Abstract: An alkyl 2-thiosubstituted-3-substituted-2-butenoate ##STR1## is prepared by reacting an alkyl 2-chloro-3-substituted-3-butenoate with a thio compound under phase transfer conditions.

Abstract: Bicyclo prostaglandin analogues have been prepared.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or (C.sub.1-4)alkyl.

Abstract: Bicyclooctane and bicycloheptane prostaglandin intermediates have been synthesized.

Abstract: Compounds related to 3-phenoxy (or phenylthio) cyclopentanecarbonylamino acid, processes for their preparation, and treating agents for cerebral edema containing the compounds as active ingredients are described. The compounds are represented by the following formula: ##STR1## The compounds of the present invention and their non-toxic salts have a potent inhibitory effect on the development of cerebral edema.

Abstract: Compounds of the Formula I: ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are leukotriene antagonists. These compounds inhibit SRS-A and leukotriene synthesis and are antagonists of SRS-A and are thus useful in the treatment of asthma, allergic disorders, inflammation, skin diseases and certain cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition in contact with a corrodable metal surface, comprising a functional fluid and, as corrosion inhibitor, a compound having the formula I: ##STR1## as well as salts or esters thereof, wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.4 -C.sub.20 linear or branched alkyl, phenyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 alkylphenyl;R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 linear or branched alkyl, phenyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 alkylphenyl, or arylalkyl containing 7-20 carbon atoms;X is CH.sub.2, O or S;Y is O or S; andZ is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- in which n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, or Z is --CH.sub.2 --CH(CH.sub.3)--.Some of the compounds of formula I are new.

Abstract: A process for the optical resolution of 2-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(2-acetylaminophenylthio)-propionic acid sodium salt by seeding of a supersaturated solution of said salt with one of the enantiomers.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a methyl (+)-(2S,3S)-3-[(2-aminophenyl)thio]-2-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propionat e of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which X denotes hydrogen or chlorine, which process comprises reacting a 2-aminothiophenol of formula (II): ##STR2## in which X is as defined above, with methyl (-)-(2R,3S)-2,3-epoxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propionate, in a 1,2-dichloroethane solvent.

Abstract: The titled ester, especially having the (2S,3S)-configuration, which is an intermediate for the production of diltiazem, is provided. Very high yields are obtainable.

Abstract: The compounds of the present invention comprise substituted phenolic thioethers, sulfoxides, and disulfides that are specific inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase and which, therefore, are useful in the treatment of local and systemic inflammation, allergy and hypersensitivity reactions and other disorders in which agents formed in the 5-lipoxygenase metablic pathway are involved.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents represented by the formula ##STR1## and the corresponding ring-opened hydroxy acids derived therefrom and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and method of inhibiting the biosynthesis of cholesterol therewith are also disclosed.

Abstract: Compounds of the following formula, useful for treating diseases affected by retinoids, are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Compounds having the formula: ##STR1## are antagonists of leukotrienes of C.sub.4, D.sub.4 and E.sub.4, the slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis, and inhibitors of their biosynthesis. These compounds are useful as anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-psoriatic agents, and cytoprotective agents.

Abstract: Novel compounds are disclosed of the classes: ##STR1## wherein the subscript n is an integer from 3-5, inclusive, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or R.sub.2 ; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 consist essentially of C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and R.sub.2 may be the same as or different from R.sub.3, and wherein Aryl consists essentially of phenyl and phenyl substituted with halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, and trifluoromethyl;(b) derivatives of furan having the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 consists essentially of hydrogen and C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, and W is either carbonyl or carbinol; and(c) cyclopentenonyl compounds having the formulas ##STR3## wherein R.sub.5 consists essentially of hydrogen and C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, P.sub.

Abstract: A benzoylaminophenoxybutanoic acid derivative of general formula: ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom or alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms(s),A represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom or sulfinyl (SO) group, two R.sup.1 s represents methyl groups or chlorine atoms at the same time or cyclopentane, cyclohexane or benzene ring together with the carbon atoms of benzene ring each attaching,R.sup.2 represents a group of general formula: ##STR2## {wherein B represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom or a group of general formula:NR.sup.11 (wherein R.sup.11 represents hydrogen atom or alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atom(s)),R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 represent, independently, hydrogen atom, alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atom(s) halogen atom, trifluoromethyl group or cyclobutylmethyl group,m represents 0 or 1,n represents an integer of from 1 to 5, andR.sup.9 and R.sup.

Abstract: This invention relates to two novel compounds: 2,6-dimethoxyhydroquinone-3-mercaptopropionic acid and 2,6-dimethoxyhydroquinone-3-mercaptoacetic acid of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 1 or 2.

Abstract: This process enables preparation of the preferred (+)-threo enantiomer by resolution of its racemic mixture of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 are each independently lower alkyl and R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl. The compound is treated with a chiral acid (tartaric aicd preferred) in an organic solvent (ethanol preferred) to yield the (+)-threo enantiomer, which is then recovered from the reaction mixture. This enantiomer may then be used to produce the preferred (+)-cis enantiomer of certain benzothiazepine cardiovascular agents.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of (2S,3S)-threo-2-hydroxy-3-(2-aminophenylthio)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-propioni c acid by resolution of the racemic mixture is described.The resolution is carried out by using as resolving agent (1S,2S)-threo-1-phenyl-2-amino-1,3-propanediol or (1S,2S)-threo-1-(4-methylthiophenyl)-2-amino-1,3-propanediol.

Abstract: Novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors which are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents and are represented by the following general structural formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds (II) in which Z is hydrogen are disclosed.

Abstract: A process for the optical resolution of 2-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(2-acetylaminophenylthio)-propionic acid sodium salt by seeding of a supersaturated solution of said salt with one of the enantiomers.

Abstract: New compounds having utility for enhancing the activity of antifolates are disclosed of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is selected from hydrogen ##STR2## and R"--; R' is selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted and unsubstituted aryl, and substituted and unsubstituted heterocyclic aryl; R" is selected from ##STR3## and R'S; M is selected from OR and secondary amine; and R is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, acyloxymethyl, substituted and unsubstituted aryl, substituted and unsubstituted heterocyclic aryl, amino cation and metal cation.

Abstract: A valuable starting material for the manufacture of tetrachlorothioindigo pigments is 2,5-dichlorophenylthioglycollic acid which is prepared by:(a) diazotizing 2,5-dichloroaniline with aqueous alkali metal nitrite at acidic pH to produce 2,5-dichlorophenyl-diazonium salt,(b) reacting the 2,5-dichlorophenyl-diazonium salt from (a) with thiourea in an aqueous medium at acidic pH in the presence of a catalyst to produce 2,5-dichlorophenyl-isothiuronium salt of the formula ##STR1## wherein X.sup..crclbar. is an anion of a mineral acid, (c) hydroloyzing the 2,5-dichlorophenylisothiuronium salt from (b), without intermediate isolation, at alkaline pH to produce 2,5-dichlorothiophenol and(d) condensing the 2,5-dichlorothiophenol with monochloroacetic acid to produce 2,5-dichlorophenylthioglycollic acid.

Abstract: In general, the present invention provides, in one aspect, a process comprising contacting a 2-Aminothiophenol with an optically active 3-(4-alkyloxyphenyl)glycidic acid acyclic alkyl ester by step(s) under conditions such that an optically active 2-hydroxy-3-(4-alkyloxyphenyl)-3-(2-Aminophenylthio)propionic acid acyclic alkyl ester is prepared. Another aspect comprises the optically active 2-hydroxy-3-(4-alkyloxyphenyl)-3-(2-Aminophenylthio)propionic acid acyclic alkyl ester. A preferred aspect is a process comprising contacting 2-aminothiophenol per se with a 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)glycidic acid methyl ester by step(s) under conditions such that a 2-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(2-aminophenylthio)propionic acid methyl ester is prepared.

Abstract: New compounds which have potent V.sub.2 -vasopressin antagonistic activity are prepared by a 1,6-cyclization using peptide bond formation. The structures of the compounds are characterized by a Pas.sup.1,6 or Tas.sup.1,6 cyclized unit. Also a chiral synthesis of the optically pure Pas intermediates is described.

Abstract: Disclosed are phenol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a substituted phenyl group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group and of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.8, R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 are C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and the like and A is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylsulfonyl and the like substituents. These compounds and some related compounds have anti-inflammatory activity and lipoxygenase inhibitory activity.

Abstract: A novel process for the preparation of 2-(10,11-dihydro-10-oxodibenzo[b, f]thiepin-2-yl)propionic acid which shows high anti-inflammatory and analgetic action is disclosed. The process starts from a propiophenone derivative having the formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, which is once converted into a haloacetal compound via a halo-ketone compound, and then converted into the desired dibenzothiepin derivative through a combination of rearrangement, hydrolysis and ring closure in variable sequences.

Abstract: This invention provides benzene derivatives which are leukotriene antagonists, formulations of those derivatives, and a method of using those derivatives for the treatment of conditions characterized by an excessive release of leukotrienes.

Abstract: Novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors which are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents and are represented by the following general structural formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds (II) in which Z is hydrogen are disclosed.

Abstract: A benzoylurea compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a methyl group, provided that X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms, Y is independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted by halogen, a --CO.sub.2 R.sub.1 group wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a cation or an alkyl group, or a --OR.sub.1 group wherein R.sub.1 is as defined above, A.sub.1 is .dbd.N--or ##STR2## wherein Y is as defined above, W is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 is as defined above, k is an integer of from 1 to 3, l is 0 or 1, and Ar is ##STR4## wherein Z is independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted by halogen, an alkoxy group which may be substituted by halogen, a nitro group, a cyano group or a --S(O).sub.n R.sub.2 group wherein R.sub.2 is an alkyl group which may be substituted by halogen and n is 0, 1 or 2, A.sub.

Abstract: 3-Amino-4-fluoro-6-halophenylthioacetic acids of the formula: ##STR1## and 5-substituted acetanilides of the formula: ##STR2## which are intermediary compounds for the synthesis of herbicidally effective 2-substituted phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-isoindole-1,3-diones of the formula: ##STR3## through the corresponding acid of the formula: ##STR4## (wherein X is a chlorine atom or a bromine atom, R is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkynyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxycarbonyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkyl group or a phenyl group and Z is --NO.sub.2, --NH.sub.2, --SCH.sub.2 COOH, --SO.sub.2 Cl, --SO.sub.3 H or --SH).

Abstract: Novel asymmetric thioethers of the formula ##STR1## in which the general symbols have the following meanings: R.sup.0 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1-7 -alkanoyl,R.sup.1 represents C.sub.1-3 -alkyl which may be substituted by one or more halogen atoms having an atomic number of at most 17,R.sup.2 represents an aliphatic radical having from 5 to 15 carbon atoms,A represents ethylene, a single bond or vinylene,B.sup.1 represents C.sub.1-7 -alkylene or phenylene,B.sup.2 represents a single bond, ethylene or phenylene, andM represents an aromatic radical of the partial formula ##STR2## in which the symbols have the following meanings: R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 -alkyl,X represents NH, O, S or if R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, a single bond,one of the symbols R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represents hydrogen and the other represents the group --CO--R.sup.6, orR.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together represent the radical --CO--C(R.sup.6).dbd.C(R.sup.7)--or--CO--C(R.sup.7).dbd.C(R.sup.6)--orR.sup.4 R.sup.

Abstract: A (fused) benz(thio)amide of the formula: ##STR1## wherein B represents(i) a carbocyclic ring of from 4 to 8 members being unreplaced or replaced one, two or three of optional carbon atom(s) by oxygen, nitrogen and/or sulphur atom(s) or(ii) a divalent group of the formula: ##STR2## R.sup.1 represents a group of formula: ##STR3## (iv) a straight or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms,R.sup.4 represents(i) when B represents a closed ring, a group of the formula: ##STR4## (ii) when B does not represent a ring, a group of formula: ##STR5## with the proviso that compounds of formula: ##STR6## wherein A' is a vinylene or an ethylene group optionally substituted by straight or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 4 carbon atom(s);R.sup.4' is--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --COOR.sup.8andR.sup.1' is(i) a group of the formula: ##STR7## or (ii) a group of the formula: ##STR8## are excluded, wherein A, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, U, n, m, p, q, R.sup.5', and R.sup.

Abstract: 2-(Allenyl)penicillins antibiotics and intermediates thereto are disclosed. A process for making the 2-(allenyl)penicillins and the starting materials for the process are also disclosed.

Abstract: The compounds of the present invention comprise substituted phenolic thioethers represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and independently represent tert-alkyl or phenyl; A represents methylene or methylene substituted by alkyl, dialkyl or hydroxy, provided that when A includes hydroxymethylene, the hydroxymethylene group is not adjacent to a heteroatom; B represents sulfur, sulfoxide, sulfone, oxygen, --NH-- or nitrogen substituted by alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, substituted phenyl or substituted benzyl; C represents methylene or methylene substituted by alkyl; R.sub.3 represents CO.sub.2 H, CO.sub.2 -alkyl or a tetrazole group; m is 0 or 1, n is 2, 3 or 4 and p is 1, 2 or 3; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to material containing aldosemarcaptals of the formula I ##STR1## wherein n can be an integer from 2 to 6, and wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different, and in each case are C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, which is unsubstituted, substituted or interrupted by --O-- or --S--, or are --(CH.sub.2).sub.r --CO--N(C.sub.1 -C.sub.17 -alkyl).sub.2, r being 1 or 2, or are phenyl, benzyl or --(CH.sub.2).sub.r --CO--O--R.sup.3, in which r can be 1 or 2 and R.sup.3 is an alkali metal or C.sub.1 -C.sub.14 -alkyl; also wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are --CH.sub.2 --CH(OH)--R.sup.4, in which R.sup.4 is hydrogen, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.16 -alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted by --OH, or --CH.sub.2 --Y--(C.sub.1 -C.sub.15 -alkyl), in which Y is --O-- or --S--; or wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form --(CH.sub.2).sub.

Abstract: There are described novel carboxylic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## and derivatives of the formula ##STR2## and the addition salts thereof, which exhibit an effect on the intermediary metabolism. Furthermore, the compounds of Formula Ia as well as the compounds of Formula I possess blood-sugar lowering properties.

Abstract: Novel compounds which are 2,6-di-t-butylphenols substituted on the 4 position by an anilino group, which anilino group is substituted by a group which includes carboxyl, tetrazolyl or N-methyltetrazolyl are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene synthesis and as antiallergic agents. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and pharmacological methods for use of such compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: The compounds of the present invention comprise substituted phenolic thioethers represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and independently represent tert-alkyl or phenyl; A represents methylene or methylene substituted by alkyl, dialkyl or hydroxy, provided that when A includes hydroxymethylene, the hydroxymethylene group is not adjacent to a heteroatom; B represents sulfur, sulfoxide, sulfone, oxygen, --NH-- or nitrogen substituted by alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, substituted phenyl or substituted benzyl; C represents methylene or methylene substituted by alkyl; R.sub.3 represents CO.sub.2 H, CO.sub.2 -alkyl or a tetrazole group; m is 0 or 1, n is 2, 3 or 4 and p is 1, 2 or 3; amd the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: 3-Amino-4-fluoro-6-halophenylthioacetic acids of the formula: ##STR1## and 5-substituted acetanilides of the formula: ##STR2## , which are intermediary compounds for the synthesis of herbicidally effective 2-substituted phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-isoindole-1,3-diones of the formula: ##STR3## through the corresponding acid of the formula: ##STR4## (wherein X is a chlorine atom or a bromine atom, R is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkynyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxycarbonyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)alkyl group or a phenyl group and Z is --NO.sub.2, --NH.sub.2, --SCH.sub.2 COOH, --SO.sub.2 Cl, --SO.sub.3 H or --SH).

Abstract: N-substituted glutamic acid derivative and salt thereof, a process for production thereof comprising acylation of glutanic acid or derivative thereof, a herbicidal composition comprising the compound, and a method for killing or controlling plants using the compound. The compounds have a selective herbicidal effect.

Abstract: Benzoic acid derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 0 to 2; R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 which may be the same or different each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or nitro group; R.sub.4 is a hydroxyl group or the group --NHZ (Z is hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), or an alkali metal salts thereof are useful as an infection control agent.These derivatives excepting compounds of the formula above wherein n is 0 or 1; any one of R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 is 5-chloro, 5-methoxy or 5-nitro and the remainder is a hydrogen atom; and R.sub.4 is a hydroxyl group; and compounds of the formula wherein n is 0 or 1; two of R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 are 3,5-dichloro or 3,5-dinitro and the remainder is a hydrogen atom; and R.sub.4 is a hydroxy group) are novel, and they were first prepared in this invention.

Abstract: Novel compounds possessing both angiotensin enzyme inhibitory activity and diuretic activity are disclosed. The compounds are represented by the general formula ##STR1## in which X is ##STR2## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl-alkyl, and cycloalkyl, and may be the same or different; n is an integer from 0 to 4 inclusive; M is alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-alkyl, polycycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl-alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-alkyl, hetero-cyloalkyl, hetero-cycloalkyl-alkyl, fused aryl-cycloalkyl, fused aryl-cycloalkyl-alkyl, fused heteroaryl-cycloalkyl, fused heteroaryl-cycloalkyl-alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkylamino-alkyl, or dialkylaminoalkyl, or M and R.sub.6 taken together with the nitrogen to which M is bonded and the carbon to which R.sub.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or amide thereof, in which: W is an optionally substituted phenyl group of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or fluorine, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, halogen or trifluoromethyl; or W is a phenoxymethyl or benzofuran-2-yl group;R.sup.3 is C.sub.1-12 alkyl or phenyl C.sub.1-6 alkyl;A is hydrogen or methyl,X is carboxy, --Z--CO.sub.2 H, --Z--OH, T--Z--CO.sub.2 H,--Z--NR.sup.4 R.sup.5, --T--Y--OM, --T--Y--NR.sup.4 R.sup.5, or --T--R.sup.6, in the para- or meta-position with respect to the --(CH.sub.2).sub.n group,whereinR.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl,R.sup.6 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl,T is 0, S, --NH or --N--R.sup.7, in which R.sup.7 is C.sub.1-6 alkylZ is C.sub.1-10 straight or branched alkylene optionally containing a carbon-carbon double bond;Y is C.sub.2-10 straight or branched alkylene, provided that the hetero atoms in --T--Y--OM and --T--Y--NR.sup.4 R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention provides thioethers of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar is a phenyl radical which is optionally substituted one, two or three times by alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkanoyl, hydroxyl, hydroxyalkyl, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, nitro, amino or halogen, Q is an oxygen or sulphur atom or an NH group, A is a straight-chained or branched C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkylene radical which is optionally substituted by a hydroxyl group or can be interrupted by an ethenylene or ethynylene group, n is 0, 1 or 2, and R is a hydrogen atom or a straight-chained or branched alkyl radical which is optionally substituted one or more times by the same or different radicals selected from alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxy, hydroxyl, carboxyl or optionally substituted carbamoyl or amino; as well as the pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, with the proviso that A cannot be ethylene when Ar is a phenyl radical, Q is an oxygen atom and R is the group --CH.sub.2 COOH.

Abstract: Provided are antihypertensive compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl-alkyl, or cycloalkyl, and may be the same or different,m is an integer from 0 to 2 inclusive,n is an integer from 0 to 4 inclusive,M is alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-alkyl, polycycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl-alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-alkyl, hetero-cycloalkyl, hetero-cycloalkyl-alkyl, fused aryl-cycloalkyl, fused aryl-cycloalkyl-alkyl, fused heteroaryl-cycloalkyl, fused heteroaryl-cycloalkyl-alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkylamino-alkyl, or dialkylaminoalkyl.Y is hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, or substituted amino, aminoalkanoyl, aryloxy, aminoalkoxy, or hydroxyalkoxy, andR.sub.7 is alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-alkyl, heterocyclic, --CO--SR, --CS--SR, ##STR2## CH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 R, --CHM--CO.sub.2 R, --CH.sub.2 --CO--SR, --CN, ##STR3## --CO--NH--CH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 R, ##STR4## or --CO--CO.sub.

Abstract: Additives for rubber compositions, giving vulcanizates having improved retention of optimum physical properties, are compounds having the formula R-S-B-S-R where B is an organic bridging group and R is an electron-withdrawing group, for example CN, CCl.sub.3, a radical containing an activated methylene group linked to the sulphur atom or the enolic tautomer of a keto-activated methylene group. Also useful as stabilizing agents are oligomeric analogues of such compounds.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an optically-active (mixed) anhydride of an alpha-chiral (optically-active) carboxylic acid by treating a non-symmetrical ketene with a carboxylic acid in the presence of an optically-active (chiral) tertiary amine catalyst. Hydrolysis of the resulting (mixed) anhydride yields the optically-active acid corresponding to the non-symmetrical ketene.

Abstract: Improvement in the process for preparing biaryl compounds via coupling of an arylamine with an arene in the presence of a nitrite, an acid and copper metal or a derivative thereof; the improvement is consisting in adding to the reaction mixture a trialkylorthoformate. The process may be used for preparing drugs such as Flurbiprofen and Xenbucin or intermediate compounds particularly useful for preparing Flurbiprofen, Flufenisal, Chlordimorin, Xenbucin, Xenysalate, Xenyhexenic acid and the like.

Abstract: Diphenyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## where Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, and Z.sup.3 and R have the meanings given in the description, are used for controlling undesirable plant growth.