Patent ID: 7687638

Claim:
A compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: V is CR 5 ; W is CR 4 ; X is NR 1 ; Y is selected from the group consisting of CO and CR 7 ; Z is NR 6 ; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted (C 1-10 )alkyl, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl(C 1-10 )alkyl; R 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted amino (C 1-6 )alkyl; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl, each substituted or unsubstituted; R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, cyano, and a substituted carbonyl group; R 5 is hydrogen; R 6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a substituted or unsubstituted (C 1-10 )alkyl; and R 7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted (C 1-10 )alkyl and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, with the provisos that (a) at least one of X and Z forms part of a double bond; (b) R 1 is absent when X is NR 1 and forms part of a double bond; and (c) R 6 is absent when Z is NR 6 and forms part of a double bond.