Substituted aromatic sulfonamides of formula (I)

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pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease.

Disclosed herein are compounds having a structure of formula (I), compositions and methods useful for the treatment of a disease or infection, such as a viral infection (e.g., Ebola), cancer and obesity: ##STR00001##
wherein A is N or CR.sup.8; Z is ##STR00002## E is selected from optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, amino, alkoxy, cycloalkyloxy, and cycloalkylamino; R.sup.1 is selected from optionally substituted aryl and heteroaryl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from H, deutero, optionally substituted alkyl, haloalkyl, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, together with the carbon to which they are bound, combine to form a carbonyl; and R.sup.8 is selected from H, deutero, halo, hydroxyl, cyano, amino, alkyl, alkoxy, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, and aminocarbonyl,
provided that E is not ##STR00003##

A photo-decomposable compound, a photoresist composition, and a method of manufacturing an IC device, the compound generating acid upon exposure and acts as a quenching base that neutralizes acid in an unexposed state and being represented by Formula 1: ##STR00001## wherein, in Formula 1, R.sup.a is a C5 to C40 substituted or unsubstituted cyclic hydrocarbon group including at least one nitrogen atom, Y.sup.a is a C1 to C20 divalent linear or cyclic hydrocarbon group, n is an integer of 1 to 5, and A.sup.+ is a counter ion.

A photo-decomposable compound, a photoresist composition, and a method of manufacturing an IC device, the compound generating acid upon exposure and acts as a quenching base that neutralizes acid in an unexposed state and being represented by Formula 1: ##STR00001## wherein, in Formula 1, R.sup.a is a C5 to C40 substituted or unsubstituted cyclic hydrocarbon group including at least one nitrogen atom, Y.sup.a is a C1 to C20 divalent linear or cyclic hydrocarbon group, n is an integer of 1 to 5, and A.sup.+ is a counter ion.

Provided herein are small molecule active metabotropic glutamate subtype-2 and -3 receptor negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.

Provided herein are small molecule active metabotropic glutamate subtype-2 and -3 receptor negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.

Provided herein are small molecule activators of Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.

Provided herein are small molecule activators of Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.

The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.

The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.