Patent ID: 8269017

Claim:
A compound represented by formula (VA): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: one of R i or R j is −H and the other is represented by the following formula: X 1 and X 2 are each, independently, CH; R 12 , R 13 and R 14 are each, independently, an alkyl, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, cyano, a haloalkyl, an alkoxy, a haloalkoxy, a halo, an amino, an alkylamino, a dialkylamino, —OP(O)(OR 7 ) 2 , —SP(O)(OR 7 ) 2 , nitro, an alkyl ester, or hydroxyl; R 7 , for each occurrence, is, independently, —H, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted alkenyl, an optionally substituted alkynyl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, an optionally substituted cycloalkenyl, an optionally substituted heterocyclyl, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted heteroaryl, an optionally substituted aralkyl, or an optionally substituted heteroalkyl; R x is (R aa ) m , —R aa —C(O)(CH 2 ) n C(O)OH, —C(O)(CH 2 ) n C(O)OH, —C(O)YR z , —(O)NH—R aa , or —(R aa ) q C(O)(Y 1 ); R y is —H or lower alkyl; R w is —H, an alkyl, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, cyano, a haloalkyl, an alkoxy, a haloalkoxy, a halo, an amino, an alkylamino, a dialkylamino, —OP(O)(OR 7 ) 2 , —SP(O)(OR 7 ) 2 , nitro, an alkyl ester, or hydroxyl; R aa is an amino acid residue or an amino acid residue analog; Y is CH 2 , O, or NH; R z is Alk-NH 2 , Alk-C(O)OH, Het, or Y 1 ; Alk is an optionally substituted alkylene; Het is an optionally substituted heteroalkyl; Y 1 is a water soluble polymer with a molecular weight less than 60,000 daltons; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; m is an integer from 1 to 10; and q is 0 or 1.