Patent ID: 7345037

Claim:
A compound of Formula (III), wherein, K is a a monovalent charged anion selected from halide, nitrate, or nitrite; R 12 and R 13 are hydrogen or, when taken together are oxygen; R 14 is lower alkyl or haloalkyl; R 15 is selected from: wherein R v is selected from D or M; D is (i) hydrogen (ii) —NO (iii) —NO 2 (iv) —CH(R d )—O—C(O)—Y—(C(R e )(R f )) p -T-Q; (v) —C(O)-T 1 -(C(R e )(R f )) p -T 2 -Q; or (vi) —C(O)-T-(C(R y )(R z )) p ; R d is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or heteroaryl; Y is oxygen, sulfur or NR i ; R i is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl or heteroaryl; R e and R f are each independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, or carboxy, or R e and R f taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached are carbonyl, cycloalkyl or bridged cycloalkyl; p is an integer from 1 to 6; T, T 1 and T 2 are each independently a covalent bond, oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen; Q is —NO or —NO 2 ; with the proviso that in “T-Q” and “T 2 -Q”, T and T 2 cannot be a covalent bond; R y and R z are each independently -T 1 -(C(R e )(R f )) p -G-(C(R e )(R f )) p -T 2 -Q; G is a covalent bond, -T-C(O)—, —C(O)-T or Y; wherein R d , R e , R f , p, Q, T, T 1 , T 2 and Y are as defined herein; M is (i) —C(O)-T-(C(R e )(R f )) p -G-(C(R e )(R f )) p —N(N—(O − )·N═O)—R i or (ii) —CH(R d )—O—C(O)-T-(C(R e )(R f )) p -G-(C(R e )(R f )) p —N(N—(O 31 )·N═O)—R i ; wherein T, R e , R f , p, G, R i , and R d are as defined herein; and with the proviso that the compounds of Formula (III) must contain at least one —NO group or at least one —NO 2 group, and wherein the at least one —NO group or the at least one —NO 2 group is linked to the compounds of Formula (III) through an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom.