Patent ID: 7008947

Claim:
A method for the treatment of anxiety, depression, a sleep disorder selected from primary insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, dyssomnia NOS, parasomnias including nightmare disorder, sleep terror disorder, sleep disorders secondary to depression, anxiety and/or other mental disorders and substance-induced sleep disorder, or attention deficit disorder, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I where Formula I is or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein n is 1, 2, or 3; R 1 and R 2 are independently chosen from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, amino, mono- and di(C 1 –C 6 )alkyl amino, halo(C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, halo(C 1 –C 6 )alkoxy, C 1 –C 6 alkyl and C 1 –C 6 alkoxy; or R 1 and R 2 together with the atoms with which they are attached form a partially saturated or unsaturated carbocyclic ring of from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, wherein the ring is optionally substituted by up to 5 substituents independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, amino, mono- and di(C 1 –C 6 )alkyl amino, halo(C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, halo(C 1 –C 6 )alkoxy, C 1 –C 6 alkyl and C 1 –C 6 alkoxy; R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently chosen from hydrogen; C 1 –C 6 acyl; and C 1 –C 6 alkyl; wherein each C 1 –C 6 acyl and C 1 –C 6 alkyl is optionally substituted with up to three substituents independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, halo(C 1 –C 2 )alkyl, halo(C 1 –C 2 )alkoxy, methoxy, ethoxy, C 3 –C 7 cycloalkyl, phenyl, pyridyl, and pyrimidyl, wherein each of phenyl, pyridyl, and pyrimidyl is optionally substituted with up to three groups independently selected from halogen, C 1 –C 6 alkyl, C 1 –C 6 alkoxy, hydroxy and amino; R 6 and R 6 ′ are independently selected at each occurrence from hydrogen and C 1 –C 6 alkyl; W is aryl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with up to 5 groups independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, amino, mono- or di(C 1 –C 6 )alkyl amino, halo(C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, halo(C 1 –C 6 )alkoxy, C 1 –C 6 alkyl, and C 1 –C 6 alkoxy.