Patent ID: 7247636

Claim:
A compound represented by formula (I): wherein X is hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, lower alkyl-thio, phenyl-lower alkyl-thio, lower alkyl-sulfonyl, or phenyl-lower alkyl-sulfonyl; Y is hydrogen, hydroxyl, mercapto, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl-thio, halogen, lower alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted mononuclear aryl, or —N(R 2 ) 2 ; R 1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; each R 2 is, independently, —R 7 , —(CH 2 ) m —OR 8 , —(CH 2 ) m —NR 7 R 10 , —(CH 2 ) n (CHOR 8 )(CHOR 8 ) n —CH 2 OR 8 , —(CH 2 CH 2 O) m —R 8 , —(CH 2 CH 2 O) m —CH 2 CH 2 NR 7 R 10 , —(CH 2 ) n —C(═O)NR 7 R 10 , —(CH 2 ) n -Z g -R 7 , —(CH 2 ) m —NR 10 —CH 2 (CHOR 8 )(CHOR 8 ) n —CH 2 OR 8 , —(CH 2 ) n —CO 2 R 7 , or R 3 and R 4 are each, independently, hydrogen, a group represented by formula (A), lower alkyl, hydroxy lower alkyl, phenyl, phenyl-lower alkyl, (halophenyl)-lower alkyl, lower-(alkylphenylalkyl), lower alkoxyphenyl)-lower alkyl, naphthyl-lower alkyl, or pyridyl-lower alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of R 3 and R 4 is a group represented by formula (A): wherein each R L is, independently, —R 7 , —(CH 2 ) n —OR 8 , —O—(CH 2 ) m —OR 8 , —(CH 2 ) n —NR 7 R 10 , —O—(CH 2 ) m —NR 7 R 10 , —(CH 2 ) n (CHOR 8 )(CHOR 8 ) n —CH 2 OR 8 , —O—(CH 2 ) m (CHOR 8 )(CHOR 8 ) n —CH 2 OR 8 , —(CH 2 CH 2 O) m —R 8 , —O—(CH 2 CH 2 O) m —R 8 , —(CH 2 CH 2 O) m —CH 2 CH 2 NR 7 R 10 , —O—(CH 2 CH 2 O) m —CH 2 CH 2 NR 7 R 10 , —(CH 2 ) n —C(═O)NR 7 R 10 , —O—(CH 2 ) m —C(═O)NR 7 R 10 , —(CH 2 ) n -(Z) g -R 7 , —O—(CH 2 ) m -(Z) g -R 7 , —(CH 2 ) n —NR 10 —CH 2 (CHOR 8 )(CHOR 8 ) n —CH 2 OR 8 , —O—(CH 2 ) m —NR 10 —CH 2 (CHOR 8 )(CHOR 8 ) n —CH 2 OR 8 , —(CH 2 ) n —CO 2 R 7 , —O—(CH 2 ) m —CO 2 R 7 , —OSO 3 H, —O-glucuronide, —O-glucose, or each x represents a single bond; each o is, independently, an integer from 0 to 4; each p is, independently, an integer from 0 to 4; the sum of o and p is 4; each R 6 is, independently, hydrogen; each R 7 is, independently, hydrogen or lower alkyl; each R 8 is, independently, hydrogen, lower alkyl, —C(═O)—R 11 , glucuronide, 2-tetrahydropyranyl, or each R 9 is, independently, —CO 2 R 7 , —CON(R 7 ) 2 , —SO 2 CH 3 , or —C(═O)R 7 ; each R 10 is, independently, —H, —SO 2 CH 3 , —CO 2 R 7 , —C(═O)NR 7 R 9 , —C(═O)R 7 , or —CH 2 —(CHOH) n —CH 2 OH; each Z is, independently, CHOH, C(═O), CHNR 7 R 10 , C═NR 10 , or NR 10 ; each R 11 is, independently, lower alkyl; each g is, independently, an integer from 1 to 6; each m is, independently, an integer from 1 to 7; each n is, independently, an integer from 0 to 7; each Q is, independently, C—R 6 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and inclusive of all enantiomers, diastereomers, and racemic mixtures thereof.