Abstract: The invention intends to provide means for producing halogenated aromatic methylamine useful as an intermediate in the production of agrochemical or medical preparations, by an industrially advantageous method. The process according to the present invention for producing halogenated aromatic methylamine is characterized by comprising hydrogen-reducing a halogenated aromatic nitrile represented by formula (1): (wherein X represents a chlorine atom or a fluorine atom, m represents an integer of 1 to 5, n represents an integer of 1 to 5, m+n?6, and when n is 2 or more, each X may be the same or different) using a hydrogenating catalyst in the presence of an organic acid in a solvent to produce a halogenated aromatic methylamine represented by formula (2): (wherein X, m and n have the same meanings as defined above, and a represents an integer of 1 to m).
Abstract: A process for producing 2-phenylacetophenone derivatives represented by the formula (I): (wherein X is an alkyl group or a haloalkyl group, and Y is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group which may be substituted), which comprises reacting a compound represented by the formula (II): (wherein X and Y are as defined above, and R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group) with an acid.
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aromatic polycyclic tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 26, 2002
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2005
Assignee:
G. D. Searle & Co.
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Mark A. Massa, Jane L. Wang, Deborah A. Mischke, Barry L. Parnas, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: Compounds of formula (1):
wherein
R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl and non-aromatic heterocyclic groups, or each of one or more pair(s) of the substituent groups R1 to R6 may together form a 3,4,5,6,7 or 8-membered ring containing 0,1 or 2 heteroatom(s);
R7 is selected from alkyl, aryl and non-aromatic heterocyclic groups; and
R8 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, aryl and non-aromatic heterocyclic groups;
and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, are useful for treating conditions generally associated with abnormalities in glutamatergic transmission.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2003
Date of Patent:
December 7, 2004
Assignee:
Vernalis Research Limited
Inventors:
Michael Frederick Snape, Roger John Gillespie, Claire Elizabeth Dawson, Steven Michael McAteer, Suneel Gaur
Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds, compositions, and methods that are particularly useful in photodynamic therapy. In particular, the inventive compounds, compositions, and methods relate to the formation of cytotoxic radical species in the presence of light. Significantly, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the present invention do not require the presence of oxygen in the photodynamic therapy and, as such, rely on a unimolecular mechanism for producing the radicals. The inventive compounds, compositions, and methods can be used, for example, in the treatment of cancers as well as infections caused by microorganisms such as protozoa, fungi, bacteria, and viruses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 20, 2001
Date of Patent:
December 7, 2004
Assignee:
Advanced Research and Technology Institute, Inc.
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted N-Alkyl/Alkenyl/Cycloalkyl/Heterocycyl N-Aryl/Heteroaryl tertiary-Heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery disease. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N-cycloalkyl N-benzyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2002
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2004
Assignee:
Pfizer, Inc.
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Barry L. Parnas, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-disubstituted reverse aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2002
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2004
Assignee:
Pfizer, Inc.
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: Described are cyclobexylamine derivatives of Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof:
The compounds are antagonists of NMDA receptor channel complexes useful for treating cerebral vascular disorders such as, for example, cerebral ischemia, cardiac arrest, stroke, and Parkinson's disease. The substituents are described in the specification.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2002
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2004
Assignee:
Warner-Lambert Company
Inventors:
Russell Joseph Deorazio, Sham Shridhar Nikam, Ian Leslie Scott, Brian Alan Sherer, Lawrence David Wise
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aryl and heteroaryl (R)-Chiral Halogenated 1-Substitutedamino-(n+1 )-Alkanol compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Novel high yield, stereoselective processes for the preparation of the chiral substituted alkanol compounds from chiral and achiral intermediates are described. Preferred (R)-Chiral 1-Substitutedamino-(n+1)-Alkanol compounds are substituted (R)-Chiral N-benzyl-N-phenyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 12, 2001
Date of Patent:
April 20, 2004
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Mark A. Massa, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Brian S. Hickory, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Deborah A. Mischke, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N-benzyl-N-phenyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 7, 2002
Date of Patent:
April 20, 2004
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrolyzing optically active amides to carboxylic acids and optically active amines with retention of the center of chirality, where the hydrolysis of the amides is carried out with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide in the presence of 5-30% by weight, based on the amide employed, of a polyol or an amino alcohol.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2001
Date of Patent:
March 30, 2004
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Klaus Ditrich, Wolfgang Ladner, Johann-Peter Melder
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-disubstituted cycloalkyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2002
Date of Patent:
January 27, 2004
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aryl and heteroaryl (R)-Chiral Halogenated 1-Substitutedamino-(n+1)-Alkanol compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Novel high yield, stereoselective processes for the preparation of the chiral substituted alkanol compounds from chiral and achiral intermediates are described. Preferred (R)-Chiral 1-Substitutedamino-(n+1)-Alkanol compounds are substituted (R)-Chiral N,N-bis-benzyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 12, 2001
Date of Patent:
January 27, 2004
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Mark A. Massa, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Brian S. Hickory, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Deborah A. Mischke, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-disubstituted mercapto amines.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2002
Date of Patent:
January 13, 2004
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-bis-benzyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2002
Date of Patent:
January 13, 2004
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: This invention relates to novel fluorinated phenyl thiphenyl (also named diarylsulfide) derivatives and their use in Positron Emission Tomagraphy (PET) imaging of Serotonin Transporters (SERTS). The present invention also provides diagnostic compositions comprising the novel compounds of the present invention, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. The invention further provides a method of imaging SERTS, comprising introducing into a patient a detectable quantity of a labeled compound of the present invetion, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 14, 2003
Publication date:
December 25, 2003
Inventors:
Hank F. Kung, Chyng-Yann Shiue, Shunichi Oya, Seok Rye Choi, Grace G. Shiue, Ping Fang
Inventors:
George Theodoridis, Edward Barron, Daniel H. Cohen, Ellen M. Crawford, Thomas G. Cullen, Hongyan Qi, Elizabeth Rowley, Syed F. Ali, Walter H. Yeager, Christina B. Duggan
Abstract: Compounds of formula I
wherein the substituents are defined as in claim 1, as well as the agronomically acceptable salts, isomers and enantiomers of these compounds, as well as the agronomically acceptable salts/N-oxides/isomers/enantiomers of these compounds, are eminently suitable for use as herbicides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 21, 2001
Date of Patent:
July 29, 2003
Assignee:
Syngenta Participations AG
Inventors:
Jürgen Schaetzer, Alain De Mesmaeker, Shy-Fuh Lee
Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved processes for phosphorylation and compounds produced by the improved processes. The improved process for phosphorylating complex alcohols comprises the following steps: (a) forming an intimate mixture of one or more complex alcohols and P4O10 at a temperature below 80° C. in the absence of additional solvents; and (b) allowing the intimate mixture to continue to react for a period of time at a temperature below 80° C. until the formation of the dihydrogen form of the phosphorylated complex alcohol is substantially completed.
Abstract: The present invention features calcilytic compounds. “Calcilytic compounds” refer to compounds able to inhibit calcium receptor activity. Also described are the use of calcilytic compounds to inhibit calcium receptor activity and/or achieve a beneficial effect in a patient; and techniques which can be used to obtain additional calcilytic compounds.
Inventors:
Eric G. Del Mar, Robert M. Barmore, Derek Sheehan, Bradford C. Van Wagenen, James F. Callahan, Richard M. Keenan, Nikesh R. Kotecha, Maria Amparo Lago, Linda Sue Southall, Mervyn Thompson
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for symmetrically disubstituting carboxylic acid amides on the geminal carbonyl-C-atom using grignard reagents in the presence of a metal alcoholate compound used as a catalyst and in the presence of another organometalic compound used as a co-catalyst.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for asymmetrically disubstituting carboxylic acid amides on the geminal carbonyl-C-atom using two grignard reagents in the presence of a metal alcoholate compound used as a catalyst and in the presence of another organometalic compound used as a co-catalyst.
Abstract: The invention relates to novel pesticidally active compounds of the general formula I
as well as possible isomers and mixtures of isomers thereof,
wherein
n is a number zero or one; and
R1 is C1-C12alkyl that is unsubstituted or may be substituted by C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, C1-C4alkylsulfonyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, cyano, C1C6alkoxycarbonyl, C3-C6alkenyloxycarbonyl or by C3-C6alkynyloxycarbonyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl; C2-C12alkenyl; C2-C12alkynyl; C1-C12haloalkyl: or a group NR11R12 wherein R11 and R12 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C1-C8alkyl, or together are tetra- or penta-methylene;
R2 and R3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C1-C8alkyl; C1-C8alkyl substituted by hydroxy, C1-C4alkoxy, mercapto or by C1-C4alkylthio; C3-C8alkenyl; C3-C8alkynyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl-C1-C4alkyl; or the two groups R2 and R3 together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded form a three- to eight-membered ring;
R4, R5, R6 and R7 are identical or different and are ea
Abstract: The invention concerns compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X, Y, n, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in claim 1. Said compounds are specifically binding to sigma receptors particularly those of the peripheral nervous system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 2002
Date of Patent:
November 19, 2002
Assignee:
Sanofi-Synthelabo
Inventors:
Robert Boigegrain, Bernard Bourrie, Martine Bourrie, Pierre Casellas, Jean Marc Herbert, Pierre Lair, Dino Nisato, Raymond Paul, Jean Claude Vernieres
Abstract: The invention relates to use of substituted aromatic polycyclic tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred substituted aromatic polycyclic tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N-benzyl-N-phenyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 1999
Date of Patent:
November 19, 2002
Assignee:
G.D. Searle & Co.
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Mark A. Massa, Jane L. Wang, Deborah A. Mischke, Barry L. Parnas, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to use of substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-disubstituted cycloalkyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2001
Date of Patent:
November 5, 2002
Assignee:
G.D. Searle & Co.
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-bis-benzyl aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2001
Date of Patent:
November 5, 2002
Assignee:
G.D. Searle & Co.
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to use of substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-disubstituted reverse aminoalcohols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2001
Date of Patent:
October 8, 2002
Assignee:
G.D. Searle & Co.
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: The invention relates to use of substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkyamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-disubstituted mercapto amines.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2001
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2002
Assignee:
G.D. Searle & Co.
Inventors:
James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
Abstract: Anti-diarrheal, anti-secretory, nitric oxide agonist, nitric oxide synthase activating or gastrointestinal anti-spasmodic compounds of the formula:
R1—N1H—(CH2)3—N2H—(C2)3—N3H—(CH2)4—N4H—(CH2)3—N5H—(CH2)3—N6H—R6 (II);
or
wherein:
R1 and R6 may be the same or different and are H, alkyl or aralkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms;
R2-R5 may be the same or different and are H, R1 or R6;
R7 is H, alkyl, aryl or aralkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms;
m is an integer from 3 to 6, inclusive; and
n is an integer from 3 to 6, inclusive; or
(IV) a salt thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid;
and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefor. Methods of treatment utilizing the composition are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 1995
Date of Patent:
September 24, 2002
Assignee:
University of Florida
Inventors:
Raymond J. Bergeron, Jr., Charles A. Sninsky
Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 2-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl)ethylamine in an advantageous manner by
(a) converting trifluoromethoxybenzene by halomethylation into halogenomethyl-1-trifluoromethoxybenzene,
(b) converting the halogenomethyl-1-trifluoromethoxybenzene by halogen-cyano exchange into 4-(trifluoromethoxyphenyl)acetonitrile, and
(c) reducing the 4-(trifluoromethoxyphenyl)acetonitrile using hydrogen in the presence of a nickel catalyst to form 2-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl)ethylamine.
The first step of this process also represents an advantageous process for preparing 4-bromomethyl- and 4-chloromethyl-1-trifluoromethoxybenzene.
Abstract: A method of efficiently removing the protective group from a protected hydroxyl or amino group with an allyl derivative by one step reaction under neutral conditions.
A protected hydroxyl or amino group is converted into a free hydroxyl or amino group in one-step by adding a reducing agent to an allyl derivative in the presence of nickel dichlorobis (diphenylphospino) propane.
Abstract: Amines are prepared by reacting aldehydes or ketones at elevated temperature under elevated pressure with nitrogen compounds selected from the group of ammonia, primary and secondary amines, and with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst containing
copper, wherein the catalytically active mass of the catalyst contains, before the reduction with hydrogen,
20 to 85% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of zirconium, calculated as ZrO2,
1 to 30% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of copper, calculated as CuO,
14 to 70% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of nickel, calculated as NiO,
0 to 5% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of molybdenum, calculated as MoO3,
and 0 to 10% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum, calculated as Al2O3.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2000
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2002
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Frank Funke, Joachim Wulff-Döring, Gerhard Schulz, Wolfgang Siegel, Andreas Kramer, Johann-Peter Melder, Arthur Höhn, Philipp Buskens, Wolfgang Reif, Jan Nouwen
Abstract: A process for making compound of formula I
from a phenylpropanolamine salt of formula II
wherein:
R1 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group;
each R2 is independently a hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy groups, lower alkyl group substituted with 1 to 5 halogens, lower alkoxy groups substituted with 1 to 5 halogens, or both R2 together when on adjacent carbons constitute a —O(CH2)xO— where x is 1 to 4, thereby forming a ring structure fused with the phenyl group;
R3 is a C1-C8-alkyl group, a C1-C12-aralkyl group, C1-C12-alkaryl group, or a phenyl group, each optionally substituted by 1 to 5 substituents selected from halogen, hydroxy, or C1-C6-alkyl; and
HX is an equivalent of an organic or inorganic acid,
the process comprising:
(a) acylating the phenylpropanolamine salt of formula II with an acylating agent in a solvent at elevated temperature to make a reaction mixture containing an O-acylated phenylpropanolamine salt of formula III which can
Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by the following formula [I] or salts thereof which lower intraocular pressure by causing morphological change in trabecular meshwork cells. In the formula, R1 is H, lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy or halogen, R2, R3 and R4 are H or lower alkyl, and . . . is a single bond or a double bond. When R3 and/or R4 is hydrogen, the amino can be protected by a protecting group.
Abstract: 1-phenyl-3-dimethylaminopropane compounds corresponding to the formula I
a method of preparing them, and the use of these substances as analgesic active ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2001
Date of Patent:
February 5, 2002
Assignee:
Gruenthal GmbH
Inventors:
Helmut Buschmann, Wolfgang Strassburger, Elmar Friderichs
Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions aryl substituted amine compounds, and in particular, 3-aminophenyl amine compounds are provided. Representative compounds are (4E)-N-methyl-5-(3-acetamido-4-methylphenyl)-4-penten-2-amine, (4E)-N-methyl-5-(3-amino-4-methylphenyl)-4-penten-2-amine, (4E)-N-methyl-5-(3-(dimethylamino)phenyl)-4-penten-2-amine, (4E)-N-methyl-5-(4-methyl-3-nitrophenyl)-4-penten-2-amine, (4E)-N-methyl-5-(3-fluorophenyl)-4-penten-2-amine, (4E)-N-methyl-5-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-penten-2-amine and (4E)-N-methyl-5-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-4-penten-2-amine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 8, 1999
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2002
Assignee:
Targacept, Inc.
Inventors:
Gary Maurice Dull, Jared Miller Wagner, William Scott Caldwell, Craig Harrison Miller, Jeffrey Daniel Schmitt, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Srishailkumar Basawannappa Hadimani
Abstract: The invention relates to novel pesticidally active compounds of the general formula I
as well as possible isomers and isomeric mixtures thereof,
wherein
n is a number zero or one; and
R1 is C1-C12alkyl that is unsubstituted or may be substituted by C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, C1-C4alkylsulfonyl, C3-C8acycloalkyl, cyano, C1-C6alkoxycarbonyl, C3-C8alkenyloxycarbonyl, C1-C5alkynyloxycarbonyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl; C2-C12alkenyl: C2-C12alknyl; C1-C12haloalkyl or a group NR11R12; wherein R11, and R12 are each independently of the other hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl or together are tetra- or penta-methylene;
R2 and R3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C1-C8alkyl; C1-C8alkyl substituted by hydroxy, C1-C4alkoxy, mercapto or by C1C4alkylthio; C3-C8alkenyl; C3-C8alkynyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl; C3-C8acycloalkyl-C1-C4alkyl or wherein the two groups R2 and R3 together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded form a three- to eight-membered ring;
R4, R5, R6 and R7 are identical or different and are eac
Abstract: Fluorine-containing phenethylamines are obtained in an advantageous manner by reacting fluorine-containing bromobenzenes with acrylamide in the presence of a palladium catalyst, hydrogenating the resulting arylacrylamides catalytically and then rearranging the arylamides obtained. The invention also embraces novel arylacrylamides and novel arylamides.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing fluorine-containing phenethylamines which is characterized in that, in a first step, a substituted bromobenzene is reacted with an N-vinylimide in the presence of a palladium catalyst, in a second step, the resulting substituted &bgr;-iminovinylbenzene is hydrogenated catalytically and in a third step, the substituted &bgr;-iminovinylbenzene obtained in the second step is cleaved. This process also provides access to novel &bgr;-iminovinyl- and &bgr;-iminoethylbenzenes.
Abstract: The present invention features compounds able to modulate one or more activities of an inorganic ion receptor and methods for treating diseases or disorders by modulating inorganic ion receptor activity. Preferably, the compound can mimic or block the effect of extracellular Ca2+ on a calcium receptor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 1995
Date of Patent:
April 3, 2001
Assignee:
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Bradford C. Van Wagenen, Scott T. Moe, Manuel F. Balandrin, Eric G. DelMar, Edward F. Nemeth
Abstract: This invention relates to a compound of the Formula IX-C(O)--Y-G-R I(wherein X, Y, G and R have the values defined in the description), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes and intermediates for the preparation of such a compound or salt, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound or salt and methods of their use as thrombin inhibitors, coagulation inhibitors and agents for the treatment of thromboembolic disorders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 1999
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2000
Assignee:
Eli Lilly and Company
Inventors:
Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Aaron Leigh Schacht, Michael Robert Wiley
Abstract: The present invention relates to derivatives of polyalkenyl amine substituted with numerous hydroxy groups of the following formula (I) useful as a novel fuel detergent. ##STR1## wherein polyalkenyl denotes a branched alkyl derived from polyolefin which has a molecular weight of 400.about.5,000 and is prepared with olefin having 2 to 6 carbon atoms; m is an integer ranging from 2 to 10, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be identical or different, and represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms: R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be identical or different, and denote a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl, a phenyl, naphthyl, an aminoalkyl of formula (II) or a polyaminoalkylene of formula (III) ##STR2## wherein R.sup.6 denotes a C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkylene group: R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 may be identical or different, and denote a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, a phenyl, a naphthyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 31, 1998
Date of Patent:
July 18, 2000
Assignee:
Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Hyun-ki Yun, Jung-jin Kim, Yong-hwa Yeom, Il-seung Kim, Myeong-seog Kim, Byung-keel Sohn, Kyu-shon Jung
Abstract: Novel amine derivatives of the following general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein) A may denote --(CH.sub.2)--O--, --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --O--, or --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --NH--;B may denote --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --;R.sub.1 may denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a 1-pyrrolyl group, an acetamido group, an amino group or a dimethylamino group;R.sub.2 may denote a hydrogen atom or a nitro group;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may denote a hydrogen atom;R.sub.8a and R.sub.8b which are the same may denote a chlorine atom or a methoxy group;R.sub.9 may denote a hydrogen atom or an amino group;R may denote a methyl group; andX may denote a methanesulfonamido group, a 1-imidazolyl group or a nitro group or a salts thereof are useful as antiarrhythmic drugs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 27, 1997
Date of Patent:
May 2, 2000
Assignee:
C&C Research Labs.
Inventors:
You Sup Chung, Hak Yeop Kim, Kyung Yun Jung, Jae Ki Min, Shigeru Tanabe
Abstract: The present invention relates to the different roles inorganic ion receptors have in cellular and body processes. The present invention features: (1) molecules which can modulate one or more inorganic ion receptor activities, preferably the molecule can mimic or block an effect of an extracellular ion on a cell having an inorganic ion receptor, more preferably the extracellular ion is Ca.sup.2+ and the effect is on a cell having a calcium receptor; (2) inorganic ion receptor proteins and fragments thereof, preferably calcium receptor proteins and fragments thereof; (3) nucleic acids encoding inorganic ion receptor proteins and fragments thereof, preferably calcium receptor proteins and fragments thereof; (4) antibodies and fragments thereof, targeted to inorganic ion receptor proteins, preferably calcium receptor protein; and (5) uses of such molecules, proteins, nucleic acids and antibodies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 1994
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2000
Assignees:
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital
Inventors:
Edward F. Nemeth, Bradford C. Van Wagenen, Manuel F. Balandrin, Eric G. DelMar, Scott T. Moe
Abstract: A method of reducing, treating or preventing drug-mediated respiratory depression in an animal, incident to the administration to said animal of a respiratory depression-mediating drug, comprising administering to the animal receiving said drug an effective amount of a .delta. receptor agonist compound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 3, 1997
Date of Patent:
November 16, 1999
Assignee:
Delta Pharmaceuticals
Inventors:
Kwen-Jen Chang, Robert W. McNutt, Jr., Hugh O. Pettit, Michael J. Bishop
Abstract: The present invention features compounds able to modulate one or more activities of an inorganic ion receptor and methods for treating diseases or disorders using such compounds. Preferred compounds can mimic or block the effect of extracellular calcium on a cell surface calcium receptor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 1997
Date of Patent:
November 9, 1999
Assignee:
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Scott T. Moe, Bradford C. Van Wagenen, Eric G. DelMar, Richard Trovato, Manuel F. Balandrin
Abstract: A process for preparing a compound of formula (I) or an addition salt thereof and/or a solvate thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each independently C.sub.1-4 alkoxy and R.sup.3 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl, which process comprises reacting an arylamine of formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are as defined in relation to formula (I) with a .beta.-aminoaldehyde of formula (III): ##STR3## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined in relation to formula (I); and thereafter reducing the intermediate so formed and, optionally, forming an addition salt of the compound of formula (I) and/or a solvate thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 23, 1998
Date of Patent:
October 26, 1999
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham plc
Inventors:
Thomas Weir Ramsay, Robin Patrick Attrill
Abstract: 2-Amino-1,3-propanediol compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is an optionally substituted straight- or branched carbon chain, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or the like, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen, an alkyl, an aralkyl, an acyl or an alkoxycarbonyl, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and immunosuppressants comprising these compounds as active ingredients.The 2-amino-1,3-propanediol compounds of the present invention show immunosuppressive action and are useful for suppressing rejection in organ or bone marrow tranplantation, prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases or as reagents for use in medicinal and pharmaceutical fields.