Patent ID: 7842696

Claim:
A compound of formula (I): wherein R 1 is halogenated alkyl; R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, carboxyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycle, heterocyclealkyl, aroyl, acyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyloxy, arylalkyloxy, heteroarylalkyloxy, alkylhio, arylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl or heteroaryloxycarbonyl; R 6 and R 7 are each independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, cyano, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycle or heterocyclealkyl; R 8 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycle or heterocyclealkyl; R 9 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycle or heterocyclealkyl; X is —C(O)—, —C(O)—O—, —S(O) 2 —, —S(O)—, or —C(O)NR 10 —, where R 10 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycle or heterocyclealkyl; Y is —C(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or —S(O)—; wherein, when present, any aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocycle group may optionally be substituted by halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, arylamino, diarylamino, amido, carboxyl, alkyl, halogenated alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycle, heterocyclealkyl, aroyl, acyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyloxy, arylalkyloxy, heteroarylalkyloxy, alkylhio, arylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfinyl, arylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfinyl, heteroarylsulfonyl alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, arylalkyl-C(O)—, —C(O)O-alkyl, benzodioxol, benzo[d]oxazol-2(3H)-one, cycloalkyl-NH—C(O)—, and combinations thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; with the proviso that said compound is not 4-chloro-N-[2-oxo-[4-[[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]sulfonyl]-1-piperazinyl]ethyl]benzamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.