| abstract |
The present invention relates to compounds comprising a 4-substituted piperidine ring linked to a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl ring; the compounds, including the enantiomeric and diasteriomeric forms and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which has the Formula (I9 (see formula I) where, preferably, R is substituted aryl, W is a pendant unit having the formula: (see formula ) L is a linker unit, Q is preferably a cyclic hydrocarbyl unit; W1 is preferably a carbocyclic unit and W2 is a unit comprising a heteroatom. |