Patent ID: 7915448

Claim:
A compound of the formula (I): wherein A, B, D and E are CH; R 1 represents (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl; R 2 represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, (C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl, halo(C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl, hydroxy(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy or (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl; R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 10 and R 11 each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, (C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl, halo(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy, hydroxy(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl or (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl; or R 3 and R 4 are taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached to form a 3- to 7- membered carbocyclic ring or heterocyclic ring in which one or two non-adjacent carbon atoms are optionally replaced by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NH; R 7 is hydrogen, halogen, (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, halo(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, hydroxy(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy, hydroxy(C 1 -C 6 ) alkoxy, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy, (C 1 -C 6 )alkylthio, (C 1 -C 6 ) alkylsulfinyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkylsulfonyl, NH 2 , [(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl]NH—, [(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl] 2 N—, H 2 N—(C 1 -C 6 ) alkoxy, (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl-NH—(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy, [(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl] 2 N(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy; H 2 N—(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl-NH—(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, [(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl] 2 N(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl or 5- or 6- membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one nitrogen atom; and R 8 represents halogen, (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, halo(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, hydroxy(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy, hydroxy(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy-(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy, halo(C 1 -C 6 ) alkylsulfonyl, halo(C 1 -C 6 )alkylsulfinyl, halo(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy, halo(C 1 -C 6 )alkylthio, [(C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl]NH—or [(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl] 2 N—; or R 7 and R 8 , when E is CR 9 , are taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a 5-8 membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, in which one or two non-adjacent carbon atoms are optionally replaced by oxygen, sulfur, N or NH groups, wherein the carbocyclic ring or the heterocyclic ring is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents each independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 )alkoxy and hydroxy(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.