Disclosed herein is a compound of Formula (I) for inhibiting Bcl-2 and treating disease associated with undesirable bcl-2 activity (Bcl-2 related diseases), a method of using the compounds disclosed herein for treating dysregulated apoptotic diseases including cancers and treating autoimmune disease, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.
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