The Hetero Ring Contains Chalcogen Patents (Class 540/467)
  • Patent number: 7964721
    Abstract: A mercury selective fluorescent chemosensor for detecting mercury ions by a compound represented by formula 1 and a novel fluorescent sensitive compound prepared by introducing two aminopyrene functions as a fluorescent sensitive moiety into a binding site of the compound of formula 1 is used for selectively detecting mercury ions are provided. The mercury selective fluorescent sensitive chemosensor is a switch type chemosensor having ON-OFF-type Hg2+-selective fluorescence quenching behavior and is not affected by other coexistent metal ions. Changes in fluorescence of the compounds of formula 1 were analyzed by ratiometric approach using monomer and excimer emissions of the pyrene fluorophore to selectively signal the concentration of mercury ions. The chemosensor can detect mercury ions in a micromolar unit even in a solution including an excess of water. Accordingly, the mercury selective fluorescent chemosensor for detecting mercury ions can be used effectively in environmental and medical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Chung-Ang University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Suk-Kyu Chang, Jun Soo Kim, Myung Gil Choi, Ki Cheol Song, Sangdoo Ahn, Kyoung Tai No
  • Publication number: 20110118330
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit proteolytic enzymes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are described. Preparation of the inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and uses of the compounds or compositions for the treatment of HIV infections are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Arun K. Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20110059959
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel multicyclic molecules that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of PARP, VEGFR2, and MLK3 enzymes, including, for example, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammation, ischemia, and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventors: Sankar Chatterjee, James L. Diebold, Derek Dunn, Robert L. Hudkins, Reddeppareddy Dandu, Gregory J. Wells, Allison L. Zulli
  • Publication number: 20110039815
    Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention relates to a method of treating cancerous cells in a mammal comprising the steps of administering to the cancerous cells an effective amount of a cyclic amine wherein the cyclic amine contains sulfur or nitrogen and the structure includes an interchealted metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Wiley J. Youngs, Claire A. Tessier, Doug A. Medvetz, Michael J. Taschner
  • Patent number: 7858383
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of determining sodium ions in a sample, wherein the ions are contacted with a compound having chromophoric moiety and an ionophoric moiety, where the ionophoric moiety interacts with the sodium ions present in the sample, resulting in the chromophoric moiety changing its radiation absorption properties in the ultraviolet and visible regions of the spectrum. For example, a change in an intensity of an absorption maximum is measured and the ion concentration is determined accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Opti Medical Systems
    Inventors: Huarui He, Chao Lin, Neeta Raje, Chusheng Liu
  • Patent number: 7851496
    Abstract: Disclosed relates to an ionic liquid type crown ether derivative, expressed by Chemical Formula 1 below, for isolating metal ions, a method for preparing the same and a method for isolating selectively the metal ions using the cycle size of the same. The present invention can provide the ionic liquid type crown ether and isolate metal ions including radioactive isotopes efficiently using the same. Furthermore, the prevent invention provides crown ether valuably used as a recyclable and environment-friendly isolating medium by preparing crown ether of ionic liquid type. wherein m, n, X? and R are identical with those in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Park, Seung Ho Jang, Hui Jeong Gwon, Myung Woo Byun
  • Patent number: 7829563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, n, and R1 to R8 are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts, optically pure enantiomers, racemates or diastereomeric mixtures thereof. These compounds are orexin receptor antagonists and may be useful in the treatment of disorders, in which orexin pathways are involved, like sleep disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Parichehr Malherbe, Matthias Nettekoven, Emmanuel Pinard, Olivier Roche, Mark Rogers-Evans
  • Publication number: 20100086482
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for preparing new looped dendrimer and dendron compounds by controlling the molar amount of branch cell reagent monomer that is combined with various cores bearing core-XR functionalities (e.g., primary, or secondary amines, thiol, or epoxy functionalities). These looped, macrocyclic structures are more robust to various conditions, with greater resistance to acid/base hydrolysis. Alternatively, the looped, macrocyclic structure may offer new orientations that would qualify it as a better chelation ligand for metals, and other similar uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Dendritic Nanotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Tomalia, Douglas R. Swanson, Baohua Huang, Veera Reddy Pulgam
  • Publication number: 20100069354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the use of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the inhibition of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activity and the use in medicine and particularly in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases and/or and autoimmune diseases. The invention also provides processes for the manufacture of said compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Piotr Pawel GRACZYK, Paschalis DIMOPOULOS, Afzal KHAN, Gurpreet Singh BHATIA, Christopher Neil FARTHING
  • Patent number: 7678778
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to salts and compositions of isophosphoramide mustard and isophosphoramide mustard analogs. In one embodiment the salts can be represented by the formula wherein A+ represents an ammonium species selected from the protonated (conjugate acid) or quaternary forms of aliphatic amines and aromatic amines, including basic amino acids, heterocyclic amines, substituted and unsubstituted pyridines, guanidines and amidines; and X and Y independently represent leaving groups. Also disclosed herein are methods for making such compounds and formulating pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods for administering the disclosed compounds to subjects, particularly to treat hyperproliferative disorders, also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: DEKK-TEC, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Roy Morgan
  • Patent number: 7662977
    Abstract: The invention provides novel prodrugs of inhibitors of PI-3 kinase. The novel compounds are LY294002 and analogs thereof comprising a reversibly quaternized amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Semafore Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Garlich, Donald L. Durden, Mary Patterson, Jingdong Su, Robert G. Suhr
  • Patent number: 7659263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thienopyrrole compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable a salt thereof, and a hepatitis C virus (HCV) polymerase inhibitor and a therapeutic agent for hepatitis C containing this compound as an active ingredient. The compound of the present invention shows an anti-HCV activity based on the HCV polymerase inhibitory activity, and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of hepatitis C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo Mizojiri, Takahiro Oka, Kenta Aoki, Satoru Noji, Yoko Matsumoto, Toshihiro Sato, Izuru Ando, Yasushi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20090306044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of quinazolines of formula (I), wherein the groups Ra to Rd have the meanings given in the claims and specification, in cancer therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Flavio Solca, Andree Amelsberg, Gerd Stehle, Jacobus C.A. Van Meel, Anke Baum
  • Publication number: 20090221697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrolide conjugates of pyrrolizine and indolizine derivatives with macrocyclic antibiotics and derivatives thereof. The macrolide conjugates are potent inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase and are therefore suitable to treat disorders of the rheumatic type and to prevent allergically induced diseases. The macrolide conjugates have significantly enhanced potency and efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: MERCKLE GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Laufer, Wolfgang Albrecht, Michael Burnet, Hans-Jürgen Gutke
  • Patent number: 7582280
    Abstract: The invention provides radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, conjugates of antioxidants with metal chelating ligands, intermediate compounds, methods of making such radiopharmaceuticals, ligands, and intermediate compounds, and kits for preparing the radiopharmaceutical complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Bracco International B.V.
    Inventors: Ramachandran S. Ranganathan, Helen Fan, Michael F. Tweedle, Rolf E. Swenson
  • Patent number: 7579334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds represented by Formula I: wherein M represents a macrolide subunit of the substructure II: L represents the chain of the substructure III: —X1—(CH2)m-Q-(CH2)n—X2—??III D represents the steroid or nonsteroidal subunit derived from steroid or nonsteroidal (NSAID) drugs with anti-inflammatory activity; The present invention relates also to pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of such prepared compounds, to process and intermediates for their preparation, as well as to the improved therapeutic action and the use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and conditions in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Istrazivacki Centar Zagreb
    Inventors: Mladen Mercep, Milan Mesic, Linda Tomaskovic
  • Publication number: 20090202521
    Abstract: A bifunctional polyazamacrocyclic chelating agent of the formula (I): wherein: and the variables A, L, Q, Q1, X, Y, Z, Z1, m, n and r are as defined in the description of the present application. Also described is a complex of the above chelating agent to an ion of a metal ion, such as an ion of 90Y, 111Li or 177Lu; a conjugate of the complex covalently attached to a biological carrier; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the conjugate. A method of therapeutic treatment of a mammal involving administration of the pharmaceutical composition is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: MDS (Canada) Inc.
    Inventors: Zoltan Kovaks, Garry E. Kiefer, Corinne Bensimon, A. Dean Sherry, Gyula Tircso
  • Publication number: 20090105301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 9a-substituted azalides having antimalarial activity. More particularly, the invention relates to 9a-substituted 9a-aza-9-deoxo-9-dihydro-9a-homoerythromycin A, 3-O-decladinosyl-9a-aza-9-deoxo-9-dihydro-9a-homoerythromycin A and 3-O-decladinosyl-5-O-dedesosaminyl-9a-aza-9-deoxo-9-dihydro-9a-homoerythromycin A compounds having antimalarial activity, to the method of preparation, to the method of use, and to pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof having antimalarial activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Sulejman Alihodzic, Andrea Fajdetic, Anton Hutinec, Zrinka Ivezic, Nedjeljko Kujundzic, Renata Rupcic
  • Publication number: 20090048221
    Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula I: wherein M represents a macrolide subunit of the substructure VIII: L represents the chain of the substructure IX or XIII: —X1—(CH2)m-Q-(CH2)n—X2—??IX —X1—(CH2)m—V—(CH2)p-Q-(CH2)n—X2—??XIII and Z represents a steroid or nonsteroidal subunit derived from steroid or nonsteroidal (NSAID) drugs with anti-inflammatory activity are disclosed. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of such compounds, processes and intermediates for their preparation, as well as to the improved therapeutic action and the use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and conditions in humans and animals are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Mladen Mercep, Milan Mesic, Linda Tomaskovic, Stribor Markovic, Visnja Poljak, Gordana Sijan, Selvira Selmani
  • Patent number: 7470469
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a substrate having a plasma polymerized functionality bonded to at least a portion of the substrate. A superoxide dismutase mimic agent having a complimentary functional group to the plasma polymerized functionality is bonded to the portion of the substrate by bonding to the plasma polymerized functionality. The functionalities can be carboxylate, amine, or sulfate groups and/or polyethylene glycol and can optionally include crosslinking groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene T. Michal, Murthy Simhambhatla, Charles D. Claude
  • Patent number: 7468434
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for treating an eye disease in a patient comprising: providing a photosensitive prodrug that releases upon exposure to light an active ingredient to treat the eye disease; administering the prodrug in a pharmaceutically accepted vehicle to the subject, and exposing the eye of the subject to an external light source to cause the prodrug to release the active ingredient. This invention also provides a composition for the treatment of glaucoma, comprising a compound containing a lithium ion-chelated in a crown ether- or aza-crown ether-containing chromene or diazene derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: The University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Paul Michel Georges Vanhoutte, Chi-Ming Che, Kwok-Fai So, Iona Hiu Tung Sham
  • Publication number: 20080255346
    Abstract: A mercury selective fluorescent chemosensor for detecting mercury ions (Hg2+) by a compound represented by formula 1 is provided. A novel fluorescent sensitive compound prepared by introducing two aminopyrene functions as a fluorescent sensitive moiety into a binding site of the compound represented by the formula 1, is used for selectively detecting mercury ions (Hg2+) is also provided. The mercury selective fluorescent sensitive chemosensor is a switch type chemosensor having ON-OFF-type Hg2+-selective fluorescence quenching behavior and is not affected by other coexistent metal ions. The changes in fluorescence of the compounds represented by formula 1 were analyzed by ratiometric approach using monomer and excimer emissions of the pyrene fluorophore to selectively signal the concentration of mercury ions (Hg2+). The chemosensor can detect mercury ions in a micromolar unit even in a solution including an excess of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Chung-Ang University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Suk-Kyu Chang, Jun Soo Kim, Myung Gil Choi, Ki Cheol Song, Sangdoo Ahn
  • Patent number: 7432371
    Abstract: Nanofilms useful for filtration are prepared from oriented amphiphilic molecules and oriented macrocyclic modules. The amphiphilic species may be oriented on an interface or surface. The nanofilm may be prepared by depositing or attaching an oriented layer to a substrate. A nanofilm may also be prepared by coupling the oriented macrocyclic modules to provide a membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Covalent Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua W. Kriesel, Timothy B. Karpishin, Donald B. Bivin, Grant Merrill, Martin S. Edelstein, Thomas H. Smith, Jeffery A. Whiteford, Robert T. Jonas, Mark Micklatcher, Serena Joshi
  • Publication number: 20080221158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 15-membered macrolides substituted at the 4? position of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, to processes for their preparation and their use in therapy or prophylaxis of systemic or topical microbial infections in a human or animal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Sulejman Alihodzic, Andrea Berdik, Richard Lewis Jarvest, Gorjana Lazarevski
  • Publication number: 20080161554
    Abstract: Disclosed are a macrocyclic carbodiimide (MC-CDI) and a process for synthesizing the same through condensation of a molecule with multiple-isocyanate terminal functional groups under high dilution in the presence of a phospholene catalyst such as phospholene or arsenic catalyst. Also disclosed are MC-CDI derivatives, such as MC-urea (MC-U), MC-acylurea (MC-ACU), acid functionalized MC-ACU, and anhydride functionalized MC-ACU, processes for synthesizing the same, and the applications of such derivatives as hydrolysis stabilizers in organic polymeric materials, such as polyurethane (PU) and polyesters, as well as the applications in the syntheses of the amide- and imide-modified polyurethane by ring-opening reaction of the MC-ACU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: GREAT EASTERN RESINS INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shenghong A. Dai, Chih-Chia Cheng, Chien-Wen Chen, Chih-Hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20080139806
    Abstract: Methods and compounds are provided for the formation of carbon-nitrogen or carbon-carbon bonds comprising reacting an amine or an aryl boronic acid with an aryl halide in the presence of a palladium catalyst, a base, and a compound of formula II:
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: John G. Verkade, Sameer Urgaonkar, JuHua Xu
  • Patent number: 7311970
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a substrate having a plasma polymerized functionality bonded to at least a portion of the substrate. A superoxide dismutase mimic agent having a complimentary functional group to the plasma polymerized functionality is bonded to the portion of the substrate by bonding to the plasma polymerized functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene T. Michal, Murthy Simhambhatla, Charles D. Claude
  • Patent number: 7309567
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for reducing the fluorescence quenching caused by the measuring medium, in a fluorescence assay for an analyte using at least one fluorescent label, characterized in that a fluorescent conjugate comprising an oligonucleotide bonded to a rare-earth metal cryptate is introduced into the measuring medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: CIS Bio International
    Inventors: Gerard Mathis, Herve Bazin, Eric Trinquet
  • Patent number: 7279491
    Abstract: Substituted phenylpiperidines and phenylpyrrolidines of formula (I), compositions containing them, and methods of making and using them to treat histamine-mediated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Richard L. Apodaca, Curt A. Dvorak, Chandravadan R. Shah, Wei Xiao
  • Patent number: 7271154
    Abstract: This invention features a compound of the following formula: wherein T is a transportophore, L is a bond or linker, and C is an antibiotic therapeutic agent, the transportophore is covalently bonded to the antibiotic therapeutic agent via the bond or the linker, and the transportophore is an azithromycin derivative or crown ether derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Merckle GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Burnet, Jan-Hinrich Guse, Gene Kim
  • Patent number: 7091196
    Abstract: The invention provides a family of compounds useful as anti-infective agents and/or anti-proliferative agents, for example, chemotherapeutic agents, anti-fungal agents, anti-bacterial agents, anti-parasitic agents, anti-viral agents, and/or anti-inflammatory agents, and/or prokinetic (gastrointestinal modulatory) agents, having the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Deping Wang, Joyce A. Sutcliffe, Adegboyega K. Oyelere, Timothy S. McConnell, Joseph A. Ippolito, John N. Abelson, Dane M. Springer, Joseph M. Salvino, Rongliang Lou, Joel A. Goldberg, Jay J. Farmer, Erin M. Duffy, Ashoke Bhattacharjee
  • Patent number: 7067508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel diaminedithiol derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; radiorhenium or radiotechneticum complex thereof; a composition for treating liver cancer comprising the radiorhenium complex and lipiodol; and, a preparative kit of the composition for treating liver cancer. In the composition according to the invention, the diaminedithiol derivative is a novel compound in which long chain alkyl groups were introduced to diaminedithiol, capable of forming a radiorhenium or radiotechnetium complex thereof with an ease and leading to stronger van der Waals bonds with lipiodol. As a result, the complex becomes more stable in a medium, lipiodol, whereby the composition of the invention exhibits a high accumulation rate in liver cancer tissue when injected via hepatic artery, thereby capable of achieving an efficient treatment of liver cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Jae Min Jeong, Young Ju Kim, Yun-Sang Lee, Dong Soo Lee, June-Key Chung, Myung Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 7022717
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to novel antiviral compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and their use. More specifically this invention is drawn to derivatives of monocyclic polyamines which have activity in standard tests against HIV- or FIV-infected cells as well as other biological activity related to binding of ligands to chemokine receptors that mediate a number of mammalian embryonic developmental processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: AnorMED, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary James Bridger, Eva Maria Boehringer, Zhongren Wang, Dominique Schols, Renato Tony Skerlj, David Earl Bogucki
  • Patent number: 6949537
    Abstract: The invention provides novel prodrugs of inhibitors of PI-3 kinase. The novel compounds are LY294002 and analogs thereof comprising a reversibly quaternized amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Semafore Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Garlich, Donald L. Durden, Mary Patterson, Jingdong Su, Robert G. Suhr
  • Patent number: 6936700
    Abstract: The present invention provides for substituted metal chelating compounds in which at least two of the chelating atoms are nitrogen which are directly attached to aromatic rings and one or more of those nitrogen atoms has attached thereto a substituent other than hydrogen, and methods for making and using these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: NeoRx Corporation
    Inventor: Sudhakar Kasina
  • Patent number: 6887994
    Abstract: A C-nitroso compound having a molecular weight ranging from about 225 to about 1,000 (from about 225 to about 600 for oral administration) on a monomeric basis wherein a nitroso group is attached to a tertiary carbon, which is obtained by nitrosylation of a carbon acid having a pKa less than about 25, is useful as an NO donor. In another case, the C-nitroso compound contains the moiety —C—N(O)X— where X is S, O or NR. One embodiment is directed to COX-2 inhibitors where a tertiary carbon atom and/or an oxygen atom and/or a sulfur atom is nitrosylated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Stamler, Eric J. Toone
  • Patent number: 6869589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cryptate compounds useful as chelating agents. In particular, the present invention relates to functionalized derivatives of certain cryptate compounds. These functionalized derivatives are suitable for use in radiolabelling and similar applications. The present invention also relates to a method for diagnosis or therapy of a disease utilizing functionalized derivatives of cryptase compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignees: Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization, The Australian National University
    Inventors: Suzanne V. Smith, John M. Harrowfield, Nadine M. Di Bartolo, Alan McLeod Sargeson
  • Patent number: 6849203
    Abstract: The invention relates to photoisomerizable compounds of formula I wherein A, Z, L, R, R1, k, m and r are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Christopher Worrall, Owain Llyr Parri
  • Patent number: 6787522
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are antibacterials: wherein: R1 represents hydrogen, or C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 alkyl substituted by one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a group R10—(X)n—(ALK)m— wherein R10 represents hydrogen, or a C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocyclyl group, any of which may be unsubstituted or substituted by (C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, hydroxy, mercapto, (C1-C6)alkylthio, amino, halo (including fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo), trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, —COOH, —CONH2, —COORA, —NHCORA, —CONHRA, —NHRA, —NRARB, or —CONRARB wherein RA and RB are independently a (C1-C6)alkyl group, and ALK represents a straight or branched divalent C1-C6 alkylene, C2-C6 alkenylene, or C2-C6 alkynylene radical, and may be interrupted by one or more non-adjacent —NH—, —O— or —S— linkages, X represents —NH—, —O— or —S—, an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: British Biotech Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Michael George Hunter, Raymond Paul Beckett, John Martin Clements, Mark Whittaker, Stephen John Davies, Lisa Marie Pratt, Zoe Marie Spavold, Steven Launchbury
  • Patent number: 6764996
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) formula (II) formula (III) and formula (IV) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, are antibacterial agents. Compositions containing the compounds, processes for making the compounds, synthetic intermediates employed in the processes, and methods for treatment and prevention of bacterial infections are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, Robert F. Keyes, Zhenkun Ma
  • Patent number: 6749988
    Abstract: Novel amine compounds having a nitrogen-containing cyclic structure and a hydrating group such as a hydroxy, ether, ester, carbonyl, carbonate group or lactone ring are useful for use in resist compositions for preventing a resist film from thinning and also for enhancing the resolution and focus margin of resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Tomohiro Kobayashi, Takeru Watanabe, Takeshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20040087567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel diaminedithiol derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; radiorhenium or radiotechneticum complex thereof; a composition for treating liver cancer comprising the radiorhenium complex and lipiodol; and, a preparative kit of the composition for treating liver cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Jae Min Jeong, Young Ju Kim, Yun-Sang Lee, Dong Soo Lee, June-Key Chung, Myung Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 6667320
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to novel antiviral compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and their use. More specifically this invention is drawn to derivatives of monocyclic polyamines which have activity in standard tests against HIV- or FIV-infected cells as well as other biological activity related to binding of ligands to chemokine receptors that mediate a number of mammalian embryonic developmental processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Anormed
    Inventors: Gary James Bridger, Eva Maria Boehringer, Zhongren Wang, Dominique Schols, Renato Tony Skerlj, David Earl Bogucki
  • Publication number: 20030199688
    Abstract: Macrocyclic module compositions are made from cyclic synthons. The macrocyclic module structures are prepared by stepwise or concerted schemes which couple synthons in a closed ring. The macrocyclic module structures may have a pore of nanometer dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Josh Kriesel, Timothy B. Karpishin, Donald B. Bivin, Grant Merrill, Martin Stuart Edelstein, Thomas H. Smith, Jeffery A. Whiteford, Robert Thomas Jonas
  • Patent number: 6635637
    Abstract: Cyclic oxyguanidine compounds, including compounds of Formulae I and II: wherein R1, R3-R6, R21-R26, L, Y, Z, and A are set forth in the specification, as well as hydrates, solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit proteolytic enzymes such as thrombin are described. Also described are methods for preparing the compounds of Formulae I and II. The novel compounds of the present invention are potent inhibitors of proteases, especially trypsin-like serine proteases, such as chymotrypsin, trypsin, thrombin, plasmin and factor Xa. Certain of the compounds exhibit antithrombotic activity via direct, selective inhibition of thrombin, or are intermediates useful for forming compounds having antithrombotic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Aihua Wang, Tianbao Lu, Bruce Edward Tomczuk, Richard M. Soll, John Curtis Spurlino, Roger Francis Bone
  • Publication number: 20030191306
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted N-Aliphatic-N-Aromatic tertiary-Heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, and other coronary artery disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Barry L. Parnas, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Patent number: 6610697
    Abstract: This invention relates to a series of imidazopyrimidines of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds of the invention inhibit the production of a number of inflammatory cytokines and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases associated with the overproduction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Dodd, James R. Henry, Kenneth C. Rupert
  • Patent number: 6608048
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula (I), where A″, Z, X and n are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which are useful as antineoplastic agents and in the treatment of polycystic kidney disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Wyeth Holdings
    Inventors: Hwei-Ru Tsou, Elsebe Geraldine Overbeek-Klumpers, Allan Wissner
  • Patent number: 6548509
    Abstract: This invention encompasses compounds of the formula wherein Ar represents a mono-, di- or trisubstituted aryl group where at least one position on Ar ortho to the point of attachment to the pyrazole ring is substituted; and R1 represents lower alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and R3 and R4 independently represent organic and inorganic substituents, which compounds are highly selective partial agonists or antagonists at human CRF1 receptors and are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of treating stress related disorders such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as depression, headache and anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Yuan
  • Patent number: 6545038
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula as described in the claims, or an optical isomer, diastereomer or enantiomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or biohydrolyzable amide, ester, or imide thereof are useful as inhibitors of metalloproteases. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating diseases, disorders and conditions characterized by metalloprotease activity using these compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Biswanath De, Stanislaw Pikul, Menyan Cheng, Neil Gregory Almstead, Randall Stryker Matthews, Michael George Natchus, Yetunde Olabisi Taiwo