Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein all variables are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. A second aspect of the invention relates to the use of a compound of the invention for modulation of a mammalian nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrole compounds of formula (I) having plant growth regulating properties, to agricultural compositions comprising them, and to the use of said compounds for regulating plant growth.

Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.

Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing aldehydes and ketones from easily accessible primary and secondary alcohols by oxidation with atmospheric oxygen or pure oxygen using a catalyst system which consists of a derivative of a free nitroxyl radical.

Abstract: Chiral amino alcohol and amino phosphine compounds are provided herein, which compounds are useful for asymmetric synthesis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thiophene, furan and pyrrole compounds of formula (I) having plant growth regulating properties, to agricultural compositions comprising them, and to the use of said compounds for regulating plant growth.

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides a 4,6-diaminonicotinamide compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases caused by undesirable and/or abnormal cytokine signal transduction. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have extensively studied compounds having a JAK3 inhibitory action, and as a result, they have found that a 4,6-diaminonicotinamide compound which is the compound of the present invention has an excellent JAK3 inhibitory action and is useful as an agent for preventing or treating diseases caused by undesirable and/or abnormal cytokine signal transduction, thereby completing the present invention.

Abstract: [Object] Provided is a compound which has an excellent S1P1 agonist action, and is useful particularly as an active ingredient for an agent for preventing and/or treating a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells. [Means for Solution] According to the present invention, a 2H-chromene compound or a derivative thereof which has an excellent S1P1 agonist action, and is useful particularly as an active ingredient of an agent for preventing and/or treating a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells can be provided. The 2H-chromene compound and a derivative thereof which are the compounds of the present invention have an S1P1 agonist action, and can be used particularly for prevention and/or treatment of a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel bis-amide derivatives and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and their use as medicaments for the treatment or prevention of protozoal infections, such as especially malaria.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula where the variables have the meaning defined in the specification have analgesic and/or immunostimulant effect in mammals.

Abstract: The present application describes lactam-containing compounds and derivatives thereof of Formula I: P4—P-M-M4??I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein ring P, if present is a 5-7 membered carbocycle or heterocycle and ring M is a 5-7 membered carbocycle or heterocycle. Compounds of the present invention are useful as inhibitors of trypsin-like serine proteases, specifically factor Xa.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula wherein R1, R2, X, L, W, n, and o are defined herein and to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts thereof, with the exception of the following compounds 6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-N-phenethyl-nicotinamide (CAS 199478-31-4), N-(3,4-dichloro-benzyl)-3-fluoro-benzamide (CAS 424815-98-5), N-(4-chloro-benzyl)-3-fluoro-benzamide (CAS 544661-83-8), N-(3-chloro-benzyl)-3-fluoro-benzamide (CAS 796051-07-5), and N-phenethyl-6-phenylamino-nicotinamide (CAS 571913-74-1). The compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1 and are useful for the treatment of CNS disorders.

Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting device having an optical output with high luminance and high color purity with extremely high efficiency. The organic light-emitting device includes an organic layer between the anode and the cathode, in which one of the anode and the cathode is a transparent electrode or a semi-transparent electrode and at least one layer of the organic layer contains at least one kind of indenopyrene compound having a specific structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antifungal agent represented by the formula: wherein A1 represents a 3-pyridyl group which may have a substituent, a quinolyl group which may have a substituent, or the like; X1 represents a group represented by the formula —NH—C(?O)—, a group represented by the formula —C(?O)—NH—, or the like; E represents a furyl group, a thienyl group, a pyrrolyl group, a phenyl group, a pyridyl group, a tetrazolyl group, a thiazolyl group or a pyrazolyl group; with the proviso that A1 may have 1 to 3 substituents, and E has one or two substituents.

Abstract: A chemical genus of purinones and 1H-imidazopyridinones, which are useful as PKC?. inhibitors, and their methods of use are disclosed. The genus is represented by the formula I: wherein R1 is chosen from nitrogen-attached heterocyclyl, nitrogen-attached substituted heterocyclyl wherein the point of attachment is a nitrogen heteroatom, and R2 is chosen from aryl, substituted aryl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, hetroarylalkyl, and substituted heteroarylalkyl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein ring A is a nitrogen-containing heterocycle; ring B is an aromatic ring optionally having substituent(s); ring D is an aromatic ring optionally having substituent(s); L is a group represented by the formula R2, R3, R4a and R4b are each independently a hydrogen atom, an optionally halogenated C1-6 alkyl group or an optionally halogenated C3-6 cycloalkyl group, or R2 and R3 are optionally bonded via an alkylene chain or an alkenylene chain, or R4a and R4b are optionally bonded via an alkylene chain or an alkenylene chain; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; m and n are each independently an integer of 0 to 5; m+n is an integer of 2 to 5; and is a single bond or double bond, or a salt thereof; and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior acid secretion inhibitory effect and showing an antiulcer activity and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle, the nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle optionally has substituent(s), R2 is an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group, an optionally substituted thienyl group or an optionally substituted pyridyl group, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, or one of R3 and R4 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an optionally substituted lower alkyl group, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group, and R5 is an alkyl group or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A hydrazide compound represented by the formula (1): (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, A1, A2, J, Q and n are defined in the specification) has excellent pesticidal activity.

Abstract: Modulators of CRTH2, particularly antagonists of CRTH2, that are useful for treating various disorders, including asthma and respiratory disorders are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R, R1, R2, X, and Y are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof. Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such GSNOR inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: In part, the present invention is directed to antibacterial compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel arylpyrrolines having the formula (I) and their use as insecticides, as well as to processes for the preparation of the arylpyrrolines wherein L, A1 to A4, Y1 to Y3, R1 to R3 are as defined in the specification of the patent application.

Abstract: Certain novel N,N-di(heteroarylalkyl)amine derivatives have provided unexpected insecticidal and acaricidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula (I): wherein Ar Ar1, a, b, c, R, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R?, R3 and Rk are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of pain management, and more particularly to synergistic codrugs comprising an opioid and nornicotine which have been combined to form a single chemical codrug entity. When the codrug is administered it produces a synergistic analgesic response to pain.

Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, and chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the histamine-3 receptor ligands, methods for using such compounds and compositions, and a process for preparing compounds within the scope of formula (I).

Abstract: A method of generating a chronic myelogenic leukemia (CML) acquired chemoresistant culture model is provided. Such a method may comprise providing a naïve blast crisis CML cell line; administering/contacting the cell line with a mutation-inducing dose of imatinib; maintaining a culture of the treated cell line for a period of time until the treated cell line relapses and repopulates the culture; and determining the repopulated cell culture is a CML acquired chemoresistant cell line by detecting a BCR-ABL mutation, wherein the acquired chemoresistance is achieved by a BCR-ABL mutation.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are GPR40 G protein-coupled receptor modulators which may be used as medicaments.

Abstract: [Problems] A useful compound which can be used as a pharmaceutical, in particular, an agent for treating peripheral arterial occlusive disease is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have conducted extensive studies on EP4 receptor agonists, and as a result, have found that a novel pyridone compound, in which a group having an acidic group is substituted at the 1-position of the pyridone ring, the 6-position is bonded with an aromatic ring group via a linking part, and the linking part contains a nitrogen atom, has an excellent EP4 receptor agonistic action, thereby completing the present invention. Since the compound of the present invention has an excellent EP4 receptor agonistic action, it is useful as a pharmaceutical, in particular, as an agent for treating peripheral arterial occlusive disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel aryl pyrrolidines having an excellent insecticidal action as insecticides. Aryl pyrrolidines represented by the formula (I) and use thereof as insecticide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic studies of a novel thiophenediamine derivative having a urea structure and to finding pharmaceutical actions thereof. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof. In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group which may have a substituent, etc. R3 represents a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group which may have a substituent, a lower cycloalkyloxy group which may have a substituent, etc. R4 and R5 are the same or different and represent a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a hydroxy group, etc. X represents a lower alkylene group which may have a substituent, etc. Y represents a single bond or a lower alkylene group which may have a substituent, etc. W1-W2 represents N—CH, CH—N, etc. and l and m are the same or different and represent 0, 1, etc.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula (I), in which D, E, G, W, X, Y, T, R1 and R2 are as defined in Patent Claim 1, are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of thromboembolic diseases and for the treatment of tumours.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds of the formula I and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are prodrugs of inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity.

Abstract: The present teachings relate to compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, esters, and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, ring A, and Z are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of preparing compounds of Formula I and methods of use compounds of Formula I in treating pathologic conditions or disorders mediated wholly or in part by deacetylases.

Abstract: Pegylated pyridinium and thiazolium compounds and methods of their use in medicine, research, industry, agriculture and recreational activities are disclosed. The present invention also provides methods of controlling microbial growth and infection. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of controlling microbial infestations relating to industrial and agricultural uses. The present invention can also be used to control insects.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula I. The compounds of the present invention are potent tyrosine kinase modulators, and are suitable for the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions related to abnormal activities of tyrosine kinase receptors.

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of nano-organocatalysts, and, more specifically, to the use of magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalysts. It is an object of the present invention to provide “green” catalysts and protocols. According to one embodiment of the invention, a nano-organocatalyst in the form of a magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalyst is provided. According to other embodiments of the invention, glutathione and cysteine are provided as organocatalysts and magnetic nanomaterial-supported glutathione and magnetic nanomaterial-supported cysteine are provided for use as nano-organocatalysts. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method of using a recyclable magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalyst using a totally benign aqueous protocol, without using any organic solvent in the reaction or during the workup, is provided.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as microbiocides.

Abstract: A process for preparation of E-isomer of 1-(4-methylphenyl)-1-(2-pyridyl)-3-pyrrolidinoprop-1-ene of Formula-I, and acid addition salts thereof, said process comprising; dehydrating 1-(4-methylphenyl)-1-(2-pyridyl)-3-pyrrolidinopropan-1-ol of Formula III followed by adding a base solution to obtain a mixture of E and Z isomers of 1-(4-methylphenyl)-1-(2-pyridyl)-3-pyrrolidinoprop-1-ene, and washing said mixture of E and Z isomers of 1-(4-methylphenyl)-1-(2-pyridyl)-3-pyrrolidinoprop-1-ene with water to dissolve Z isomer and to obtain E-isomer of 1-(4-methylphenyl)-1-(2-pyridyl)-3-pyrrolidinoprop-1-ene of Formula I, which is substantially free from Z isomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods for imaging translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) expression in a subject. This invention also relates to compounds and methods for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, inflammation or anxiety in a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of 1-alkyl or 1-cycloalkyl derivatives of 3-hydroxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridine-2-carboxamide of formula (I). The process includes reacting an amine R2NH2 with a compound of formula (II) in a solution of metal hydroxide in water to give a compound of formula (III). Subsequent reaction of the compound of formula (III) with an acid chloride formation reagent in an inert solvent gives compounds of formula (I). The acid chloride formation reagent is selected from oxalyl chloride and dimethylformamide, dimethylchloromethylene-ammonium chloride and thionyl chloride and dimethylformamide. If desired, a compound of formula (I) where R5 is hydrogen may be formed when an intermediate substituent is used wherein R5 is an alcohol protective group removable by catalytic hydrogenation.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 2-pyrrolidinyl-3-amido-6-amino-pyridine derivatives having medical utility, to use of the 2-pyrrolidinyl-3-amido-6-amino-pyridine derivatives of the invention for the manufacture of a medicament, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the 2-pyrrolidinyl-3-amido-6-amino-pyridine derivatives of the invention, and to methods of treating a disorder, disease or a condition of a subject, which disorder, disease or condition is responsive to activation of Kv7 channels.

Abstract: Methods of synthesizing nicotine analogs and derivatives are described. In some embodiments the methods utilize an alkyl or aryl silyl-substituted nicotine analog intermediate. Intermediates useful for the synthesis of nicotine and nicotine analogs are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the structure useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) is contained as an active ingredient: wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like, or R1 together with a nitrogen atom to which L, Z2 and R1 are attached may form an aliphatic nitrogenated heterocyclic group and R1 and R2 together with a nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form an aliphatic nitrogenated heterocyclic group; X represents a methine group or a nitrogen atom; Y represents —CH2—O—, —CH?CH— or the like; Z1 represents a single bond, a C1-4 alkylene group or the like; Z2 represents a single bond or a C1-4 alkylene group; L represents a methylene group, a C3-8 cycloalkylene group or the like; and Ar represents an aromatic carbocyclic group or the like. The compound is useful as a pharmaceutical for a central nerves system disease, a cardiovascular disease or a metabolic disease.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dyeing composition containing a thiol/disulphide fluorescent colorant comprising a heterocycle, and to a method for colouring keratin materials, especially keratin fibres, particularly human keratin fibres such as hair, with a lightening effect, using said composition. The invention also relates to novel thiol/disulphide fluorescent colorants and the uses thereof for lightening keratin materials. Said composition produces a lightening effect which is especially tenacious and visible on dark keratin fibres.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for preventing or treating schizophrenia or the like, wherein the compound of the present invention has GPRS2 agonist activity.