Cyano Attached Indirectly To The Six-membered Hetero Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 546/330)
  • Patent number: 6812229
    Abstract: It is to provide a novel fungicide having high controlling effects on plant diseases particularly on wheat powdery mildew and cucumber gray mold, without ill effects on crops. A carbamate derivative represented by the general formula [I] {wherein X is a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group or the like, n is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4, R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group or the like, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, G is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like, Y is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C10 alkyl group, C2-C10 alkenyl group or the like, and Q is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 haloalkyl group, a phenyl group or the like} and an agricultural/horticultural fungicide containing the same as the active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignees: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Ozaki, Shunichiro Fukumoto, Ryuji Tamai, Kazuhiro Ikegaya, Norihisa Yonekura, Takahiro Kawashima, Junetsu Sakai, Norimichi Muramatsu, Makikazu Takagaki, Kouzou Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20040215022
    Abstract: Disclosed are colorant compounds of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Donald R. Titterington, Clifford R. King
  • Publication number: 20040209925
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicants: ELAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY
    Inventors: Shon R. Pulley, John A. Tucker
  • Publication number: 20040192740
    Abstract: Compounds which have utility in the treatment of conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicants: MitoKor, Inc., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Soumitra S. Ghosh, Yazhong Pei, Xiao-Qing Tang, Spiros Liras, Michael K. Ahlijanian
  • Publication number: 20040180940
    Abstract: Novel thyroid receptor ligands are provided having the general formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: William N. Washburn, Wei Meng, Denis E. Ryono, Bruce A. Ellsworth, Thomas Ericsson, Mahmoud Rahimi-Ghadim, Neeraj Garg, Johan Malm
  • Publication number: 20040176425
    Abstract: Novel thyroid receptor ligands are provided having the general formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: William N. Washburn, Wei Meng
  • Publication number: 20040171654
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Solomon Ugashe, Zheng Wei, J. J. Wright, Andrew Pennell
  • Publication number: 20040142981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibacterial agents that are useful for sterilization, sanitation, antisepsis, disinfection, and treatment of antibacterial infections in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Atli Thorarensen, J. Craig Ruble, Donna Lee Romero
  • Publication number: 20040110802
    Abstract: The invention provides antimicrobial agents and methods of using the agents for sterilization, sanitation, antisepsis, disinfection, and treatment of infections in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Atli Thorarensen, J. Craig Ruble, Jed F. Fisher, Donna Lee Romero, Thomas J. Beauchamp, Jill M. Northuis
  • Patent number: 6747146
    Abstract: Method of producing compounds of formula wherein R1 is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, or a radical —N(R3)R4; or R2 and R6 together are —CH2—CH2—S—; R3 and R4 are hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl or a radical —CH2B; R6 is hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl, aryl or benzyl; or R3 and R6 together are —CH2—CH2—, —CH2—CH2—CH2—, —CH2—O—CH2—, —CH2—S—CH2— or —CH2—N(R5)—CH2—; X is CH—CN; CH—NO2 or N—NO2; A is an optionally substituted, aromatic or non-aromatic, monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic radical; and B is optionally substituted phenyl, 3-pyridyl or thiazolyl; characterised in that a compound of formula wherein R2, R6 and X have the same significance as given above in formula (I), is reacted in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst and a base with a compound of f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Gottfried Seifert, Thomas Rapold, Verena Gisin
  • Patent number: 6743564
    Abstract: Amine compounds having a cyano group are useful in resist compositions for preventing a resist film from thinning and also for enhancing the resolution and focus margin of resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Tomohiro Kobayashi, Takeru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040097563
    Abstract: 4-aryl pyrimidine compounds of general formula and salts thereof: wherein X is CH or N; R1 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, etc.; R2 is hydrogen or hydroxy; R3 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R4 is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, amino, etc.; R5 is hydroxy, amino, carboxy, etc.; R6 is hydrogen, carbamoyl, cyano, carboxy, C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, etc. and R7 is amino or C1-6 alkanoylamino. The compounds (I) or the salts thereof have an excellent anti-inflammatory activity and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiki Murata, Sachiko Sasaki, Takashi Yoshino, Yuka Ikegami, Tsutomu Masuda, Mitsuyuki Shimada, Takuya Shintani, Makoto Shimazaki, Timothy B. Lowinger, Karl B. Ziegelbauer, Kinji Fuchikami, Masaomi Umeda, Hiroshi Komura, Nagahiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040082627
    Abstract: Compound having Formula 1: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: James W. Darrow, Robert W. DeSimone, Douglas A. Pippin, Scott A. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20040082625
    Abstract: The compounds of the invention are represented by the following general structure 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Michael G. Kelly, Shimin Xu, Ning Xi, Philip Miller, John F. Kincaid, Chiara Ghiron, Thomas Coulter
  • Publication number: 20040072371
    Abstract: Compositions useful for labeling &bgr;-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Jorge R. Barrio, Andrej Petric, Nagichettiar Satyamurthy, Gary W. Small, Gregory M. Cole, Sung-Cheng Huang
  • Publication number: 20040067987
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods treating arthritic disorders such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, and for treating other diseases associated with altered mitochondrial function, such as cancer, psoriasis, stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: MitoKor
    Inventors: Soumitra S. Ghosh, Tomas R. Szabo
  • Patent number: 6716981
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 2,5-diamino-4,6-dihalopyrimidine of the formula: in which X is a halogen atom, comprising reacting 2,5-diamino-4,6-dihydroxypyrimidine or its salt of the formula: with a phosphorus oxyhalide and a quaternary ammonium halide or an amine in a halogenated hydrocarbon as a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventors: Elie Saikali, Walter Brieden
  • Publication number: 20040047806
    Abstract: A new class of alpha-cyanomethine and alpha-cyanopolymethine dyes is provided having moieties which serve for the covalent attachment to biological substrates and resulting in the fluorescent labeling of the substrates. The labeled substrates are useful in analytical techniques for the detection and measurement of biological and clinical compounds of interest. Of particular interest is a class of methine molecules which are non-fluorescent in buffer solutions but intensely fluoresce when they enter a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventor: Spyros Theodoropulos
  • Publication number: 20040044017
    Abstract: Compounds of formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventor: Stephan Trah
  • Patent number: 6699884
    Abstract: Methods of treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated disorders comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more fluoro-substituted benzenesulfonyl compounds corresponding to Formula I: wherein A, X, n, R1, R2, and R3 are as described in the specification, and novel fluoro-substituted benzenesulfonyl compounds within Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Brown, Matthew J. Graneto, Cindy L. Ludwig, John M. Molyneaux, John J. Talley
  • Publication number: 20040039033
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Karnail S. Atwal, Gary J. Grover, Charles Z. Ding, Philip D. Stein, John Lloyd, Saleem Ahmad, Lawrence G. Hamann, David Green, Francis N. Ferrara
  • Publication number: 20040029932
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (IA) and Formula (IB) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Younes Bekkali, Mario G. Cardozo, Christian Hanke Justus Joachim Harcken, Thomas M. Kirrane, Daniel Kuzmich, John Robert Proudfoot, Hossein Razavi, Hidenori Takahashi, David S. Thomson, Ji Wang, Renee Zindell
  • Publication number: 20040014796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel selective cathepsin S inhibitors, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and N-oxides thereof, their uses as therapeutic agents and the methods of their making.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: AXYS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Graupe, John O. Link, John W. Patterson, Sheila Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20040006093
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Eugene D. Thorsett, Christopher M. Semko, Michael A. Pleiss, Anthony Kreft, Andrei W. Konradi, Francine S. Grant, Reinhardt Bernhard Baudy, Dimitrios Sarantakis
  • Publication number: 20030232863
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel class of compounds which are cysteine protease inhibitors, including but not limited to, inhibitors of cathepsins K, L, S and B. These compounds are useful for treating diseases in which inhibition of bone resorption is indicated, such as osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher I. Bayly, Cameron Black, Serge Leger, Chun Sing Li, Dan McKay, Christophe Mellon, Jacques Yves Gauthier, Vouy-Linh Truong, Cheuk Lau, Michel Therien, Michael J. Green, Bernard L. Hirschbein, James William Janc, James T. Palmer, Chitra Baskaran
  • Publication number: 20030229228
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel pesticidally active &agr;-sulfin- and &agr;-sulfonamino acid amides of the general formula (I) including the optical isomers thereof and mixtures of such isomers, wherein n is a number zero or one; R1-R9 have the meanings given in the specification R10 is either hydrogen, (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) wherein R13, R14, R16, R17 and R19 are each independently hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl, R15 is C4-C12 alkyl; C1-C12 halogenalkyl; C3-C8 cycloalkyl; optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl, R18 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; and Z is oxygen, sulfur —CR20R21— or —NR22—, wherein R20, R21 and R22 independently of each other are hydrogen of C1-C4 alkyl; provided that when R8 is hydrogen, R9 is not C1-C6-alkoxy, C3-C6 alkenyloxy or C3-C6-alkynyloxy in position 3 of the phenyl ring carrying these radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Martin Zeller, Clemens Lamberth, Henry Szczepanski, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Publication number: 20030212097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compound of formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Nancy Elisabeth Krauss, Taraneh Mirzadegan, Wylie Solang Palmer, David Bernard Smith
  • Patent number: 6638940
    Abstract: Compounds of formula are described, wherein R1 and R2 are for example, independently of each other, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, halogen-C1-C6-alkyl, halogen-C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkinyl, halogen-C2-C4-alkenyl and halogen-C2-C4-alkinyl; R3 is hydrogen, OH, halogen, C1-C6-alkoxy, or —O—C(═O)—C1-C6-alkyl; R4 is for example phenyl, benzyl, phenoxy or benzyloxy, which is substituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, NO2, C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cyclalkyl-C1-C6-alkyl, halogen-C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C3-C8-cycloalkoxy, C3-C8-cycloalkoxy-C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkoxy-C1-C6-alkoxy, halogen-C1-C6-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkinyl, halogen-C2-C4-alkenyl, halogen-C2-C4-alkinyl, C2-C6-alkenyloxy, C2-C6-alkinyloxy, halogen-C2-C6-alkenyloxy, halogen-C2-C6-alkenyloxy, —NR6—C(═O)—O—C1-C6-alkyl, —NR6—C(═O)—O-halogen-C1-C6-alkyl, —C(R7)═N&
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephan Trah
  • Patent number: 6638962
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I): wherein: X represents a bond or alkylene, CO, S(O)n, —S(O)n—A1—, —CO—A1—, —A—S(O)n—A′1— or —A1—CO—A′1—, Y represents aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl, each unsubstituted or substituted, R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently of the others represent hydrogen or aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl, each unsubstituted or substituted, or R1, R2, R3 and R4, taken in pairs, together form a bond, or form a fused benzene ring or a fused aromatic or partially unsaturated heterocycle, T represents —CH(R5)—, —N(R5)— or —N(R5)CO—, V represents hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl, A2 represents [C(R6)(R′6)]p, R7 and R8 are as defined in the description, their isomers and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base and medicinal products containing t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Les Laboratoires Servier
    Inventors: Patrick Casara, Thierry Le Diguarher, Gilbert Dorey, John Hickman, Alain Pierre, Gordon Tucker, Nicolas Guilbaud
  • Patent number: 6635645
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to methods for the treatment or prevention of disorders associated with a dysfunction of the nicotinic receptors utilizing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Sanofi-Synthelabo
    Inventors: Alistair Lochead, Samir Jegham, Alain Nedelec, Jean Jeunesse, Frédéric Galli, Luc Even
  • Patent number: 6630495
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or (II): or salts therefor are used as phytopathogenic fungicides wherein the various radicals and substitutents are as defined in the description. Pesticidal compositions contain these compounds together with an agriculturally acceptable diluent or carrier. The compounds and compositions are applied in methods for combating pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience GmbH
    Inventors: Tracey Cooke, Tennyson Ekwuru, David Hardy, Peter Millward, Brian Moloney, Andrew Pettinger, Peter Stanley Thomas, Richard Michael Turner
  • Patent number: 6624179
    Abstract: A geometrical isomer of an acrylonitrile compound represented by the formula (I) or of its salt, or a mixture thereof: [wherein T is phenyl or pyridyl, which is substituted by R2, Q is phenyl, thienyl, pyridyl or benzyl, which may be substituted by R3, R1 is —C(═O)R4 or —C(═S)R4, R4 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylthio, —N(R5)R6, phenyl, phenoxy, phenylthio, benzyl, benzyloxy, benzylthio, —J, —O—J or —S—J], wherein the geometrical isomer has a longer retention time when analyzed by reversed phase liquid chromatography in which a packing comprising silica having chemically bonded thereto an alkyl group selected from trimethyl, octyl and octadecyl, is used as the stationary phase, and a polar solvent selected from water, methanol and acetonitrile, is used as the mobile phase, and the geometrical isomer mixture contains such ge
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Koyanagi, Yuji Nakamura, Masayuki Morita, Tsuyoshi Ueda, Akihiro Hisamatsu, Mayumi Kanamori
  • Publication number: 20030176465
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Werner Mederski, Horst Juraszyk, Dieter Dorsch, Christos Tsaklakidis, Johannes Gleitz, Christopher Barnes
  • Publication number: 20030176707
    Abstract: A novel process is provided for the preparation of 2,5-di-(3′-aminopropyl)pyridine which is useful in the synthesis of &agr;v&bgr;3 integrin receptor antagonists. Also provided are useful intermediates obtained from the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Philip J. Pye
  • Publication number: 20030166693
    Abstract: The present invention provides an AP-1 activation inhibitor, NF-kappa B activation inhibitor, inflammatory cytokine production inhibitor, matrix metalloprotease production inhibitor, inflammatory cell adhesion molecule expression inhibitor, anti-inflammatory agent, antirheumatic agent, immunosuppressant, cancer metastasis inhibitor, remedy for arteriosclerosis and antiviral agent which contain the benzene derivative of the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC
    Inventors: Yukio Iino, Kohichi Fujita, Takashi Tsuji, Ariko Kodaira, Kenji Takehana, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20030153596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thiourca derivatives as a modulator for vanilloid receptor (VR) and the phar- maceutical compositions containing the same. As diseases associated with the activity of vanilloid receptor, pain acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, post-operative pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, diabetic neuropathy, neurodegeneration, neurotic skin disorder, stroke, urinary bladder hypersensitiveness, irritable bowel syndrome, a respiratory disorder such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, irritation of skin, eye or mucous membrane, fervescence, stomach-duodenal ulcer, inflam- matory bowel disease and inflammatory diseases can be enumerated. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of these diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Young Ger Suh, Uh Taek Oh, Hee Doo Kim, Jee Woo Lee, Hyeung Geun Park, Ok Hui Park, Yong Sil Lee, Young Ho Park, Yung Hyup Joo, Jin Kyu Choi, Kyung Min Lim, Sun Young Kim, Jin Kwan Kim, Hyun Ju Koh, Joo Hyun Moh, Yeon Su Jeong, Jung Bum Yi, Young Im Oh
  • Publication number: 20030139457
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for modulating proliferation or differentiation in a cell or tissue comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog agonist, such as the compounds depicted in FIGS. 32 and 33. In certain embodiments, the methods and reagents may be employed to correct or inhibit an aberrant or unwanted growth state, e.g., by antagonizing a normal ptc pathway or agonizing smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony David Baxter, Edward Andrew Boyd, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Oivin Guicherit, Jeffery Porter, Stephen Price, Lee Rubin, John Harry Alexander Stibbard
  • Publication number: 20030135063
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I are useful for treating conditions associated with hyperglycemia, especially Type II diabetes. These compounds are useful in stimulating the kinase activity of the insulin receptor, activating the insulin receptor, and stimulating the uptake of glucose. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antidiabetic compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Wayne R. Spevak, Songyuan Shi, Prasad V.V.S.V. Manchem, Michael R. Kozlowski, Steven R. Schow, Robert T. Lum
  • Publication number: 20030109559
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Andrea Gailunas, John A. Tucker, Ruth TenBrink, John Mickelson
  • Patent number: 6566527
    Abstract: A five-step process for preparing 1-(6-methylpyridin-3-yl)-2-[4-methylsulfonyl)phenyl]ethanone of formula (I): The process involves the following steps: (a) 4-(methylthio)benzyl alcohol is converted into 4-(methylthio)benzyl chloride; (b) 4-(methylthio)benzyl chloride is converted with an alkali metal cyanide into 4-(methylthio)phenylacetonitrile; (c) 4-(methylthio)phenylacetonitrile is condensed with a 6-methyinicotinic ester to give 3-[2-(2-(methylthio)phenyl)-2-cyanoacetyl](6-methyl)pyridine; (d) 3-[2-(4-(methylthio)phenyl-2-cyanoacetyl](6-methyl)pyridine is hydrolyzed and decarboxylated under acidic conditions to give 3-[2-(4-(methylthio)-phenyl)acetyl](6-methyl)pyridine is hydrolyzed and decarboxylated under acidic conditions to give 3-[2-(4-(methylthio)phenyl)acetyl(6-methyl)pyridine; and (e) 3-[2(4-(methylthio)phenyl)acetyl](6-methyl)pyridine is oxidized to give the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., Lonza AG
    Inventors: Yves Bessard, James Edward Leresche
  • Publication number: 20030092747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Heinrich Josef Schostarez, Robert Alan Chrusciel
  • Publication number: 20030092915
    Abstract: Method of producing compounds of formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Gottfried Seifert, Thomas Rapold, Verena Gisin
  • Publication number: 20030087939
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel succinate derivative compounds of the formula (I)/(Ia): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Younes Bekkali, Eugene Richard Hickey, Weimin Liu, David S.. Thomson
  • Patent number: 6555562
    Abstract: Phenylalanine derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R is a carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof; L1 is a linker atom or group; Ar is an optionally substituted aromatic group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of alpha4 integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immune or inflammatory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Celltech R&D Limited
    Inventors: Sarah Catherine Archibald, John Clifford Head, Graham John Warrellow, John Robert Porter
  • Publication number: 20030073722
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of antiinflammatory pharmaceutical agents and specifically relates to compounds, compositions and methods for treating disorders mediated by cyclooxygenase-2 or 5-lipoxygenase, such as inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Talley, James A. Sikorski, Matthew J. Graneto, Bryan H. Norman, Balekudru Devadas, Hwang-Fun Lu
  • Publication number: 20030069289
    Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Yoichi Iimura, Takashi Kosasa
  • Publication number: 20030069287
    Abstract: Prodrugs of COX-2 inhibitors and methods of their preparation are described. The prodrugs of COX-2 inhibitors are described as being useful in treating inflammation and inflammation-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Talley, James W. Malecha, Stephen Bertenshaw, Matthew J. Graneto, Jeffery S. Carter, Jinglin Li, Srinivasan Nagarajan, David L. Brown, Donald J. Rogier, Thomas D. Penning, Ish K. Khanna, Xiangdong Xu, Richard M. Weier
  • Publication number: 20030045556
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods treating arthritic disorders such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, and for treating other diseases associated with altered mitochondrial function, such as cancer, psoriasis, stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: MitoKor
    Inventors: Soumitra S. Ghosh, Tomas R. Szabo
  • Publication number: 20030045726
    Abstract: Cyano and carboxy derivatives of substituted styrenes are inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor &agr;, nuclear factor &kgr;B, and phosphodiesterase and can be used to combat cachexia, endotoxic shock, retrovirus replication, asthma, and inflammatory conditions. A typical embodiment is 3,3-bis-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acrylonitrile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: George W. Muller, Mary Shire
  • Patent number: 6525036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cysteine protease inhibitors of Formula I: the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and N-oxide derivatives thereof, their use as therapeutic agents and methods of making them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Renata Marcella Oballa, Petpiboon Prasit, Joel Stephane Robichaud, Elise Isabel, Eduardo Setti, Dan-Xiong Wang, Rohan V. Mendonca, Shankar Venkatraman