Acetylenic sulfonamidethiol inhibitors of TACE

摘要

Compounds of formula (B): (1a), or (1b), (1c) are provided wherein the variables are as defined herein which are useful in disease conditions mediated by TNF- alpha , such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, sepsis, AIDS, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and degenerative cartilage loss.