Patent ID: 7550497

Claim:
A compound of general formula I: wherein: each R 1 independently represents hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 haloalkyl, phenyl, heteroaryl or phenylC 1-3 alkyl, where all phenyl and heteroaryl rings can be optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C 1-4 alkyl or C 1-4 alkoxy groups, or both substituents R 1 may be taken together to form a saturated or partially unsaturated 5- or 6-membered ring, which can be optionally fused to a benzene ring; A represents an imidazole, pyrazole, isoxazole or oxazole, where the substituents L and D are placed on adjacent atoms of ring A, and where additionally A can be optionally substituted with one or more substituents R 2 ; L represents a single bond, —O—, —S— or —NR 3 —; B represents C 1-6 alkyl or a ring selected from phenyl, heteroaryl and C 3-7 cycloalkyl, where all said rings can be optionally substituted with one or more substituents R 4 ; D represents phenyl or pyridine, each of which can be optionally substituted with one or more halogens; the groups A and —SO 2 NHP(O) (OR 1 ) 2 are placed on ring D in para position with respect to one another; each R 2 independently represents halogen, cyano, nitro, carboxy, C 1-4 alkyl, C 2-4 alkenyl, C 2-4 alkynyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, hydroxy, C 1-4 hydroxyalkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy, C 1-4 haloalkoxy, C 1-4 alkylthio, amino, C 1-4 alkylamino, C 1-4 dialkylamino, formyl, C 1-4 alkylcarbonyl, C 1-4 alkoxycarbonyl, C 1-4 haloalkoxycarbonyl, C 1-4 alkoxyC 1-3 alkyl, C 1-4 alkylcarbonyloxyC 1-3 alkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkylC 1-4 alkoxyC 1-3 alkyl or C 3-7 cycloalkoxyC 1-3 alkyl, or two substituents R 2 on the same carbon atom can be taken together to form an oxo group; R 3 represents hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl; each R 4 independently represents halogen, cyano, nitro, carboxy, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, hydroxy, C 1-4 hydroxyalkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy, C 1-4 haloalkoxy, C 1-4 alkylthio, amino, C 1-4 alkylamino, C 1-4 dialkylamino, formyl, C 1-4 alkylcarbonyl, C 1-4 alkoxycarbonyl or C 1-4 haloalkoxycarbonyl, or two substituents R 4 on the same carbon atom can be taken together to form an oxo group, and additionally one of the substituents R 4 can represent a saturated, unsaturated or partially unsaturated 5- or 6-membered ring which can optionally contain from 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and which can be optionally substituted with one or more substituents R 5 ; each R 5 independently represents halogen, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, amino, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy or C 1-4 alkylcarbonyl, or two substituents R 5 on the same carbon atom can be taken together to form an oxo group; and heteroaryl in the above definitions represents pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine or pyridazine; or a salt thereof.