Patent ID: 7655691

Claim:
A method for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound represented by the structural formula: wherein A is C 1 -C 4 alkylene, C 2 -C 4 alkenylene, or C 2 -C4 alkynylene; R 1 and R 2 are, independently for each occurrence, H, C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, or C 2 -C 8 alkynyl; R 3 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, or C 2 -C 8 alkynyl, optionally substituted with 1-3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C 1 -C 8 alkoxyl, —SH, C 1 -C 8 thioalkyl, amino, C 1 -C 8 alklyamino, di(C 1 -C 8 alkyl)amino, C 1 -C 8 alkylsulfonyl, formyl, and COOH; or R 3 is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1 -C 8 alkylsulfonyl, formyl, COOH, hydroxy, C 1 -C 8 alkoxyl, —SH, C 1 -C 8 thioalkyl, amino, C 1 -C 8 alkylamino, and di(C 1 -C 8 alkyl)amino; R 4 is C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, or C 2 -C 8 alkynyl, optionally substituted with 1-3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C 1 -C 8 alkoxyl, —SH, C 1 -C 8 thioalkyl, amino, C 1 -C 8 alkylamino, di(C 1 -C 8 alkyl)amino, C 1 -C 8 alkylsulfonyl, formyl, and COOH; or R 4 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 8 alkylsulfonyl, formyl, hydroxy, C 1 -C 8 alkoxyl, —SH, C 1 -C 8 thioalkyl, amino, C 1 -C 8 alkylamino, and di(C 1 -C 8 alkyl)amino; R 5 represents 1-3 substituents selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, and C 2 -C 8 alkynyl, each optionally substituted with 1-3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C 1 -C 8 alkoxyl, —SH, C 1 -C 8 thioalkyl, amino, C 1 -C 8 alkylamino, and di (C 1 -C 8 alkyl)amino; or R 5 represents 1-3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1 -C 8 alkylsulfonyl, formyl, COOH, hydroxy, C 1 -C 8 alkoxyl, —SH, C 1 -C 8 thioalkyl, amino, C 1 -C 8 alkylamino, and di(C 1 -C 8 alkyl)amino; R 6 OP(O)(OH) 2 , OH, OC(O)R 7 , OSO 2 OH, or SO 2 NH 2 ; R 7 is C 1 -C 8 alkyl or phenyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, such that OCD is treated.