Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are generally muscarinic M2/M3 receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification, or individual isomers, racemic or non-racemic mixtures of isomers, or acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for their use and preparation as therapeutic drugs.

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 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: The present invention relates to biphenyl derivatives of general formula wherein Ra to Rg and n are defined as in claim 1, the isomers and salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, which are valuable inhibitors of the microsomal triglyceride-transfer protein (MTP), medicaments containing these compounds and their use, as well as the preparation thereof.

Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.

Abstract: A compound of general formula (I) 1

Abstract: P51084 The present invention relates to sulfonamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as antagonists of urotensin II.

Abstract: The invention relates to 3-hydroxy-and 3-keto-cyclohetero-substituted leucine compounds that are inhibitors of cysteine proteases, particularly cathepsin K, and are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of bone loss is a factor. The 3-hydroxy-or 3-keto-moiety is bonded to a tetrahydrothiophene, tetrahydrothiopyran, tetrahydrofuran or tetrahydropyran ring.

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: 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: and physiologically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a compound of formula I, 1

Abstract: The present invention is directed to cyclic amines of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, m and n are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-1, CCR-2, CCR-2A, CCR-2B, CCR-3, CCR-4, CCR-5, CXCR-3, and/or CXCR-4.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds and a method of treating a disease associated with aberrant leukocyte recruitment and/or activation.

Abstract: There are provided novel compounds of formula (I) 1

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: The present invention relates to the potentiation of glutamate receptor function using certain sulphonamide derivatives. It also relates to novel sulphonamide derivatives, to processes for their preparation and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: Novel amine compounds having a nitrogen-containing cyclic structure and a hydrating group such as a hydroxy, ether, ester, carbonyl, carbonate group or lactone ring are useful for use in resist compositions for preventing a resist film from thinning and also for enhancing the resolution and focus margin of resist.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: useful in the treatment of arthritis, tumor metastasis, tissue ulceration, abnormal wound healing, periodontal disease, bone disease, diabetes (insulin resistance) and HIV infection.

Abstract: Aromatic amines of the formula (I) Ar—[NR6R7]n  (I) are prepared by reacting a haloaromatic of the formula (II) Ar—Hal  (II) with an amine of the formula (III) R6R7NH  (III) in the presence of a palladaphosphacyclobutane and a base and in the presence or absence of an ionic halide in a solvent at temperatures of from 20 to 200° C.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or alkyl, R2a and R2b represent a group selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, trihaloalkyl, cyano, nitro, amino, alkylamino and dialkylamino, R3 represents hydrogen or hydroxy, X represents oxygen or methylene, V represents an alkylene chain that is optionally unsaturated and optionally substituted, U represents a bond or an alkylene chain, W represents a group selected from aryl and heteroaryl, each of those groups being optionally substituted by one or more identical or different groups, its isomers, its hydrates, its solvates and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in the treatment of diseases or pathological conditions in which endothelial dysfunction is known.

Abstract: This invention relates to muscarinic receptor antagonist compounds selected from the group of compounds represented by Formula I: wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, individual isomers or a racemic or non-racemic mixture; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; and methods for their use as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, or a prodrug thereof, as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of heterocyclic compounds of Formula I that are useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat autoimmune disorders, cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are 4,4-disubstituted and 3,3-disubstituted piperidine compounds of formula I wherein D, E, G, J, R1, a, b, c, and d are defined in the specification, compositions containing them, and their use for treating medical disorders resulting from a deficiency in growth hormone.

Abstract: Novel nonpeptide endothelin I antagonists of Formula are described wherein R1 is unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl or heteroaryl, R2 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, R3 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroayl, and R1 and/or R2 and/or R3 are independently substituted by a total of from 1 to 4 substituents which enhance aqueous solubility with the proviso that when R2 is alkyl and is substituted, the substituent is not oxygen at the &agr;-position of the furanone ring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel piperidine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical formulations containing them and to their use in medical therapy, particularly in the treatment of psychotic disorders.

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: Novel compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: The invention relates to azacycloalkane derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for preparing them, and to methods for the treatment of hyperglycaemia, diabetes, obesity or inflammation utilizing them.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that block calcium channels having the Formula I shown below. The present invention also provides methods of using the compounds of Formula I to treat stroke, cerebral ischemia, head trauma, epilepsy, asthma, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or pain and to pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds of Formula I.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula I wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification as well as to the novel intermediates obtained by said process.

Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula (I) as well as a method of treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising administration to a patient in need of such treatment of a non-toxic therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I). The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention is related to a novel intermediates and processes which are useful in the preparation of certain antihistaminic piperidine derivatives of the formula 1

Abstract: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a group of enzymes that have been implicated in the pathological destruction of connective tissue and basement membranes. These zinc containing endopeptidases consist of several subsets of enzymes including collagenases, stromelysins and gelatinases. TNF-&agr; converting enzyme (TACE), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, catalyzes the formation of TNF-&agr; from membrane bound TNF-&agr; precursor protein. It is expected that small molecule inhibitors of MMPs and TACE therefore have the potential for treating a variety of disease states. The present invention provides low molecular weight, non-peptide inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and TNF-&agr; converting enzyme (TACE) for the treatment of arthritis, tumor metastasis, tissue ulceration, abnormal wound healing, periodontal disease, bone disease, diabetes (insulin resistance) and HIV infection.

Abstract: The invention concerns a compound of formula (I) in which A is a piperidin-1-yl group non-substituted or substituted by one or several groups selected among a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group and a hydroxy group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, identical or different, are selected among a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group and a hydroxy group and their edible salts.

Abstract: This invention relates to sulfamides of formula (I) ##STR1## that are inhibitors of metalloproteases, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use and methods for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to cyclic amines of the formula I: ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, m and n are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-1, CCR-2, CCR-2A, CCR-2B, CCR-3, CCR-4, CCR-5, CXCR-3, and/or CXCR-4.

Abstract: A photochromic article that includes a host material and a photochromic amount of a benzopyran compound, the benzopyran compound represented by one of the formulas: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, and R.sub.10 are selected from hydrogen, a stable organic radical, a heterocyclic group, halogen, a nitrogen-substituted group, and a nitrogen-substituted ring compound.

Abstract: The present invention of compounds of formula (I), ##STR1## a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-6 alkyloxy, C.sub.2-6 alkenyloxy or C.sub.2-6 alkynyloxy; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyloxy, or when taken together R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form a bivalent radical of formula wherein in said bivalent radicals one or two hydrogen atoms may be substituted with C.sub.1-6 alkyl; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or halo; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; L is C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.5-6 cycloalkanone, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl optionally substituted with aryl, or L is a radical of formula -Alk-R.sup.5 -, Alk-X--R.sup.6, -Alk-Y--C(.dbd.O)--R.sup.8, or -Alk-Y--C(.dbd.O)--NR.sup.10 R.sup.11 wherein each Alk is C.sub.1-12 alkanediyl; and R.sup.5 is hydrogen, cyano, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulfonylamino, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.5-6 cycloalkanone, aryl, di(aryl)methyl or a heterocyclic ringsystem; R.sup.6 is hydrogen, C.sub.

Abstract: A compound of the chemical formula (I) and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt: ##STR1## wherein Y is C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkylene; Z is a valence bond or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylene; R.sup.1 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl (e.g., phenyl and naphthyl) or heteroaryl (e.g., thienyl and furyl); R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, hydroxy or the like; R.sup.4 is substituted or unsubstituted benzyl or the like. Typical examples are (2S*,3S*,4R*,5R*)-4-Carboxy-3-[N-(5-Isopropyl-2-methoxy-benzyl)amino]-5-me thyl-2-phenylpyrrolidine and (2S*,3S*,5S*)-5-Carboxy-3-[N-(2-methoxy-5-trifluoromethoxybenzyl)amino]-2- phenylpiperidine. The novel substituted azaheterocyclecarboxylic acids in this invention have excellent substance P antagonistic activity and are thus useful for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, central nervous system disorders, allergy, inflammatory diseases, asthma, pain, emesis or migraine in mammals, especially humans.

Abstract: Compounds are provided which inhibit microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and thus are useful for lowering serum lipids and treating atherosclerosis and related diseases. The compounds have the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.7, Q, X and Y are as defined herein.

Abstract: Di-N-substituted piperazine or 1,4 di-substituted piperadine compounds in accordance with formula I (including all isomers, salts, esters, and solvates) ##STR1## wherein R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.21, R.sup.27, R.sup.28, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein are muscarinic antagonists useful for treating cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of preparation are also disclosed. Also disclosed are synergistic combinations of compounds of the above formula or other compounds capable of enhancing acetylcholine release with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.

Abstract: R.sup.6 is H, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, cyano, or nitro;R.sup.10 is phenylthio, dialkylamino, alkylthio, alkoxycarbonyl, N-morpholinyl, or N-piperidinyl;R.sup.11 is hydrogen or alkyl;Q is alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxyiminomethyl, or Y--Ar;Y is --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 S--, or --CH.sub.2 SO.sub.2 --;Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or aromatic heterocyclic group,useful for the inhibition of the replication of HIV-1, in vitro and in vivo.

Abstract: Disclosed are furansulfonic acid derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing such derivatives. The disclosed compositions are useful for preventing and/or treating neurodegenerative, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions in mammals.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 3-alkyltetrahydrofurans by a two-step process wherein 2,3-dihydrofuran is reacted with an acetal to form an intermediate compound which may be converted to a 3-alkyltetrahydrofuran by contacting the intermediate with hydrogen in the presence of a catalytic amount of a Group VIII noble metal or rhenium, water and a strong acid.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for preparing a compound of formula III ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is bromo, iodo or COOR.sup.2 ;R.sup.2 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, phenyl which may be substituted or benzyl; andA is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic residue which may contain up to three hetero atoms and which may optionally be substituted with one or two groups selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; or a salt thereof, which comprises(a) reacting a compound of formula I ##STR2## wherein R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or phenyl which may be substituted; andR.sup.1, R.sup.2, and A are as defined above;or a salt thereof, with a sulfurization agent;(b) cyclizing the reaction product from step (a) with guanidine; and(c) optionally salifying the reaction product from step (b).

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein ring A, ring B, ring D, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.11, R.sup.12, R.sup.13, E, G, X and P are as defined below. The compounds of formula I are cholinesterase inhibitors and are useful in enhancing memory in patients suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: Triene-containing compounds which mimic the chemical and/or biological activity of the spongistatins are provided, as are methods and intermediates useful in their preparation.

Abstract: Phenylacetic acid benzylamides having the following general structure wherein the substituents are defined herein, are disclosed, which compounds are hypoglcemic agents.

Abstract: A piperidine compound of the formula (I): wherein A is a fused aromatic ring; R is hydrogen, chloro or methoxy; X is (CH2)n, which may be substituted, in which n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 10, —CH≡CH—, —C≡C—, —O—, —S—, —NH—, —N(COCH3)—, —N(COOC2H5)—, —N(CHO)—, —N(CH3)—, —CO—, —SO—, or —SO2—; Y is —CH≡CH—, —CH2CH2—, —CH2CO—, —O—, —S—, —NH—, —OCH2—, —SCH2—, —NHCH2—, —CH(OH)CH2— or —CH(OH)CH(OH)—; and Q is substituted or unsubstituted n-hexyl, carboxypropyl, ethoxycarbonylpropyl, cyanopropyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, indanyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, benzocycloheptyl, piperidinyl, tetrahydroisoquinolinyl, indolyl, pyrolyl, furyl, thienyl, thiazolyl, oxazolyl or N-methylpyrolyl, wherein any one or more of t