Patents by Inventor Shoujun Chen
Shoujun Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20100081635Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae (I), (III), (IV), (VII), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII) and (XIV), wherein the variabables are as defined in the claims, and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2007Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Keizo Koya, Zachary Demko, Lijun Sun
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Patent number: 7671092Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond, a phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. In addition, Y, taken together with both >C=Z groups to which it is bonded, is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group. Preferably, Y is a covalent bond or —C(R7R8)—. R1 and R2 are independently an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, R3 and R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group. R5-R6 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group. R7 and R8 are each independently —H, an aliphatic or substituted aliphatic group, or R7 is —H and R8 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or, R7 and R8, taken together, are a C2-C6 substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group. Z is ?O or ?S.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Tatsuta, Yaming Wu, Mitsunori Ono
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Publication number: 20100041762Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I) or (II): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein L, L1, Y, R1, R2, R9, R10, ring A, ring B, ring C, and ring D are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals CorporationInventors: Gary Bohnert, Shoujun Chen
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Patent number: 7652168Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a thiohydrazide product compound from a hydrazide starting compound. The hydrazide starting compound is represented by Structural Formula (I): The thiohydrazide product compound is represented by Structural Formula (II): In Structural Formulas (I)-(II), R1 and R2 are independently an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R2 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. When R2 is an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, then R5 is a hydrazine protecting group; and when R2 is an aliphatic or substituted aliphatic group, then R5 is —H or a hydrazine protecting group. R10 is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group. The method comprising the step of reacting the starting compound with a thionylating reagent.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Lijun Sun, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Keizo Kova, Mitsunori Ono
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Patent number: 7645904Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of purifying a bis(thio-hydrazide amides) compounds of the following structural formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R7, R8, Z, and Y are defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Elena I. Kostik, Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun
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Publication number: 20090281172Abstract: Disclosed are bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts, which are represented by Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. R1-R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R3 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, and/or R2 and R4 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. Z is —O or —S. M+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable monovalent cation and M2+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable divalent cation. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above. Further disclosed are methods of treating a subject with cancer. The methods comprise the step of administering an effective amount of a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Elena Kostik, Farid Vaghefi, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Tatsuta, Guiqing Liang, Takayo Inoue, Zhi-Qiang Xia
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Publication number: 20090270353Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, and prodrug thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and R2 are defined herein. These compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization and/or target vasculature and are useful for treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Lijun Sun, Jun Jiang, Christopher Borella, Shoujun Chen, Keizo Koya
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Patent number: 7579503Abstract: Disclosed are bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts, which are represented by Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. R1-R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R3 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, and/or R2 and R4 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. Z is —O or —S. M+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable monovalent cation and M2+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable divalent cation. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above. Further disclosed are methods of treating a subject with cancer. The methods comprise the step of administering an effective amount of a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Elena Kostik, Farid Vaghefi, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Tatsuta, Guiqing Liang, Takayo Inoue, Zhi-Qiang Xia
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Patent number: 7572821Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, and prodrug thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and R2 are defined herein. These compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization and/or target vasculature and are useful for treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Lijun Sun, Jun Jiang, Christopher Borella, Shoujun Chen, Keizo Koya
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Publication number: 20090005594Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a thiohydrazide product compound from a hydrazide starting compound. The hydrazide starting compound is represented by Structural Formula (I): The thiohydrazide product compound is represented by Structural Formula (II): In Structural Formulas (I)-(II), R1 and R2 are independently an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R2 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. When R2 is an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, then R5 is a hydrazine protecting group; and when R2 is an aliphatic or substituted aliphatic group, then R5 is —H or a hydrazine protecting group. R10 is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group. The method comprising the step of reacting the starting compound with a thionylating reagent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Lijun Sun, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Keizo Kova, Mitsunori Ono
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Publication number: 20080269340Abstract: Disclosed are bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts, which are represented by Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. R1-R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R3 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, and/or R2 and R4 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. Z is —O or —S. M+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable monovalent cation and M2+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable divalent cation. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above. Further disclosed are methods of treating a subject with cancer. The methods comprise the step of administering an effective amount of a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Elena Kostik, Farid Vaghefi, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Taitsuta, Guiqing Liang, Takayo Inoue, Zhi-Qiang Xia
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Patent number: 7435843Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a thiohydrazide product compound from a hydrazide starting compound. The hydrazide starting compound is represented by Structural Formula (I): The thiohydrazide product compound is represented by Structural Formula (II): In Structural Formulas (I)-(II), R1 and R2 are independently an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R2 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. When R2 is an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, then R5 is a hydrazine protecting group; and when R2 is an aliphatic or substituted aliphatic group, then R5 is —H or a hydrazine protecting group. R10 is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group. The method comprising the step of reacting the starting compound with a thionylating reagent.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Lijun Sun, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Keizo Koya, Mitsunori Ono
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Publication number: 20080242702Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a compound represented by the Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond of a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. In addition, Y, taken together with both >C=Z groups to which it is bonded, is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group. Preferably, Y is a covalent bond or —C(R7R8)—. R1 is an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, a non-aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted non-aromatic heterocyclic group, R2-R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, a non-aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted non-aromatic heterocyclic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R3 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, and/or R2 and R4 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Tatsuta, Yaming Wu, Mitsunori Ono, Zhi-Qiang Xia
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Publication number: 20080214655Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond, a phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. In addition, Y, taken together with both >C=Z groups to which it is bonded, is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group. Preferably, Y is a covalent bond or —C(R7R8)—. R1 and R2 are independently an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, R3 and R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group. R5-R6 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group. R7 and R8 are each independently —H, an aliphatic or substituted aliphatic group, or R7 is —H and R8 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or, R7 and R8, taken together, are a C2-C6 substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group. Z is ?O or ?S.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Tatsuta, Yaming Wu, Mitsunori Ono
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Publication number: 20080207641Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein A, L, Y, W1, W2, Z, X, X2, and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Gary Bohnert, Shoujun Chen
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Publication number: 20080146842Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of purifying a bis(thio-hydrazide amides) compounds of the following structural formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R7, R8, Z, and Y are defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Elena I. Kostik, Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun
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Patent number: 7385084Abstract: Disclosed are bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts, which are represented by Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. R1-R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R3 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, and/or R2 and R4 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. Z is —O or —S. M+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable monovalent cation and M2+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable divalent cation. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above. Further disclosed are methods of treating a subject with cancer. The methods comprise the step of administering an effective amount of a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Synta Pharmaceutical Corp.Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Elena Kostik, Farid Vaghefi, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Tatsuta, Guiqing Liang, Takayo Inoue, Zhi-Qiang Xia
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Publication number: 20080132513Abstract: The invention relates to certain fused ring compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, or prodrugs thereof, that are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Quinglin Che, Nha Huu Vo, Shoujun Chen
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Patent number: 7368473Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a compound represented by the Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond of a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. In addition, Y, taken together with both >C?Z groups to which it is bonded, is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group. Preferably, Y is a covalent bond or —C(R7R8)—. R1 is an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, a non-aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted non-aromatic heterocyclic group, R2-R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, a non-aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted non-aromatic heterocyclic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R3 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, and/or R2 and R4 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Tatsuta, Yaming Wu, Mitsunori Ono, Zhi-Qiang Xia
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Patent number: 7345094Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond, a phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. In addition, Y, taken together with both >C=Z groups to which it is bonded, is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group. Preferably, Y is a covalent bond or —C(R7R8)—. R1 and R2 are independently an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, R3 and R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group. R5-R6 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group. R7 and R8 are each independently —H, an aliphatic or substituted aliphatic group, or R7 is —H and R8 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or, R7 and R8, taken together, are a C2-C6 substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group. Z is ?O or ?S.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2005Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Noriaki Tatsuta, Yaming Wu, Mitsunori Ono