Compounds and Methods for Treating Cancer and Diseases of the Central Nervous System

A method of treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease, comprising administering to an individual in need thereof a compound of Formula (I):

• where
• T is phenyl optionally substituted with alkyl, perfluoroalkyl, alkyloxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aryloxy, arylalkyl, mercaptoalkyl, or a moiety selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, OH, SH, CN, NR8R9, NO2, CO2R10 and CHO, wherein R8, R9 and R10 are unsubstituted and are independently hydrogen, alkyl, perfluoroalkyl, alkyloxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aryloxy, arylalkyl, or mercaptoalkyl;
• n is 3 to 6:
• C represents carbon, each C of (C)n being unsubstituted;
• and
• D is imidazolyl;
• or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.