| abstract |
A compound of formula I: n n n or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, ester, solvate, prodrug, metabolite, stereoisomer, or mixtures thereof; wherein: n Y represents the atoms necessary to form a fused 5- to 6-membered, aromatic or non-aromatic, carbocyclic or N-containing heterocyclic ring, wherein Y and any heteroatom(s) therein are unsubstituted or independently substituted by at least one non-interfering alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aralkyl, aryl, carboxy or halo substituent; n X is at the 1-position of ring Y and is —COOR 5 or a substituted or unsubstituted moiety selected from the group consisting of n n n wherein n R 7 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and is itself either unsubstituted or substituted with an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl group; n R 1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and is itself either unsubstituted or substituted with an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl group; n R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aralkyl, or aryl, and are either unsubstituted or substituted with a moiety selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, phenoxy, benzyloxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, hydroxy, carboxy, carbonyl, amino, amido, cyano, isocyano, nitro, nitroso, nitrilo, isonitrilo, imino, azo, diazo, sulfonyl, sulfoxy, thio, thiocarbonyl, sulfhydryl, halo, haloalkyl, trifluoromethyl and aryl. |