Naphthyl Group Patents (Class 562/490)
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Patent number: 5212303Abstract: A benzonaphthalene compound has the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents (i) ##STR2## or (ii) --CH.sub.2 OH; R.sub.6 represents ##STR3## or OR.sub.7 wherein R.sub.7 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-20 carbon atoms, monohydroxyalkyl or polyhydroxyalkyl, r' or r" represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl or a residue of an amino acid or a sugar, or together form a heterocycle; R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-15 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-4 carbon atoms or a cycloaliphatic radical; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic radical, a thiocycloaliphatic radical or --0--Si(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --R.sub.8 wherein R.sub.8 represents lower alkyl; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy or lower acyloxy.This compound is useful in the topical and systemic treatment of dermatologic diseases and in the treatment of the degeneration of conjuctive tissues.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1992Date of Patent: May 18, 1993Assignee: Centre International de Recherches Dermatologiques (CIRD)Inventors: Braham Shroot, Jacques Eustache, Jean-Michel Bernardon
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Patent number: 5198567Abstract: A compound of formula (I) ##STR1## its isomers and its salts in which R.sub.1, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -acyloxy or hydroxyl;R' is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl;R" is either a polyene chain or a benzene ringare useful in cosmetics and in the treatment of various dermatological and other complaints.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1991Date of Patent: March 30, 1993Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Gerard Lang, Jean Maignan, Serge Restle, Braham Shroot
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Patent number: 5196577Abstract: 4-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-anthracenyl) benzoic acid marked with tritium is used as a radioactive marker in the titration of nuclear receptors and CRABP, in the measurement of the affinity of retinoids for nuclear receptors and CRABP, in the titration of known retinoids, the characterization of antibodies directed against 4-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-anthracenyl) benzoic acid, and in the study of the distribution and metabolism of said benzoic acid derivative.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1989Date of Patent: March 23, 1993Assignee: Centre International de Recherches DermatologiquesInventors: Braham Shroot, Yves M. Darmon, Philippe Nedoncelle, Claude Martin
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Patent number: 5183590Abstract: A composition and method for inhibiting corrosion of ferrous metals in contact with an aqueous solution comprising adding to the system from 0.1 to 500 ppm of an aminohydroxysuccinic acid compound selected from group consisting of compounds of the generalized formulas: ##STR1## wherein R is H or C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, optionally substituted with --OH, --CO.sub.2 H, --SO.sub.3 H or phenyl, C.sub.4 C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, or phenyl which is optionally substituted with --OH, or --CO.sub.2 H, and R' is H, C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, optionally substituted with --OH or CO.sub.2 H; and ##STR2## wherein R' is as above, and Z is selected from the group consisting of i) --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- wherein n is an integer from 2 to 10, ii) --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --X--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 -- wherein X is --O--, --S--, --NR"--; wherein R" is selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, carboxyallkyl, acyl, --C(O)OR"' wherein R"' is C.sub.1 C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1991Date of Patent: February 2, 1993Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.Inventors: Charles G. Carter, Vladimir Jovancicevic, Judith A. Hartman, Robert P. Kreh
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Patent number: 5139702Abstract: A composition useful for treating aqueous systems comprising a naphthylamine polycarboxylic acid having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is CO.sub.2 H or SO.sub.3 H, Y is H, C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, CO.sub.2 H or SO.sub.3 H, R is H, C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, CO.sub.2 R' or COR', R' is C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, n is an integer from 1 to 20, and water soluble salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1991Date of Patent: August 18, 1992Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.Inventors: Charles G. Carter, Robert P. Kreh, Lai-Duien G. Fan
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Patent number: 5130335Abstract: Retinoid-like activity is exhibited by compounds of the formula ##STR1## where the R groups are independently hydrogen, or lower alkyl; A is --C(O)O--, --OC(O)--, --C(O)S--, or --SC(O)--; n is 0-5; and Z is H, --COB where B is --OH or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or B is --OR.sub.1 where R.sub.1 is an ester-forming group, or B is --N(R).sub.2 where R is hydrogen or lower alkyl, or Z is --OE where E is hydrogen or an ether-forming group or --COR.sub.2 where R.sub.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl or lower alkyl phenyl, or Z is --CHO or an acetal derivative thereof, or Z is --COR.sub.3 where R.sub.3 is --(CH.sub.2).sub.m CH.sub.3 where m is 0-4 and the sum of n and m does not exceed 4.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 1990Date of Patent: July 14, 1992Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Roshantha A. S. Chandraratna, Robert J. Weinkam
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Patent number: 5107053Abstract: A ruthenium phosphine complex having catalytic, hydrogenation activity is disclosed. The catalyst as the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R' are the same or different and are C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 linear or branched alkyl; R" is hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 linear or branched alkyl; R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 linear or branched alkyl; and n is an integer from 1 to 6.The phosphine complex is particularly useful in the asymmetric hydrogenation of unsaturated carboxylic acids or alkyl esters thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1991Date of Patent: April 21, 1992Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventor: Tse-Chong Wu
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Patent number: 5104492Abstract: Carboxylic acids are recovered from wet organic solutions by reducing the solutions' water content thus causing the acids to precipitate as recoverable crystals.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1990Date of Patent: April 14, 1992Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: C. Judson King, John Starr
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Patent number: 5081252Abstract: A process for the preparation of aromatic carboxylic acids or their salts comprises heating carboxyl-free aromatic compounds and aromatic carboxylic acid salts whose basic structures differ from those of the aromatic compounds, or heating polycyclic aromatic compounds with three or more rings and monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic carboxylic acid salts, under carbon dioxide pressure in the presence of one or more metal compounds selected from group (a) of compounds of zinc, cadmium, and thallium and one or more compounds selected from group (b) of compounds of cesium, Group II metals, And Group IIIa metals to effect the intermolecular transfer of the carboxyl groups.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1989Date of Patent: January 14, 1992Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Mitamura, Yoshimi Kata, Koichi Fujishiro, Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 5055594Abstract: A fluorogenic substrate for tryptophanase useful for identifying an unknown microorganism is a fluorescent dye linked to an amino acid by a carbamate or thiocarbamate group. In preferred substrates, the dye is fluorescein or 7-amino-4-methyl coumarin and the amino acid linked thereto is cysteine, threonine or serine.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1990Date of Patent: October 8, 1991Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Patrick D. Mize
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Patent number: 5028733Abstract: Bicyclooctane and bicycloheptane prostaglandin intermediates have been synthesized.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1989Date of Patent: July 2, 1991Assignee: National Research Development CorporationInventors: Robert L. Jones, Norman H. Wilson
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Patent number: 5015764Abstract: A process for the separation of a racemic mixture of certain aliphatic carboxylic acids or esters thereof is disclosed. The process comprises (i) forming a salt solution comprising said racemic mixture of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 linear or branched aliphatic carboxylic acid and an organic or inorganic base (ii) treating said salt solution with one-half molar equivalent of a chiral organic nitrogenous base having a base strength no stronger than said organic or inorganic base (iii) precipitating from the reaction solution formed in step (ii) the less soluble diastereomeric salt and (iv) separating said precipitated diastereomeric salt.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1990Date of Patent: May 14, 1991Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventors: Thanikavelu Manimaran, Fred J. Impastato
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Patent number: 5011579Abstract: A process for treating naphthenic fractions with a caustic blend of sodium and potassium hydroxide, preflashing the naphthenic fraction to remove water and then flashing the dewatered fraction to remove the neutral oils and the materials that were not formed into the acid salts. The naphthenic salt mixture is then quenched and acidified so as to recover the naphthenic acids. Naphthenic acids recovered from the process of the present invention have acid numbers which are generally higher than the naphthenic acids heretofore produced from the corresponding feed streams. The process provides for the flashing of the water which otherwise would cause foaming and not permit the recovery of the acid salt for the enhanced separation of the naphthenic acids.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1990Date of Patent: April 30, 1991Assignee: Merichem CompanyInventor: Gerald E. Davis
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Patent number: 5004832Abstract: Compounds are described of formula ##STR1## in which: Ar represents an aryl, possibly substituted;R represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R' represents a hydroxyl, an alkoxy, an amino group possibly mono or di-alkyl substituted, or an O.sup.-- M.sup.+ group where M.sup.+ represents the cation of an alkaline metal;X represents a hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom, a hydroxyl, or an acyloxy, alkylsulphonyloxy or arylsulphonyloxy group.The compounds of formula I can be easily transformed into alpha-arylalkanoic acids of formula ##STR2## in which Ar and R have the aforesaid meanings.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1989Date of Patent: April 2, 1991Assignee: Zambon S.p.A.Inventors: Graziano Castaldi, Claudio Giordano
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Patent number: 4990650Abstract: 1. An aromatic derivative having the formula (I) or the salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, a halogen atom, or OR.sup.3 wherein R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl; A-B represents a hydrocarbon moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and containing at least one double bond or a sulfur- or oxygen-containing hydrocarbon moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; n is an integer of 2 to 4; X represents a group ##STR2## and Y represents a hydrogen atom; alkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted with aryl; alkenyl having 2 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted with aryl or aryl substituted with at least one C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy; aryl which may be substituted with at least one carboxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxycarbonyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy; provided that, when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are both hydrogen, the moiety --A--B--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --X--Y does not represent ##STR3## wherein n=2 to 4 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1990Date of Patent: February 5, 1991Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Atsuo Hazato, Seizi Kurozumi
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Patent number: 4970336Abstract: This invention relates to methods of preparing and purifying .alpha.-substituted acetic acids, which comprise treating an .alpha.aromatic-substituted acetic acid represented by a specific general formula with a weak alkali while shielding light, or subjecting an .alpha.-aromatic-substituted acetonitrile represented by a specific general formula to acid hydrolysis, followed by treatment with a weak alkali while shielding light; and treating the alkali salt of .alpha.-substituted acetic acid thus formed with a decolorizing agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1989Date of Patent: November 13, 1990Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Yoshioka, Isao Hashiba, Suketoshi Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 4962230Abstract: A process for producing an optically active carboxylic acid represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, and R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or a phenyl or naphthyl group which may have a substituent, provided that all of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are not simultaneously a hydrogen atom; when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are simultaneously a hydrogen atom, then R.sup.3 is not a methyl group; and that when R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, then R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a group other then a hydrogen atom,is disclosed, comprising asymmetrically hydrogenating an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid represented by formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are the same as defined above, in the presence of a ruthenium-optically active phosphine complex as a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1987Date of Patent: October 9, 1990Assignee: Takasago International CorporationInventors: Hidemasa Takaya, Tetsuo Ohta, Ryoji Noyori, Noboru Sayo, Hidenori Kumobayashi, Susumu Akutagawa
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Patent number: 4940696Abstract: A benzonaphthalene compound has the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents ##STR2## or (ii) --CH.sub.2 OH; R.sub.6 represents ##STR3## or OR.sub.7 wherein R.sub.7 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-20 carbon atoms, monohydroxyalkyl or polyhydroxyalkyl, r' or r" represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl or a residue of an amino acid or a sugar, or together form a heterocycle; R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-15 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-4 carbon atoms or a cycloaliphatic radical; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic radical, a thiocycloaliphatic radical or --O--Si(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --R.sub.8 wherein R.sub.8 represents lower alkyl; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy or lower acyloxy.This compound is useful in the topical and systemic treatment of dermatologic diseases and in the treatment of the degeneration of conjunctive tissues.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1987Date of Patent: July 10, 1990Assignee: Centre International de Recherches Dermatologioues (CIRD)Inventors: Braham Shroot, Jacques Eustache, Jean-Michel Bernardon
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Patent number: 4937379Abstract: A process is described for preparing alpha-arylalkanoic acids, which comprises preparing and subsequently rearranging ketals of formula ##STR1## (in which Ar, R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 have the meanings given in the description).The ketals of formula II are prepared from the corresponding alpha-hydroxyketals.The rearrangement reaction is conducted under mild conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1987Date of Patent: June 26, 1990Assignee: Zambon S.p.A.Inventors: Claudio Giordano, Marco Villa
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Patent number: 4931589Abstract: A compound of formula (I) ##STR1## its isomers and its salts in which R.sub.1, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 acyloxy or hydroxyl;R' is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl;R" is either a polyene chain or a benzene ring are useful in cosmetics and in the treatment of various dermatological and other complaints.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1988Date of Patent: June 5, 1990Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Gerard Lang, Jean Maignan, Serge Restle, Braham Shroot
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Patent number: 4927967Abstract: A process for the production of organic carboxylic acids by the catalytic reaction of organic formate esters in contact with carbon monoxide and a homogeneous catalyst system of rhodium metal atom, a phosphorus containing ligand in which there is present at least one oxo oxygen atom attached to a phosphorus atom or a carbon atom to form a Z group and the ##STR1## group in said Z group is located at least one carbon atom removed and preferably from 2-4 carbon atoms removed from the phosphorus atom of the molecules represented by the formulas ##STR2## and a halogen source, under mild reaction conditions, wherein R' is H, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl or alkyl, and wherein 1 or more of said R' groups can be substituted with a Z group but not more than 3 of said R' groups in the molecule are so substituted; a is an integer from 0-4; b is an integer from 0-3; and Z is P(O)R'R'; --C(O)OR" or C(O)R", wherein R" is R'.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1985Date of Patent: May 22, 1990Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc.Inventor: Richard W. Wegman
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Patent number: 4910337Abstract: .alpha.-Arylalkanoic acids are prepared by a method comprising the step of reacting an alkylaromatic compound corresponding to the desired .alpha.-arylalkanoic acid with a new metallation reagent solution. The reagent comprises the reaction product of alkyllithium or aryllithium and about two to five molar equivalents of potassium tert-alkoxide in a trialkylamine solvent.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1989Date of Patent: March 20, 1990Assignee: Mine Safety Appliances CompanyInventors: Kuen-Wai Chiu, Mary H. Staruch, David H. Ellenberger
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Patent number: 4897473Abstract: This invention produces higher homologs, i.e., differing by at least a --CH.sub.2 -unit, of carbonyloxy-containing compounds by treating the carbonyloxy-containing compounds with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a ruthenium-containing compound, a proton donor, an iodide promoter, and optionally, a manganese-containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1981Date of Patent: January 30, 1990Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc.Inventor: Bernard D. Dombek
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Patent number: 4894181Abstract: Carbocyclic compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein Q is a benzene or cyclohexane ring or a naphthalene system, X is in each case --CH.sub.2 --(CH.sub.2).sub.p -- where it is also possible for one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups to be replaced by --O--, --S--, --CO--, --O--CO--, --CO--O-- or --CH.dbd.CH--,p is 0, 1 or 2,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 independently of one another are each a 1,4-phenylene group which is unsubstituted or monosubstituted or polysubstituted by halogen atoms and/or CH.sub.3 groups and/or CN groups and in which it would also be possible for one or more CH groups to be replaced by N atoms, a 1,4-cyclohexylene group wherein it would also be possible for one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups to be replaced by --O-- and/or --S--, a piperidine-1,4-diyl group or a 1,4-bicyclo[2.2.2]octylene group,Z is --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --O--, --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CHCN--CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --CHCN--, --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--, --N.dbd.CH--, --NO.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1988Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Klaus Praefcke, Bernd Kohne, Eike Poetsch
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Patent number: 4894482Abstract: A process is provided for removing water from a mixture of hydrogen fluoride (HF), a carboxylic acid, e.g., acetic acid, and water by extractive distillation in the presence of a Lewis base as solvent, which does not azeotrope with water, forms bonds with the HF and carboxylic acid which can be broken by heat and has a boiling point at atmospheric pressure at least about 20.degree. C. above that of the carboxylic acid, e.g., N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and taking off an overhead vapor comprising a major proportion of the water in said mixture. The extractive distillation may be advantageously integrated in an overall process with the production of an aromatic ketone, e.g., 4-hydroxyacetophone, by the Friedel-Crafts acylation of an aromatic compound, e.g., phenol, with the carboxylic acid, using HF as catalyst, to produce a product mixture comprising the aromatic ketone, HF, carboxylic acid and water, and the removal of aromatic ketone from the product mixture by means of a solvent assisted distillation.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1988Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Assignee: Hoechst Celanese CorporationInventors: Daniel D. Lindley, Carl D. Murphy
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Patent number: 4894471Abstract: A continuous process for the alkylation of CH-acid compounds with dialkyl carbonates in gas-liquid phase transfer catalysis conditions is described, consisting of contacting a mixture of a CH-acid compound (arylacetonitrile or malonic diester) and of a dialkylcarbonate, optionally added with an inert carrier (constituted by a polar or aprotic polar liquid or by a gas), with a catalytic bed comprising alumina spheres carrying a base and a phase transfer catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1987Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Assignee: Consiglio Nazionale Delle RichercheInventors: Enrico Angeletti, Franco Trotta, Pietro Tundo, Paolo Venturello
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Patent number: 4892940Abstract: An aromatic naphthyl compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is 0 or 1,R' is hydrogen, OH, acyloxy, alkoxy or NH.sub.2,R" is hydrogen or lower alkoxy, or R' and R" taken together form an oxo, methano or hydroxy-imino radical,R is --CH.sub.2 OH or --COR.sub.8,R.sub.8 is hydrogen, --OR.sub.9 or ##STR2## R.sub.9 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1-20 carbon atoms, mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, the residue of a sugar or ##STR3##is 1, 2 or 3,r' and r" each independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, monohydroxyalkyl, polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl, benzyl, the residue of amino acid or the residue of aminated sugar, or r' and r" together form a heterocycle,R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, alkoxy having 1-4 carbon atoms, fluoroalkoxy, CF.sub.3, cycloalkyl, lower acyl, halogen, OH, amino, acylamino or alkoxy carbonyl,R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 represent hydrogen or methyl or when n=1, R.sub.5 and R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1987Date of Patent: January 9, 1990Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Jean Maignan, Gerard Lang, Gerard Malle, Serge Restle, Braham Shroot
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Patent number: 4886907Abstract: New polysubstituted derivatives of naphtalene.These derivatives correspond to the following formula: ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 is H or CH.sub.3R.sub.5 is(i) ##STR2## (ii) --C.tbd.N (iii) ##STR3## or (iv) the radical: 2-oxazolinylm is 0 or 1R.sub.8 is H, alkyl, OR.sub.11, R.sub.11 being H, alkyl or ##STR4## R.sub.13 being alkyl or aryl or R.sub.8 is ##STR5## when m=1, r' and r" representing H, alkyl mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl or a heterocycle when they are taken together, R.sub.9 is H or alkyl, R.sub.10 is H, alkyl and the acetals of the said compounds, ##STR6## --OR.sub.14, R.sub.14 being H, alkyl, mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl or aralkyl a rest of a sugar or represents ##STR7## being 0, 1, 2, or 3 R.sub.6 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl radical,R.sub.7 represents H, alkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, sulfydryl, alkoxy, alkylthio, acyloxy, acylthio, acylamino or primary, secondary or tertiary amino and the salts of the said compounds.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1987Date of Patent: December 12, 1989Assignee: Centre International De Recherches Dermatologiques C.I.R.D.Inventors: Braham Shroot, Jacques Eustache, Martine Bouclier
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Patent number: 4876381Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula (II) ##STR1## and the corresponding isomers and salts, in which formula: a and b are integers which independently of one another can assume the values 0 or 1,R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 represent, independently, a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl radical or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy radical,R.sub.6 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl radical,R.sub.5 and R.sub.12 represent a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl radical, with the proviso that R.sub.5 cannot represent hydrogen if a=b=0 andR.sub.11 has various meanings.These compounds have useful dermatological properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1987Date of Patent: October 24, 1989Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Gerard Lang, Jean Maignan, Serge Forestier, Serge Restle, Alain Lagrange, Braham Shroot
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Patent number: 4871740Abstract: A glycyrrhetic acid derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and Y are hydrogen atom, respectively or X is oxygen atom together with Y, A.sub.1 is methylene or carbonyl radical, A.sub.2 is hydrogen atom, cyano, carbamoyl, carboxyl radical or alkoxycarbonyl group, m and n are an integer, respectively, R.sub.1 is a radical of ##STR2## in which R.sub.2 is an alkyl, alkenyl group, phenyl radical or a substituted phenyl radical, A.sub.3 is S, O or NH, and l is an integer, a process for the preparation of the derivatives, and use of the derivative as a pharmaceutical agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1987Date of Patent: October 3, 1989Assignee: Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayasu Kurono, Ryoichi Unno, Hiromoto Kimura, Mitsuru Oka, Keiko Hasegawa, Shinichi Ikeda, Noboru Kuboyama, Takashi Ito, Kiichi Sawai, Shunshuke Ito
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Patent number: 4866197Abstract: Process for the production of N-[[2-alkoxy-6-methoxy-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1-naphthalenyl]carbonyl]-N-meth ylglycine esters and intermediates for their production. Said esters are themselves intermediates for the manufacture of compounds which inhibit aldose reductase and are useful for the treatment of diabetic complications.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1987Date of Patent: September 12, 1989Assignee: American Home Products CorporationInventor: John G. Bauman
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Patent number: 4849530Abstract: The invention relates to novel crystalline salts of aryloxypropanolamines with diphenylacetic acid, a process for their preparation and the use of these salts for the preparation of chemically pure aryloxy-propanolamines or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1988Date of Patent: July 18, 1989Assignee: Rorer Pharmaceutical CorporationInventors: Gerhard Zol, Gerhard Pfarrhofer
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Patent number: 4814494Abstract: An effective method for producing highly pure (aryl substituted)carboxylic acid or its salt which comprises the steps of:(I) oxidizing (aryl substituted)aldehyde in an acidic phase in the presence of hypohalogenite; and(II) bringing the oxidized product obtained in the preceding step into contact in a liquid phase with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst of transistion metal of the group VIII in the periodic table.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1987Date of Patent: March 21, 1989Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Company, Ltd.Inventors: Isoo Shimizu, Yasuo Matsumura, Yoshihisa Inomata
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Patent number: 4810694Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) ##STR1## in which formula: R.sub.1, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 denote, independently of each other a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl radical, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy radical, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 acryloxy radical or a hydroxy ra dical;R, R' and R" denote, independently of each other, either one of the meanings given above for R.sub.1, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, or a halogen atom, or a primary, secondary or tertiary amino radical,A having various meanings.The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) and to medicinal and cosmetic compositions in which they are present.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1986Date of Patent: March 7, 1989Assignee: Centre International de Recherches Dermatologiques (C.I.R.D.)Inventors: Jean R. Maignan, Braham Shroot, Serge A. Restle
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Patent number: 4806558Abstract: Novel diarylacetylenes of the formula I ##STR1## where A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 have the meanings stated in the description, are useful for the treatment of dermatological disorders.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1985Date of Patent: February 21, 1989Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Heiner Wuest, Fritz-Frieder Frickel, Axel Nuerrenbach
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Patent number: 4783549Abstract: A compound of formula (I) ##STR1## its isomers and its salts in which --R.sub.1, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each indepenently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -acyloxy or hydroxyl;--R' is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl;--R" is either a polyene chain or a benzene ring are useful in cosmetics and in the treatment of various dermatological and other complaints.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1985Date of Patent: November 8, 1988Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Gerard Lang, Jean Maignan, Serge Restle, Braham Shroot
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Patent number: 4783548Abstract: A process for preparing a 3,4-dihydro 2-naphthanoic acid or an ester thereof comprises heating an alpha-vinyl cinnamic acid or a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.12)alkyl, (C.sub.6 -C.sub.12)aryl, (C.sub.6 -C.sub.12)aralkyl or (C.sub.6 -C.sub.12)alkylaryl ester thereof at a temperature effective to cyclize said acid or ester thereof and obtain the corresponding 3,4-dihydro 2-naphthanoic acid or ester thereof. The alpha-vinyl cinnamic acid or ester thereof may be obtained by contacting crotonic anhydride and a benzaldehyde substituted with halo or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.12)alkyl, acyl, acyloxy, carboxy, carbalkoxy, alkylthiol or alkoxy.A process for preparing 2-naphthanoic acid or an ester thereof comprises the above steps to prepare a 3,4-dihydro-2-naphthanoic acid, and dehydrogenating said 3,4-dihydro 2-naphthanoic acid or ester thereof to obtain the 2-naphthanoic acid.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1987Date of Patent: November 8, 1988Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Joseph R. Zoeller
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Patent number: 4782057Abstract: A benzo[h]cinnoline compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of X and Y is hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, amino, alkanoylamido having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro, cyano, alkanoyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; Ar is phenyl or pyridyl which may be optionally substituted by at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, amino, alkanoylamido having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro and cyano; and the bond position indicated by dotted line is single bond or double bond, a method of preparing said compound and a pharmaceutical composition containing said compound.Since these compounds possess high affinity for benzodiazepine receptor and antianxiety activity, they are useful as neutralizers to an excess dose of antianxiety agents or as antianxiety agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1986Date of Patent: November 1, 1988Assignee: Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Tahara, Minoru Kawakami, Shuzo Takehara, Masamitsu Sakamori
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Patent number: 4767882Abstract: Tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein either one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy and the other is acetyl and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or methyl in a racemic or optically active form, which are useful as perfumes or intermediates for production of perfumes, are prepared from an R.sup.4 -benzene and pyrocine through the intermediary compounds of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy present at either one of 6- and 7-positions and A is hydrogen, carboxyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 alkoxycarbonyl, halogen, methyl, hydroxymethyl or halomethyl.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1986Date of Patent: August 30, 1988Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Gohfu Suzukamo, Yoji Sakito
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Patent number: 4767784Abstract: The invention relates to novel crystalline salts of aryloxypropanolamines with diphenylacetic acid, a process for their preparation and the use of these salts for the preparation of chemically pure aryloxy-propanolamines or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1986Date of Patent: August 30, 1988Inventors: Gerhard Zolss, Gerhard Pfarrhofer
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Patent number: 4762948Abstract: An optically active arylacetic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are each an hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a phenyl group; and Ar is a group of the formula: ##STR2## a group of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a difluoromethoxy group, a trifluoromethyl group or a phenyl group is prepared in good conversion and optical yield by asymmetrically reducing an ethylenically unsaturated compound of the formula: ##STR4## wherein R.sub.1, and R.sub.2 and Ar are the same as defined above with hydrogen in the presence of a metal catalyst modified with a ligand selected from the group consisting of a specific optically active metallocenyl phosphine derivative and a specific optically active binaphthyl derivative.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1987Date of Patent: August 9, 1988Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Yoshihiko Ito, Tamio Hayashi, Norio Kawamura, Ichiki Takemoto
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Patent number: 4761497Abstract: 2-Naphtanoic acid or ester thereof is prepared by heating a compound selected from the group consisting of ketals and enol ethers or esters of an alpha-acetyl cinnamic acid or ester thereof at a temperature effective to cyclize the compound and form said 2-naphthanoic acid or ester thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1987Date of Patent: August 2, 1988Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph R. Zoeller, Charles E. Sumner, Jr.
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Patent number: 4749804Abstract: 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: June 10, 1986Date of Patent: June 7, 1988Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.Inventor: George C. Schloemer
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Patent number: 4748272Abstract: This invention relates to new lipoxygenase inhibitors possessing anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties. The present new compounds are of the formula: ##STR1## and salts thereof; whereinAr is phenyl, naphthyl or sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen heterocyclic;X is O, S, NR.sub.5, or a chemical bond;R is H, lower alkoxy, aryloxy, hydroxy, lower alkyl, aryl or lower aralkyl;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl, aryl, aryloxy, lower aralkyl, lower aralkoxy, formyl, lower alkanoyl, benzoyl, and lower aralkanoyl;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, aryloxy, lower aralkoxy, trifluoromethyl, lower carbalkoxy, carboxy, cyano, nitro, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, aryl or lower aralkyl;R.sub.5 is H, lower alkyl, lower aralkyl or aryl;R.sub.6 is hydroxy or hydroxy-substituted lower alkyl;n and m are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1986Date of Patent: May 31, 1988Assignee: Rorer Pharmaceutical Corp.Inventor: Raymond D. Youssefyeh
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Patent number: 4731450Abstract: A process for the perfluoroalkylation of aromatic derivatives. In a first stage, an aromatic derivative, sulfur dioxide and a metal selected from the group consisting of zinc, aluminum, manganese, cadmium, magnesium, tin, iron, nickel and cobalt, are brought into contact in a solvent, preferably a polar aprotic solvent. In a second stage, a perfluoroalkyl bromide or iodide is added to react with the aromatic derivative.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1986Date of Patent: March 15, 1988Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Specialites ChimiquesInventors: Claude Wakselman, Marc Tordeux
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Patent number: 4727181Abstract: Prepare esters of .alpha.-halocinnamic acid and related compounds in high yield under relatively mild conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1986Date of Patent: February 23, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: William J. Kruper, Jr.
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Patent number: 4717720Abstract: A benzonaphthalene compound has the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents (i) ##STR2## or (ii) --CH.sub.2 OH; R.sub.6 represents ##STR3## or OR.sub.7 wherein R.sub.7 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-20 carbon atoms, monohydroxyalkyl or polyhydroxyalkyl, r' or r" represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl or a residue of an amino acid or a sugar, or together form a heterocycle; R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-15 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-4 carbon atoms or a cycloaliphatic radical; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic radical, a thiocycloaliphatic radical or --O--Si(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --R.sub.8 wherein R.sub.8 represents lower alkyl; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy or lower acyloxy.This compound is useful in the topical and systemic treatment of dermatologic diseases and in the treatment of the degeneration of conjuctive tissues.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1986Date of Patent: January 5, 1988Assignee: Centre International de Recherches Dermatologiques (C.I.R.D.)Inventors: Braham Shroot, Jacques Eustache, Jean-Michel Bernardon
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Patent number: 4675418Abstract: Process for preparing alkanoic acid or their esters by rearrangement of alpha-halo-ketones in protic medium and in the presence of a non-noble metal salt.The protic medium is preferably an aliphatic alcohol having low molecular weight or water and the reaction is carried out at a temperature from 0.degree. C. to the boiling-point of the diluent or of the diluents mixture.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1982Date of Patent: June 23, 1987Assignee: Blaschim S.p.a.Inventors: Claudio Giordano, Giovanni Villa, Fulvio Uggeri, Graziano Castaldi
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Patent number: 4663465Abstract: 2,2-Dimethyl-3-arylcyclopropanecarboxylic acids and esters, suitable as insecticide intermediates, of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar is naphthyl or substituted furyl, thienyl or phenyl, andR.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, are produced by subjecting ##STR2## to radical polymerization to produce ##STR3## reacting that with chlorine or bromine to produce ##STR4## and reacting that with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide or carbonate. Various intermediates II and III are new.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1985Date of Patent: May 5, 1987Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reinhard Lantzsch, Dieter Arlt, Manfred Jautelat
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Patent number: 4654438Abstract: .alpha.-Arylalkanoic acids or esters, orthoesters or amides thereof are prepared by forming an .alpha.-hydroxy ketal or thioketal of an aryl alkyl ketone, activating the .alpha.-hydroxy substituent with an esterifying agent to form the corresponding ketal or thioketal ester substrate, wherein the ester group is sufficiently labile to non-catalytically disassociate from the substrate in a protic or dipolar, aprotic solvent, maintaining the ester substrate in contact with the protic or dipolar, aprotic solvent or mixtures thereof for a time sufficient to form the corresponding .alpha.-arylakanoic acid or ester, orthoester or amide thereof, and optionally concomitantly or sequentially hydrolyzing any ester, orthoester or amide formed to the corresponding .alpha.-arylalkanoic acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1985Date of Patent: March 31, 1987Assignee: Syntex Pharmaceuticals International LimitedInventor: George C. Schloemer