Patent ID: 7183440

Claim:
A compound of formula I: wherein: A is hydrogen or ═CR 1 R 2 ; Y and Z are each, independently, hydrogen or a halogen; X is —NR 4 R 5 , or R 7 ; when X is —NR 4 R 5 , A is ═CR 1 R 2 ; R 1 is hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl group containing 1–4 carbon atoms; when X is —NR 4 R 5 , R 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1–12 carbon atoms; when X is R 7 , R 2 is an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, aralkyl aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 2–12 carbon atoms; R 4 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1–12 carbon atoms, —COOR 8 , or —COR 8 ; R 5 is hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl group containing 1–5 carbon atoms; R 7 is an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group, that contains 1–4 carbon atoms; and, R 8 is an unsubstituted or halo-substituted alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl group, that contains 1–12 carbon atoms. or a compound of formula II: wherein: A is hydrogen or ═CR 1 R 2 ; Y is hydrogen or a halogen; X is —NR 4 R 5 , or R 7 ; R 1 is hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl group containing 1–4 carbon atoms; when X is —NR 4 R 5, R 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally comprises at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1–12 carbon atoms; when X is R 7 , R 2 is an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally comprises at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1–12 carbon atoms; R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally comprises at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1–12 carbon atoms; or R 3 is an R x CH 2 — group, wherein R x is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally comprises at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton; R 4 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally comprises at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1–12 carbon atoms, –COOR 8 , or —COR 8 ; R 5 is hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl group containing 1–5 carbon atoms; R 7 is an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group, that contains 1–4 carbon atoms; and, R 8 is an unsubstituted or halo-substituted alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl group, that contains 1–12 carbon atoms.