Patent ID: 7642367

Claim:
A compound of the general formula (Y 1 ) m -Ar 1 (X 1 )—C(═O)VAr 2 (X 2 )—(Y 2 ) p or a salt thereof, wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 are phenyl; V designates —CH═CH—; m is a whole number selected from the group consisting of 0, 1, and 2, p is a whole number selected from the group consisting of 1, and 2, each Y 1 independently represents a diamino-functional substituent of the formula —NR 3 —Z—N(R 1 )R 2 , each Y 2 independently represents a diamino-functional substituent of the formula —NR 3 —Z—N(R 1 )R 2 , wherein Z is a biradical —(C(R H ) 2 ) n —, wherein n is an integer in the range of 1-6 and each R H is independently selected from hydrogen and C 1-6 -alkyl, or wherein (R H ) 2 is ═O; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1-12 -alkyl, C 2-12 -alkenyl, C 4-12 -alkadienyl, C 6-12 -alkatrienyl, C 2-12 -alkynyl, C 1-12 -alkoxycarbonyl, C 1-12 -alkylcarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, mono- and di(C 1-6 -alkyl)aminocarbonyl, amino-C 1-6 -alkyl-aminocarbonyl, mono- and di(C 1-6 -alkyl) amino-C 1-6 -alkyl-aminocarbonyl; R 1 and R 3 together form a biradical Z* which is as defined for Z; X 1 and X 2 independently designates a substituent present 0-5 times, on Ar 1 and Ar 2 , respectively, wherein each X 1 and X 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-12 -alkyl, dialkylamino substituted C 1-12 -alkyl, C 2-12 -alkenyl, C 4-12 -alkadienyl, C 6-12 -alkatrienyl, C 2-12 -alkynyl, hydroxy, C 2-12 -alkenyloxy, carboxy, C 1-12 -alkoxycarbonyl, C 1-12 -alkylcarbonyl, formyl, C 1-6 -alkylsulphonylamino, C 1-12 -alkyl substituted aryl, aryloxycarbonyl, aryloxy, arylcarbonyl, arylamino, arylsulphonylamino, amino, mono- and di(C 1-6 -alkyl)amino, carbamoyl, mono- and di(C 1-6 -alkyl)aminocarbonyl, amino-C 1-6 -alkyl-aminocarbonyl, mono- and di(C 1-6 -alkyl)amino-C 1-6 -alkyl-aminocarbonyl, C 1-6 -alkylcarbonylamino, amino-C 1-6 -alkyl-carbonylamino, mono- and di(C 1-6 -alkyl)amino-C 1-6 -alkyl-carbonylamino, cyano, guanidino, carbamido, C 1-6 -alkanoyloxy, C 1-6 -alkylsulphonyl, C 1-6 -alkylsulphinyl, C 1-6 -alkylsulphonyloxy, aminosulfonyl, mono- and di(C 1-6 -alkyl)aminosulfonyl, nitro, C 1-6 -alkylthio, and halogen, where any nitrogen-bound C 1-6 -alkyl is optionally substituted with hydroxy, C 1-6 -alkoxy, C 2-6 -alkenyloxy, amino, mono- and di(C 1-6 -alkyl)amino, carboxy, C 1-6 -alkylcarbonylamino, halogen, C 1-6 -alkylthio, C 1-6 -alkyl-sulphonyl -amino, or guanidine.