| abstract |
This invention features pyrimidine compounds of formula (I): n n n n n n n n n n R 1 is n naryl, or heteroaryl; each of R 2 and R 4 , independently, is R c , halogen, nitro, cyano, isothionitro, SR c , or OR c ; or R 2 and R 4 , taken together, is carbonyl; R 3 is R c , alkenyl, alkynyl, OR c , OC(O)R c , SO 2 R c , S(O)R c , S(O 2 )NR c R d , SR c , NR c R d , NR c COR d , NR c C(O)OR d , NR c C(O)NR c R d , NR c SO 2 R d , COR c , C(O)OR c , or C(O)NR c R d ; R 5 is H or alkyl; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; X is O, S, S(O), S(O 2 ), or NR c ; Y is a covalent bond, CH 2 , C(O), C═N—R c , C═N—OR c , C═N—SR c , O, S, S(O), S(O 2 ), or NR c ; Z is N or CH; one of U and V is N, and the other is CR c ; and W is O, S, S(O), S(O 2 ), NR c , or NC(O)R c ; in which each of R a and R b , independently, is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl; and each of R c and R d , independently, is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, or alkylcarbonyl. |