THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO COMPOUNDS THAT BIND TO AND MODULATE THE ACTIVITY OF NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS, TO NOVEL SALTS THEREOF, TO PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THESE COMPOUNDS, NOVEL CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS INTERMEDIATES, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE PRODUCT COMPOUNDS, AND TO METHODS OF USING THESE COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING A WIDE VARIETY OF CONDITIONS AND DISORDERS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH DYSFUNCTION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS).