Patent ID: 7968554

Claim:
A compound according to Formula (I), wherein R is lower alkyl; Ring A is selected from the group consisting of: heteroaryl; heteroaryl substituted by 1 to 5 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of: lower alkyl; halogen; hydroxyl; lower alkoxy; lower alkoxy substituted by hydroxyl or lower alkoxy; and cyano; phenyl; and phenyl substituted by 1 to 4 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of: lower alkyl; halogen; hydroxyl; lower alkoxy; lower alkoxy substituted by hydroxyl or lower alkoxy; and cyano; Ring B is selected from the group consisting of: heteroaryl; heteroaryl substituted by 1 to 5 substituents selected from the group consisting of: lower alkyl; fluorinated alkyl; aryl-substituted alkyl; hydroxyl; lower alkoxy; lower alkoxy substituted by hydroxyl or lower alkoxy; halogen; cyano; and —NR 1 R 2 ; phenyl; and phenyl substituted by 1 to 5 substituents selected from the group consisting of: lower alkyl; fluorinated alkyl; aryl-substituted alkyl; hydroxyl; lower alkoxy; lower alkoxy substituted by hydroxyl or lower alkoxy; halogen; and —NR 1 R 2 ; R 1 and R 2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, and lower alkyl substituted with hydroxyl or lower alkoxy, and R 1 and R 2 , together with N, can form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; and L is selected from the group consisting of: a bond, —OCH 2 —, —CH 2 O—, —NHCO—, —CONH—, —O—, —OCH 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 OCH 2 , —CH 2 CH 2 O—, —CF═CH—, —CH═CF—, —NH—, —NHCH 2 —, —CH 2 NH—, —SCH 2 —, —CH 2 S—, —SOCH 2 —, —CH 2 SO—, —SO 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 SO 2 —, —S—, —CH═CH—, and lower alkyl; with the proviso that, when L is a bond, Ring B is an azole substituted by 1 to 4 substituents selected from the group consisting of: lower alkyl; fluorinated alkyl; aryl-substituted alkyl; hydroxyl; lower alkoxy; lower alkoxy substituted by hydroxyl or lower alkoxy; halogen; cyano; and —NR 1 R 2 ; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or ester of a compound according to Formula (I).