Patent ID: 7169797

Claim:
A compound of formula (II), or a pharmaceutically suitable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein R 1 is a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, alkylSO 2 , trifluoroalkylSO 2 , trifluoroalkylNH—, alkylSO 2 NH—, carboxy, cyano, HONHcarbonyl, R a ONHcarbonyl, nitro, R a OC(O)—, HO 3 S—, H 2 NO 2 S—, R a NHO 2 S—, (HO) 2 (O)P—, (HO) 2 (O)PCH 2 —, (HO) 2 (O)PCHF—, (HO) 2 (O)PCF 2 — and heterocycle, wherein said heterocycle is a member selected from the group consisting of: R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 are each independently absent or are independently a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryl, arylcarbonyl, arylalkyl, carboxy, carboxyalkyl, cyano, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, halo, haloalkyl, heterocycle, heterocyclecarbonyl, heterocyclealkyl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, nitro, trihaloalkyl, R a R b N, R a R b Nalkyl, R a R b Ncarbonyl, R a R b Ncarbonylalkyl, R a R b NNsulfonyl, R a R b NNsulfonylalkyl, wherein R a and R b are each independently a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycle, and heterocyclealkyl; L is -G-X 1 -J-X 2 —K—; G, J and K are independently a member selected from the group consisting of a bond, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and cycloalkyl, wherein said alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and cycloalkyl may be optionally substituted with a group consisting of alkoxy, alkyl, halogen, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, carboxy and R d R e N—, wherein R d and R e are each independently a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl and arylalkyl; X 1 and X 2 are each independently a member selected from the group consisting of a bond, —O—, —N(R c )—, —N(R c )C(O)—, —C(O)N(R c )—, —N(R c )S(O) 2 —, —S(O) 2 N(R c )—, and —C(O)—, wherein R c is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and arylalkyl, provided that both X 1 and X 2 are not a bond; and provided that if J is absent, then at least one of X 1 and X 2 must be absent.