Patent ID: 7998998

Claim:
A compound of the formula: wherein Y has from 0 to 14 carbon atoms and is: a carboxylic acid group, or an amide or ester thereof; hydroxymethyl or an ether thereof; or a tetrazolyl functional group; A is —(CH 2 ) 6 —, cis —CH 2 CH═CH—(CH 2 ) 3 —, or —CH 2 C≡C—(CH 2 ) 3 —, wherein 1 or 2 carbon atoms may be replaced by S or O; or A is —(CH 2 ) m —Ar—(CH 2 ) o — wherein Ar is interarylene, the sum of m and o is 1, 2, 3, or 4, and wherein 1 —CH 2 — may be replaced by S or O, and 1 —CH 2 —CH 2 — may be replaced by —CH═CH— or —C≡C—; G and G′ are independently —H, —OH, —O-alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, halo, C 1-6 alkyl, —CF 3 , —CN, or ═O; and B is aryl.