural amino acid containing an aliphatic or aromatic side chain or a natural or unnatural amino acid containing an aliphatic or aromatic side chain with a pendant amine capping group, wherein the amine capping group is allyl, cyclopropane methyl, hexanoyl, heptanoyl, acetyl, propionoyl, butanoyl, phenyl acetyl, phenyl propinoyl, phenyl butanoyl, cyclohexylacetyl, naphthylacetyl, cinnamoyl, phenyl, benzyl, benzoyl, ring-substituted benzoyl, 4′-toluenesulfonyl, 4′-carboxy heptane, 12-Ado, 7r-amino heptanoyl, 6-Ahx, Amc, 8-Aoc, or polyethylene glycol with a formula molecular weight of between about 100 and about 10,000; q is from 1 to 6; y is from 0 to 6; z is from 0 to 6; and wherein the carbon atoms marked with an asterisk can have any stereochemical configuration.