This invention provides compounds of formula (I):
wherein R
1
, R
2
, G, n, p and q have values as described in the specification, useful as inhibitors of HDAC6. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of proliferative, inflammatory, infectious, neurological or cardiovascular diseases or disorders.
The present invention is directed to compounds having the Formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), or (Id); or the Formulae (II), (IIa), (IIb), or (IIc); or the Formulae (III), (IIIa), (IIIb), (IIIc), (IIId), or (IIIe), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates and prodrugs of any Formula thereof, compositions thereof, and methods for the treatment of a condition associated with a dysfunction in proteostasis.