Abstract: A method by which a halogen atom of a halogen compound can be efficiently replaced with an electrophilic group. Also provided are: a reagent for converting a functional group through a halogen-metal exchange reaction, characterized by comprising either a mixture of a magnesium compound represented by the formula R1—Mg—X (I) (wherein R1 represents a halogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; and X1 represents a halogen atom) and an organolithium compound represented by the formula R2—Li (II) (wherein R2 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue) or a product of the reaction of the magnesium compound with the organolithium compound; and a process for producing with the reagent a compound in which a halogen atom of a halogen compound has been replaced with an electrophilic group.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to radiolabeled neuropeptide Y Y5 receptor antagonists which are useful for the labeling and diagnostic imaging of neuropeptide Y Y5 receptors in mammals.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I) below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which, having histamine H3 receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, is useful in the prophylaxis or therapy of metabolic diseases, circulatory diseases, or nervous system diseases. [where, for example, Ar is a divalent group formed by eliminating two hydrogen atoms from benzene, X1 is a nitrogen atom, sulfur atom or oxygen atom, R1 is a 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl group, Ring A is a 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl ring, R2 and R3 are amino groups or alkylamino groups, and X2 is represented by formula (II): (where R4 and R5 are lower alkyl groups, and n is an integer from 2 to 4).

Abstract: This invention relates to a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate, or sequential administration in the treatment of cancer, comprising two separate preparations: a preparation comprising, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, at least one compound of general formula I: wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl, or the like, and G represents pentosyl or the like, X1 and X2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a preparation, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, such as antitumor alkylating agents, antitumor antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, or plant-derived antitumor agents (a preparation comprising at least one compound of general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be combined with two or more other antitumor agents), and a method for cancer treatment comprising the administratio

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the general formula (I): [Ar1 is aryl fused to the adjacent pyrazinone ring at the 5th and 6th positions, etc., X is CO, etc., Y is CH, etc., Z is CH, etc., V is CH, etc., Wn is —(CH2)n— (n is zero to four), R1 is H or optionally substituted lower alkyl, etc., R2 is H, etc., R3 and R4 are the same or different and are each H, etc., R5 and R6 are the same or different and are each H, hydroxy, etc.] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof; a pharmaceutical composition, an inhibitor of Cdk4 and/or Cdk6 or an anti-cancer agent, containing the same as an active ingredient; and a process for preparing them.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): (wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are independently aryl or heteroaryl, any of which is optionally substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of cyano, halogen, nitro, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, cyclo-lower alkyl, cyclo(lower alkyl)-lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkanoylamino, lower alkylsulfonylamino, arylsulfonylamino, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, halo-lower alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, lower alkylthio, carboxyl, formyl, lower alkanoyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, lower alkylcarbamoyl, di-lower alkylcarbamoyl, lower alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, aryl and heteroaryl; R1 and R2 are independently lower alkyl, cyclo-lower alkyl, cyclo(lower alkyl)-lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, any of which is optionally substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkanoylamino, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, formyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkylc

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which exhibit selective muscarinic M3 receptor antagonism, have little side effects, are suitable for inhalation therapy and are useful as treating agents of respiratory system diseases, of the general formula (I); [in which A signifies a group expressed by a formula (a0) or (b0); Ar signifies optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; B1 and B2 signify aliphatic hydrocarbon; R1 signifies fluorine-substituted cycloalkyl; R2, R3 and R4 signify lower alkyl, single bond or alkylene bonded to B1, or R2 and R3 are united to signify alkylene; R5 and R7 signify hydrogen, lower alkyl, or a single bond or alkylene bonded to B2; R6 signifies hydrogen, lower alkyl or a group expressed as —N(R8)R9; and X? signifies an anion].

Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein, R1 and R4 are the same or different, and represent hydrogen atoms, lower alkyl groups or the like; R2 and R3 are the same or different, and represent lower alkoxy groups or lower alkyl groups; R5 represents a lower alkyl group or aralkyl group optionally having substituent(s); R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; X represents O, S or NH; m represents an integer of 0 to 3; n represents an integer of 0 or 1; and Ar represents a phenyl group or heteroaryl group optionally having substituent(s)). The compounds of the invention have an antagonistic action on orexin receptors, and are useful for treatment of appetite abnormality, obesity, sleeping disorder or the like.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel class of compounds which are cysteine protease inhibitors, including but not limited to, inhibitors of Cathepsins K and L. These compounds are useful for treating diseases in which inhibition of bone resorption is indicated, such as osteoporosis.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are represented by the general formula [I] [in which A stands for a group of the following formula [a0] or [b0] Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 stand for optionally substituted phenyl; k stands for 0 or 1; m, n and a stand for 0, 1 or 2; R1 stands for hydrogen or optionally substituted lower alkyl; R2, R3, R4 and R5 either stand for hydrogen or optionally substituted lower alkyl, or R2 and R3, or R4 and R5 together stand for trimethylene and the like; R60 stands for hydrogen, alkyl, or the like; R61 and R71 either stand for alkyl and the like, or together stand for trimethylene and the like; X stands for carbonyl or methylene; Y stands for nitrogen or methine; and Q− stands for anion], and the like.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; n represents 0 or 1; T, U, V, and W each independently represent nitrogen atom or optionally substituted methine group, where at least two of them represent the said methine group; X represents methine or hydroxy substituted methine; Y represents an optionally substituted imino or oxygen atom are described and claimed. These novel spiro compounds are useful as neuropeptide Y receptor antagonists and as agents for the treatment of various kinds of cardiovascular disorders, central nervous system disorders, metabolic diseases and the like.

Abstract: A process for preparing indolopyrrolocarbazole derivatives [I] by trating a compound [V] with a base in an inert solvent to prepare a compound [IV], reacting the compound [IV] with a compound [III]to prepare a compound [II], and deblocking the compound [II]; intermediates [II], [III] and [IV]; and a process for preparing compounds [III]: [wherein Y1 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, phenyl, benzyloxymethyl, or aralkyl; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are each independently a hydroxyl-protecting group; R7 and R8 are each independently hydrogen or a hydroxyl-protecting group; and X is an acid molecule]. The above process is a safe and easy industrial process for preparing indolopyrrolocarbazole derivatives [1] useful as antitumor agents.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds represented by the general formula [I] wherein, R represents an azido group, etc., R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent hydrogen atoms, etc., R3 and R4 are the same or different and represent hydrogen atoms, etc., X1 represents an oxygen atom, etc., X2 represents an oxygen atom, etc., Y represents an oxygen atom, etc., and Z represents a condensed aryl group, etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preparation processes thereof, and an agent for treating diabetes, a prophylactic agent for chronic complications of diabetes or a drug against obesity, containing, as an effective ingredient, the compound or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention has provided a human-derived novel G protein-coupled receptor protein expressed in the brain, rat-derived protein corresponding to it, and their genes. Use of the receptors makes it possible to screen their ligands and compounds that are candidates for medicines. These ligands and candidate compounds would be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases arising from disorders of signal transduction pathway mediated by the G protein-coupled receptor of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel spiro compounds useful as neuropeptide Y receptor antagonists.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds represented by the general formula [I] 1

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R represents an unsubstituted pyridyl, furyl or thienyl group, or a pyridyl, furyl or thienyl group each of which has one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a hydroxy lower alkyl group and a hydroxy lower alkenyl group except that when the pyridyl, furyl or thienyl group has a lower alkoxy group as a substituent, each of which simultaneously has another substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a hydroxy lower alkyl group and a hydroxy lower alkenyl group, m represents an integer of 1 to 3, and G represents a &bgr;-D-glucopyranosyl group, and the positions of substitution of the hydroxyl groups on the indolopyrrolocarbazole ring are the 1- and 11-positions, or the 2- and 10-positions, and an antitumore agent containing it as an effective ingredient.

Abstract: This invention relates to the compounds represented by the general formula [I], [in which A—D signify optionally substituted methine group(s) or nitrogen atom; E signifies oxygen or sulfur atom; signify optionally substituted mono- or bi-cyclic aliphatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group(s); R1 signifies lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, cyclo(lower alkyl), lower alkanoyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, optionally substituted lower alkyl and the like; and R2 signifies lower alkyl].

Abstract: A method for treating a central nervous system disorder, which involves administering to a patient in need a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents an aryl or heteroaryl which may be substituted, the substituent being selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, lower alkyl, halo(lower) alkyl, hydroxy(lower) alkyl, cyclo(lower) alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkoxy, halo(lower) alkoxy, lower alkylthio, carboxyl, lower alkanoyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkylene optionally substituted with oxo, and a group represented by the formula —Q—Ar2; Ar2 represents an aryl or heteroaryl which may be substituted, the substituent being selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, lower alkyl, halo(lower) alkyl, hydroxy(lower) alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, halo(lower) alkoxy, lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkanoyl and aryl: n represents 0 or 1; Q represents a single bond or carbonyl; T, U, V and W each independ

Abstract: Compounds of general structural formula I are selective NPY Y5 receptor antagonists, useful in the treatment of obesity and the complications associated therewith.