Abstract: An apparatus for forming I-III-VI.sub.2 thin-film layers has a reaction chamber made of a carbon material in which a precursor for forming a I-III-VI.sub.2 thin-film layer and a vapor source of an element of group VI of the periodic table are placed. The precursor and vapor source are heated under vacuum to form the I-III-VI.sub.2 thin-film layer. The reaction chamber is divided into a reaction compartment A having the precursor placed therein and a reaction compartment B having the vapor element of group IV placed therein. A communication channel C is provided between the reaction compartments A and B, and a heating unit controlled by a temperature control unit is provided exterior to each of the reaction compartments A and B.

Abstract: An improved process for producing a light-absorbing chalcopyrite film is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: applying at least one solution containing at least either of (a) an organic compound of a metal in Group 1B of the periodic table and (b) an organic compound of a metal in Group 3B of the periodic table on a substrate at least once to thereby form a thin film containing the organic compound (a) and the organic compound (b); heating the thin film in a reducing or inert gas atmosphere to convert the thin film into a thin metal film comprising the Group 1B metal and the Group 3B metal; and heating the thin metal film in an atmosphere containing either an element in Group 6B of the periodic table or a compound thereof to thereby convert the thin metal film into a thin chalcopyrite film.

Abstract: A fused pyridazine compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof which exhibits an inhibitory activity against cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase (hereinafter referred to as "cGMP-PDE").The compounds are useful as preventive and therapeutic agents for diseases for which a cGMP-PDE inhibiting action is efficacious, for example, ischemic heart diseases such as angina pectoris, myocardial infarct and chronic and acute cardiac failure, pulmonary hypertension, arteriosclerosis and bronchial asthma.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anthranilic acid derivative having a cGMP-PDE inhibitory activity.An anthranilic acid derivative represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## ?wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent the same or different from each other, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an optionally halogenated lower alkyl group, an optionally halogenated lower alkoxy group, a nitro group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a cyano group or the like; R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 represent the same or different from each other, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a cyano group, an optionally halogenated lower alkyl group, an optionally halogenated lower alkoxy group or the like;W represents a group of the formula: --N.dbd. or --CH.dbd.; R.sup.7 and R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound exhibiting an inhibitory activity against cGMP-PDE. The compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a group represented by the formula: --NR.sup.4 R.sup.5 (wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each represent hydrogen, lower alkyl or the like) or the like; R.sup.2 represents a group represented by the formula: ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.8 represents a carboxyl group which may be protected, or the like) or the like; and R.sup.3 represents a group represented by the formula: ##STR3## (wherein R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each represent hydrogen, lower alkyl or the like) or the like.

Abstract: It relates to a quinazoline compound useful as a medicine exhibiting an inhibitory action on calmodulin-dependent cGMP-PDE.A quinazoline compound represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be the same or different from each other and each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like; and R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 may be the same or different from each other and each represents a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl alkyl group or the like).

Abstract: The biphenylmethane derivative having the formula (I) is useful to prevent and treat hypertension and cardiac failure. ##STR1## in which R1 is hydrogen, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a halogenated alkyl, --S--R7, --SO2--R7, --C.tbd.C--R7 or --(CH2)p--OR7, R7 being hydrogen, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl or a halogenated alkyl, p being zero or 1, --A1=A2--A3=A4-- is --CH=CH--CH=CH--, --N=CH--CH=CH--, --CH=N--CH=CH--, --CH=CH--N=CH--, --CH=CH--CH=N-- or --CH=N--CH=N--, R2 and R3 are each hydrogen, a halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, a carbamoyl or cyano, R4 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, R5 is 1H-tetrazol-5-yl, carboxyl (--COOH) or a carboxylic ester and R6 is hydrogen, a halogen, hydroxyl or a lower alkoxy, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A pyrrolidine compound having the following formula and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is disclosed. It is useful in the pharmaceutical field. ##STR1## in which X is hydrogen, a halogen, or a lower alkyl, Y is --(CH2)n--, n being zero, 1 or 2, --S(O)p--, p being zero, 1 or 2, --O--, or --NH-- and R is phenyl, a substituent-having phenyl, naphtyl, a substituent-having naphthyl, a heteroaryl or a substituent-having heteroaryl.

Abstract: The biphenylmethane derivative having the formula (I) is useful to prevent and treat hypertension and cardiac failure. ##STR1## in which R1 is hydrogen, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a halogenated alkyl, --S--R7, --SO2--R7, --C.tbd.C--R7 or --(CH2)p--OR7, R7 being hydrogen, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl or a halogenated alkyl, p being zero or 1, --A1.dbd.A2--A3.dbd.A4-- is --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--, --N.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.CH--N.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.N-- or --CH.dbd.N--CH.dbd.N--, R2 and R3 are each hydrogen, a halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, a carbamoyl or cyano, R4 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, R5 is 1H-tetrazol-5-yl, carboxyl (--COOH) or a carboxylic ester and R6 is hydrogen, a halogen, hydroxyl or a lower alkoxy, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The biphenylmethane derivative having the formula (I) is useful to prevent and treat hypertension and cardiac failure. ##STR1## in which R1 is hydrogen, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a halogenated alkyl, --S--R7, --SO2--R7, --C.tbd.C--R7 or --(CH2)--OR7, R7 being hydrogen, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl or a halogenated alkyl, p being zero or 1, --A1.dbd.A2--A3.dbd.A4-- is CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--, --N.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.CH--N.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.N-- or --CH.dbd.N--CH.dbd.N--, R2 and R3 are each hydrogen, a halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, a carbamoyl or cyano, R4 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, R5 is 1H-tetrazol-5-yl, carboxyl (--COOH) or a carboxylic ester and R6 is hydrogen, a halogen, hydroxyl or a lower alkoxy, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.