Patent ID: 7199106

Claim:
A compound of Formula (IA): wherein: the represents a bond that may be a double bond or a single bond; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of —S-alkyl, —S-substituted alkyl, SMe, S-(2-hydroxyethyl), (heteroaryl)alkyl, hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, cycloalkylalkyl, halo, and substituted alkylsulfanyl; R 2 and R 3 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, cyano, alkylsulfanyl, substituted alkylsulfanyl, hydroxy, halo, or one of R 2 and R 3 is ═NOR 7 and the other is absent; R 6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, (carboxamido)alkyl, (carbamoyl)alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkoxycarbonyl)alkyl, (alkoxycarbonylamino)alkyl, or —N(R 6 )— fragment is part of the amidine, N-cyanoamidine, N-hydroxyamidine, or N-alkoxyamidine structure; R 7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R 9 , which can be singly or multiply substituted in the ring on the same or different carbons, is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted alkyl, halo, substitutedalkenyl, alkenyl, (heteroaryl)alkenyl, and —S(O) q R 13 where q is an integer equal to zero, one or two and R 13 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heterocyclic and substituted heterocyclic; and wherein m=0–2; and wherein t=0–3; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or prodrugs thereof; with the proviso excluding the following compounds: the compounds when is a single bond and each R 9 is hydrogen; and the compounds when is a single bond, R 9 is substituted alkyl having a single substituent said single substituent is other than halo, oxygen, hydroxy, primary amine, amine(secondary alkyl substituted by alkyl above), amine (tertiary alkyl substituted by alkyl as above), sulfur, —SH, phenyl, or —(CH 2 ) n NR′R″ where n is an integer of from 1 to 8 and R′ and R″ are hydrogen or alkyl; and the compounds when is a single bond, R 9 is halo.