Patent ID: 7902196

Claim:
A compound of the formula: wherein R 0 , R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; halogen; cyclic or acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched aliphatic; cyclic or acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched heteroaliphatic; substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched acyl; substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched aryl; substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched heteroaryl; —OR G ; —C (═O)R G ; —CO 2 R G ; —CN; —SCN; —SR G ; —SOR G ; —SO 2 R G ; —NO 2 ; —N 3 ; —N(R G ) 2 ; —NHC(═O)R G ; —NR G C (═O)N(R G ) 2 ; —OC(═O)OR G ; —OC(═O)R G ; —OC(═O)N(R G ) 2 ; —NR G C(═O)OR G ; or —C(R G ) 3 ; wherein each occurrence of R G is independently a hydrogen, a protecting group, an aliphatic moiety, a heteroaliphatic moiety, an acyl moiety; an aryl moiety; a heteroaryl moiety; alkoxy; aryloxy; alkylthio; arylthio; amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, heteroaryloxy; or heteroarylthio moiety; whererin two or more substituents may form substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic, heterocyclic, aryl, or heteroaryl structures; wherein R 2 and R 3 , R 4 and R 5 , or R 6 and R 7 may form together ═O, ═NR G , or ═C(R G ) 2 , wherein each occurrence of R G is defined as above; represents a substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic, heterocyclic, aryl, or heteroaryl ring system; and n is an integer between 0 and 4, with the proviso that the compound is not (+)-avrainvillamide or