Abstract: A process for the asymmetric hydrogenation of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R, independently, is alkyl, arylmethyl, aryl, alkoxy, arylmethoxy or aryloxy or both R's, taken together, are methylene, ethylene or 1,2-phenylene and n is 1,2 or 3,or of a salt thereof to a compound of the formula ##STR2## in the form of an (S) or (R) enantiomer, wherein R and n have the significances given above, using an optically active ruthenium-diphosphine complex as catalyst, is described. The preparation of the compounds of formula II, as well as the compounds of formula II, which form a further object of the invention, are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is aryl which may have suitable substituent(s), X is --O-- or ##STR2## in which R.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, A is a bond or lower alkylene which may have lower alkyl group(s), andR.sup.2 is arylcarbamoyl which may have halogen or lower alkoxy,or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, useful as a cholecystokinin antagonist.

Abstract: Conformationally constrained tricyclic derivatives of the thienodiazocine and thienothiadiazocine classes of compounds and ring homologs thereof are topically effective carbonic anhydrase inhibitors useful in the treatment of ocular hypertension and glaucoma associated therewith.

Abstract: The present invention involves, in addition to many unique substituted sapphyrins, a novel method for synthesizing sapphyrins with good efficiency and high yield. An improved 9-step synthesis of substituted sapphyrins, e.g., the two C.sub.2 symmetric sapphyrins, compounds 2 and 4 of FIG. 1C, is described herein. This synthesis involves as an important step the condensation between a tripyrrane diacid and a diformyl bipyrrole. The key tripyrrane component is prepared in three high-yield steps from readily available pyrrolic precursors and the bipyrrole portion is prepared in four steps from ethyl 3-methyl-4-methylpyrrole-2-carboxylate in roughly 33% yield overall.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel cholecystokinin antagonists of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is aryl which may have suitable substituent(s), X is --O-- or ##STR2## in which R.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, A is bond; or methylene, ethylene, trimethylene, tetramethylene, pentamethylene or hexamethylene, each of which may have lower alkyl group(s), andR.sup.2 is heterocyclic(C.sub.3 -C.sub.6) alkenoyl or heterocycliciccarbonyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, useful as a cholecystokinin antagonist.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula I: ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 represents a radical of general formula (Z.sub.0), (Z.sub.1), (Z.sub.2), (Z.sub.3) or (Z.sub.4) ##STR2## R.sub.2 represents a methylene radical, a hydroxymethylene radical, a carbonyl radical or a radical of general formula (Y.sub.1), (Y.sub.2), (Y.sub.3) or (Y.sub.4): ##STR3## or, with R.sub.12 and the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, forms a radical of general formula (W): ##STR4## R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11, R.sub.12 and n being as defined in the description, medicinal products containing the same and a method-of-treating metabolic ailments therewith.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is aryl which may have suitable substituents(s), X is --O-- or ##STR2## in which R.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, A is a bond or lower alkylene which may have lower alkyl group(s), andR.sup.2 is hydrogen; heterocyclic(lower)alkenoyl which may have carboxy or protected carboxy; heterocycliccarbonyl which may have N,N-di(lower)alkylamino(lower)alkyl, hydroxyimino(lower)alkyl, aryliminio(lower)alkyl, acyl or hydroxy(lower)alkylheterocyclic(lower)alkyl; aroyl which may have 1 to 3 substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of halogen, amino and mono(or di or tri)halo(lower)alkyl; arylcarbamoyl which may have halogen or lower alkoxy; arylamino(lower)alkanoyl; or ar(lower)alkanoyl which may have amino or protected amino,or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, useful as a cholecystokinin antagonist.

Abstract: Novel 4H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]thieno[2,3-f][1,4]diazepine which are usable as a medicinal product and correspond to the general formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 have the same meaning as given in the specification.These compounds, as well as their physiologically tolerable salts, may be used in therapy, in particular in the treatment of disorders linked to hypoxemia and to certain metabolic disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing N-oxo-tetrahydro-.beta.-carbolines having formula 1. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is lower alkyl or alkoxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkylthio, hydroxy, amino, lower mono- or dialkyl- or acylamino.n has the value 0, 1 or 2,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or acyl,R.sub.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or alkoxycarbonyl, or a phenyl group optionally substituted with a group R.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to new thieno-triazolo-1,4-diazepino-2-carboxylic acid amides of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 straight-chained or branched alkyl which can optionally be substituted by halogen, preferably C1 or Br, or by hydroxy, cyclopropyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy, preferably methoxy, or halogen, preferably chlorine or bromine;R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, each independently, represent hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 straight-chained or branched alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl or the two groups R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 together with the nitrogen atom represent a 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring which optionally contains a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom as a further heteroatom, the second nitrogen atom optionally being substituted by a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, preferably a methyl group;R.sub.

Abstract: Benzodiazepines of formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.9 is hydrogen or chlorine, R10 is phenyl, possibly substituted, R11 is hydrogen, R12 is oxygen or sulphur, R13 is an NH group, Ar is aromatic or heteroaromatic comprising one or more rings and in which, in particular, A is an ethylene or trimethylene bridge; e is 1 or 2; which are gastrin antagonists and/or central antagonists of cholecystokinin.

Abstract: Platelet activating factor antagonists of formula (I), (II) or (III): ##STR1## where A is optionally substituted benzene, pyridine, naphthalene, quinoline, thiophene, benzothiophene, pyrazole or isothiazole,X is O, S or NHY is 1,4 phenylene or a group of formula ##STR2## R.sup.1 is H or optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl,B is an optionally fused 5- or 6-membered ring containing nitrogen atoms,Het is an optionally substituted 5-membered heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen or a pyridine ring, the ring optionally being fused to benzene or nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: Tricyclo benzodiazepines are cholecystokinin antagonists.

Abstract: Benzodiazepines of formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is H of halogen, R.sub.2 is H or halogen, Ar is indolyl, phenyl, naphthyl, indolyl monosubstituted with a halogen or with a methoxy or phenyl mono-, di- or trisubstituted with a halogen or with a methoxy or with a trifluoromethyl group, and n is 2 or 3; and their optical isomers.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Y is ##STR2## R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkanoyl, or C.sub.7 -C.sub.9 phenylalkyl, and X is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy, or halogen being useful for the treatment of senile dementia, psychoneurosis, and/or amnesia.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is lower-alkyl, R.sup.1 is halogen, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, R.sup.3 is hydroxy, lower-alkoxy, lower-alkyl-carbonyloxy, lower-alkoxy-lower-alkylcarbonoyloxy, lower-alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy or aryl-lower alkylaminocarbonyloxy, X is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkylene which optionally can be interrupted by 1,4-phenylene or interrupted or lengthened by 1,4-cyclohexylene, A is di- or tri-substituted 2-imidazolyl attached via an ethylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle selected from the group consisting of benzimidazolyl, benzimidazolonyl, imidazo[4,5-c]pyridinyl, imidazo[4,5-c]pyridinonyl, benzthiazolyl, benzodiazepine-2,5-dion-1-yl and pyrrolo[2,1-c]-[1,4]benzodiazepine-5,11-dion-10-yl and n is the number 0 or 1, in the form of racemates and optical antipodes, as well as N-oxides and pharmaceutically usable acid addition salts thereof.

Abstract: A new antitumor antibiotic designated herein as BMY-28121 is produced by fermentation of Streptomyces albus strain K731-113 (ATCC 39897). BMY-28121, which may be recovered from the fermentation broth in either its natural free hydroxy form (BMY-28121A) or methyl ether form (BMY-28121B), inhibits gram-positive bacteria and anaerobes and inhibits the growth of mammalian tumors such as P-388 leukemia, L-1210 leukemia and B16 melanoma.

Abstract: The invention relates to benzopyrrolobenzodiazepines and quinobenzodiazepines of the formula ##STR1## where X and Y may be the same or different and each is hydrogen, halogen, CF.sub.3, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio and lower alkylsulfonyl, p and q are independently 1 or 2; R.sub.1 is hydrogen when R.sub.2 is bonded to R.sub.3 to form a --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --CH.sub.2 -- group or a --CH.dbd.CH-- group; R.sub.3 is hydrogen when R.sub.1 is bonded to R.sub.2 to form a --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --CH.sub.2 -- group or a --CH.dbd.CH-- group; m is 1 or 2; R.sub.4 is NR.sub.5 R.sub.6 wherein R.sub.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl and R.sub.6 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or a group of the formula (CH.sub.2).sub.n NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 wherein R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are lower alkyl, and n is 2 or 3, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.9 is lower alkyl, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.10 is CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, lower alkyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted by halogen, CF.sub.