Patent number: 6166072
Abstract: Described herein are compounds having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 are independently selected aryl groups, optionally substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyl, aralkyl, aralkyloxy, halo, NO.sub.2, Ph, CF.sub.3, CN, OH, methylenedioxy, ethylenedioxy, SO.sub.2 NRR', NRR', CO.sub.2 R (where R and R' are independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl) and a second aryl group, which may be substituted as above;wherein any cycloalkyl or aryl substituent is linked to Ar.sup.1 or Ar.sup.2 by a bridging element which may be a single bond, a vinylene group, an ethynylene group, a Z group, a --Z--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- group, a --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Z-- group, or a --Z--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Z-- group, where Z represents an O atom, a S atom, an NH group or an N-alkyl group, and n is an integer from 1 to 4;wherein Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 29, 1999
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2000
Assignee:
Allelix Neuroscience, Inc.
Inventors:
Stanley Charles Bell, Michael De Vivo, Allen Hopper, Methvin Isaac, Anne O'Brien, Vassil Ilya Ognyanov, Richard Schumacher