The present invention provides nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and
pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a process for making thereof. The
compounds have inhibitory activity on the phosphorylation of kinases, which inhibits
the activity of such kinases. The invention also provides intermediate compounds
useful in the process, as well as final products produced by the process, and salts
or prodrugs thereof. The invention further provides a method of inhibiting kinases
and treating disease states in a mammal by inhibiting the phosphorylation of kinases
comprising administering an effective amount of a compound according to the invention
to a patient in need thereof.