Abstract: The invention relates to tetrahydroisoquinoline sulfonamide compounds (of formula (1) as defined in the specification), their preparation and their use in therapies for the treatment of central nervous system diseases such as vigilance and sleep disorders, narcolepsy, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Parkinson's disease, attention disorders in hyperkinetic children, memory and learning disorders, epilepsy, schizophrenia, moderate cognitive disorders, depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunction, dizziness and travel sickness.

Abstract: The present invention describes compounds of Formula I: wherein W, X, Y, Z, and Q are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the prophylaxis, or treatment of diseases and conditions related to thrombin activity in a mammal.

Abstract: There is provided a novel method for producing solifenacin or a salt thereof which is useful as a medicine, particularly a therapeutic agent and/or a preventive agent for a urinary organ system disease such as pollakiuria or urinary incontinence. Illustratively, there are provided (1) a method for producing solifenacin in which 2-(1H-Imidazolylcarbony1)-1-phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline is used as the starting material, (2) a method for producing solifenacin succinate in which (1RS)-phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline-carboxylic acid quinuclidinyl ester is used as the starting material, (3) a method for producing solifenacin in which a lower alkyl quinuclidinyl carbonate is used as the starting material and (4) a method for producing solifenacin in which phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline-carboxylic acid secondary lower alkyl or tertiary lower alkyl ester is used as the starting material and allowed to react with an alkali metal lower alkoxide.

Abstract: Substituted 2-aminotetralin derivatives as selective alpha 2B agonists can be incorporated in a pharmaceutical composition and can be used in methods of treating an alpha 2B receptor mediated diseases or conditions. The compounds are represented by Formula 1: wherein R1=H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, or cyclobutyl; R2=methyl or H; R3=pyridinyl X=C or O.

Abstract: A compound having an ability to bind to an S1P receptor (particularly EDG-6, preferably EDG-1 and EDG-6), for example, the compound represented by formula (I) of the present invention, a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof is useful for prevention and/or treatment of rejection of transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune disease, allergic disease and the like. wherein ring A is a cyclic group; ring B is a cyclic group which may have substituent(s); X is a spacer having 1 to 8 atoms in its main chain, etc.; Y is a spacer having 1 to 10 atoms in its main chain, etc.; n is 0 or 1, wherein when n is 0, m is 1 and R1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and wherein when n is 1, m is 0 or an integer of 1 to 7 and R1 is a substituent, and wherein m is 2 or more, R1s are the same or different.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the structure (I) useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention includes compounds of pyridinium salts and methods of their use for industrial uses. The present invention also relates to methods of controlling fungi and/or bacteria. The present invention may also be used to control insects.

Abstract: The present invention is related substituted enaminones represented by a compound of Formula I that are novel allosteric modulators of ?7 nAChRs. The invention also discloses the treatment of disorders that are responsive to enhancement of acetylcholine action on ?7 nAChRs in a mammal by administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.

Abstract: The invention provides a substantially pure amorphous lercanidipine hydrochloride having a purity of at least 95% pure, preferably at least about 97% pure, more preferably at least about 99% pure, and still more preferably at least about 99.5% pure. The invention further relates to methods of preparing substantially pure amorphous lercanidipine, as well as methods of providing rapid relief from hypertension by administering the substantially pure amorphous lercanidipine hydrochloride of the present invention to a patient in need of such treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having high antitumor activity, which is useful for therapeutic and preventive agents effective for proliferative diseases such as cancer; a production method thereof; an intermediate compound useful for such production; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (1): wherein X represents an aryl group or heteroaryl group which may be substituted, Cy represents a 4- to 7-membered monocyclic heterocyclic ring or a 8- to 10-membered condensed heterocyclic ring which may be substituted, and Z represents O, S, or NRa; or a prodrug thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical and a pharmaceutical composition which comprise the compound.

Abstract: Bicycloheteroaryl compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, traumatic injury, and others.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful, for example, for modulating insulin levels in a subject and that have the general formula Q-L1-P-L2-M-X-L3-A wherein the definitions of the variables Q, L1, P, L2, M, X, L3 and A are provided herein. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for use of the compounds, for instance, for treatment of type II diabetes.

Abstract: Compounds according to formula I wherein R1 represents hydrogen, halogen or one or more straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated C1-6 hydrocarbon radical, optionally substituted with halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, formyl, amino, aminoalkyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, sulfo, aminosulfonyl, alkylsulfonylamino, hydroxysulfonyloxy, dihydroxyphosphinoyloxy or phosphono; X represents a straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated C1-12 hydrocarbon diradical, optionaly substituted with halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, formyl, amino, aminoalkyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, sulfo, aminosulfonyl, alkylsulfonylamino, hydroxysulfonyloxy, dihydroxyphosphinoyloxy or phosphono; Y represents a bond, 0, C(O), S, S(O), S(0)2, C(O)O, NH, C(O)NH, OC(O) or NHC(O); Z represents an aromatic or non-aromatic heterocyclic radical with 5-12 ring atoms, optionally substituted with halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, alk

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formulae (I a) or (VII) and a method of treating a subject with an inflammatory cytokine-mediated disorder comprising administering to the subject a compound of Formulae (I a) or (VII a). The variables of Formulae (I), (I a), (VII) and (VII a) are described herein.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure: are HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, wherein A, X, Y, Z, R1 and R2 are defined herein. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the prophylaxis and treatment of infection by HIV and in the prophylaxis, delay in the onset, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aminopyridine compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof and an Syk inhibitor containing the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. Here, X1, X2, X3, Z, Y1, Y2 represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, R, R1, R5, R6 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, etc., and R7 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, —CpH2(p-1)(Ra1)(Ra2)—O—Ra3, —C(?O)—Rd1, a 5- or 6-membered saturated heterocyclic group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, —N(Rh1)(Rh2), etc. The aminopyridine compound of the present invention has not only high Syk inhibitory activity but also properties to selectively inhibit Syk.

Abstract: An O-aryl N-(6-alkoxy-2-pyridyl)-N-alkylthiocarbamate represented by the following formula (I): (wherein R1, R2 and Ar are as defined below) is produced by treating a phenol represented by the following general formula (IV): Ar—OH??(IV) (wherein Ar represents an aryl group) with a base in a solvent and then adding thereto an alkali metal salt of N-(6-alkoxy-2-pyridyl)-N-alkyldithiocarbamic acid represented by the following general formula (III): (wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a C1-C4 alkyl group and M represents an alkali metal) and a halomethane represented by the following general formula (V): CH2XmYn??(V) (wherein X and Y represent different halogen atoms, m represents 0, 1 or 2, n represents 0, 1 or 2, and m+n equals 2) for causing a reaction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polar fluorescent and quenchers dyes, and minor groove binder with enhanced polarity. The present invention further relates to methods of preparing oligonucleotide probes labeled with polar arsonate dyes under the condition of automated synthesis and method of using such probes.

Abstract: Novel heterocyclic aromatic compounds are provided that are useful in stimulating endogenous production or release of growth hormone, said compounds having the general structure of formula I wherein R1, R1?, R2, R3, R4, Xa, Y, Z and n are as described herein. The compounds provided herein are useful in treating obesity, osteoporosis (improving bone density) and in improving muscle mass and muscle strength.

Abstract: A halide salt of a 1-(hydroxyiminomethyl-1-pyridino)-3-(halomethyl)-2-oxapropane is prepared by adding a pyridinealdoxime to a bis-halomethylether in such a manner that the bis-halomethylether is maintained in excess throughout the addition. This procedure produces the halide salt of a 1-(hydroxyiminomethyl-1-pyridino)-3-(halomethyl)-2-oxapropanein high yield and purity, which facilitates its use as an intermediate in the manufacture of an asymmetrically substituted 1,3-di(1-pyridino)-2-oxapropane, a class of compounds that are generally useful antidotes to various toxic agents. A prominent member of the class is the dimethylsulfonate salt of 1-(2-hydroxyiminomethyl-1-pyridino)-3-(4-carbamoyl-1-pyridino)-2-oxapropane. The use of mercaptoalkyl-functionalized polymers is disclosed as a preferred metal ion scavenger for a final purification step in the manufacture of these compounds.