Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, a nerve growth promoter containing the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound or a salt thereof, a therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative diseases containing the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, a therapeutic agent for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis containing the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, a therapeutic agent for pain containing the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a therapeutic agent for lower urinary tract dysfunction containing the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is c1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R2)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more 15 substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is C1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein X represents CH or an N atom; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, C2-6 alkenyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5, R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; and R5 represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents or aralkyl.

Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is c1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C=0)-N(R2)(R4), or —(C=0)-0R5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more 15 substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein X represents CH or an N atom; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, C2-6 alkenyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5, R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; and R5 represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents or aralkyl.

Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is C1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing substance GM-95 having general formula [I], comprising (a) deprotecting a macrocyclic compound having general formula [II] (wherein, R1's are the same or different and each represents a lower alkyl group, and R2 represents a thiol protecting group) by removing acetal protecting groups (the R1's) thereof, and forming an oxazole ring through an intramolecular cyclization reaction between produced formyl group and an amide group, and (b) deprotecting a resulting macrocyclic compound having general formula [III] (wherein, R2 is as mentioned above) by removing the thiol protecting group (R2) thereof, and forming a thiazoline ring through an intramolecular cyclization reaction between a thiol group thus produced and an amide group.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing substance GM-95 having general formula [I], comprising (a) deprotecting a macrocyclic compound having general formula [II] (wherein, R1's are the same or different and each represents a lower alkyl group, and R2 represents a thiol protecting group) by removing acetal protecting groups (the R1's) thereof, and forming an oxazole ring through an intramolecular cyclization reaction between produced formyl group and an amide group, and (b) deprotecting a resulting macrocyclic compound having general formula [III] (wherein, R2 is as mentioned above) by removing the thiol protecting group (R2) thereof, and forming a thiazoline ring through an intramolecular cyclization reaction between a thiol group thus produced and an amide group.

Abstract: The invention relates an epoxysuccinamide derivative represented by a formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or aminoalkyl group, R.sup.2 represents an aminoalkyl group which May be substituted, an aryl group which may be substituted, a heterocyclic group which may be substituted, an aralkyl group which may be substituted, or an alkyl group substituted by a heterocyclic ring which may be substituted, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, which may be substituted, together with the adjacent nitrogen atoms, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different from each other and independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl or aralkyl group, or a salt thereof, a preparation process thereof, and a medicine comprising such a derivative or salt as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Novel compounds useful as inhibitors of estrone sulfatase are provided. The compounds have the structural formula (I) wherein r1 is an optional double bond, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alky, or together form a cyclic substituent (II) ##STR1## wherein Q is NH, O or CH.sub.2, and the other various substituents are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the compounds of formula (I) to treat estrogen-dependent disorders are provided as well.

Abstract: Novel compounds useful as inhibitors of estrone sulfatase are provided. The compounds have the structural formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X and Y, or Y and Z, form an oxathiazine dioxide ring or a dihydro-oxathiazine dioxide ring, and the other various substituents are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the compounds of formula (I) to treat estrogen-dependent disorders are provided as well.

Abstract: Novel compounds useful as inhibitors of estrone sulfatase are provided. The compounds have the structural formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X and Y, or Y and Z, form an oxathiazine dioxide ring or a dihydro-oxathiazine dioxide ring, and the other various substituents are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the compounds of formula (I) to treat estrogen-dependent disorders are provided as well.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a process for preparing 1-amino-1,2,3-triazole represented by formula (III): ##STR1## comprising cyclizing glyoxal bishydrazone represented by formula (I): ##STR2## by reaction with an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution in the presence of a catalytic amount of a transition metal oxide represented by formula (II):M.sub.m O.sub.nwherein M represents a transition metal atom; and m and n, which may be the same or different, each represent an integer of 1 to 5.