Chalcogen Bonded Directly To Ring Carbon Of The Purine Ring System Patents (Class 544/265)
  • Patent number: 6245910
    Abstract: Purine derivatives in which a desired substituent is introduced into the 9-position only are synthesized by first introducing an easily-removable substituent in the 7-position of a purine base of natural purine nucleosides obtained through fermentation or derivatives thereof, then hydrolyzing the ribose moiety to form purine derivatives having the substituent in the 7-position, subsequently introducing the desired substituent in the 9-position, and then removing the substituent in the 7-position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kunisuke Izawa, Hiroshi Shiragami, Keizo Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6211179
    Abstract: Disclosed are nitrosated and/or nitrosylated phosphodiesterase inhibitors having the formula NOn-PDE inhibitor where n is 1 or 2. The invention also provides compositions comprising such compounds in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an phosphodiesterase inhibitor (PDE inhibitor), which can optionally be substituted with at least one NO or NO2 moiety, and one to ten fold molar excess of a compound that donates, transfers or releases nitrogen monoxide as a charged species, i. e., nitrosonium (NO+) or nitroxyl (NO−), or as the neutral species, nitric oxide (NO•) or which stimulates endogenous EDRF production. The invention also provides compositions comprising such compounds in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods for treating sexual dysfunctions in males and females.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: NitroMed, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Garvey, Inigo Saenz de Tejada
  • Patent number: 6197777
    Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of HIV infection, HBV infection, or abnormal cellular proliferation in humans and other host animals is disclosed that includes the administration of an effective amount of a 1,3-oxaselenolane nucleoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignees: Emory University, The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Chung K. Chu, Jinfa Du
  • Patent number: 6187780
    Abstract: Asymmetrically substituted xanthine derivatives having adenosine A1 antagonistic activity. These are useful as pharmaceuticals. Exemplary are: (a) 3-(2-(2-acetyloxyethyl)sulphonylethyl)-8-(1-noradamantyl)-1-n-propyl-xanthine; (b) 3-(2-(hydroxyethyl)sulphonylethyl)-8-(1-noradamantyl)-1-n-propyl-xanthine; and, (c) 3-(2-(carbamoylethyl)-8-(1-noradanantyl)-1-n-propyl-xanthine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG
    Inventors: Stefan Blech, Adrian Carter, Wolfram Gaida, Ursula Gath, Matthias Hoffmann, Ulrike Kuefner-Muehl, Erich Lehr, Joachim Mierau, Gerald Pohl, Thomas Weiser
  • Patent number: 6175008
    Abstract: Disclosed are processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof: wherein R2 is a purine or pyrimidine base or an analogue or derivative thereof; and Z is S, S═O or SO2. The invention also relates to intermediates of use in the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: BioChem Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Belleau, Tarek Mansour, Allan Tse, Colleen A. Evans, Haolun Jin, Boulos Zacharie, Nghe Nguyen-Ba
  • Patent number: 6166041
    Abstract: Novel compounds which are effective PDE IV inhibitors are disclosed. The present invention is directed to compounds having the general formula I ##STR1## wherein: X is a halogen;Q is --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --, a single or a double bond, or --NR.sub.1 --;R.sub.1 is a C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique, S.A.
    Inventors: David J. Cavalla, Mark Chasin, John W F Whitehead, Lesley Walton, Andrew C. Mansfield
  • Patent number: 6156892
    Abstract: A purine derivative having a cyclopropane ring represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A is --CH.sub.2 -- group or --CO-- group; X.sup.1 is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or hydroxyl group; each of X.sup.2, X.sup.3, and X.sup.4 is independently hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a protected or unprotected amino group; and each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is independently hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, having 7 to 11 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, with proviso that in a case where A is --CO-- group, neither R.sup.2 nor R.sup.3 is a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, and each of X.sup.3 and X.sup.4 is independently a halogen atom, and a process for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Sumika Fire Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taketo Hayashi, Junichi Yasuoka, Akito Nishiura
  • Patent number: 6143743
    Abstract: Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) antagonists of formula (I): ##STR1## and their use in treating psychiatric disorders and neurological diseases, anxiety-related disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, supranuclear palsy and feeding disorders as well as treatment of immunological, cardiovascular or heart-related diseases and colonic hypersensitivity associated with psychopathological disturbance and stress in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Dupont Pharmaceuticals Company
    Inventors: Richard Gerald Wilde, Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam, James Peter Beck, Argyrios Georgious Arvanitis
  • Patent number: 6133280
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel inhibitors of androgen synthesis that are useful in the treatment of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hypertrophy. The present invention also provides methods of synthesizing these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these novel compounds, and methods of treating prostate cancer and benign prostatic hypertrophy using the androgen synthesis inhibitors of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: University of Maryland at Baltimore
    Inventors: Angela Brodie, Yangzhi Ling
  • Patent number: 6127540
    Abstract: Nucleotide analogues having the general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives: ##STR1## wherein n is 0 or an integer; X is O or S, CH.sub.2, CH--halogen, CH--N.sub.3, or C.dbd.CH.sub.2 ;Q and U are independently selected from: O, S, and CH(R.sub.a) wherein R.sub.a is hydrogen, OH, halogen, N.sub.3, NH.sub.2, SH, carboxyl, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or R.sub.a is CH.sub.2 (R.sub.b) wherein R.sub.b is hydrogen, OH, SH, NH.sub.2, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or carboxyl; or both Q and U are CH when Q and U are linked by a double bond;Z is selected from: O, a C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, a C.sub.1-6 thioalkyl, a C.sub.1-6 aminoalkyl, (CH.sub.2).sub.m wherein m is 0 or an integer, and N(R.sub.c).sub.2 wherein both R.sub.c are independently hydrogen or a C.sub.1-6 alkyl; andR2 is a purine or pyrimidine base or an analogue or derivative thereof. Members of this series of analogues possess anti-viral activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: BioChem Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Nghe Nguyen-Ba, Miguel Quimpere, Laval Chan Chun Kong, William L. Brown, Gervais Dionne
  • Patent number: 6127539
    Abstract: A cyclopentenecarboxamide derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## and a method for preparing the cyclopentencarboxamide derivative. A bicycloamide derivative represented by the formula (II): ##STR2## and a method for preparing the bicycloamide derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuya Katagiri, Chikara Kaneko, Junko Sato, Masahiro Torihara, Koichi Kanehira, Yoshin Tamai
  • Patent number: 6121431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Bjorn Olof Classon, Bengt Bertil Samuelsson, Ingemar Sven-Anders Kvarnstrom, Lars Goran Svansson, Stefan Carl Tore Svensson
  • Patent number: 6103707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 9-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-4-thio-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)purine derivatives having antiviral activity, represented by formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein B represents a base selected from the group consisting of purine, azapurine and deazapurine, which may be substituted with halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylamino, hydroxyl, hydroxyamino, aminoxy, alkoxy, mercapto, alkylmercapto, aryl, aryloxy or cyano; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a phosphoric acid residue, and to a process for the production and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Yamasa Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Yamada, Yuichi Yoshimura, Haruhiko Machida, Mikari Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6103729
    Abstract: A phosphodiesterase IV inhibiting cathecol derivatives of the general formula I: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in which R1 is C.sub.1-7 alkyl; C.sub.3-7 cycloalkane; phenyl optionally substituted with lower alkyl lower alkoxy, nitro or halogen; pyrimidine optionally substituted with lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, nitro or halogen; or pyridine optionally substituted with lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, nitro or halogen; X, Y and Z are each independently oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur optionally substituted with C.sub.1-7 alkyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkane or phenyl; W is oxygen or sulfur is disclosed. In addition, a process for producing the compound of the general formula I and a pharmaceutical composition containing pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound of the general formula I are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Cheil Jedang Corp.
    Inventors: Chung Keun Rhee, Myung Xik Xiang, Byoung Chool Suh, Kwang Hyuk Lee, Youn Ha Lee, Young Gi Kim
  • Patent number: 6087497
    Abstract: 9-Substituted purine derivatives of formula (4) ##STR1## are prepared by debenzylating a compound of formula (3): ##STR2##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kunisuke Izawa, Hiroshi Shiragami, Keizo Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6075143
    Abstract: There are described N-ethylglycine derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which PG is a urethane-type or trityl-type amino protective group which is labile to weak acids, X is NH, O or S, Y is CH.sub.2, NH or O, and B' are bases customary in nucleotide chemistry, the exocyclic amino or hydroxyl groups of which being protected by suitable, known protective groups, or are base substitute compounds, and their salts with tert-organic bases, as well as a process for their preparation. The N-ethylglycine derivatives of the formula I are used in the preparation of PNA and PNA/DNA hybrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Breipohl, Eugen Uhlmann, Jochen Knolle
  • Patent number: 6069151
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## have therapeutic utility, as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase IV and TNF release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Darwin Discovery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hazel Joan Dyke, John Gary Montana, Alan Findlay Haughan, Verity Margaret Sabin
  • Patent number: 6069250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preparing biologically important nucleoside analogues containing 1,3-dioxolane sugar rings. In particular, this invention relates to the stereoselective synthesis of the beta (cis) isomer by glycosylating the base with an intermediate of formula (II) below a temperature of about -10.degree. C. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and L are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Biochem Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Tarek Mansour, Alex Cimpoia, Krzysztof Bednarski
  • Patent number: 6066638
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, and their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful as fungicides ##STR1## wherein W is O, S(O).sub.n or NR.sup.5 ;n is 0, 1 or 2;Q is O or S;G is a fused phenyl, naphthalene, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyridine, thiazole, oxazole, imidazole, pyrazine, pyridazine or pyrimidine ring; andR.sup.1 -R.sup.5 are as defined in the disclosure.Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula I and a method for controlling plant diseases caused by fungal plant pathogens which involves applying an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: James Francis Bereznak, Zen-Yu Chang, Charlene Gross Sternberg
  • Patent number: 6043228
    Abstract: O.sup.6 -hetarylalkyl- or naphthylalkylguanine derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Y is H, ribosyl, deoxyribosyl, or R"XCHR',wherein X is O or S, R" and R"' are alkyl, or substituted derivatives thereof,R' is H, or alkyl or hydroxyalkylR is(i) a cyclic group having at least one 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, optionally with a carbocylic or heterocyclic ring fused thereto, the or each heterocyclic ring having at least one hereto atom chosen from O, N, or S, or a substituted derivative thereof; or(ii) naphthyl or a substituted derivative thereofand pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, exhibit the ability to deplete O.sup.6 -alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (ATase) activity.A process for preparation of the compounds is described. The compounds have utility in combination with alkylating agents in the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumour cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Cancer Research Campaign Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Brian McMurry, Robert Stanley McBlhinney, Joan Elizabeth McCormick, Rhoderick Hugh Elder, Jane Kelly, Geoffrey Margison, Joseph Anthony Rafferty, Amanda Jean Watson, Mark Andrew Willington, Dorothy Josephine Donnelly
  • Patent number: 6034087
    Abstract: Nucleoside derivatives represented by formula (I); ##STR1## wherein, R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, phosphate or phosphonate group, R.sub.2 represents substituted or unsubstituted pyrimidine or purine base, and Z represents S, SO, SO.sub.2, O or C; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Compound (I) can be obtained by reacting a compound of the formula (II); ##STR2## wherein, R.sub.7 represents hydrogen or hydroxy-protecting group, L represents aromatic or nonaromatic acyl, halide or alkoxy, and Z represents S, SO, SO.sub.2, O or C, with a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Chong Kun Dang Corp.
    Inventors: Jung Woo Kim, Chong Ryul Lee, Koo Hun Chung, Soon Kil Ahn, Kyung Hoi Cha, Hoe Joo Son, Sung Jo Choi, Byeong Seon Jeong, Kyeong Bok Min
  • Patent number: 6027936
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods directed generally to the control of neural activity and for selectively and controllably inducing the in vivo genetic expression of one or more naturally occurring genetically encoded molecules in mammals. More particularly, the present invention selectively activates or derepresses genes encoding for specific naturally occurring molecules such as neurotrophic factors through the administration of carbon monoxide dependent guanylyl cyclase modulating purine derivatives. The methods of the present invention may be used to affect a variety of cellular and neurological activities and to therapeutically or prophylactically treat a wide variety of neurodegenerative, neurological, and cellular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventor: Alvin J. Glasky
  • Patent number: 6028076
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel purine derivatives of formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sup.2 and R.sup.9 are hydrocarbon groups, R.sup.6 is an amino group and R.sup.8 is a hydroxyl, or acyloxy group. These purine derivatives are effective at promoting secretion of interferon in patients, and can be used to treat diseases against which interferon is effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Japan Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Kohsaku Hirota, Yoshiaki Isobe, Nobuyoshi Chiba, Harumi Satoh, Haruo Takaku, Hiroyuki Matsui, Haruhisa Ogita
  • Patent number: 6020339
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of diseases, including asthma, by raising the level of cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) through the inhibition of phosphodiesterase IV (PDE IV). ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of diseases by inhibition of PDE IV, resulting in an elevation of cAMP, comprising the use of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Helene Perrier, Yongxin Han, Christopher Bayly, Dwight Mac Donald, Andre Giroux, Robert N. Young
  • Patent number: 6017923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Sabol, Sai P. Sunkara, Shawn C. Miller
  • Patent number: 6004966
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are N, X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 which may be the same or different are hydrogen, hydroxy, or an optionally substituted alkyl, and Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 which may be the same or different are hydrogen, hydroxy, keto (.dbd.O), or one of Z.sub.1 and X.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 and X.sub.2 form a second bond of a double bond at the 1,6 or 2,3 positions with the proviso that at least one of the groupings R.sub.1 Z.sub.1 X.sub.1 R.sub.2 Z.sub.2 X.sub.2 and R.sub.1 X.sub.1 Z.sub.2 form a hydroxamate moiety (--N(OH)C(.dbd.O)-- in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is N, Z.sub.1 and/or Z.sub.2 is .dbd.O and X.sub.1 and/or X.sub.2 is OH or R.sub.1 is N, Z.sub.2 is .dbd.O and X.sub.1 is OH and B is a 5 or 6 membered ring of formula II or III ##STR2## in which R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: BTG International Limited
    Inventors: Surinder Singh, Anthony Edward Lewis
  • Patent number: 6001844
    Abstract: Compounds of structural Formula (I) ##STR1## and pharmacologically acceptable salts and esters thereof possess 5.alpha.-reductase inhibitory activity. These compounds inhibit 5.alpha.-reductase type 1 and type 2. The compounds of structural Formula I are useful in the systemic, including oral, and parenteral, including topical, treatment and prevention of hyperandrogenic conditions including prostatic carcinoma, benign prostatic hyperplasia, acne vulgaris, seborrhea, androgenic alopecia (also called androgenetic alopecia) which includes male- and female-pattern baldness, female hirsutism, and prostatitis. A class of compounds of the present invention are also potent antiandrogens. The present invention also relates to novel compositions containing such compounds, methods of their use and methods of their manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Raman K. Bakshi, Soumya P Sahoo, Richard L. Tolman
  • Patent number: 5998456
    Abstract: Benzimidazole compounds represented by the formula set out below and analogs thereof, wherein Y represents a single bond or sulfur atom; Z represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or N--R.sup.4 ; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen atom, alkyl group or other; R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 independently represent hydrogen, alkyl group, acyl group or other; n and m independently represent an integer of 1, 2, or 3; and L represents a linking group such as C.sub.2-12 alkylene group or an alkylene group containing one or more phenylene groups or ether groups. The compounds are useful as an active ingredient of a medicament such as a preventive and therapeutic medicament for hyperlipemia or arterial sclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Aoki, Kazuhiro Aikawa
  • Patent number: 5994361
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a compound of formula I: ##STR1## R.sub.1 of Formula I is substituted amino represented by formula NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, and unsubstituted amino with the proviso that R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are not both hydrogen, and further that R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are not both amino. R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 of Formula I are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; C.sub.1-4 alkyl; amino; substituted or unsubstituted thiol; and halogen. Moreover, R.sub.4 of Formula I is represented by the formula R.sup.12 -X.sup.12 wherein R.sup.12 is a saturated or unsaturated linear hydrocarbon chain of 5-20 carbons optionally containing one or more interruptions within the chain by a heteroatom, and optionally substituted with one or more .dbd.O, or .dbd.S. Finally, X.sup.12 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, an aminoalkyl group, and a known amino acid bound by its .alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Biochem Pharma
    Inventors: Christopher Penney, Boulos Zacharie, Lyne Gagnon, Giorgio Attardo, Timothy P. Connolly, Yves St-Denis, Salam Kadhim
  • Patent number: 5990118
    Abstract: Purine or triazolopurine compounds are disclosed represented by formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 represent each hydrogen, halogeno, hydroxy, mercapto, or amino; R.sup.2 represents alkyl or aryl; and R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 represent each hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as xanthine oxidase inhibitors, remedies for hyperuricemia, or remedies or preventive agents for gout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Yamasa Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohisa Nagamatsu, Yoko Watanabe, Kazuki Endo, Masahiro Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 5969135
    Abstract: The present invention provides various novel oligonucleotide analogs having one or more properties that make the subject compounds superior to conventional oligonucleotides for use in procedures employing oligonucleotides. The compounds of the invention are oligonucleotide analogs in which the furanose ring of a naturally occurring nucleic acid is replaced with an amino acid or a modified amino alcohol residue. Some embodiments of the novel compounds of the invention are particularly useful for the antisense control of gene expression. The compounds of the invention may also be used as nucleic acid hybridization probes or as primers. Another aspect of the invention is to provide monomeric precursors of the oligonucleotide analogs of the invention. These monomeric precursors may be used to synthesize the subject polynucleotide analogs. Another aspect of the invention is to provide formulations of the subject polynucleotide analogs that are designed for the treatment or prevention of disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kandasamy Ramasamy, Wilfried E. Seifert
  • Patent number: 5968940
    Abstract: New purine retinoid compounds according to the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a purine derivative, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, are provided which exhibit cancer-inhibiting activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Institute of Materia Medica
    Inventors: Rui Han, Zang-Liang Yuan
  • Patent number: 5965563
    Abstract: Novel bicyclic condensed pyrimidine compounds having general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X is --CH.sub.2 --, --NH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, --O--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- or --S--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- in which n is zero or 1; A is a 4,5-fused imidazole ring N-substituted by R.sub.3 which is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or benzyl, or A is a 2,3-fused pyridine ring C-substituted by R.sub.4 which is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen or NR.sub.5 R.sub.6 in which each of R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 independently is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; B is a bicyclic ring chosen from tetralin, indane and 2-oxindole; each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, halogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxycarbonyl, nitro, cyano or CF.sub.3 ; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Buzzetti, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Antonio Longo, Dario Ballinari
  • Patent number: 5965558
    Abstract: Y--X--C(R').dbd.C(R")COOR"'(A1)The present invention relates to novel protein tyrosine phosphatase modulating compounds having the general structure shown in Formula (A1), to methods for their preparation, to compositions comprising the compounds, to their use for treatment of human and animal disorders, to their use for purification of proteins or glycoproteins, and to their use in diagnosis. The invention relates to modulation of the activity of molecules with phosphotyrosine recognition units, including protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) and proteins with Src-homology-2 domains, in in vitro systems, microorganisms, eukaryoic cells, whole animals and human beings. R' and R" are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, cyano, nitro, trihalomethyl, alkyl, arylalkyl. R"' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl. X is aryl. Y is selected from hydrogen or ##STR1## wherein (*) indicates a potential point of attachment to X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Ontogen Corporation
    Inventors: Adnan Mjalli, Sepehr Sarshar, Xiaodong Cao, Farid Bakir
  • Patent number: 5962684
    Abstract: A therapeutic method is provided, employing an antiviral compound of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Z is H, OR' or N(R).sub.2, wherein R' is H, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl, aryl, CHO, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.16)alkanoyl or O.dbd.P(OH).sub.2, Y is CH or N, and X is selected from the group consisting of H, N(R).sub.2, SR, OR' or halogen, wherein R is H, lower(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl, aryl or mixtures thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Robert Vince, Mei Hua
  • Patent number: 5958926
    Abstract: Disclosed are nitrosated and/or nitrosylated phosphodiesterase inhibitors having the formula NO.sub.n -PDE inhibitor where n is 1 or 2. The invention also provides compositions comprising such compounds in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an phosphodiesterase inhibitor (PDE inhibitor), which can optionally be substituted with at least one NO or NO.sub.2 moiety, and one to ten fold molar excess of a compound that donates, transfers or releases nitrogen monoxide as a charged species, i.e., nitrosonium (NO.sup.+) or nitroxyl (NO.sup.-), or as the neutral species, nitric oxide (NO.cndot.) or which stimulates endogenous EDRF production. The invention also provides compositions comprising such compounds in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods for treating sexual dysfunctions in males and females.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: NitroMed, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Garvey, Inigo Saenz de Tejada
  • Patent number: 5958932
    Abstract: The present invention provides AGT inactivating compounds such as substituted O.sup.6 -benzylguanines of the formula ##STR1## wherein, for example, R.sub.1 is amino, hydroxy, or alkylamino, R.sub.2 is aminoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or alkylaminoalkyl, and R.sub.3 is halo, hydroxyalkyl, thiol or alkylthio, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention further provides a method of enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumor cells in a mammal with an antineoplastic alkylating agent which causes cytotoxic lesions at the O.sup.6 -position of guanine comprising administering to a mammal an effective amount of one of the aforesaid compounds and administering to the mammal an effective amount of an antineoplastic alkylating agent which causes cytotoxic lesions at the O.sup.6 -position of guanine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Arch Development Corporation, Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert C. Moschel, Anthony E. Pegg, M. Eileen Dolan, Mi-Young Chae
  • Patent number: 5952500
    Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to cyclopentyl analogues of .alpha.- and .beta.-L-2', 3'-dideoxypurine ribonucleosides wherein the 3- and 4-cyclopentyl substituents may be either --H or --CH.sub.2 --OH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Bjorn Olof Classon, Bengt Bertil Samuelsson, Ingemar Sven-Anders Kvarnstrom, Lars Goran Svansson, Stefan Carl Tore Svensson
  • Patent number: 5942617
    Abstract: A process for preparing 7-benzylpurine derivatives is provided. An acetylpurine nucleoside is reacted with a benzyl halide to benzylate the 7-position of the purine base, and an acid is then added to the reaction mixture to hydrolyze the glycoside bond. The 7-benzylpurines may be used to prepare 9-substituted purine derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiragami, Yumiko Uchida, Kunisuke Izawa, Keizo Yamashita, Satoshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 5922696
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel unsaturated phosphonate derivatives of certain purines or pyrimidines useful as antiviral agents, methods useful for their preparation and use of these compounds as antiviral agents effective against DNA viruses, retroviruses and viruses involved in tumor formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Casara, Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Nave, Serge Halazy
  • Patent number: 5922867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preparing biologically important nucleoside analogues containing 1,3-dioxolane sugar rings. In particular, this invention relates to the stereoselective synthesis of the beta (cis) isomer by glycosylating the base with an intermediate of formula (II) below a temperature of about -10.degree. C. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and L are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Biochem Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Tarek Mansour, Alex Cimpoia, Krzysztof Bednarski
  • Patent number: 5919965
    Abstract: A phosphorus ester oligomer having the structure: ##STR1## wherein A can be the same or different in each monomeric unit and each is independently selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, lower alkyl, alkyl- or aryl-substituted amino and aminoalkyl; B.sub.1 and B.sub.2 can be the same or different and each is independently selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl, a labelling group, a protecting group, a phosphoramidate or a phosphomonoester; R.sub.1 can be the same or different in each monomeric unit, and in at least one of the non-nucleotide monomeric units, R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Gerard Gentles, Alan F. Cook, Morris Jonathan Rudolph, Reza Fathi
  • Patent number: 5916894
    Abstract: The present invention provides 8-substituted O.sup.6 -benzylguanine derivatives which have been found to be effective AGT inactivators, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Thus, for example, the present invention provides a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of amino, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 dialkylamino, and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 acylamino, R.sub.2 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 aminoalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 dialkylamino alkyl, and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 pivaloylalkyl, and R.sub.3 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl. The present invention further provides a method of enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumor cells in a mammal with an antineoplastic alkylating agent which causes cytotoxic lessons at the O.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, The Penn State Research Foundation, Arch Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Moschel, Anthony E. Pegg, M. Eileen Dolan, Mi-Young Chae
  • Patent number: 5889006
    Abstract: Di-N-substituted piperazine or 1,4 di-substituted piperadine compounds in accordance with formula I (including all isomers, salts, esters, and solvates) ##STR1## wherein R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.21, R.sup.27, R.sup.28, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein are muscarinic antagonists useful for treating cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of preparation are also disclosed. Also disclosed are synergistic combinations of compounds of the above formula with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Derek B. Lowe, Wei K. Chang, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Joel G. Berger, Robert McQuade, Allen Barnett, Margaret Sherlock, Wing Tom, Sundeep Dugar, Lian-Yong Chen, John W. Clader, Samuel Chackalamannil, Yuguang Wang, Stuart W. McCombie, Jayaram R. Tagat, Susan F. Vice, Wayne Vaccaro, Michael J. Green, Margaret E. Browne, Theodros Asberom, Craig D. Boyle
  • Patent number: 5889011
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprise the formula:(R)j- (core moiety),including resolved enantiomers and/or diastereomers, hydrates, salts, solvates and mixtures thereof, wherein J is an integer from one to three, the core moiety is non-cyclic or comprises at least one, five- to seven-membered ring structure, R may be selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amino, substituted or unsubstituted benzyl, alkyl (C.sub.1-6) or alkenyl (C.sub.1-6), and at least one R has the formula I: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from four to eighteen; each R'.sub.1 and R'.sub.2 is independently hydrogen, alkyl (C.sub.1-4) or alkenyl (C.sub.1-4), the alkyl or alkenyl groups being preferably substituted by a halogen, hydroxyl, ketone or dimethylamino group and/or may be interrupted by an oxygen or hydrogen atom or an alkyl (C.sub.1-4) group; and each R'.sub.3 and R'.sub.4 is independently hydrogen or methyl. Preferably, n is an integer from six to ten, R'.sub.1 and R'.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Peter Klein, Gail E. Underiner, Alistair J. Leigh
  • Patent number: 5866571
    Abstract: 9-Substituted 2-(2-n-alkoxyphenyl)purin-6-ones are prepared by cyclizing correspondingly substituted imidazoles and derivatizing the purines thus obtained. The 9-substituted .sup.2 -(2-n-alkoxyphenyl)purin-6-ones can be employed as active compounds in medicaments, in particular in medicarnents for treatment of inflammations, thromboembolic diseases and cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Niewohner, Erwin Bischoff, Helmuth Schutz, Elisabeth Perzborn, Matthias Schramm
  • Patent number: 5864037
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a compound of Formula IV having the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.6 is N(R.sub.6a)(R.sub.6b);R.sub.3 represents a C.sub.2-8, alkyl which is unbranched or branched and unsubstituted or substituted; C.sub.3-8 cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted; C.sub.4-8 cycloalkylalkyl wherein the cycloalkyl portion is unsubstituted or substituted; aryl or benzyl which is optionally unsubstituted or substituted; ar(C.sub.1-4)alkyl; a heterocyclyl group, ring optionally substituted; heterocyclyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique, S.A.
    Inventors: Mark Chasin, David Cavalla, Peter Hofer
  • Patent number: 5863921
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n=1 or 2;R.sup.1 is H, NH.sub.2 or halogen;R.sup.2 is H or NH.sub.2 ;R.sup.3 represents the group ##STR2## where m=0 or 1; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and are each H, CO.sub.2 H, CO.sub.2 C.sub.1-6 alkyl, NHSO.sub.2 CF.sub.3, tetrazole, (CR.sup.6 R.sup.7).sub.p (Y).sub.q (CR.sup.6 R.sup.7).sub.t Z where (CR.sup.6 R.sup.7)p or (CR.sup.6 R.sup.7).sub.t may be straight or branched chain bearing the substituents R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 when p and t>1; R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are the same or different and are each C.sub.0-6 alkyl-Z;p=1-3;q=0 or 1;t=0-4, provided that t>0 wgeb q=1;Y is NH, O, S(O)u where u=0-2;Z is H, CN, CO.sub.2 H, CO.sub.2 C.sub.1-6 alkyl, NHSO.sub.2 CF.sub.3, tetrazole, triazole, CONH.sub.2, CON(C.sub.1-6 alkyl).sub.2, CONH(C.sub.1-6 alkyl), SO.sub.2 NH (C.sub.1-6 alkyl) or SO.sub.2 N(C.sub.1-6 alkyl).sub.2 ; or a salt, soluate or hydrate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Darwin Discovery Limited
    Inventors: Steven Colin Beasley, John Gary Montana, David Thomas Manallack
  • Patent number: 5861404
    Abstract: 2,9-Disubstituted purin-6-ones are prepared by acylating correspondingly substituted aminoimidazoles in a first step and then cyclizing the product to the purine. The new 2,9-disubstituted purin-6-ones can be employed as active compounds in medicaments, in particular for the treatment of inflammations, thromboembolic and cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the urogenital system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Niewohner, Erwin Bischoff, Helmuth Schutz, Elisabeth Perzborn, Matthias Schramm
  • Patent number: 5861396
    Abstract: Purin-6-one derivatives are prepared by acylating appropriately substituted imidazole carboxamides and then cyclizing to give the purines. The purin-6-one derivatives are suitable as active compounds in medicaments, in particular for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, disorders of the vascular system and of the urogenital system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Niewohner, Erwin Bischoff, Joachim Hutter, Elisabeth Perzborn, Helmuth Schutz