Patent ID: 6858638

Claim:
A compound of the formula (I): wherein: a) R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, substituted aryl, substituted cycloalkyl, CN, O(R2), OC(O)(R2), OC(O)N(R2)(R3), OS(O 2 )(R2), N(R2)(R3), N═C(R2)(R3), N(R2)C(O)(R3), N(R2)C(O)O(R3), N(R4)C(O)N(R2)(R3), N(R4)C(S)N(R2)(R3), N(R2)S(O 2 )(R3), C(O)(R2), C(O)O(R2), C(O)N(R2)(R3), C(═N(R3))(R2), C(═N(OR3))(R2), S(R2), S(O)(R2), S(O 2 )(R2), and S(O 2 )N(R2)(R3), in which each R2, R3 and R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, substituted cycloalkyl, alkenyl and substituted alkenyl; b) X is selected from the group consisting of S(O 2 )—HN; S(O 2 )—O; NH—S(O 2 ); and O—S(O 2 ); c) Z is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, and substituted cycloalkyl; or an enantiomer, stereoisomer, rotomer or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or a derivative thereof, with the proviso that the compound of formula (I) is not one of the following compound: in which alkyl is n-propyl, and in which Ra and Rb are independently selected from the group consisting of NH 2 , NO 2 and Cl, or Ra and Rb form a ring —NH—CH═N—;