Abstract: A process for preparing S type 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinyl-butyric ester compound [II]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.0 is residue of nitrogen-containing fused heterocyclic carboxylic acid having absolute configuration of "R"(in which the nitrogen atom is protected), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are lower alkyl group, and E is ester residue, which is useful as an intermediate for preparing camptothecin derivatives having antitumor activities, which comprises 2-ethylating 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinylacetic ester compound [I]: ##STR2## wherein the symbols are as defined above.
Abstract: There is disclosed an azetidinone compound of the formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein Ring B is a benzene ring which may have substituent(s), R.sup.1 is a hydroxy-substituted lower alkyl group which may have substituent(s), X is oxygen atom and the like, Y is oxygen atom and the like, and Z is a methylene group which may have substituent(s), which is useful as a synthetic intermediate of the 1.beta.-methylcarbapenem-type antibacterial agent.
Abstract: Naphthalene derivatives of the formula [I]: wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are each H, protected or unprotected OH, one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, and the other is H, lower alkyl, or protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different and are each H, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or protected or unprotected NH.sub.2, or both combine together with the adjacent N to form substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, these compounds showing excellent bronchoconstriction inhibitory activity, and hence, being useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of asthma.
Abstract: A process for preparing an optically active trans-3-substituted glycidic acid ester compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein ring A is a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring, and R.sup.1 is an ester residue, which comprises:preparing a solution of one optical isomer (A) and the other optical isomer (B) of the ester compound (I), both of which are the optical isomers due to the asymmetric carbons at 2- and 3-positions, and an ester compound (B') which is different from the isomer (B) only in the ester residue R.sup.
Abstract: Naphthalene derivatives of the formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are each H, protected or unprotected OH, one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, and the other is H, lower alkyl, or protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different and are each H, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or protected or unprotected NH.sub.2, or both combine together with the adjacent N to form substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, these compounds showing excellent bronchoconstriction inhibitory activity, and hence, being useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of asthma.
Abstract: A pyridine derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A is group of the following formulae: ##STR2## (R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H, or protected or unprotected OH, R.sup.31, R.sup.41 and R.sup.42 are protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, R.sup.32 is H, lower alkyl, or protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, R.sup.33 is substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, and the dotted line means the presence or absence of a double bond), R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are H, or protected or unprotected amino, or both combine together with the adjacent nitrogen to form substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, these compounds showing excellent bronchoconstriction inhibitory activity and/or anti-inflammatory activity of airway, and being useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of asthma.
Abstract: Powdery aggregate of 2-phenyl-1,5-benzothiazepin-3,4(2H,5H)-dione compound: ##STR1## wherein Ring A and Ring B are benzene ring having optionally substituent selected from lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen, which is prepared by admixing solution of the compound (II) in polar organic solvent with solvent which does not substantially dissolve the compound (II) but is miscible with said polar organic solvent, and separating and collecting the resultant particles of the compound (II). Said aggregate of the compound (II) can be converted into optically active 3-hydroxy-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1,5-benzothiazepin-4(5H)-one compounds (I) on industrial scale, which are useful as intermediate for various medicaments.
Abstract: A process for preparing S type 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinyl-butyric ester compound ?II!: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.o is residue of nitrogen-containing fused heterocyclic carboxylic acid having absolute configuration of "R"(in which the nitrogen atom is protected), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are lower alkyl group, and E is ester residue, which is useful as an intermediate for preparing camptothecin derivatives having antitumor activities, which comprises 2-ethylating 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinylacetic ester compound ?I!: ##STR2## wherein the symbols are as defined above.
Abstract: An optically active salt of 1,5-benzothiazepine compound of the formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein each of Ring A and Ring B is a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each is a lower alkyl group, can be prepared by resolving a racemic salt of 1,5-benzothiazepine compound of the formula (I) or (II) by means of preferential crystallization.
Abstract: A camptothecin derivative comprising a compound of the formula ?I!: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are (A) adjacent two groups combine to form alkylene, or both are H, and one of the remaining three groups is --X.sub.n --Alk.sub.m --R.sup.6, and the other two are H, alkyl or halogen, or (B) adjacent two groups combine to form alkylene, and one of the carbon atoms of said alkylene group is substituted by --X.sub.n --Alk.sub.m --R.sup.6, and the remaining three groups are H, alkyl or a halogen, and one or two --CH.sub.2 -- of the alkylene in (A) or (B) may optionally be replaced by --O--, --S-- or --NH--, X is --O-- or --NH--, Alk is alkylene, R.sup.6 is --NH.sub.2, ##STR2## or --OH, m and n are both 0 or 1, or m is 1 and n is 0, which camptothecin compound is bound to a polysaccharide having carboxyl groups via an amino acid or a peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Abstract: Process for preparing optically active trans-3-phenylglycidamide compound, which comprises subjecting racemic trans-3-phenylglycidamide compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Ring A is substituted or unsubstituted benzene, and R.sup.1 is H or lower alkyl, to optical resolution using a microorganism having ability of preferentially hydrolyzing one of (2S,3R) isomer or (2R,3S) isomer thereof, and process for preparing an optically active 1,5-benzothiazepine derivative from the thus-obtained optically active trans-3-phenylglycidamide compound.
Abstract: Disclosed are a phenol compound represented by the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.0 represents H, alkyl or alkyloxy; R.sup.1 represents alkyl; R.sup.2 represents alkyl or alkyloxy; OR.sup.3 represents OH; R.sup.4 represents H, lower alkyl or acyl, each of the above substituents may be substituted; W represents O, S or NR.sup.7 ; where R.sup.7 represents H, alkyl, aryl, OH or alkyloxy, a group of the formula (2): ##STR2## represents an amino which may be mono- or di-substituted or heterocyclic group containing N atom,or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a process for preparing the same.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of detecting a polynucleotide, comprising hybridizing a polynucleotide of known nucleotide sequence with a nuclease-resistant oligonucleotide primer having a sequence complementary to a part of the polynucleotide, then adding at least one kind of deoxynucleoside triphosphate, DNA polymerase and nuclease thereto, synthesizing a complementary strand being a nucleotide species located adjacent to the 3'-terminal of the primer and complementary to the polynucleotide, followed by decomposition thereof, the synthesis and decomposition of the complementary strand being repeated one or more times, and detecting the resulting pyrophosphoric acid or deoxynucleoside monophosphate. The present invention also includes a detection kit used for this method of detecting a polynucleotide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 29, 1996
Date of Patent:
December 15, 1998
Assignees:
Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd., Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
Abstract: A novel process for preparing 1,5-benzothiazepine derivative ?II!: ##STR1## wherein Ring A and Ring B are substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring, and R.sup.3 is H, (di-lower alkylamino)-lower alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted piperazinyl-lower alkyl, or a salt thereof, in high yield and in a single step from a novel 3-(2-amino-substituted or unsubstituted phenylthio)-2-hydroxy-3-substituted or unsubstituted phenylpropionamide compound. Said 1,5-benzothiazepine derivative ?II! is useful as an intermediate for preparing medicaments such as diltiazem hydrochloride.
Abstract: A gene encoding a polypeptide which participates in the mechanism of secretion of esterase originated from a microorganism of the genus Serratia, a recombinant plasmid comprising a plasmid prepared by inserting said gene into a vector plasmid, a microorganism transformed with said recombinant plasmid, and a method for the production of an esterase which comprises cultivating the transformant microorganism as set forth above in a medium and collecting the produced esterase outside and inside the cells. Said transformed microorganism have remarkably excellent capability of extracellular secretion of esterase.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 1996
Date of Patent:
December 8, 1998
Assignee:
Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Takeji Shibatani, Hiroyuki Akatsuka, Eri Kawai
Abstract: There is disclosed an azetidinone compound of the formula ?I!: ##STR1## wherein Ring B is a benzene ring which may have substituent(s), R.sup.1 is a hydroxy-substituted lower alkyl group which may have substituent(s), X is oxygen atom and the like, Y is oxygen atom and the like, and Z is a methylene group which may have substituent(s), which is useful as a synthetic intermediate of the 1 .beta.-methylcarbapenem-type antibacterial agent.
Abstract: A camptothecin derivative comprising a compound of the formula ?I!: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, X.sup.1 is a group of the formula: --NHR.sup.2 (R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group) or a group of --OH, and Alk is a straight chain or branched chain alkylene group having optionally an oxygen atom in the chain thereof, bound to a polysaccharide having carboxyl groups via an amino acid or a peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said camptothecin derivatives show enhanced antitumor activities but few side effects unlike conventional anticancer agents, and hence, these compounds are extremely useful as a medicament.
Abstract: There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating dry eye or a disease caused therefrom which comprises as an active ingredient an effective amount of sulfodehydroabietic acid or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. There are also disclosed a method and device for preventing or treating dry eye or a disease caused therefrom.
Abstract: An N-?2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-oxopropyl!amine compound of the formula ?III!: ##STR1## wherein Ring B represents a benzene ring which may be substituted; W represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom; Y represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom or N R.sup.0, R.sup.0 represents hydrogen atom or a substituent; Z represents a substituted methylene group which contains at least one chiral center; R.sup.5 represents an aralkyloxycarbonyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group; R.sup.6 represents hydrogen atom, an aralkyl group, an acyloxy group, a tri-substituted silyloxy group or an alkoxy group; or both of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 bond at their termini and combine with the adjacent nitrogen atom to form phthalimido group, and a process thereof are disclosed. Said compound ?III! is useful as a starting compound of .beta.-lactam antibacterial agents.
Abstract: A propiophenone derivative of the formula ?I!: ##STR1## wherein X is O, S or methylene, OY is a protected or unprotected OH, Z is .beta.-D-glucopyranosyl or 4-O-(.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl)-.beta.-D-glucopyranosyl or wherein one or more hydroxy groups of these groups may optionally be acylated, and the dotted line means the presence or absence of a double bond, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said compounds have excellent hypoglycemic activity so that they are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes.