Patent ID: 8048867

Claim:
A minocycline compound of formula I: wherein: X is CHC(R 13 Y′Y) or CR 6 R 6′ ; R 2 , R 4′ and R 4″ are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, arylalkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, or heteroaromatic; R 7′ and R 7″ are each independently alkyl; R 4 is NR 4′ R 4″ , alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, hydroxyl, or halogen; R 2′ , R 3 , R 10 , R 11 and R 12 are each hydrogen; R 5 is hydroxyl, hydrogen, thiol, alkanoyl, aroyl, alkaroyl, aryl, heteroaromatic, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, arylalkyl, alkyl carbonyloxy, or aryl carbonyloxy; R 6 and R 6′ are each independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, thiol, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, or arylalkyl; R 9 is an unsubstituted single-ring aromatic group having zero heteroatoms or a single-ring aromatic group having zero heteroatoms substituted with alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, formyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyloxy, aryloxycarbonyloxy, carboxylate, alkylaminoacarbonyl, arylalkyl aminocarbonyl, alkenylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, arylalkylcarbonyl, alkenylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylthiocarbonyl, phosphate, phosphonato, phosphinato, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, arylamino, diarylamino, alkylarylamino, acylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, arylcarbonylamino, carbamoyl, ureido, amidino, imino, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, arylthio, thiocarboxylate, sulfate, alkylsulfinyl, sulfonato, sulfamoyl, sulfonamido, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, azido, heterocyclyl, alkylaryl, aryl or a heteroaryl; R 8 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, thiol, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, or arylalkyl; R 13 is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, or arylalkyl; and Y′ and Y are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, sulfhydryl, amino, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, or arylalkyl, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof.