Patent ID: 6869975

Claim:
A compound having the formula (Ia): R 1 O 2 C—CR a R b —Y—Ar 1 —X—Ar 2 —Z 1 —Z 2 —Ar 3 Ia or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of S(O) m , CR′R″ and SO 2 NR″; Y is O or CR′R″; Z 1 and Z 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of O, S(O) m , (CR′R″) n , N(R″), C(O)NR″ and CR′R″C(O)NR′″; alternatively, Z 1 and Z 2 may be combined to form (C 2 -C 4 )alkenyl; Ar 1 and Ar 2 are independently an aromatic group; Ar 3 is aryl; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C 1 -C 8 )alkyl and aryl(C 1 -C 4 )alkyl; R a and R b are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, aryl and aryl(C 1 -C 4 )alkyl; each R′, R″ and R′″ is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, aryl and aryl(C 1 -C 4 )alkyl; the subscript m is an integer from 0 to 2; and the subscript n is an integer from 1 to 2.