Abstract: Compounds having the structures of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis: In the compounds of Formula I, B or R2 is a phenyl group which has an ortho aryl, heterocyclic, benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent, and one other position on the 5-membered ring has an aromatic, heterocyclic, cycloalkyl, benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent connected directly to the ring or attached to the ring through a —CH2—.

Abstract: This invention describes the discovery and synthesis of N-thiolated 2-oxazolidinones as a new class of anti bacterial agents. These compounds can be synthesized from 2-oxazolidinones by Ndeprotection and N-sulfenylation. These new substances were found to exhibit potent anti-bacterial activity, including bacteriostatic properties against Staphylococcus spp., including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Bacillus spp., including Bacillus anthracis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indole oximes and methods of using them.

Abstract: In particular, zolmitriptan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which includes a) Preparation of the diazonium salt of the aniline hydrochloride (II); followed by reduction and acidification to give hydrazine (III); b) In situ Reaction of the hydrazine hydrochloride (III) with ?-keto-?-valerolactone, to give the hydrazone (IV); c) Fischer indole synthesis of the hydrazone (IV), to give the pyranoindolone of formula (V); d) Transesterification of the pyranoindolone (V) to provide the compound (VI), in which R means a straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl; e) Conversion of the hydroxyl group of the compound (VI) into dimethylamino to give the indolecarboxylate (VII), in which R means a straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl; f) Saponification of the 2-carboalkoxy group of the compound (VII), to provide indolecarboxylic acid (VIII); g) Decarboxylation of the indolecarboxylic acid (VIII), to provide zolmitriptan and, eventually, to provide a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: This invention describes the discovery and synthesis of N-thiolated 2-oxazolidinones as a new class of anti bacterial agents. These compounds can be synthesized from 2-oxazolidinones by Ndeprotection and N-sulfenylation. These new substances were found to exhibit potent anti-bacterial activity, including bacteriostatic properties against Staphylococcus spp., including methicillin resistant Staphylcoccus aureus (MRSA), and Bacillus spp., including Bacillus anthracis.

Abstract: This invention includes oxazolidinone prodrug compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) as defined herein. The prodrugs are convertible by natural biological processes into an active ingredient possessed of antimicrobial properties useful in treating bacterial infections in mammals.

Abstract: Compounds useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases and disorders by inhibiting the activity of KSP are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds, being 3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives of formula I wherein W represents COOH group or its bioisosters, or —COO—C1–C4-alkyl group; Y represents NH, N—C1–C10-alkyl, O, or S; Z represents NH, N—C1–C10-alkyl, N-aryl, N-heteroaryl, S, or O; X represents O, S, NH, N—C1–C10-alkyl, N-aryl, NSO2—C1–C10-alkyl, N—SO2-aryl, or N—SO2-heteroaryl; R1, to R6 each independently represent hydrogen atom or a substituent defined in the description; A is as defined in the description; n represents an integer from 0 to 4, inclusive; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are the ligands of PPAR-gamma receptor and are useful as medicaments.

Abstract: This invention relates an inhibitory modulator of AQP4 protein regarding its transmembrane water transport properties, wherein the modulator selectively binds to the AQP4 protein, and inhibits AQP4 mediated water transport.

Abstract: A process for producing N-carboxyanhydrides is disclosed. The process produces N-carboxyanhydrides as a product and HCl as a by-product. The HCl by-product is purged from the reaction mixture by passing a purge gas through the reaction mixture as a carbonylation reagent is reacting with an amino acid or a salt thereof. The N-carboxyanhydrides produced by this process have a relatively lower chloride impurity content, relatively higher yields can be achieved, and the N-carboxyanhydrides can be produced on a larger scale.

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds, their salts and compositions related thereto having activity against mammalian factor Xa are disclosed. The compounds are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides certain [3.1.0] bicyclic oxazolidinone derivatives of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof that are antibacterial agents, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use, and methods for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: is disclosed as an HIV protease inhibitor. Methods and compositions for inhibiting an HIV infection are also disclosed.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which 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 disorders

Abstract: The present invention relates to acyloxymethylcarbamate oxazolidinones. The compounds of the present invention have potent activity with excellent oral bioavailability against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Abstract: A process for performing a catalytic Diels-Alder reaction by reacting a diene with a dienophile in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a zeolitic material exchanged or impregnated with ions of a Lewis acidic metal is described. The catalyst, for example, copper-exchanged zeolite Y, may be treated with chiral bis(imine) compounds to direct the chirality of the reaction products. The catalyst can be separated from the reaction mixture and re-used in further Diels Alder reactions.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods of synthesizing 2-substituted azole compunds of formula (I): The invention is also relates to compounds of formula (I) and to intermediate compounds in the synthesis method.

Abstract: The invention describes compositions and kits comprising 4-aza-4-(2-methyl-2-sulfanylpropyl) tricyclo(5.2.1.0<2,6>)dec-8-ene-3,5-dione; 4-aza-4-(2-methyl-2-(nitrosothio)propyl) tricyclo(5.2.1.0<2,6>)dec-8-ene-3,5-dione; 4-{1-methyl-1-((2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)methylthio)ethyl}-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one; 2-aAmino-3-methyl-3-((2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)methylthio)butan-1-ol; 4-(1-methyl-1-(nitrosothio)ethyl)-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compositions of the invention can further comprise at least one penetration enhancer, at least one compound that donates, transfers or releases nitric oxide, elevates endogenous levels of endothelium-derived relaxing factor, stimulates endogenous synthesis of nitric oxide or is a substrate for nitric oxide synthase and/or at least one vasoactive agent.

Abstract: Methods for the preparation of N-arylated oxazolidinone compounds via a copper catalyzed cross coupling reaction are disclosed.

Abstract: This application relates to monomers of the general formula (I) for the preparation of PNA (peptide nucleic acid) oligomers and provides method for the synthesis of both predefined sequence PNA oligomers and random sequence PNA oligomers: wherein E is sulfur or oxygen; J is nitrogen or C—R?; R1, R? is independently H, halogen, alkyl, nitro, nitrile, alkoxy, halogenated alkyl, halogenated alkoxy or a functional group having one of following general formulae: wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, is independently selected from H, halogen such as F, Cl, Br or I, CF3, alkyl, preferably C1–C4 alkyl, nitro, nitrile, alkoxy, preferably C1–C4 alkoxy, halogenated (such as F, Cl, Br and I) alkyl, preferably halogenated C1–C4 alkyl, halogenated (such as F, Cl, Br and I) alkoxy, preferably halogenated C1–C4 alkoxy, phenyl, and halogenated (such as F, Cl, Br and I phenyl; R2 is H or protected or unprotected side chain of natural or unnatural ?-amino acid; and B is a natural or unnatural nucleobase, wherein when said nuc

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or an in-vivo-hydrolysable ester thereof, wherein —N-HET is, for example, (Ic) or (If) wherein R1 is, for example, halogen or a (1–4C)alkyl group which is substituted by one substituent selected from, for example, hydroxy, (1–4C)alkoxy, amino, cyano or azido; Q is selected from, for example, Q1 wherein R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or fluoro; T is selected from a range of groups, for example, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2; are useful as antibacterial agents; and processes for their manufacture and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that are antagonists of CGRP receptors and that are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. 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 CGRP is involved.

Abstract: A method for producing a cyclic carbamate ester produces the cyclic carbamate ester by reacting an organic compound having at least two halogen atoms per molecule, an amine having at least two hydrogen atoms on a nitrogen atom, and carbon dioxide.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, or in-vivo-hydrolysable esters thereo Formula (I): wherein N-HeT is for example triazolyl; Q is for example phenyl or pyridyl, substituted with: T is for example selected from (TAa1 to TAa12) such as (TAa1) and (TAa5): R4h, R5h, R6h are for example selected from hydrogen, (1–4C)alkyl, (1–4C)alkoxy-carbonyl, (1–4C)alkanoyl and carbamoyl; processes for making them, compositions containing them and their use as antibacterial agents are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indoles of formula (I) useful as pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxazolidinone compounds of formula (I), their stereoisomers, their salts and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the above said novel compounds, their stereoisomers, their salts and pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, or in-vivo-hydrolysable esters thereof, wherein: N—HET is for example triazolyl substituted with R1; R1 is for example optionally substituted (1-4C)alkyl; Q is for example phenyl or pyridyl, substituted with T; T is for example selected from (TAa1 to TAa12) such as (TAa1 and TAa5); formula (II): R4h, R5h, R6h are for example selected from hydrogen, (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxycarbonyl, (1-4C)alkanoyl and carbamoyl; processes for making them, compositions containing them and their use as antibacterial agents are described.

Abstract: Compounds according to formula (1), wherein R1 is H or CN, X1 is S, O, SO2 or CH2, X2 is CO, CH2 or a covalent bond, Het is a nitrogen-containing heterocycle and n is 1–5 are new. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV.

Abstract: The present inventions relates to a novel compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the use and manufacture of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: The invention provides a family of compounds useful as anti-infective agents and/or anti-proliferative agents, for example, chemotherapeutic agents, anti-fungal agents, anti-bacterial agents, anti-parasitic agents, anti-viral agents, and/or anti-inflammatory agents, and/or prokinetic (gastrointestinal modulatory) agents, having the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or an in-vivo-hydrolysable ester thereof, wherein, for example, HET is an optionally substituted C-linked 5-membered heteroaryl ring containing 2 to 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S; Q is selected from, for example, Q3 and Q5; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or fluoro; T is selected from a range of groups, for example, an N-linked (fully unsaturated) 5-membered heteroaryl ring system or a group of formula (TC5): wherein Rc is, for example, R13CO—, R13SO2— or R13CS—; wherein R13 is, for example, optionally substituted (1–10C)alkyl or R14C(O)O(1–6C)alkyl wherein R14 is optionally substituted (1–10C)alkyl; are useful as antibacterial agents; and processes for their manufacture and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.

Abstract: Novel ?1-pyrrolines of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, A, R4 and m have the meanings given in the description, a number of processes for preparing these substances, and their use for controlling pests, and also novel intermediates and their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel amide-containing compounds which have an improved solubility and a method of improving the solubility of amide-containing compounds. The amide-containing compounds include oxazolidinone compounds and the bioavailability of these oxazolidinone compounds is improved by improving the solubility thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 represents optionally substituted phenyl, R2 represents optionally substituted and the remaining “R” groups are as defined in the specification and claims, as well as a method for making such materials, pharmaceutical compositions containing such materials, and methods of using such materials in medical treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxazolidinone compounds of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, R3, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Z are as defined in the description; their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutical acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: Oxazolidinones and methods for their synthesis are provided. Also provided are combinatorial libraries comprising oxazolidinones, and methods to prepare the libraries. Further provided are methods of making biologically active oxazolidinones as well as pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the oxazolidinones. The methods of library preparation include the attachment of oxazolidinones to a solid support. The methods of compound preparation in one embodiment involve the reaction of an iminophosphorane with a carbonyl containing polymeric support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hydroxyethylene compounds having Asp2 (?-secretase, BACE1 or Memapsin) inhibitory activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of diseases characterised by elevated ?-amyloid levels or ?-amyloid deposits, particularly Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds to treat for example, Metabolic Syndrome including atherosclerosis, diabetes and obesity.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel class of sulfonamide compounds. Compounds of the invention contain a core sulfonamide group. Variable moieties connected to the sulfur atom and nitrogen atom of the sulfonamide group include substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl moieties, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle moieties, polycyclic moieties, halogen, alkoxy, ether, ester, amide, sulfonyl, sulfonamidyl, sulfide, carbamate, and the like. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses. For example sulfonamide compounds can act to modulate production of amyloid ? protein and are useful in the prevention or treatment of a variety of diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions containing invention compounds are also provided. Such compositions have wide utility for the prevention or treatment of a variety of diseases.

Abstract: The invention provides novel prodrugs of inhibitors of PI-3 kinase. The novel compounds are LY294002 and analogs thereof comprising a reversibly quaternized amine.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which X, Y, Z, R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in Patent Claim 1, are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of tromboembolic diseases and for the treatment of tumors

Abstract: Sulfamide compounds having formula (I) are described as well as their use in the treatment of diseases dependent on the signaling pathways associated with ?-adrenergic receptors, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, gastrointestinal hypo- or hyper-motility and cardiovascular diseases

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved (S)-4-{[3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-1H-indol-5-yl]methyl}-2-oxazolidinone product which is prepared by a method which comprises: a) forming a carbamate of formula (III), from methyl 4-nitro-(L)-phenylalaninate hydrochloride; b) reducing the compound of formula (III) to give the compound of formula (IV); c) reducing the methyl ester grouping in the compound of formula (IV) to give the compound of formula (V); d) ring closure of the compound of formula (V) to give the compound of formula (VI); e) diazonium salt formation from the compound of formula (VI) followed by reduction to give the compound of formula (VII); f) Fischer reaction of the compound of formula (VII) to give (S)-4-{[3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-1H-indol-5-yl]methyl}-2-oxazolidinone.

Abstract: Oxazolidinones having a bicyclic[3.1.0]hexane containing moiety, which are effective against aerobic and anerobic pathogens such as multi-resistant staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci, Bacteroides spp., Clostridia spp. species, as well as acid-fast organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacterial species. The compounds are represented by structural formula I: its enantiomer, diastereomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and wherein the variables R1, R2, R3, R4, R4a, A, Ar, HAr, n, r, and s are as defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-step process to prepare pharmacologically active 2-oxo-5-oxazolidinylmethylacetamides.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein A is a structure i, ii, iii, or iv X is CR7; Y is —S(?O)n—, —S(?NR8)—, or —S(?NR8)(?O)—; Z is —NHC(?O)R1, —NHC(?S)R1, —NR-het1, —O-het1, —S-het1, or -het2; and n is independently 0, 1, or 2. The compounds of formula I are useful as antimicrobials against a number of human and veterinary pathogens.

Abstract: The present invention provides certain [3.1.0] bicyclic oxazolidinone derivatives of Formulea I and II, described herein, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof that are antibacterial agents, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use, and methods for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: Substituted quinolone derivatives in which an oxazolidinone, isoxazolinone, or isoxazoline is covalently bonded to a quinolone, methods of using the quinolone derivatives, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the quinolone derivatives are disclosed. Methods of synthesizing these substituted quinolone derivatives are also disclosed, and in particular a method of manufacturing a 7-(2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl)aryl-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid by condensing a 4-(2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl)aryl boronic acid with a 7-halo-quinolone derivative. The quinolone derivatives possess antibacterial activity, and are effective against a number of human and veterinary pathogens in the treatment of bacterial diseases.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I: These compounds may be in the form of pharmaceutical salts or compositions, racemic mixtures, or pure enantiomers thereof. The compounds of Formula I are useful in pharmaceuticals to treat diseases or conditions in which ?7 is known to be involved.

Abstract: Methods of synthesizing pharmacologically useful oxazolidinones are disclosed, and, in particular, a method of manufacturing a 5-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)-aminomethyl-oxazolidinone by condensing a carbamate with a tert-butylcarbamoyl protected derivative of glycidylamine or 3-amino-1-halopropanol.