Patent ID: 7291631

Claim:
A compound of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug form, or stereoisomeric form thereof, wherein X is (CR 3 2 ) o —(CR 3 ═CR 3 ) p —(CR 3 2 ) q —NR 5 2 ; (CR 3 2 ) r —R 4 ; a monocyclic or bicyclic ring optionally containing N, O or S; or a benzyl, each of which is optionally substituted; provided said benzyl is not substituted with a 5-6 membered aryl or heteroaryl via an L-NH-L linker, where each L is a bond, CO, SO 2 or CH 2 ; Y is an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic or partially aromatic moiety; A and R 1 are each a non-interfering substituent wherein said non-interfering substituent is independently H, alkyl (C 1-10 ), alkenyl (C 1-10 ), alkynyl (C 2-10 ), aryl (5-12 members), arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, or arylalkynyl, each of which may optionally contain one or more heteroatoms selected from O, S, and N and each of which may further be substituted; or optionally substituted acyl, arylacyl, alkyl-, alkenyl-, alkynyl- or arylsulfonyl and forms thereof which contain heteroatoms in the alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aryl moieties; or halo, CN, CF 3 , NO 2 , OR, SR, NR 2 , COOR, CONR 2 , OOCR or NROCR, where R is H or alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aryl; and provided that two As do not form an additional ring; R 2 and R 3 are independently H or an optionally substituted alkyl; R 4 is an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring; or a hetero compound containing at least one ═O, SO, C═N, cyano, NROR, or halo, wherein said hetero compound is optionally substituted with a heterocyclic ring; R 5 is H or alkyl; wherein at least one of R 1 and R 2 is not H; and wherein R1 and R2 may be connected to form an additional ring if Y does not contain a 2-imidazoyl residue optionally connected to an additional ring; l and n are independently 0-4; p is 0-1; o and q are independently 1-4; r is 1-6; provided that if X is (CR 3 2 ) r —R 4 , r is at least two if R 4 is 2-pyridinyl, quinolinyl, imidazolyl or furan; and further provided that said compound is not (1-pyridin-2-ethyl)-(2-pyridin-2-yl-ethyl) -pyridin-2-ylmethyl-amine.