Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or hydrate thereof Wherein Y, Z, R3, U, R4, m and n are as defined in the claims.

Abstract: Compounds are provided that are modulators of the C5a receptor. The compounds are substituted piperidines and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of diseases and disorders involving the pathologic activation of C5a receptors.

Abstract: A method of preparing an aryl carbonyl or aryl thiocarbonyl compound, comprises reacting an N-(nitroaryl)-amide or N-(nitroaryl)-thioamide with an aromatic ring, with a superacid catalyst, to produce the aryl carbonyl or aryl thiocarbonyl compound. The superacid is present in an amount of at most 8 equivalents in proportion to the N-(nitroaryl)-amide or N-(nitroaryl)-thioamide. A method of preparing aryl amide or aryl thioamide, comprises reacting an N-(nitroaryl)-carbamide or N-(nitroaryl)-thiocarbamide with an aromatic ring, with a superacid catalyst, to produce the aryl amide or aryl thioamide.

Abstract: There is provided a resist composition including a polymeric compound (A1) containing a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (a0-m), and a method of forming a resist pattern using the resist composition. In the formula, R1 represents a polymerizable group; Y1 represents a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms; L1 represents a single bond or a carbonyl group; Y2 represents a divalent linking group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, provided that Y2 and R2 may be mutually bonded to form a ring with the nitrogen atom having Y2 and R2 bonded thereto; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; Y3 represents a group which forms an aromatic ring together with the two carbon atoms having Y3 bonded thereto, provided that the aromatic ring may have a nitro group or a substituent other than the nitro group bonded to the aromatic ring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of cis substituted cyclic ?-aryl or heteroaryl carboxylic acid derivatives in high diastereo- and enantioselectivity by enantioselective hydrogenation in accordance with the following scheme wherein X, Ar, n, and m are defined herein and corresponding salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pest control agent, acaricide or fungicide that contains, as the active ingredient thereof, at least one type of compound selected from the aryloxyurea compounds represented by formula (V) (wherein R1 to R5 each independently represents an alkyl group or the like, X is a halogen atom or the like, n is an integer of 0 to 5, and Z is an oxygen atom or sulfur atom) or salts thereof.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 2-hydroxy-4-(2-(phenylsulfonamido)acetamido)benzoic acid analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as inhibitors of STAT protein activity; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders of uncontrolled cellular proliferation associated with a STAT protein activity dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: Provided are a benzamide derivative as shown in formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the preparation method and use thereof for preparing a medicine for treating cancer, wherein the group definitions of formula (I) are as set out in the description.

Abstract: A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution, and an acidic compound component (J) which is decomposed by exposure to exhibit decreased acidity, wherein the acidic compound component (J) contains a compound represented by formula (J1) [in the formula, R1 represents H, OH, halogen atom, alkoxy group, hydrocarbon group or nitro group; m represents 0-4; n represents 0-3; Rx represents H or hydrocarbon group; X1 represents divalent linking group; X2 represents H or hydrocarbon group; Y represents single bond or C(O); A represents alkylene group which may be substituted with oxygen atom, carbonyl group or alkylene group which may have fluorine atom; Q1 and Q2 represents F or fluorinated alkyl group; and W+ represents primary, secondary or tertiary ammonium coutercation which exhibits pKa smaller than pKa of H2N+(X2)—X1—Y—O-A-C(Q1)(Q2)—SO3? generated by decomposition upon exposure].

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition which is excellent in resolution, low in cost, and usable in a wide range of structures of polymer precursors each of which is reacted into a final product by a basic substance or by heating in the presence of a basic substance. The photosensitive resin composition includes a base generator which has a specific structure and generates a base by exposure to electromagnetic radiation and heating, and a polymer precursor which is reacted into a final product by the base generator and by a basic substance or by heating in the presence of a basic substance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piperidine compound represented by Formula (I) (wherein X1, X2, X2, A, B and N are as defined in the Description); or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to hexafluoroisopropyl carbamate derivatives of general formula (I): in which: R, Z, A, m, and n are as defined in the disclosure; in the form of the base or of an addition salt with an acid, and to the preparation process and therapeutic application thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula I, or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and solvate of the compound, and to a composition comprising the compound of Formula I, or the isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluents. The present invention also relates to use of the compound of Formula I, or the isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and solvate thereof for combating apoptosis, preventing or treating a disease or disorder associated with apoptosis; and especially use for protecting cardiomyocyte, and for preventing or treating a disease or disorder associated with cardiomyocyte apoptosis.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound which is (a) a phenylamide derivative of formula (I) or a tautomer thereof, or (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, N-oxide, hydrate, prodrug or solvate thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases mediated by HSP90.

Abstract: Compounds of the Formula: (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and hydrates thereof, that are useful for treating hypertension, diabetes, inflammation, atherosclerosis, pain, and the like are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: Diaminoalkanes of below Formula I have now been found which are orally active and bind to aspartic proteases to inhibit their activity: They are useful in the treatment or amelioration of diseases associated with elevated levels of aspartic protease activity. The invention also relates to a method for the use of the compounds of Formula I in ameliorating or treating aspartic protease related disorders in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.

Abstract: Compounds are provided that are modulators of the C5a receptor. The compounds are substituted piperidines and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of diseases and disorders involving the pathologic activation of C5a receptors.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 1-cycloalkyl- or 1-heterocyclyl-hydroxyimino-3-phenyl-propanes of the formula wherein R1 to R7 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are GPBAR1 agonists and may therefore be useful as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.

Abstract: Amido compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: and wherein n1, n2, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein. The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and graft-versus-host disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an optically active 3-aminopiperidine or salt thereof. In the method, a racemic nipecotamide is stereoselectively hydrolyzed to obtain an optically active nipecotamide and an optically active nipecotic acid in the presence of an enzyme source derived from an organism, and then the optically active nipecotamide is derived into an optically active aminopiperidine or salt thereof by aroylation, Hofmann rearrangement, deprotection of the amino group and further deprotection; or the optically active nipecotamide is derived into an optically active aminopiperidine or salt thereof by selective protection with BOC, Hofmann rearrangement and further deprotection. It is possible by the present invention to produce an optically active 3-aminopiperidine or salt thereof useful as a pharmaceutical intermediate from an inexpensive and easily available starting material by easy method applicable to industrial manufacturing.

Abstract: 3,4-Disubstituted-4-aryl-piperidine compounds are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the 3,4-disubstituted-4-aryl-piperidine compounds and methods of their pharmaceutical uses are also disclosed. The compounds disclosed are useful, inter alia, as antagonists of opioid receptors.

Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, and use thereof for the prophylaxis or treatment of TGF-?-related diseases: wherein Y is a hydrogen atom and the like; R2 is and the like; R3 is —NR8—R9— and the like; R4, R5, R6 and R7 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom and the like; and X is and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the crystal structure of the serine protease kallikrein 7 and to the use of this crystal structure in drug discovery. The present invention also relates to compounds binding specifically to this active site of kallikrein 7.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2,3-disubstituted piperidine amide compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, in particular MMP inhibitors. The compounds of the invention have formula (1). The invention can be used in particular in the pharmaceutical field. The present invention also relates to labeled compounds of formula (2), and to the use thereof as contrast agents for detecting extracellular matrix metalloproteinases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to derivatives of ?,?-disubstituted amide compounds which comprise a substituted aryl at the ? carbon such that the substituent provides a means for attachment or incorporation of the compound to or in a polymer. The provision of such a substituent on the aryl has surprisingly been found not only to permit attachment to or incorporation in a polymer but also retention of useful antifouling activity. In embodiments, the substituent is selected from hydroxyl, ethers, es ters, carboxyls, alkylsilyls and alkenyls. Experiments demonstrate that antifouling activity can be as good or better as the corresponding unsubstituted compound and that polymers functionalised so as to include or be formed from the substituted compound can be used to reduce settlement.

Abstract: Provided are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment or prophylaxis of certain neurologic disorders, including disorders related to NMDA receptor activation, neuropsychiatric disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and other neurologic diseases, disorders and related conditions. The compounds are of the Formulas I and Ia-Ij as described herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a chronic heart disease, comprising a compound of a formula (I): wherein: R1 is one independently selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen, a methyl and an ethyl; R2 is one of a hydrogen and a methyl; and R3 is one selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen, (CH2)nAr and (CH2)nArR?R?, wherein n is one of 1 and 2, R? and R? is located at C-3 and C-4 positions, respectively, R? is a hydrogen and R? is one of a hydroxy, a fluorine, a bromine and a OMe, or R?+R?=—OCH2O—; or R2+R3 is one of wherein n is one of 4 and 5.

Abstract: A series of substituted aryl sulfone derivatives represented by Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of the instant compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of treating conditions associated with, or caused by, calcium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, urinary incontinence, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, epilepsy, diabetic neuropathy, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, sleep disorder, bipolar disorder and stroke, comprise administering an effective amount of the present compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula I: where a, R1, and R3-6 are as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.

Abstract: 4-(azacycloalkyl)benzene-1,3-diol compounds are described corresponding to general formula (I) below: Also described, are compositions including the same, processes for preparation thereof and uses thereof in pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions to treat pigmentary disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel classes of compounds which are inhibitors of interleukin-1? converting enzyme. The ICE inhibitors of this invention are characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting ICE activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as agents against interleukin-1 mediated diseases, including inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting ICE activity and methods for treating interleukin-1 mediated diseases using the compounds and compositions of this invention.

Abstract: A process is provided for the synthesis of an amide. A primary or secondary amine and a primary alcohol, with the amine and the alcohol being either moieties of different reactants or moieties of the same molecule, are contacted in the presence of a Ruthenium (II) catalyst. The Ruthenium (II) catalyst is free of a phosphine ligand. The process is also carried out in the absence of a phosphine. Providing the Ruthenium (II) catalyst includes providing an N-heterocyclic carbene.

Abstract: Aryl GPR119 agonists are provided. These compounds are useful for the treatment of diabetic diseases, including Type II diabetes and other diseases associated with poor glycemic control.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are GPCR agonists and are useful as for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: in salt or zwitterionic form or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-6, a, Z and Q are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.

Abstract: Disclosed are 4-amino-2-butenamides of Formula (I) having pharmacological activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods for the treatment of diseases mediated by the cathepsin C enzyme such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 to R15, P1, P2, A, B and Q are as defined in the claims and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, are disclosed. The compounds of formula (I) possess utility as matriptase inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of matriptase dependent conditions, particularly cancer.

Abstract: Compounds useful as protease inhibitors are provided, as are methods of use and preparation of such compounds and compositions containing such compounds. In one embodiment, the compounds are useful for inhibiting HIV protease enzymes, and are therefore useful in slowing the proliferation of HIV.

Abstract: Compounds according to the formula below are disclosed herein: Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfamoyl benzoic acid derivatives of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of various disorders which are mediated via the TRPM8 receptor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a catechol-based derivative and a pharmaceutical acceptable salt therefrom and a solvate therefrom. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diabetes and ischemia, comprising a catechol-based derivative of formula (I) and at least one selected from the group consisting of a pharmaceutical excipient, a diluent and a carrier.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for treatment and prevention of disorders and conditions characterized by reduced TGF-? signaling are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that are useful in the treatment of metabolic disorders, particularly type II diabetes mellitus and related disorders, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing enantiomerically pure cyclopropyl amine derivatives and salts thereof; the chiral intermediates such as the chiral salts are useful for the preparation of such chiral compounds and salts; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and salts; and method of using such compositions. The chiral cyclopropyl amine derivatives are useful for binding to histamine H3 receptor sites and for providing therapeutic agents for histamine H3 mediated disease.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a base generator which has sensitivity and is applicable to a wide range of applications, and a photosensitive resin composition which is applicable to a wide range of applications due to the structure of a polymer precursor in which reaction into a final product is promoted by a basic substance or by heating in the presence of a basic substance. The base generator generates a base by exposure to electromagnetic radiation and heating. The photosensitive resin composition comprises a polymer precursor in which reaction into a final product is promoted by the base generator and a basic substance or by heating in the presence of a basic substance.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted piperidines, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of cardiovascular disorders and tumour disorders.

Abstract: Compounds useful as protease inhibitors are provided, as are methods of use and preparation of such compounds and compositions containing such compounds. In one embodiment, the compounds are useful for inhibiting HIV protease enzymes, and are therefore useful in slowing the proliferation of HIV.

Abstract: Provided is a compound useful as a therapeutic drug for pain and inflammation caused by various pathological conditions such as neuropathic pain and rheumatoid arthritis. The compound of the formula (I) or a salt thereof [wherein R1 is a methyl group or a hydrogen atom, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group or an aryl carbonyl group, A represents a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group (each group may be substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and halogen), n and m each represent an integer of 1, 2 or 3, and p represents an integer of 0, 1, 2 or 3].