Patent ID: 7674794

Claim:
A method of treating attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a mammal comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound of formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereof, wherein: n is 0, 1, or 2; X is selected from the group consisting of O, S, and NR 1 ; Ar 1 is a 6-membered aromatic ring containing 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 nitrogen atoms; Ar 2 is a group of the formula: Y 1 is independently selected from O, S, N(R 2 ), and C(R 3 ); Y 2 and Y 3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of N and C(R 3 ); R 1 and R 2 at each occurrence are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; R 3 at each occurrence is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, aryl, —OR 4 , —NR 5 R 6 ; R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkylcarbonyl, and arylcarbonyl; and R 5 and R 6 at each occurrence are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, and arylcarbonyl, provided that one of R 5 and R 6 is hydrogen or alkyl.