Patent ID: 7189750

Claim:
An NO-donating compound having the general formula I: wherein: A is amine; X is a substituted or unsubstituted thiazole; B is selected from the group consisting of a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted alkylene chain having 1–20 carbon atoms, and a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted alkylene chain having 1–20 carbon atoms interrupted by at least one heteroatom, whereby said at least one heteroatom comprises oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphor, silicon and any combination thereof; Y is a —ONO 2 group; and Z is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, amine, cycloalkyl, heteroalicyclic, aryl, heteroaryl, halide, haloalkyl, hydroxy, thiohydroxy, alkoxy, thioalkoxy, aryloxy and thioaryloxy.