Abstract:
Compounds having the formula: wherein R-Rare independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, alkynyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, perhaloalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, heterocycloalkyl of 3 to 10 carbon members, aryl, heteroaryl, halogen, —CN, —NO, —COR, —COR, —OR, —SR, —SOR, —SOR, —CONRR, —NRN(RR), —N(RR) or W-Y-(CH)-Z provided that at least one of R-Ris not hydrogen; or Rand Ror Rand R, taken together form a 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl or 3 to 7 membered heteroaryl; Rand Rare independently hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, perhaloalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or aryl; Ris hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, perhaloalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, heterocycloalkyl of 3 to 10 members, aryl or heteroaryl, or Rand R, taken together may form a 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl; W is O, NR, or is absent; Y is —(CO)— or —(CO)—, or is absent; Z is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, —CN, —COR, COR, —CONRR, —OCOR, —NRCOR, —OCONR, —OR, —SR, —SOR, —SOR, SR6N(R7R8), —N(RR) or phenyl; G is aryl or fused bicyclic heteroaryl; X is a bond, —NH, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, thioalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkylamino of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or (CH)J; J is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl; and n is an integer from 1 to 6; useful in the treatment of diseases associated with herpes viruses including human cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex viruses, Epstein-Barr virus, varicella-zoster virus, human herpesviruses-6 and -7, and Kaposi herpesvirus.