Patent ID: 8367705

Claim:
A method of treating a disease or condition caused by or associated with a virus belonging to the Bunyaviridae family, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound of the formula, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R is either selected from substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups, or substituted or unsubstituted oxaalkyl groups; or wherein R is R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; X 1-5 are independently selected from H, NO 2 , N 3 , or NH 2 ; Y is absent or is a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -alkyl group, other than carbonyl; and Z is selected from a bond or NH; provided that when Z is a bond, Y is absent, and provided that when Z is NH, Y is a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -alkyl group, other than carbonyl; and wherein W 1-4 are independently selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted haloalkyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted alkanoyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted aroyl groups, or substituted or unsubstituted haloalkanoyl groups.