Patent ID: 7772366

Claim:
A compound represented by the formula: wherein: R 1 is R 5 -(A) p -; R 5 is selected from the group consisting of: —H, —Ar 1 , —CO—Ar 1 , —SO 2 —Ar 1 , —R 9 , —CO—R 9 , —CO—O—R 9 , —SO 2 —R 9 , each A is independently selected from the group consisting of any α-amino acid; p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; each R 9 is a C 1-6 straight or branched alkyl group optionally singly or multiply substituted by —OH or —F and optionally substituted with an Ar 1 group; each R 10 is independently selected from the group consisting of —H or a C 1-6 straight or branched alkyl group; Ar 1 is a cyclic group independently selected from the set consisting of an aryl group which contains 6, 10, 12, or 14 carbon atoms and between 1 and 3 rings, a cycloalkyl group which contains between 3 and 15 carbon atoms and between 1 and 3 rings, said cycloalkyl group being optionally benzofused, and a heterocycle group containing between 5 and 15 ring atoms and between 1 and 3 rings, said heterocycle group containing at least one heteroatom group selected from —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO 2 —, ═N—, and —NH—, said heterocycle group optionally containing one or more double bonds, said heterocycle group optionally comprising one or more aromatic rings, and said cyclic group optionally being singly or multiply substituted by —NH 2 , —CO 2 H, —Cl, —F, —Br, —I, —NO 2 , —CH, ═O, —OH, -perfluoro C 1-3 alkyl, —R 9 , or -T 1 -R 9 and; each T 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of: —CH═CH—, —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO 2 —, —NR 10 —, —NR 10 —CO—, —CO—, —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —CO—NR 10 —, —O—CO—NR 10 —, —NR 10 —CO—O—, —NR 10 —CO—NR 10 —, —SO 2 —NR 10 —, —NR 10 —SO 2 —, and —NR 10 —SO 2 —NR 10 —.