Patent ID: 8889720

Claim:
A method of treating hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes, or dyslipidemia, comprising the step of: administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by structure A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R represents independently for each occurrence H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl, fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, nitro, cyano, sulfonic acid, alkylsulfoxyl, arylsulfoxyl, heteroarylsulfoxyl, aralkylsulfoxyl, heteroaralkylsulfoxyl, alkenylsulfoxyl, alkynylsulfoxyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, aralkylsulfonyl, heteroaralkylsulfonyl, alkenylsulfonyl, alkynylsulfonyl, hydroxyl, alkoxyl, aryloxyl, heteroaryloxyl, aralkyloxy, heteroaralkyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, thiol, alkylthio, arylthio, aralkylthio, heteroaralkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, formyl, acyl, formyloxy, acyloxy, formylthio, acylthio, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, heteroarylamino, aralkylamino, heteroaralkylamino, alkenylamino, alkynylamino, formylamino, acylamino, carboxylate, alkyloxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, aralkyloxycarbonyl, heteroaralkyloxycarbonyl, carboxamido, alkylaminocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, heteroarylaminocarbonyl, aralkylaminocarbonyl, or heteroaralkylaminocarbonyl; R′ represents independently for each occurrence H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, aralkylsulfonyl, heteroaralkylsulfonyl, alkenylsulfonyl, alkynylsulfonyl, hydroxyl, alkoxyl, aryloxyl, heteroaryloxyl, aralkyloxy, heteroaralkyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, formyl, acyl, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, heteroarylamino, aralkylamino, heteroaralkylamino, alkenylamino, alkynylamino, formylamino, acylamino, alkyloxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, aralkyloxycarbonyl, heteroaralkyloxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, heteroarylaminocarbonyl, aralkylaminocarbonyl, or heteroaralkylaminocarbonyl; or the two instances of R′ taken together represent —(CH 2 ) 2 —, —(CH 2 ) 3 —, —(CH 2 ) 4 —, —(CH 2 ) 5 —, or —(CH 2 ) 6 —; R″ represents independently for each occurrence H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, or heteroaralkyl; and n is 1, 2, 3, or 4.