Benzene Ring In A Substituent E Patents (Class 564/184)
  • Patent number: 9458091
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an aromatic amide carboxylic acid derivative represented by the following Formula (2), including a step of reacting an aromatic amide halide derivative represented by the following Formula (1) with carbon monoxide. In the following Formulae (1) and (2), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; X1 represents a fluorine atom or a cyano group; X2 represents a halogen atom; and n represents an integer of from 0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kitajima, Kenji Kodaka, Hiroyuki Katsuta, Kunio Okumura
  • Patent number: 9079827
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an aromatic amide carboxylic acid derivative represented by the following Formula (2), including a step of reacting an aromatic amide halide derivative represented by the following Formula (1) with carbon monoxide. In the following Formulae (1) and (2), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; X1 represents a fluorine atom or a cyano group; X2 represents a halogen atom; and n represents an integer of from 0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kitajima, Kenji Kodaka, Hiroyuki Katsuta, Kunio Okumura
  • Publication number: 20150126493
    Abstract: The invention provides bicyclic sulfone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting RORy activity, reducing the amount of iL-17 in a subject, and treating immune disorders and inflammatory disorders using such bicyclic sulfone compounds. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a medical disorder. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more bicyclic sulfone compounds described herein. In certain other embodiments, the disorder is rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas D. Aicher, Kenneth J. Barr, Vladimir Simov, Willam D. Thomas, Peter L. Toogood, Chad A. Van Huis
  • Publication number: 20150045213
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as nematicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Anthony Cornelis O'Sullivan, Olivier Loiseleur, Roman Staiger, Torsten Luksch, Thomas Pitterna
  • Publication number: 20150023889
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods relating to fluoride aptamers, fluoride-responsive riboswitches, fluoride-regulated expression constructs, fluoride transporters, nucleic acids encoding fluoride transporters, expression constructs encoding fluoride transporters, and cells containing or including any combination of these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Breaker, Jenny Baker, Narasimhan Sudarsan, Zasha Weinberg, Adam Roth, Tyler Ames, James Nelson
  • Publication number: 20150005320
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof wherein X, Y, A, Z, L and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Yu Xie, Mats Holmqvist, Jerome Mahiou, Mitsunori Ono, Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Shijie Zhang, Jun Jiang, Dinesh Chimmanamada, Chih-Yi Yu
  • Publication number: 20140343282
    Abstract: Novel synthetic approaches to make 3-(imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-3-ylethynyl)-4-methyl-N-[4-[(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]benzamide, intermediates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Apicore, LLC
    Inventors: Ravishanker Kovi, Jayaraman Kannapan, Sanjay F. Thakor, Rajesh A Patel
  • Patent number: 8871976
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound represented by the following structural formula: wherein is described herein. The compounds of the invention are useful in staining embryonic stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: National University of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Young-Tae Chang, Sung Chan Lee, Nam Young Kang
  • Publication number: 20140296560
    Abstract: An amide derivative represented by Formula (3), which exhibits excellent efficacy in pest control effect, is produced by allowing a compound represented by the following Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2) to react with each other. In Formula (1) to Formula (3), Y1 and Y2 each represent a halogen atom or a haloalkyl group; Rf represents a C3-C4 perfluoroalkyl group; and R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; LG represents a leaving group; T represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; X1, X3, X4, and X5 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like; and A represents a nitrogen atom, a methine group, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Youji Aoki, Yumi Kobayashi, Hidenori Daido, Hiroyuki Katsuta, Hidetaka Tsukada, Atsushi Hirabayashi, Yusuke Takahashi, Michikazu Nomura, Atsuko Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20140248299
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (Ia): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X6, X10, R1, Y, Z, L, and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Gary Bohnert, Shoujun Chen, Yu Xie
  • Publication number: 20140243366
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. WHITTEN, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20140228219
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having an excellent efficacy for controlling weeds. A cyclohexanone compound of the formula (I): wherein m is an integer of 1, 2 or 3; n is an integer of any one of 1 to 5; X represents CH2, O, S, S(O) or S(O)2; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R4 represents a C6-10 aryl group or a five- to six-membered heteroaryl group; G represents a hydrogen atom and the like; Z represents a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a phenyl group, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; is useful as an active ingredient for herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakashima, Yoshinobu Jin, Masato Konobe
  • Publication number: 20140228405
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a lysine-specific demethylase 1 inhibitory action, and useful as a medicament such as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for cancer, and central nervous system diseases, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Tomita, Shigeo Kajii, Douglas Robert Cary, Daisuke Tomita, Shinichi Imamura, Ken Tsuchida, Satoru Matsuda, Ryujiro Hara
  • Patent number: 8778985
    Abstract: Small molecules are used to inhibit specific receptor-ligand interaction between Alzheimer's amyloid-? peptide (A?) and Receptor for Advanced Gly-cation Endproducts (RAGE). Objectives include treating Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies involving cerebral amyloid angiopathy; improving blood flow to or within the brain; decreasing the level of A? in the brain; reducing neuropathology associated with Alzheimer's disease; reducing inflammation and/or oxidant stress in the brain; improving memory and/or learning; treating other conditions involving A?/RAGE interaction at the blood-brain barrier, RAGE-mediated transport of A? into the brain, or RAGE activation in brain vasculature and/or brain parenchyma (e.g., diabetic complications); or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Rochester
    Inventors: Berislav V. Zlokovic, Rashid Deane, Benjamin L. Miller
  • Patent number: 8779197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Weichuan Caroline Chen, Paul Krenitsky, Pramod Joshi, Andreas Termin, Dean Wilson
  • Patent number: 8729306
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alternative synthesis of N-substituted aminotetralines which synthesis comprises catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of compounds of general formula (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: UCB Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: David Vasselin, Nicolas Carly, Celal Ates
  • Patent number: 8722156
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides a liquid crystal compound having the following formula: wherein A1, A2, and A3 are independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato, or —OCF3; R1 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 alkoxy, C1-C12 haloalkly, C2-C12 alkenyl, or C2-C12 alkynyl; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 haloalkly, cyano, thiocyanato, or —OCF3; and Z is a single bond, —O—, —CH2O—, —C(O)O—, —OCO—, —C(O)NH—, or —CH?CH—. In another embodiment, a liquid crystal display including the liquid crystal compound is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jian-Wen Lin, Chun-Ming Wu, Shih-Hsien Liu, Kung-Lung Cheng, Chih-Lung Chin
  • Publication number: 20140107134
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof wherein X, Y, A, Z, L and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Yu Xie, Mats Holmqvist, Jerome Mahiou, Mitsunori Ono, Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Shijie Zhang, Jun Jiang, Dinesh Chimmanamada, Chih-Yi Yu
  • Publication number: 20140107340
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzamide containing compounds which inhibit the P2X7 receptor
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: John Paul Kilburn, Lars Kyhn Rasmussen, Mikkel Jessing, Eman Mohammed Eldemenky, Bin Chen, Yu Jiang, Allen T. Hopper
  • Publication number: 20140088105
    Abstract: There are described cyclohexyl amide derivatives useful as corticotropin releasing factor (CRF1) receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: David Beattie, Andrew James Culshaw, Lisa Rooney, Emily Stanley
  • Publication number: 20140018566
    Abstract: A new method of ortho-fluorination for selectively fluorinating a benzoic acid or derivative compound where an aryl C—H bond is directly replaced by an aryl C—F bond is provided. The method comprises reacting a compound having the formula: wherein X is at least one substitution group attached with a benzene ring and Ar is an aromatic substitution group comprising at least one fluorine atom, and a mixture comprising a palladium (II) catalyst and a fluorinating reagent to form at least one of the ortho-fluorinated compounds having the formulae with good yield and selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventor: JIN-QUAN YU
  • Publication number: 20130331411
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound of Formula I for the treatment of protease-activated receptor mediated diseases by the administration of a compound of Formula I or a prodrug or metabolite thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Dockendorff, Robert Flaumenhaft, Lawrence MacPherson
  • Publication number: 20130317247
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an aromatic amide carboxylic acid derivative represented by the following Formula (2), including a step of reacting an aromatic amide halide derivative represented by the following Formula (1) with carbon monoxide. In the following Formulae (1) and (2), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; X1 represents a fluorine atom or a cyano group; X2 represents a halogen atom; and n represents an integer of from 0 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kitajima, Kenji Kodaka, Hiroyuki Katsuta, Kunio Okumura
  • Publication number: 20130281394
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating conditions associated with a chemosensory receptor, including diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic diseases, disorders or conditions by administering a composition comprising a chemosensory receptor ligand. Also provided herein are chemosensory receptor ligand compositions and methods for the preparation thereof for use in the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ELCELYX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Alain D. Baron, Martin R. Brown, Christopher R.G. Jones, Nigel R.A. Beeley
  • Publication number: 20130267712
    Abstract: A method of preparing an aryl carbonyl or aryl thiocarbonyl compound, comprises reacting an N-(nitroaryl)-amide or N-(nitroaryl)-thioamide with an aromatic ring, with a superacid catalyst, to produce the aryl carbonyl or aryl thiocarbonyl compound. The superacid is present in an amount of at most 8 equivalents in proportion to the N-(nitroaryl)-amide or N-(nitroaryl)-thioamide. A method of preparing aryl amide or aryl thioamide, comprises reacting an N-(nitroaryl)-carbamide or N-(nitroaryl)-thiocarbamide with an aromatic ring, with a superacid catalyst, to produce the aryl amide or aryl thioamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
    Inventors: Douglas A. Klumpp, Erum K. Raja
  • Patent number: 8552065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel biarylamide derivative and a pharmaceutical composition or a cosmetic composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel biarylamide derivative, a pharmaceutical composition or a cosmetic composition for preventing or treating a pigmentation disorder caused by an abnormal excess of melanin or a disease caused by melanocyte hyperplasia comprising the same as an active ingredient. The biarylamide derivative of the present invention inhibits melanin production and thus inhibits melanocyte hyperplasia. Therefore, a cosmetic composition comprising the biarylamide is excellent in a whitening effect, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the biarylamide is effective in the prevention or treatment of pigmentation disorders of skin such as lentigo, melasma, freckle, etc. and malignant melanoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Catholic University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Dong Heon Shin
  • Publication number: 20130224790
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound represented by the following structural formula: wherein is described herein. The compounds of the invention are useful in staining embryonic stem cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicants: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Young-Tae Chang, Sung Chan Lee, Nam Young Kang
  • Publication number: 20130121919
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method for screening compounds that bind to and modulate a histone acetyltransferase protein. The invention further provides methods for treating neurodegenerative disorders, conditions associated with accumulated amyloid-beta peptide deposits, Tau protein levels, and/or accumulations of alpha-synuclein as well as cancer by administering a HAT-activating compound to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Yan FENG, Mauro Fa, Ottavio Arancio, Shi Xian Deng, Donald W. Landry, Yitshak Francis
  • Patent number: 8410303
    Abstract: A method is provided for the preparation of an aromatic carboxylic acid aryl ester or an N-aryl aromatic carboxamide. The method comprises contacting an O,O-diaryl thiocarbonate or an O-aryl-N-aryl thiocarbamate with a reactant that regioselectively reacts with sulfur, which contact causes an O-neophyl rearrangement, thereby forming either the aromatic carboxylic acid aryl ester or the N-aryl aromatic carboxamide, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Alabugin, Abdulkader Baroudi
  • Patent number: 8389767
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of using certain compounds of formula (I), (II) and (III) in the synthesis of an insecticide intermediate of formula (IV), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, to processes for preparing these compounds, to processes which use these compounds to prepare insecticide intermediates, and to certain novel compounds of formula (II?) and (III?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Andre Denis Stoller, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, Peter Maienfisch, Werner Zambach
  • Publication number: 20130035377
    Abstract: Tranylcypromine derivatives useful as therapeutic agents, particularly for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases and conditions associated with the activity of histone demethylases LSD1 and LSD2, such as the diseases characterized by deregulation of gene transcription, cell differentiation and proliferation, e.g. tumors, viral infections, are herein described. These compounds belong to the structural formula (I) wherein A and R3 are as defined in the specification. The invention also relates to the preparation of these compounds, as well as to compositions containing them and to therapeutic use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA", UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA, FONDAZIONE IEO
    Inventors: Saverio Minucci, Antonello Mai, Andrea Mattevi
  • Publication number: 20130035284
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions involving small molecule inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of flavivirus infection, such as dengue virus and West Nile virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Stanley J. Watowich, Suzanne M. Tomlinson, Scott Gilbertson
  • Publication number: 20130005759
    Abstract: MicroRNAs are a class of endogenous regulators of gene function. Aberrant regulation of microRNAs has been linked to various human diseases, most importantly cancer. Small molecule intervention of microRNA misregulation has the potential to provide new therapeutic approaches to such diseases. microRNA miR-122 is the most abundant microRNA in the liver and is involved in hepatocellular carcinoma development and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Small molecule inhibitors and activators of the microRNA miR-122 are described, and methods for their identification are reported. These small molecule inhibitors reduce viral replication in liver cells and thus represent a new approach to the treatment of HCV infections. Moreover, small molecule activation of miR-122 in liver cancer cells selectively induced apoptosis through caspase activation, and thus has implications in cancer chemotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Alexander Deiters, Douglas D. Young
  • Publication number: 20120302790
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alternative synthesis of N-substituted aminotetralines which synthesis comprises catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of compounds of general formula (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: David Vasselin, Nicolas Carly, Celal Ates
  • Patent number: 8314269
    Abstract: A compound of general formula (I) is disclosed. A process for preparing this compound, a fungicidal composition comprising a compound of general formula (I), and method for treating plants by applying a compound of general formula (I) or a composition comprising it are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Darren Mansfield, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Heiko Rieck, Philippe Desbordes, Alain Villier, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer, Pierre Genix
  • Publication number: 20120289595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel biarylamide derivative and a pharmaceutical composition or a cosmetic composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel biarylamide derivative, a pharmaceutical composition or a cosmetic composition for preventing or treating a pigmentation disorder caused by an abnormal excess of melanin or a disease caused by melanocyte hyperplasia comprising the same as an active ingredient. The biarylamide derivative of the present invention inhibits melanin production and thus inhibits melanocyte hyperplasia. Therefore, a cosmetic composition comprising the biarylamide is excellent in a whitening effect, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the biarylamide is effective in the prevention or treatment of pigmentation disorders of skin such as lentigo, melasma, freckle, etc. and malignant melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Catholic University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Dong Heon Shin
  • Publication number: 20120245137
    Abstract: Methods and compounds effective in ameliorating conditions characterized by unwanted calcium channel activity, particularly unwanted N-type and/or T-type calcium channel activity, are disclosed. Specifically, a series of compounds containing aryl sulphone derivatives, as exemplified by Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Zalicus Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hassan A. Pajouhesh, Robert Galemmo, JR., Richard Holland, Yuanxi Zhou, Yongbao Zhu, Eric Simonson, Navjot Chahal, Mike Grimwood
  • Publication number: 20120220768
    Abstract: A process is provided for the synthesis of an amide. A primary or secondary amine and a primary alcohol, with the amine and the alcohol being either moieties of different reactants or moieties of the same molecule, are contacted in the presence of a Ruthenium (II) catalyst. The Ruthenium (II) catalyst is free of a phosphine ligand. The process is also carried out in the absence of a phosphine. Providing the Ruthenium (II) catalyst includes providing an N-heterocyclic carbene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Soon Hyeok Hong, Subhash Chandra Ghosh, Yao Zhang, Senthilkumar Muthaiah, Cheng Chen, Xiangya Xu
  • Publication number: 20120196852
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards novel naphthoquinone and naphthothiazole compounds, and methods of treating disorders related to MetAP, including tuberculosis and bacterial infection, using various naphthoquinone, hydroxyquinonline, and naphthothiazole compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun O. Liu, Omonike Arike Olaleye, Shridhar Bhat
  • Publication number: 20120190820
    Abstract: Provided are methods for forming a reactive S-nitroso thioacid (NTA), comprising nitrosation of a thioacid with a nitrosation reagent. Also provided are methods for: acylating a nucleophile including selective acylation with a high degree of selectivity toward amines over hydroxyls; amide or peptide bond formation; forming a dipeptide or polypeptide; and peptide coupling/ligation, comprising use of thioacid and amine starting materials, wherein the reactions are mediated by very reactive S-nitroso thioacid (NTA) intermediates enabling extremely fast reactions under mild conditions, providing for broad applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Ming Xian, Jia Pan
  • Patent number: 8202999
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formulas (I), (VII) and (XI): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, Y, Z, L, R1, R2, R3, R18 and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Jun Jiang, Yu Xie, Junyi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120149910
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide novel carboxamides which exhibit an excellent pesticidal activity as pesticides. Disclosed are the carboxamides represented by the following Formula (I): wherein each substituent is as defined in the specification, and use thereof as pesticides and animal parasite controlling agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Jun Mihara, Koichi Araki, Takuma Mori, Tetsuya Murata, Yasushi Yoneta, Yukiyoshi Watanabe, Eiichi Shimojo, Teruyuki Ichihara, Masashi Ataka, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Ulrich Gorgens
  • Publication number: 20120107902
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for producing amide bonds and reagents related thereto. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of producing an amide comprising mixing an O-silylated thionoester and an amine under conditions such that an amide is formed. In another embodiment, the disclosure relates to mixing a thiolacid, a silylating agent, and an amine under conditions such that an amide is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lanny S. Liebeskind, Wenting Wu, Zhihui Zhang, Hao Li, Angus A. Lamar
  • Patent number: 8168833
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method of using Schwartz Reagent, Cp2Zr(H)Cl, without accumulating or isolating it. Methods provide mixtures of Cp2ZrCl2, reductants that selectively reduce Cp2ZrCl2, and substrates. After reaction of Cp2ZrCl2 and the reductant, an intermediate reduction product is formed, apparently Schwartz Reagent. The in situ Schwartz Reagent then selectively reduces certain functional groups on the substrate. Substrates include tertiary amides, tertiary benzamides, aryl O-carbamates, and heteroaryl N-carbamates, which are reduced to aldehydes, benzaldehydes, aromatic alcohols, and heteroaromatics, respectively. Compared to prior methods, reagents are inexpensive and stable, reaction times are short, and reaction temperature in certain cases is conveniently room temperature. It has been estimated that using the in situ method described herein instead of synthesized or commercially obtained Schwartz Reagent provides a 50% reduction in cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Yigang Zhao, Victor A. Snieckus
  • Publication number: 20110263869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of initiating a reaction represented by scheme (1), wherein Q is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is halogen or a sulphonate; P is an organic radical; R is hydrogen or an organic radical; wherein the catalyst comprises copper and a ligand; comprising providing the compound of formula III in liquid form prior to contacting the compound of formula III with the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: George Robert Hodges, Lisa Mitchell, Alan James Robinson
  • Publication number: 20110237798
    Abstract: A method is provided for the preparation of an aromatic carboxylic acid aryl ester or an N-aryl aromatic carboxamide. The method comprises contacting an O,O-diaryl thiocarbonate or an O-aryl-N-aryl thiocarbamate with a reactant that regioselectively reacts with sulfur, which contact causes an O-neophyl rearrangement, thereby forming either the aromatic carboxylic acid aryl ester or the N-aryl aromatic carboxamide, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Alabugin, Abdulkader Baroudi
  • Publication number: 20110152261
    Abstract: There are described cyclohexyl amide derivatives useful as corticotropin releasing (CRF1) receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: David Beattie, Anny-Odile Colson, Andrew James Culshaw, Lisa Rooney, Emily Stanley, Lilya Sviridenko
  • Patent number: 7951973
    Abstract: A compound of general formula (I): A process for preparing this compound. A fungicidal composition comprising a compound of general formula (I). A method for treating plants by applying a compound of general formula (I) or a composition comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Darren Mansfield, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Heiko Rieck, Philippe Desbordes, Alain Villier, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer, Pierre Genix
  • Publication number: 20110065760
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a compound of the formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V): wherein Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are each and independently selected from the group comprising C(O)—, —C(S)—, —C(O)—NR10—, —C(S)—NR11—, —C(N—CN)—NR12—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —S(O)—NR13—, and S(O2)—NR14—, —O—, —S— or are each and individually absent; X is a spacer and is independently selected from the group comprising -M1-L1-K-L2-M2-, wherein Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Jerini AG
    Inventors: Jochen KNOLLE, Mike Schutkowski, Gerd Hummel, Thomas Tradler, Laurence Jobron, Claudia Christner, Dirk Scharn, Roland Stragies, Christoph Gibson, Frank Osterkamp
  • Publication number: 20110039908
    Abstract: Small molecules are used to inhibit specific receptor-ligand interaction between Alzheimer's amyloid-? peptide (A?) and Receptor for Advanced Gly-cation Endproducts (RAGE). Objectives include treating Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies involving cerebral amyloid angiopathy; improving blood flow to or within the brain; decreasing the level of A? in the brain; reducing neuropathology associated with Alzheimer's disease; reducing inflammation and/or oxidant stress in the brain; improving memory and/or learning; treating other conditions involving A?/RAGE interaction at the blood-brain barrier, RAGE-mediated transport of A? into the brain, or RAGE activation in brain vasculature and/or brain parenchyma (e.g., diabetic complications); or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Berislav V. Zlokovic, Rashid Deane, Benjamin L. Miller