Patent ID: 6936638

Claim:
A compound having the following structure: or a stereoisomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R 1 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, —NHC(═O)R′, heteroaryl or substituted heteroaryl; R 2 , R 3 , R 5 and R 6 are the same or different and independently hydrogen, halogen, nitio, cyano, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl or substituted heteroaryl, R 4 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, substituted heteroarylalkyl, —O—R 7 , —C(═O)—R 7 , —C(═O)O—R 7 , —C(═O)—NH—R 7 or —NHC(═O)R″; R 7 is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl or substituted arylalkyl; R′ and R″ are the same or different and independently alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl or substituted heteroaryl; and R 4 and R 5 or R 5 and R 6 , taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, optionally form a substituted or unsubstituted homocycle, with the proviso that the compound is not 3,5-bis(p-tolyoxymethyl)salicylic acid.