Patent ID: 8476439

Claim:
A compound of the formula wherein: ----- represents an optional double bond wherein the ring that optionally contains it is selected from hexahydro, 6a,10a-dehydro, 8,9-dehydro, and 9,10-dehydro; Y is selected from CH 2 , CH(CH 3 ), CH(OH), C(CH 3 )(OH), C(CH 3 ) 2 , C(—U(CH 2 ),U—) and C(O); n is an integer ≧1; U is CH 2 ; Z is selected from H, substituted and unsubstituted alkyl, and cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, and heterocycloalkylalkyl, wherein each alkyl portion is optionally substituted up to three tunes and the ring portion of each is optionally substituted with one, two, three, four or five substituents; and R 1 is selected from H and substituted and unsubstituted alkyl.