Abstract: A benzopylpiperazine ester of the following formula: ##STR1## wherein A represents a single bond or an alkylene group, vinylene group, --O--alkylene group or methine group, R.sub.1 represents a bicyclic carbon ring residue which may be substituted with a lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group, oxo group or nitro group or a halogen atom, or may be partially saturated; a fluorene residue which may contain an oxo group; a fluorenylidene group; an anthracene residue; a phenanthrene residue which may be substituted with a lower alkyl group, or may be partially saturated; a benzofuran residue or thianaphthene residue which may be substituted with a lower alkyl group or lower alkoxy group; a benzopyran residue or benzoazine residue which may be substituted with an oxo group or phenyl group and partially saturated; a phthalimide residue; a benzodiazine residue; an isozazole residue which may be substituted with a lower alkyl group or phenyl group; or an alkylene dioxybenzene residue or xanthene residue; and R.sub.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is disclosed which comprises a physiologically active substance possessing peptide bonds in its structure and being inactivable by digestive enzymes, the active substances being other than insulin, and a synthetic chymotrypsin inhibitor. The composition is particularly suitable for intestinal absorption of the active substance.

Abstract: Novel benzoyl esters of the following formula (I), and acid addition salts thereof, ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkoxy group, A represents a single bond, a linear or branched lower alkylene group, a lower alkenylene group, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 join together to form a lower alkylene group, R.sub.5 represents a group of the formula, --X--(CO).sub.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is disclosed which comprises a physiologically active substance possessing peptide bonds in its structure and being inactivable by digestive enzymes, the active substance being other than insulin, and a synthetic chymotrypsin inhibitor. The composition is particularly suitable for intestinal absorption of the active substance.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein A represents a direct bond or the bond --O--CH.sub.2 --,B represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.11 alkylene group bonded to a carbon atom of the aromatic ring D either directly or through --O--, --S--, --SO-- or --NH--,W represents a carbon or nitrogen atom,R.sub.1 represents a C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 alkyl group, a hydroxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, or a phenyl- or diphenyl-alkyl group with the alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms,R.sub.2 represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, NO.sub.2, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, acetyl, allyloxy, carbamoyl and sulfamoyl, and when two or more R.sub.2 groups exist, they may be identical or different, andn represents 1, 2 or 3 and m represents 1 or 2, provided that n+m.gtoreq.4;and an acid addition salt thereof; a process for producing the same; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising aforesaid compound.

Abstract: A benzopyran compound represented by the following ##STR1## wherein A represents a direct bond or the bond --CH.sub.2 --O--,R.sub.1 represents a member selected from the group consisting of a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkyl group, a hydroxy-(C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkyl) group, a lower alkylamino-lower alkyl group, a nitrato-(C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkyl) group and a phenyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl group, provided that the phenyl may be substituted by a lower alkoxy group, R.sub.2 represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, OH, NO.sub.2, a carbamoyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkyleneoxy group and acetyl group,R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or NO.sub.2,B represents a direct bond, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkylene group, a --O-lower alkylene group or a --CONH-lower alkylene group, andn represents 1 or 2;and an acid addition salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition comprising aforesaid compound.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, and R.sub.2 represents a lower alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a lower alkylthio lower alkyl group, a lower alkyl group substituted by a carboxyl or hydroxyl group, or a 3-indolymethyl group, or wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 define in combination an alkylene group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, is an anti-tumor agent for leukemia and malignant tumors.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein A represents a direct bond or the bond --0--CH.sub.2--,B represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.11 alkylene group bonded to a carbon atom of the aromatic ring D either directly or through --O--, --S--, --SO-- or --NH--,W represents a carbon or nitrogen atom,R.sub.1 represents a C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 alkyl group, a hydroxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, or a phenyl- or diphenyl-alkyl group with the alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms,R.sub.2 represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, NO.sub.2, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, acetyl, allyloxy, carbamoyl and sulfamoyl, and when two or more R.sub.2 groups exist, they may be identical or different, andn represents 1, 2 or 3 and m represents 1 or 2, provided that n+m.gtoreq.4;and an acid addition salt thereof; a process for producing the same; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising aforesaid compound.

Abstract: The specification describes a nitrosourea derivative having the general formula: Cl--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --N(NO)CO--NHR, wherein --NHR represents a 2-(1,3,4-thiadiazolyl)amino group, an amino residue of a neutral .alpha.-amino acid, or an amino residue of a neutral .alpha.-amino acid whose carboxyl group is amidated with 2-(1,3,4-thiadiazolyl)amine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. The above nitrosourea derivative and its salt are useful as antitumor drugs. The above nitrosourea derivative may be prepared either by nitrosating a urea derivative of the general formula: Cl--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 NHCONHR or by reacting N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosocarbamic acid or a reactive derivative thereof with an amino compound of the general formula: R--NH.sub.2.

Abstract: A tetrahydroxanthone derivative represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl, cyano, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower acyloxy, benzoyloxy or tetrazolyl group, or ##STR2## (R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group which may be optionally substituted, or a tetrazolyl group; or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 commonly form a ring together with the adjacent nitrogen atom and another nitrogen atom or an oxygen atom); R.sub.1 is a hydrogen or halogen atom, a lower alkyl, cyano, carboxyl or tetrazolyl group, or ##STR3## (R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom, R.sub.6 is a phenyl group which may be optionally substituted, or a tetrazolyl group; or R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 commonly form a ring together with the adjacent nitrogen atom and an oxygen atom); and R.sub.2 is a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a lower alkyl group; with the proviso that neither R nor R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom; when R is --CONH.sub.2, R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: A novel monoester of cis-cyclopentenediol of the following formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## is an optically active acyl moiety. The monoester can be prepared by reacting cis-2-cyclopentene-1,4-diol with an optically active carboxylic acid of the following formula ##STR3## wherein ##STR4## is the same as defined above, or its reactive derivative, and separating the resulting reaction product into the two individual diastereomers. Lactones can be prepared from the monoesters selectively and with commercial advantage.

Abstract: Methylmethioninesulfonium compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X.crclbar. represents an anion;R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group of the formula -COR.sup.3 in which R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, the group --CH.sub.2).sub.2 COOH or the group ##STR2## in which Z represents a direct bond or a methylene or vinylene linkage, Y represents C or N, R.sup.4 represents a member selected from the class consisting of a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl groups, lower alkoxy groups, di-lower-alkylamino groups and a sulfamoyl group, n is a number of 1 to 3, and two or more R.sup.4 groups may be identical or different; andR.sup.2 represents the group --COOR.sup.5 in which R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a metal- or metal complex-forming moiety, or the group ##STR3## in which R.sup.6 groups may be identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, with the proviso that when R.sup.

Abstract: A novel monoester of cis-cyclopentenediol of the following formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## is an optically active acyl moiety. The monoester can be prepared by reacting cis-2-cyclopentene-1,4-diol with an optically active carboxylic acid of the following formula ##STR3## wherein ##STR4## is the same as defined above, or its reactive derivative, and separating the resulting reaction product into the two individual diastereomers. Lactones can be prepared from the monoesters selectively and with commercial advantage.