Aldehyde Or Ketone Patents (Class 562/459)
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Patent number: 4689423Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of methyl 2,3,4,5-tetrafluorobenzoylacetate is described. The process is for intermediates that lead to trifluoroquinolinic acids which in turn are used to produce antibacterial agents of the difluoro quinolinecarboxylic acid type. The process runs at room temperature, uses a safe and inexpensive base, and can be conveniently scaled up for manufacturing purposes.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1986Date of Patent: August 25, 1987Assignee: Warner-Lambert CompanyInventors: Vladimir G. Beylin, Om P. Goel
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Patent number: 4683331Abstract: The invention relates to omega-(2',4'-dihalobiphenylyl)oxo alkanoic acids of Formula: ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each represent a fluorine or chlorine atom and Y represents a bivalent hydrocarbon chain selected from the group consisting of --CH.sub.2 --CH--CH.sub.3 and (CH.sub.2).sub.3, and to a process for their preparation.The compounds of the invention are highly active and longlasting anti-inflammatory agents.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1985Date of Patent: July 28, 1987Assignee: Spofa spojene podniky pro zdravotnickouInventors: Miroslav Kuchar, Bohumila Brunova, Jaroslava Grimova, Eva Maturova
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Patent number: 4678496Abstract: As new compound is provided a cyclohexane derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; and R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a phenoxymethyl group, a 2-thienylmethyl group, an alkoxymethyl group or an alkylthiomethyl group, or a salt of said cyclohexane compound.This cyclohexane compound exhibits useful plant-growth regulating effects on crop-plants and also non-crop plants such as lawn and may be prepared by cyclization of an acetonylsuccinic acid dialkyl ester, followed by reaction with an organic acid chloride and by intermolecular rearrangement.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1985Date of Patent: July 7, 1987Assignee: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Motojima, Takeshige Miyazawa, Yasufumi Toyokawa, Masafumi Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Hokari, Shoji Kusano
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Patent number: 4673761Abstract: Cycloalkylidenemethylphenylacetic acid derivatives of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl and n is an integer from 1 to 3) are prepared by reacting a benzaldehyde acid compound of formula (II): ##STR2## with an enamine derivative of formula (III): ##STR3## (wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are various organic groups) and then hydrolizing the product. The use of the acid of formula (II) rather than its corresponding ester enables the reaction to be effected with a good yield and under moderate and economical reaction conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1985Date of Patent: June 16, 1987Assignee: Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Atsusuke Terada, Kazuyuki Wachi
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Patent number: 4670585Abstract: 2-Carboxydibenzoylmethanes of the following formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently a substituent joined to any position of the benzene nucleus and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkoxy group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, m is an integer of from 1 to 4, and n is an integer of from 1 to 5 are prepared inexpensively with ease in high yield by a novel process characterized by reaction between phthalic anhydrides and acetophenones in the presence of bases.The 2-carboxydibenzoylmethanes are useful as an inhibitor of the root geotropic response of plants or a growth regulator for plants, or a stabilizer for halogen-containing resins.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1986Date of Patent: June 2, 1987Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kimihiko Hori, Koichi Nakamura, Naotake Takaishi
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Patent number: 4654435Abstract: A process for the addition reaction of an unsaturated organic compound, except a rubber, having at least one carbon-carbon double bond in a molecule, which comprises reacting the unsaturated organic compound with an organic compound having a carboxyl group and an aldehyde group in the presence of a Lewis acid.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1983Date of Patent: March 31, 1987Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shizuo Kitahara, Yoshitsugu Hirokawa, Haruki Kawada, Toshihiro Fujii, Nagatoshi Sugi, Hiroaki Hasegawa, Akira Yoshioka
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Patent number: 4649213Abstract: Compounds having anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of the formula ##STR1## are produced from compounds having the formula ##STR2## by rearrangement in the presence of a base or an amide and (1) X S O X.sup.1 or X S O.sub.2 X.sup.1 where X and X.sup.1 are halogen or trifluoromethyl or (2) sulfur dioxide and halogen.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1985Date of Patent: March 10, 1987Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd.Inventors: Takayoshi Yamauchi, Kaneaki Hattori, Shun-ichi Ikeda, Kenji Nakao, Kentaro Tamaki
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Patent number: 4622421Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R represents hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group) have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and immuno-regulatory activities. The compounds exist in the form of cis- and trans-isomers with respect to the cyclohexyl ring, as well as a number of optical isomers.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1985Date of Patent: November 11, 1986Assignee: Sankyo Company LimitedInventors: Atsusuke Terada, Shunji Naruto, Yoshio Iizuka
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Patent number: 4621154Abstract: An improved process for preparing 4-(4-biphenylyl)-4-oxo-butanoic acid which is useful as anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents. The process comprises reacting biphenyl with succinic anhydride in chlorobenzene in the presence of anhydrous aluminum chloride. No 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-oxo-butanoic acid is produced as by-product.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1984Date of Patent: November 4, 1986Assignees: Nisshin Flour Milling Co., Ltd., Nisshin Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventor: Haruhiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 4605749Abstract: There is provided a process for the production of aldehydes wherein an oric halide is reacted with carbon monoxide at a superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a hydrogen donor and in the presence of a base and of a catalyst in a solvent system.Catalysts of choice are transition metal catalysts. A preferred temperature range is from about 50.degree. to 150.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1985Date of Patent: August 12, 1986Assignee: State of Israel, Prime Minister's Office, Atomic Energy CommissionInventors: Ouri Buchman, Ilan Pri-Bar
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Patent number: 4605758Abstract: Pharmaceutically useful optically active .alpha.-arylalkanoic acids or esters, ortho esters, or amides thereof are stereoselectively prepared by contacting an aryl magnesium Grignard reagent with an optically active .alpha.-substituted acyl halide to form the optically active aryl .alpha.-substituted alkyl ketone, which is ketalized and rearranged to the desired optically active .alpha.-arylalkanoic acid or the corresponding ester, ortho ester or amide. In an alternate embodiment, the aryl .alpha.-substituted alkyl ketone is reduced to the corresponding alkanol, which is rearranged to the .alpha.-arylalkanal. The alkanal so produced is converted to the desired optically active .alpha.-arylalkanoic acid by conventional methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1984Date of Patent: August 12, 1986Assignee: Syntex Pharmaceuticals International Ltd.Inventor: George C. Schloemer
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Patent number: 4578522Abstract: This invention relates to a method of synthesis of certain substituted carboxylic acids useful in lowering serum triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in mammals (including man) represented by the general formula I:Ar.sup.1 --Ar.sup.2 (I)whereinAr.sup.1 is selected from ##STR1## Ar.sup.2 is selected from ##STR2## and R is selected from C.sub.1-5 alkyl, halogen, perhalo-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, phenyl, C.sub.1-4 acyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, amino or hydroxy.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1984Date of Patent: March 25, 1986Inventor: John F. Eaddy, III
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Patent number: 4578503Abstract: An alkylated or alkenylated malonic ester having a fluorine containing aliphatic substituent and derivatives thereof as expressed by the following general formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.f is a fluorine containing aliphatic group, R is an aliphatic group, or hydrogen or alkali metal atom, and R' is an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic group.And a method to trap the enolate ion of a malonic ester having a fluorine containing aliphatic substituent as expressed by the following general formula,R.sub.f CH(CO.sub.2 R).sub.2where R.sub.f is a fluorine containing aliphatic group and R is an aliphatic group, hydrogen or alkali metal atom, wherein said malonic ester is converted under the action of a weaker base and/or fluoride ion to a fluorine containing enolate ion to be trapped as expressed by the following general formula:R.sub.f C.sup..crclbar. (CO.sub.2 R).sub.2where R.sub.f and R are the same as above.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1983Date of Patent: March 25, 1986Assignee: Daikin Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Ishikawa, Takeshi Nakai, Yoshio Inouye
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Patent number: 4567004Abstract: Monomethyl-substituted methylene compounds are obtained by reacting methylene compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another represent --CN, --CO--R.sup.3, --SO.sub.2 --R.sup.3 or --NO.sub.2 andR.sup.1 can additionally denote -aryl(R.sup.1).sub.n,whereinR.sup.3 denotes --OH, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aralkoxy or aryloxy, or amino which is substituted by alkyl and/or aralkyl and/or aryl, and furthermoretwo radicals R.sup.3 together can be an alkylene group, the radical of an aliphatic diol or of an aliphatic diamine or the group --NH--CO--NH-- and n represents 1, 2 or 3,with formaldehyde and with hydrogen in the presence of a condensation catalyst and a hydrogenation catalyst at elevated temperature, the methylene compound being introduced into the liquid phase of the mixture of reactants in the course of the reaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1984Date of Patent: January 28, 1986Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz U. Blank, Erich Wolters
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Patent number: 4567053Abstract: The sweetness of an ingestible product containing a sweetening sugar or sugar alcohol in large quantities can be reduced by incorporating therein a sweetness-reducing amount of at least one compound of the general formula: ##STR1## in which m represents 0 or 1, and when m represents 0, n represents 1, 2 or 3, and p represents 1, 2, 3 or 4, and when m represents 1, n represents 1 or 2 and p represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; the substituents R, which may be the same or different, each represent a lower alkoxy group, e.g. with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, phenoxy group or a lower alkyl or trifluoromethyl group; and/or two substituents R together represent an aliphatic chain linked to the phenyl ring at two positions, either directly or via an oxa-group, e.g. an alkylenedioxy, alkenylenedioxy, alkylenoxy or alkenylenoxy group; and/or one substituent R represents a hydroxy group while at least one other substituent R represents an alkoxy group; and X.sup.+ represents a physiologically acceptable cation.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1984Date of Patent: January 28, 1986Assignee: Tate & Lyle Public Limited CompanyInventor: Michael G. Lindley
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Patent number: 4562204Abstract: Trans-.DELTA..sup.2 -prostaglandin D derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein [A] is a group of the formula: ##STR2## X is ethylene or cis-vinylene, C.sub.13 -C.sub.14 -C.sub.15 is: (i) a group of the formula: ##STR3## when [A] is a group of the formula (II) or (III), or (ii) a group of the formula: ##STR4## when [A] is a group of the formula (IV), R is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.1 is a single bond or alkylene, R.sup.2 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenoxy, the double bonds between C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 and between C.sub.13 -C.sub.14 are both E, the double bond between C.sub.9 -C.sub.10 is Z and the double bonds between C.sub.12 -C.sub.13 and between C.sub.14 -C.sub.15 are E, Z or a mixture thereof, provided that when R.sup.1 is a single bond, R.sup.2 does not represent a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy group, and cyclodextrin clathrates and non-toxic salts thereof, possess anti-tumor activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1983Date of Patent: December 31, 1985Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirohisa Wakatsuka, Takashi Yamato, Shinsuke Hashimoto
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Patent number: 4562068Abstract: This invention relates to a topical cosmetic preparation for treating oily hair or seborrhea which contains a sebosuppressively effective amount of at least one 4-aryl-4-oxo-but-2-enoic acid derivative.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1983Date of Patent: December 31, 1985Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Hinrich Moller, Siegfried Wallat
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Patent number: 4560403Abstract: As new compound is provided a cyclohexane derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, an alkylthioalkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; and R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a phenoxymethyl group, a 2-thienylmethyl group, an alkoxymethyl group or an alkylthiomethyl group, or a salt of said cyclohexane compound.This cyclohexane compound exhibits useful plant-growth regulating effects on crop-plants and also non-crop plants such as lawn and may be prepared by cyclization of an acetonylsuccinic acid dialkyl ester, followed by reaction with an organic acid chloride and by intermolecular rearrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1983Date of Patent: December 24, 1985Assignees: Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Motojima, Takeshige Miyazawa, Yasufumi Toyokawa, Masafumi Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Hokari, Shoji Kusano
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Patent number: 4544565Abstract: Foodstuffs containing sweetness inhibitors having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, R.sub.8 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl and wherein R.sub.9 is the group ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 hydroxyalkyl, hydroxy and COOH; and the non-toxic salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1984Date of Patent: October 1, 1985Assignee: General Foods CorporationInventor: Ronald E. Barnett
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Patent number: 4537906Abstract: Substituted phenylalkenoic acids and esters of the formula: ##STR1## having useful pharmaceutical activity are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1982Date of Patent: August 27, 1985Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.Inventors: Patrice C. Belanger, John W. Gillard
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Patent number: 4536515Abstract: Substituted phenylalkenoic acids and esters of the formula: ##STR1## having useful pharmaceutical activity are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1982Date of Patent: August 20, 1985Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.Inventors: Patrice C. Belanger, John W. Gillard
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Patent number: 4518800Abstract: The invention concerns a process for preparation of crystallized monohydrated sodium phenylpyruvate comprising: hot reacting benzaldehyde in an aqueous medium in the presence of a catalytic quantity of ethanolamine with the stoichiometric quantity of hydantoin, then treating the reactional medium hot at pH=14 through an excess of sodium hydroxide, acidifying to pH=9 with concentrated hydrochloric acid the so obtained solution and separating the formed precipitate.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1984Date of Patent: May 21, 1985Assignee: Societe Francaise HoechstInventors: Alain Schouteeten, Yani Christidis
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Patent number: 4507497Abstract: Michler's ketone analogs and salts thereof, which are photosensitizers in water-soluble photoinitiator systems used to induce polymerization in free-radically-curable, ethylenically-unsaturated materials, are disclosed. The Michler's ketone analogs have the formula: ##STR1## wherein each R is an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms,R.sup.1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms,Z is R.sup.1 COOH or R.sup.1 H, andn is an integer having a value of 1 or 2.The photoinitiator systems are useful in imaging systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1983Date of Patent: March 26, 1985Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Laurence W. Reilly, Jr.
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Patent number: 4501895Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds for preventing or retarding the degradation of elastin or other proteins and therefore preventing or retarding the disease states caused by said degradation, of the formula: ##STR1## or its pharmacologically acceptable salts. The invention also relates to novel methods and intermediates for making the compounds. The intermediate compound being of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 is (a) halogen; or(b) trifluoromethyl;wherein R.sub.3 is(a) --C(O)R.sub.4 ;(b) --CH(OH)R.sub.4 ;(c) --CH.sub.2 R 4; or(d) --CH.dbd.CHR.sub.4 ;wherein R.sub.4 is alkyl or 13 to 25 carbon atoms inclusive, and the pharmacologically acceptable base addition salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1984Date of Patent: February 26, 1985Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.Inventors: Richard A. Mueller, Richard A. Partis
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Patent number: 4500721Abstract: A process for producing benzaldehydes by catalytic reduction of benzonitriles in the presence of an acid using a Raney nickel catalyst pretreated with a copper salt is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1983Date of Patent: February 19, 1985Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company LimitedInventors: Hiroshi Yamachika, Hirotoshi Nakanishi
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Patent number: 4499013Abstract: Certain fatty acids, esters and alcohol derivatives useful as electrical tree and water tree resistant compounds in polymer compositions are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1983Date of Patent: February 12, 1985Assignee: National Distillers and Chemical CorporationInventors: Anthony Barlow, Irwin S. Schlossman, Robert E. Borgerding
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Patent number: 4487972Abstract: This specification discloses a process for the production of oxygenated compounds, more specifically aldehydes and alcohols, by reacting an olefin with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of, as a ctalyst, an insoluble polymer containing a functional group, which may be an amine, thiol, phosphine, or arsine group, having chemically bonded thereto a metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table. The metal can be, for example, rhodium, cobalt, or ruthenium. The olefin can contain more than one carbon-to-carbon double bond, may be an open chain or a cyclic olefin, and may be substituted. Further, the olefin may be contained in a refinery stream such as a cracked gasoline. The reaction may be carried out in the presence of a polar solvent.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1980Date of Patent: December 11, 1984Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Werner O. Haag, Darrell D. Whitehurst
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Patent number: 4486605Abstract: A method for producing an aromatic carbonyl compound represented by the formula (B)-1 or (B)-2: ##STR1## comprising decomposing a hydroperoxide represented by the formula (A)-1 or (A)-2: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are defined in the specification, in an inert gas atmosphere in the presence of an aqueous layer containing an iron salt, a copper salt and an acid is disclosed. Novel m-(2-hydroxy-2-propyl)acetophenone and m-isopropenylacetophenone which are useful as an intermediate for the preparation of medicines are also disclosed. A method for producing m-isopropenylacetophenone comprising dehydrating m-(2-hydroxy-2-propyl)acetophenone in the presence of an acid catalyst is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1983Date of Patent: December 4, 1984Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Haruhisa Harada, Hiroshi Maki
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Patent number: 4483868Abstract: Diseases and ailments accompanied by gastric and gastroduodenal lesions treated by administering a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen or alkyl containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, identical or different, both represent alkoxy containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or both represent halogen, or R.sub.1 represents hydrogen and R.sub.2 represents halogen, nitro or trifluoromethyl, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 form a methylenedioxy group at adjacent carbon atoms, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, particularly alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, or amine salts of said acid.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1981Date of Patent: November 20, 1984Assignee: Roussel UclafInventors: Yani Christidis, Robert Fournex, Colette Tournemine
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Patent number: 4481374Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of hydroxybenzaldehydes by oxidation of hydroxybenzylic alcohols through oxygen or oxygen-containing gas, said process being carried out in aqueous alkaline medium in the absence of any catalyst whatsoever, at a temperature comprised between 25.degree. and 50.degree. C. and in the presence of an alkaline hydroxide in such a quantity that the molar ratio of alkaline hydroxide to hydroxybenzylic alcohol used is comprised between 2.25 and 10.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1982Date of Patent: November 6, 1984Assignee: Societe Francaise HoechstInventors: Yani Christidis, Jean-Claude Vallejos
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Patent number: 4469885Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds for preventing or retarding the degradation of elastin or other proteins and therefore preventing or retarding the disease states caused by said degradation, of the formula: ##STR1## or its pharmacologically acceptable salts. The invention also relates to novel methods and intermediates for making the compounds.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1983Date of Patent: September 4, 1984Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.Inventors: Richard A. Mueller, Richard A. Partis
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Patent number: 4467112Abstract: p-n-Alkylbenzoic acids having high purity without containing isomers are important as intermediates for liquid crystals. The p-n-alkylbenzoic acid is produced by reacting a p-formylbenzoic acid or its ester with a ketone having the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 n-alkyl or n-alkenyl group in the presence of a basic catalyst to obtain an unsaturated ketone compound having the formula ##STR2## wherein R is defined above and X represents hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1980Date of Patent: August 21, 1984Assignee: Kawasaki Kasei Chemicals Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Matsuura, Kazuya Nagaoka, Kouji Kusabe, Shuichi Nakatani
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Patent number: 4466823Abstract: Unwanted sicklepod plants are controlled by subjecting the plants to an effective dosage of the (R.sup.*,S.sup.*)-(+)- optical isomer of 4-benzoyl-2,3-diphenylbutyric acid.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1983Date of Patent: August 21, 1984Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Kurt G. R. Sundelin, Gene A. Bozarth
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Patent number: 4461912Abstract: Phenylacetic derivatives of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group and n represents an integer from 1 to 3) and salts and esters thereof have analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory activity and may be prepared by reducing the corresponding acid or ester having an oxo group at the 2-position of the cycloalkylidene ring system and, if necessary, salifying the resulting product.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1982Date of Patent: July 24, 1984Assignee: Sankyo Company LimitedInventors: Atsusuke Terada, Shunji Naruto, Eiichi Misaka
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Patent number: 4454350Abstract: A process for the acylation of halo- or trihalomethylbenzenes, wherein a halo- or trihalomethylbenzene is reacted with a carboxylic acid, a precursor or a derivative thereof in the presence of boron trifluoride in an amount such that the absolute pressure of the boron trifluoride within the reaction vessel exceeds 1 bar, and in the presence of hydrofluoric acid as a solvent. The resultant products are useful as intermediates in the synthesis of compounds having a phytosanitary (e.g., herbicidal) or pharmaceutical activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1982Date of Patent: June 12, 1984Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Specialities ChimiquesInventor: Michel Desbois
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Patent number: 4453005Abstract: Substituted phenylalkenoic acids and esters of the formula: ##STR1## having useful pharmaceutical activity and processes for their preparation are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1982Date of Patent: June 5, 1984Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.Inventors: Patrice C. Belanger, Claude Dufresne, John W. Gillard, Haydn W. R. Williams
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Patent number: 4446078Abstract: A process for the preparation of .alpha.,.alpha.-difluoroalkoxy or .alpha.,.alpha.-difluoroalkylthiophenyl ketones, in which a polyhaloalkoxybenzene or a polyhaloalkylthiobenzene is reacted with a carboxylic acid, a precursor or a derivative of this acid in the presence of boron trifluoride in such an amount that the absolute pressure of the boron trifluoride within the reaction vessel exceeds 1 bar, and in the presence of hydrofluoric acid as a solvent. The resultant products are useful as intermediates in the synthesis of compounds having phytosanitary (e.g., herbicidal) or pharmaceutical activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1982Date of Patent: May 1, 1984Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Specialites ChimiquesInventor: Michel Desbois
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Patent number: 4421927Abstract: The present invention relates to a new cinnamoyl-cinnamic acid derivative selected from the group constituted by:(i) the m-cinnamoyl-cinnamic acid derivatives of formula ##STR1## in which: X.sub.o,X.sub.1,X.sub.2,X.sub.3,X.sub.4, which are identical or different, each represent an atom of hydrogen, a halogen, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, the group NRR' (where R and R' identical or different, each represent an atom of hydrogen or a lower alkyl group), the group NO.sub.2, CF.sub.3 or OH;R.sub.1 represents an atom of hydrogen or a lower alkyl group;R.sub.2 represents an atom of hydrogen or the methyl group;Y represents a group OH, OR.sub.3 (where R.sub.3 is a lower alkyl group), NRR' (where R and R' are defined as hereinabove) or the group O(CH.sub.2).sub.n NR.sub.4 R.sub.5 (where n is an integer of value 1 to 5--and preferably 2 or 3)--; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1981Date of Patent: December 20, 1983Assignee: Societe de Recherches Industrielles (S.O.R.I.)Inventor: Francois Picart
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Patent number: 4415746Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 16-aryloxy-17,18,19,20-tetranoprostanoic acids and derivatives thereof useful as bronchodilators and as hypotensive and contraceptive agents.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1981Date of Patent: November 15, 1983Assignee: American Cyanamid CompanyInventors: Charles V. Grudzinskas, Martin J. Weiss
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Patent number: 4410716Abstract: Novel compounds, dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene derivatives, of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and Z represents a group of the formula ##STR2## These novel compounds are useful as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents free from gastrointestinal lesions. The compounds of formula (I) can be prepared, for example, by cyclizing a compound of the general formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined above, X represents a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom, one Y represents a group of the formula --CH.sub.2 COX and the other Y represents a hydrogen atom; optionally hydrolyzing the cyclized product; and optionally esterifying the product, and/or etherifying its enol group.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1980Date of Patent: October 18, 1983Assignee: Toa Eiyo Kagaku Kogyo Co. Ltd.Inventors: Tetsutaro Hayasaka, Kuniro Saito, Sen-ichi Narita, Takao Goto, Shin-ichi Yamada, Teruo Saito, Kazuyoshi Okutani
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Patent number: 4407757Abstract: Novel compounds of the formulae ##STR1## wherein R represents lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, A represents --CH.sub.2 --, --CO-- or ##STR2## n represents an integer of 1 to 8, X represents hydrogen or hydroxyl which may be protected and Y represents hydroxyl which may be protected, and their esters show an excellent action on the lysosomal membranes of cells, and exhibit excellent pharmacological activities such as physiologic host defense control activity, especially immuno-potentiating activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1980Date of Patent: October 4, 1983Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Morimoto, Isuke Imada, Masazumi Watanabe, Mitsuru Kawada
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Patent number: 4403100Abstract: The present invention provides novel (11R)-11-deoxy-11-alkyl-6-oxo-prostaglandins which are useful for curing and preventing duodenal ulcers and for preventing or treating gastrointestinal cell damage caused by the use of other pharmacological agents.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1981Date of Patent: September 6, 1983Assignee: The Upjohn CompanyInventor: Douglas R. Morton, Jr.
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Patent number: 4400534Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## its salts, and resolved forms thereof, especially the compound of formula (II): ##STR2## and its salts are new analgesic and/or anti-inflammatory agents. The agents are prepared by resolution at the 2-position of a suitable starting material such as the compound (IV): ##STR3## or an optionally partly resolved form thereof, with subsequent reduction and optional resolution to give the trans form.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1981Date of Patent: August 23, 1983Assignee: Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Atsusuke Terada, Eiichi Misaka
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Patent number: 4390702Abstract: A 3-substituted-3-fluoropyruvic acid and its ester and salt of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a lower alkyl group, a lower alkanoyl group, a fluorinated lower alkanoyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl group and R' is a hydrogen atom, an ester-forming residue or a salt-forming residue, and their production.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1980Date of Patent: June 28, 1983Assignees: Daikan Kogyo Co., Ltd., Shionogi and Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Misaki, Masahiro Suefuji, Tadahiko Tsushima, Hiroshi Tanida
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Patent number: 4381297Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is an imino acid or ester are disclosed as useful hypotensive agents due to their angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition activity.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1981Date of Patent: April 26, 1983Assignee: E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.Inventors: Donald S. Karanewsky, Edward W. Petrillo, Jr.
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Patent number: 4377709Abstract: 5-Oxoalkanoic acids are prepared by addition of a ketone containing at least one hydrogen atom in the .alpha.-position with regard to the keto group, to an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated acid. As catalysts secondary amines are present.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1980Date of Patent: March 22, 1983Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventor: Werner H. Muller
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Patent number: 4371547Abstract: 2-Benzylideneglutaraldehydes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently are hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of halo, lower-alkyl, phenyl, carboxy, lower-alkoxycarbonyl, phenoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, hydroxysulfonyl, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, lower-alkoxy and phenoxy, a method of use thereof as disinfectants, disinfectant compositions comprising them, and 2,6-dialkoxy-3-(.alpha.-alkoxybenzyl)tetrahydropyrans of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined above and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently are alkyl of one to four carbon atoms, which are intermediates for their preparation are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1981Date of Patent: February 1, 1983Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc.Inventors: Wolfgang Munzenmaier, Heinz Eggensperger, Helmut H. Ehlers, Wolfgang Beilfuss, Lothar Bucklers, Hans-Peter Harke
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Patent number: 4365076Abstract: Novel 4-(2-oxo-1-cycloalkylidenemethyl)phenylacetic acid derivatives and non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful as anti-inflammatory agents.The compounds may be prepared by reacting a p-formylphenylacetic acid ester derivative with an enamine of cycloalkanone and hydrolyzing the resulting product, or with a cycloalkanone in the presence of a base.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1980Date of Patent: December 21, 1982Assignee: Sankyo Company LimitedInventors: Atsusuke Terada, Shigeru Tanaka, Eiichi Misaka
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Patent number: 4348538Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 3-bromo-4-fluoro-benzaldehyde acetal of the formula: ##STR1## in which R each independently is a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl group or the radicals R together are a C.sub.2 to C.sub.5 alkanediyl radical,comprising reacting 3-bromo-4-fluoro-phenylglyoxylic acid of the formula: ##STR2## with an amine of the formula:H.sub.2 N--R.sup.1in whichR.sup.1 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical, at a temperature between about 0.degree. and 200.degree. C. to produce a 3-bromo-4-fluoro-benzaldimine of the formula: ##STR3## and reacting that with an alcohol or alkanediol of the formula:(HO).sub.n --Rin which n is 1 or 2 in the presence of sulphuric acid at a temperature between about 0.degree. and 100.degree. C. Various of the reactants are new and syntheses are given.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1981Date of Patent: September 7, 1982Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Fritz Maurer, Uwe Priesnitz, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Bernd Gallenkamp, Erich Klauke
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Patent number: 4336397Abstract: 2,4-Dioxo-4-substituted-1-butanoic acid derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl; andL is a lipophilic group consisting essentially of: ##STR2## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of (a) hydrogen; (b) C.sub.4-12 straight or branched chain alkyl; (c) C.sub.4-7 cycloalkyl; and (d) tetrahydronaphthyl; provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may not both be hydrogen; and when one of R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 is tetrahydronaphthyl, the other must be some other substituent; and that positions 2 and 6 of the substituted phenyl moiety may not be substituted; and ##STR3## where R.sup.1, and R.sup.2 have the same meaning as above except tetrahydronaphthyl;R.sup.3 is bromine, chlorine, or fluorine;m is 0 to 3;or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1980Date of Patent: June 22, 1982Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Edward J. Cragoe, Jr., Arthur A. Patchett, Clarence S. Rooney, Haydn W. R. Williams