Patent ID: 7482366

Claim:
A compound of formula (I): wherein: n is 1 to 4; m is 1 to 4; ring A is furyl or thienyl, each substituted with n R 4 groups; ring B is phenyl, naphthyl, heterocyclyl, or heteroaryl, each substituted with m R 5 groups; R 1 is hydrogen, aralkyl or heteroarylalkyl; R 2 is hydrogen, cyano, —R 7 —N(R 8 ) 2 , —R 7 —N(R 8 )S(O) 2 R 10 or —R 7 —N(R 8 )C(NR 8 )N(R 8 ) 2 ; R 3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl; each R 4 is independently hydrogen, halo, alkyl or haloalkyl; each R 5 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, nitro, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, —R 7 —CN, —R 7 —N(R 8 ) 2 , —R 7 —OR 8 , —R 7 —O—R 9 —C(O)OR 8 , —R 7 —C(O)R 11 , —R 7 —C(O)OR 8 , —R 7 —C(O)N(R 8 ) 2 , —R 7 —C(O)N(R 8 )OR 8 , —R 7 —C(O)N(R 8 )N(R 8 ) 2 , —R 7 —C(O)N(R 8 )—R 9 —C(O)OR 8 , —R 7 —C(S)N(R 8 ) 2 , —R 7 —N(R 8 )C(O)R 8 , —R 7 —N(R 8 )C(O)OR 10 , —R 7 —S(O) t R 8 (where t is 0 to 2) and —R 7 —S(O) 2 N(R 8 ) 2 ; R 6 is —OR 7 —, —N(R 8 )—, a direct bond, a straight or branched alkylene chain, a straight or branched alkenylene chain or a straight or branched alkynylene chain; each R 7 is independently selected from a direct bond, a straight or branched alkylene chain or a straight or branched alkenylene chain; each R 8 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl; each R 9 is independently selected from a straight or branched alkylene chain or a straight or branched alkenylene chain; each R 10 is independently selected from alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or cycloalkylalkyl; and R 11 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl or heterarylalkyl; as a mixture of stereoisomers, a racemic mixture thereof of stereoisomers, or as a tautomer; or as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.