Patent ID: 8802689

Claim:
A method for treating a disease or disorder related to nuclear receptor activity in a subject, comprising administering a compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the subject in need of such treatment, the compound having the formula: wherein Het is a heterocyclic unit of 6 atoms comprising (i) 1 or 2 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; (ii) 0 or 1 double-bonded substituent on the heterocyclic unit selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; and (iii) 3 to 4 single-bonded substituents on the heterocyclic unit independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkynyl, halogenated alkyl, halogenated alkenyl, halogenated alkynyl, halogen, CN, NO 2 , OR 11 , SR 11 , NR 11 R 12 , NH(CO)OR 11 , NH(CO)NR 11 R 12 , NR 12 (CO)R 11 , O(CO)R 11 , O(CO)OR 11 , O(CS)R 11 , NR 12 (CS)R 11 , NH(CS)NR 11 R 12 , NR 12 (CS)OR 11 , wherein two of said single-bonded substituents may be connected together with the atoms to which they are bonded to form a cycle, which is aromatic, substituted aromatic, heterocyclic aromatic or non-aromatic, substituted heterocyclic aromatic or non-aromatic, cycloalkyl, or substituted cycloalkyl; A is sulfur and B is oxygen; R 11 and R 12 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl or substituted alkenyl, alkynyl or substituted alkynyl, aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkynyl, heterocyclic aromatic or non-aromatic, or substituted heterocyclic aromatic or non-aromatic, wherein R 11 and R 12 , both on the same single bonded substituent, can be connected together with the atoms to which they are bonded to form a cycle, which can be heterocyclic aromatic or non-aromatic, or substituted heterocyclic aromatic; R 1 is selected from aryl and substituted aryl; R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from hydrogen, aryl, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, halogenated alkyl, halogenated alkenyl, halogenated alkynyl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkynyl, heterocyclic aromatic or non-aromatic, substituted heterocyclic aromatic or non-aromatic, cycloalkyl, or substituted cycloalkyl, or, together with the carbon to which they are linked, form a cycle which can be cycloalkyl or substituted cycloalkyl.