Patent ID: 7326696

Claim:
A tetracycline compound of formula (III): wherein: J 5 and J 6 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, sulfonyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkaminocarbonyl, alkaminothiocarbonyl, substituted thiocarbonyl, substituted carbonyl, alkoxythiocarbonyl, or linked to form a ring; J 7 and J 8 are each alkyl, halogen, or hydrogen; X is CR 6′ R 6 ; R 2 , R 2′ ,R 4′ , and R 4″ are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, arylalkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, heteroaromatic or a prodrug moiety; R 4 is NR 4′ R 4″ , alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, hydroxyl, halogen, or hydrogen; R 3 , R 10 , R 11 and R 12 are each hydrogen or a pro-drug moiety; R 5 is hydroxyl, hydrogen, thiol, alkanoyl, aroyl, alkaroyl, aryl, heteroaromatic, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, arylalkyl, alkyl carbonyloxy, or aryl carbonyloxy; R 6 and R 6′ are each independently hydrogen, methylene, absent, hydroxyl, halogen, thiol, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, or an arylalkyl; R 7 is hydrogen, ethyl, phenyl, 4-t-butylphenyl, t-butylaminophenyl or dimethylamino; R 8 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, thiol, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, or an arylalkyl; R 13 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, or an arylalkyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.