Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula 1 1

Abstract: Compounds of structure (1) are obtained by reduction of compounds of the structures: Compounds of structure (1), especially where Z is a hydrogen atom or a 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl group, are important intermediates for inter alia paroxetine.

Abstract: The present invention of compounds of formula (I) 1

Abstract: A compound or composition comprising N-formyl paroxetine of formula (1) is useful as a pharmaceutical and as a synthetic intermediate. The N-formyl paroxetine can be an impurity in paroxetine substances and methods of assaying for such an impurity are also useful.

Abstract: Paroxetine is adsorbed on a carrier to form a free-flowing powder useful for capsule filling or for tablet formulation; and used in therapy to treat depression.

Abstract: This invention concerns the compounds of formula (I), the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein n is zero, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; X is CH2 or O; R1 and R2 each independently are hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyl, halomethylcarbonyl or C1-6alkyl substituted with hydroxy, C1-6alkyloxy, carboxyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl or aryl; or R1 and R2 taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form a morpholinyl ring or an optionally substituted heterocycle; R3 and R4 are both halogen; or R3 is halogen and R4 is hydrogen; or R3 is hydrogen and R4 is halogen; and aryl is phenyl or phenyl substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, C1-6alkyl and halomethyl. The compounds of formula (I) may be used as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: Compound of formula (I) including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which R1 represents halo or pseudohalo and R2 represents H or an acyl group derived from a C7-C18 saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid; with the proviso that when R1 is Cl or CF3 and R2 is H then these compounds are in isolated form, their preparation and their use in the treatment of depression, anxiety, psychoses, Parkison's disease, obesity, hypertension, Tourette's syndrome, sexual dysfunction, drug addiction, drug abuse, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, senile dementia, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, panic attacks, eating disorders, anorexia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, constipation, arrhythmia, disorders of the neuroendocrine system, stress, prostatic hypertrophy, drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms or spasticity; are described.

Abstract: This invention is directed to aromatic sulfone hydroxamates (also known as “aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acids”) and salts thereof that, inter alia, inhibit matrix metalloproteinase (also known as “matrix metalloprotease” or “MMP”) activity and/or aggrecanase activity. This invention also is directed to a prevention or treatment method that comprises administering such a compound or salt in an MMP-inhibiting and/or aggrecanase-inhibiting effective amount to an animal, particularly a mammal having (or disposed to having) a pathological condition associated with MMP and/or aggrecanase activity.

Abstract: 9,11-Cycloendoperoxide derivatives of biologically active prostaglandin analogs, and particularly of the ocular hypotensive drugs Bimatoprost, Latanaprost, Unoprostone, Travoprost and prostaglandin H2 1-ethanolamide or of structurally closely related analogs, are pro-drugs which hydrolyze under physiological conditions to provide prostaglandin analogues that are capable of providing sustained ocular and other in vivo concentrations of the respective drugs. The compounds of the invention have the formula shown below where the variables have the meaning defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I and the use thereof for the treatment of a central nervous system disorder related to or affected by the 5-HT6 receptor.

Abstract: The synthesis of paroxetine can be made more convenient by using a solvent system comprising an aliphatic alcohol and a hydrocarbon co-solvent. The solvent system is used particularly in the hydrolysis of paroxetine phenylcarbamate and preferably uses butanol and toluene as the system.

Abstract: A subject of the present application is new derivatives of 4-aminopiperidines of formula 1

Abstract: Compounds of the formula useful for the treatment of depression and other diseases such as obsessive compulsive disorder, panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, obesity, addictive disorders caused by ethanol or cocaine abuse and related illnesses.

Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds of formula I or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and Ar1 have the meanings given in the specification, as well as the preparation and use thereof. The new compounds are valuable neurokinin (tachykinin) antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): which are useful for treating depression, anxiety, and alleviating the symptoms caused by withdrawal or partial withdrawal from the use of tobacco or of nicotine.

Abstract: Certain novel 4-substituted N-acylated piperidine derivatives are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula useful for the treatment of depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, obesity, addictive disorders caused by ethanol or cocaine abuse, and dysthymia.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the preparation of compounds of the formula (I), which compounds are useful as intermediates for the preparation of paroxetine of formula(V).

Abstract: A sulfonyl divalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfonyl divalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds, compositions and methods relating to novel arylsulfonanilide derivatives and their use as pharmacologically active agents. The compositions find particular use as pharmacological agents in the treatment of disease states, particularly cancer, psoriasis, vascular restenosis, infections, atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia, or as lead compounds for the development of such agents.

Abstract: A free-flowing, amorphous paroxetine hydrochloride composition suitable as a therapeutic agent for premature ejaculation can be prepared by dissolving paroxetine free base in a hydrochloric acid-ethanol solution followed by drying. The present compositions comprise amorphous paroxetine hydrochloride and at least one hydroxyl-bearing compound. In one preferred embodiment, the hydroxyl-bearing compound is ethanol and the amount of ethanol present in the amorphous product is in the range of 1 to 4 weight percent based on paroxetine hydrochloride. The amorphous product is stable and substantially non-hygroscopic.

Abstract: The present invention of compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, R1 and R2 taken together form a bivalent radical of formula wherein in said bivalent radicals one or two hydrogen atoms may be substituted with C1-6alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or halo; R4 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; L is C3-6cycloalkyl, C5-6cycloalkanone, C2-6alkenyl, or L is a radical of formula —Alk—R6—, Alk—X—R7, —Alk—Y—C(═O)—R9, or —Alk—Y—C(═O)— NR11R12 wherein each Alk is C1-12alkanediyl; and R6 is hydrogen, cyano, C1-6alkylsulfonylamino, C3-6cycloalkyl, C5-6cycloalkanone, or a heterocyclic ringsystem; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, or a heterocyclic ringsystem; X is O, SO2 or NR8; said R8 being hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R9 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxy or

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain 4-heteroaryl-3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinones compounds and their physiologically acceptable salts which modulate the activity of protein kinases (“PKs”), in particular CDK2. The compounds of the present invention are therefore useful in treating disorders related to abnormal PK activity. Pharmaceutical composition containing these compounds and methods of preparing these compounds are also described.

Abstract: A serotonin reuptake inhibitor containing a cyclic amine represented by the following formula, a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said cyclic amine or prodrug as an active ingredient: 1

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I D—CO—B—A-Het and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof where substituents in description have the specified meanings. The compounds are used as thrombin inhibitors.

Abstract: Compounds and methods are provided for the treatment of disease conditions in which modification of cholinergic, especially muscarinic m1, m4, or both m1 and m4, receptor activity has a beneficial effect. In the method, an effective amount of a compound is administered to a patient in need of such treatment.

Abstract: The present application describes modulators of CCR3 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of asthma and other allergic diseases.

Abstract: A method of producing amorphous paroxetine hydrochloride, which comprises converting paroxetine or its lower alkanoic acid salt into paroxetine hydrochloride and then spray drying a solution of the hydrochloride.

Abstract: A medicament useful for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of nerve system diseases which comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: 1

Abstract: Disclosed are processes for preparing novel carbamate intermediates of paroxetine comprising dealkylating N-alkylparoxetine by reaction thereof with a haloalkyl ester of a haloformic acid, in a suitable organic solvent. Also disclosed are processes for preparing paroxetine comprising hydrolyzing the novel carbamate intermediates in a suitable solvent. Paroxetine prepared by the above processes can be neutralized with hydrogen chloride and crystallized as paroxetine hydrochloride anhydrous, hemihydrate or as a solvate of isopropanol. The invention is further directed to the novel carbamate intermediates formed by the disclosed processes.

Abstract: A disease treatment is provided by controlling the expression of a protein induced by a heat shock factor. The novel compound benzo-1,3-dioxole provides an inhibitor of HSF activity or an inhibitor of inducing the production of a protein regulated by HSF, which inhibits the activity of a heat shock factor, a transcriptional regulatory factor, thereby in turn inhibiting transcription of a structural gene having a heat shock element sequence in the gene region for transcriptional regulation into RNA, and thus inhibiting translation of the gene into a protein, and resulting in inhibition of inducing production of RNA or protein encoded by the gene. It also provides a drug for treating or preventing cancer through thermotherapy and a drug for treating or preventing stress diseases such as depression.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to gambogic acid, analogs and derivatives thereof, represented by the general Formulae I-III: wherein R1-R5 are defined in the specification.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds and a method of treating a disease associated with aberrant leukocyte recruitment and/or activation. The method comprises administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a compound represented by the following structural formula: and physiologically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: A piperidine derivative, which can be used as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals such as paroxetine useful as antidepressants, represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen atom, benzyloxycarbonyl group or tert-butoxycarbonyl group; R2 is hydroxymethyl group, an alkylsulfonyloxymethyl group having an alkyl moiety of 1 to 2 carbon atoms, phenylsulfonyloxymethyl group which may have methyl group at the 4-position, (3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)oxymethyl group, carboxyl group or —CO2R7 group in which R7 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and Z is methylene group or carbonyl group, with proviso that, (A) when R1 is benzyloxycarbonyl group or tert-butoxycarbonyl group, then R2 is hydroxymethyl group, an alkylsulfonyloxymethyl group having an alkyl moiety of 1 to 2 carbon atoms, phenylsulfonyloxymethyl group which may have methyl group at the 4-position or (3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)oxymethyl group, and Z is methylene group; or (B) when R1 is hydrogen atom and Z is ca

Abstract: Novel compounds having general formula (I), and pharmaceutically and veterinarily acceptable salts thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, W, Y1, Y2, X, n and y are as defined above and processes for their preparation and intermediate compounds prepared therein. The novel compounds are useful for having utility in the treatment of pruritic dermatoses including allergic dermatitis and atopy in animals and humans.

Abstract: A paroxetine salt free from an organic solvent is produced by substantially and safely removing the organic solvents from paroxetine hydrochloride.

Abstract: A disease treatment is provided by controlling the expression of a protein induced by a heat shock factor.

Abstract: A piperidine derivative, which can be used as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals such as paroxetine useful as antidepressants, represented by the general formula (I): 1

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a procedure for making an enantiomerically enriched compound containing a hydronaphthalene ring structure. The process involves reacting oxabenzonorbornadienes with nucleophiles using rhodium as a catalyst and in the presence of a phosphine ligand. The compounds synthesized may be used in pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions.

Abstract: This invention concerns the compounds of formula (I), 1

Abstract: A compound or composition comprising N-formyl paroxetine of formula (1) is useful as a pharmaceutical and as a synthetic intermediate. The N-formyl paroxetine can be an impurity in paroxetine substances and methods of assaying for such an impurity are also useful.

Abstract: A process for the production of paroxetine is described, wherein N-substituted derivatives of 4-(p-fluorophenyl)-3-hydroxymethyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine are treated according to the following sequence of reactions: (a) hydrogenation catalyzed by transition metal complexes with chiral diphosphinic ligands; (b) —OH derivatisation and nucleophilic substitution, the substituent being sesamol; (c) N-dealkylation. The process is highly stereospecific and brings about the formation of intermediates enriched with the desired isomeric components, which are converted into paroxetine in quantitative yields.

Abstract: A 1,4-substituted cyclic amine derivative represented by the following formula or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A, B, C, D, T, Y, and Z each represent a methine or a nitrogen linkage; R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 each represent a substituent; n represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3; m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 6; and p represents an integer of 1 to 3. The compounds have serotonin antagonism. They are therefore clinically useful as medicaments, in particular, for treating, ameliorating, and preventing spastic paralysis. They are also useful as central muscle relaxants for ameliorating myotonia.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a pseudopolymorph of (−)-cis-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-8[4R-(3S-hydroxy-1-methyl)piperidinyl]-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one hydrochloride, a method of making same, a pharmaceutical composition and methods of using the pseudopolymorph.

Abstract: This invention provides estrogen receptor modulators of formula 1, having the structure 1

Abstract: Compounds of the formula useful for the treatment of depression and other conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder, panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, addictive disorders caused by ethanol or cocaine abuse and related illnesses.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing paroxetine HCl from paroxetine base which provides paroxetine HCl substantially free of pink-colored compounds or an impurity identified by an HPLC RRT of about 1.5. The processes of the present invention utilize a buffer, a molar ratio of HCl to paroxetine base of less than one, and crystallize/recrystallize in the presence of an effective amount of an anti-oxidants. A preferred way to create a buffer is by using ammonium chloride. A preferred anti-oxidant is ascorbic acid.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula useful for the treatment of diseases such as depression (including but not limited to major depressive disorder, childhood depression and dysthymia), anxiety, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder attention deficit disorder (with and without hyperactivity), obsessive compulsive disorder (including trichotillomania), social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obesity, eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, vasomotor flushing, cocaine and alcohol addiction, sexual dysfunction and related illnesses.

Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from hedgehog gain-of-function, ptc loss-of-function or smoothened gain-of-function comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog antagonist, such as a small molecule, in a sufficient amount to aberrant growth state, e.g., to agonize a normal ptc pathway or antagonize smoothened or hedgehog activity.