The Nitrogen Is Bonded Directly At 4- Or 6-position Patents (Class 544/317)
  • Patent number: 6858606
    Abstract: This invention features pyrimidine compounds of formula (I): R1 is in which one of Ra and Rb is H or alkyl, and the other is aryl or heteroaryl optionally substituted with Rd and Rem; each of R2 and R4 is H; R3 is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, or alkylcarbonyl; R5 is H or alkyl; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; X is NRc; Y is covalent bond, CH2, C(O), C?N—Rc, C?N—ORc, C?N—SRc, O, S, S(O), S(O2), or NRc; Z is N or CH; one of U and V is N, and the other is CRc; and W is O, S, S(O), S(O2), NRc, or NC(O)Rc; in which Rc is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, or alkylcarbonyl; Rd is halogen, CN, alkyl alkyloxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkylamino, or alkylaminocarbonyl; Re is halogen, CN, hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkoxyl, aryloxyl, or heteroaryloxyl; and m is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. The pyrimidine compounds can be used to treat an IL-12 overproduction-related disorder (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceutical Corp.
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Mitsunori Ono, Elena Kostik, Yumiko Wada
  • Patent number: 6846829
    Abstract: N-Heterocyclic derivatives of the formula (I): are described herein, as well as other N-heterocycles, as inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of using these compounds as inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase and processes for synthesizing these compounds are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignees: Berlex Laboratories, Inc., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Damian O. Arnaiz, John J. Baldwin, David D. Davey, James J. Devlin, Roland Ellwood Dolle, III, Shawn David Erickson, Kirk McMillan, Michael M. Morrissey, Michael H. J. Ohlmeyer, Gonghua Pan, Vidyadhar Madhav Paradkar, John Parkinson, Gary B. Phillips, Bin Ye, Zuchun Zhao
  • Patent number: 6838464
    Abstract: Pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein Q1, Q2, G and R1 are as defined within; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof are described. Processes for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions and their use as cyclin-dependent serine/threonine kinase (CDK) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitors are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Elizabeth Janet Pease, Emma Jane Williams, Robert Hugh Bradbury, Stuart Eric Pearson
  • Publication number: 20040266767
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process of making compounds of formula(I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nizar Haddad, Xudong Wei, Chris Hugh Senanayake, Jinghua Xu, Nathan Yee
  • Publication number: 20040266800
    Abstract: A process for preparing pyrimidinone compound and salts thereof The method of the present invention enables the convenience to produce the pyrimidinone derivatives in high yields, which pyrimidinone compounds are useful for treating cardiovascular diseases caused by binding angiotensin II to its receptors, through antagonistic activity against angiotensin II receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Sang-Lin Kim, Ji-Han Kim, Jung-Bok Lee, Byoung-Wug Yoo, Hyun-Kwang Tan
  • Patent number: 6833378
    Abstract: Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) antagonists having the formulae wherein the dashed lines, A, B, Y, Z, G, R3, R4, R5, R6, R16 and R17 are as defined in the application, and processes for preparing them. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the treatment disorders including CNS and stress-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Yuhpyng L. Chen
  • Publication number: 20040242608
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds Formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Richard C. Durley
  • Publication number: 20040229840
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleoside compounds and certain derivatives thereof which are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral polymerase. These compounds are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral replication and are useful for the treatment of RNA-dependent RNA viral infection. They are particularly useful as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase, as inhibitors of HCV replication, and/or for the treatment of hepatitis C infection. The invention also describes pharmaceutical compositions containing such nucleoside compounds alone or in combination with other agents active against RNA-dependent RNA viral infection, in particular HCV infection. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA viral replication, and/or treating RNA-dependent RNA viral infection with the nucleoside compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Balkrishen Bhat, Anne B. Eldrup, Steven S. Carroll, David B. Olsen, Daniel R. McMasters, Malcolm MacCoss, Jie Xia
  • Publication number: 20040220177
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula 1 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: John Charles Kath, Michael Joseph Luzzio
  • Publication number: 20040214844
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and composition of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, in human patients or other animal hosts, comprising the administration of N4-acyl-2′,3′-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine or N4-acyl-2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Michael J. Otto, Junxing Shi, Kyoichi A. Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6790841
    Abstract: Compounds which are active against viruses have the following Formulas: wherein B is a purine or pyrimidine heterocyclic ring and is preferably selected from the group consisting of 6-aminopurine (adenine), 2,6-diaminopurine, 2-amino-6-azidopurine, 2-amino-6-cyclopropylaminopurine, 6-hydroxypurine (hypoxanthine), 2-amino-6-halo substituted purines, 2-amino-6-alkoxy substituted purines, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine (guanine), 3-deazapurines, 7-deaza-purines, 8-azapurines, cytosine, 5-halo substituted cytosines, 5-alkyl substituted cytosines, thymine, uracil and 6-azapyrimidines; X is O; and, R1 and R2 are alkyl or aryl groups. The compounds of the present invention also include the R- and S-enantiomers of the above compounds. The R1X and/or R2X can also be amino acid residues with X as NH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignees: Wayne State University, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Jiri Zemlicka, Yao-Ling Qiu, John C. Drach, Roger G. Ptak
  • Patent number: 6780874
    Abstract: Enamine derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R1 is a group Ar1L2Ar2Alk- in, which Ar1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic group, L2 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group, Ar2 is an arylene or heteroarylene group and Alk is a chain —CH2—CH(R)—, —CH═C(R)— or in which R is a carboxylic acid or a derivative or biostere thereof; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6alkyl group; Cy is a cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic ring in which X is a N atom or a C(Rw) group; Rx is a oxo, thioxo, or imino group; Rw and Rz is each a hydrogen atom or optional substituent; provided that Cy is not a cyclobutenedione group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immune or inflammatory disorders, or disorders involving the inappropriate growth or migration of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Celltech R & D Limited
    Inventors: Timothy John Norman, John Robert Porter, Brian Woodside Hutchinson, Andrew James Ratcliffe, John Clifford Head, Rikki Peter Alexander, Barry John Langham, Graham John Warrellow, Sarah Catherine Archibald, Janeen Marsha Linsley
  • Publication number: 20040152893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfonamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as antagonists of urotensin II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Dashyant Dhanak, Timothy F. Gallagher, Steven D Knight, Stanley J. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20040142946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modified nucleotides and nucleosides and reagents to produce these. The modified nucleotides and nucleotides are assembled to larger oligonucleotides and oligonucleosides, which, for example, may be used for diagnostics of polymorphisms and for antisense therapy of various conditions. The oligonucleotides and oligonucleosides described in the invention have very good endonuclease resistance without compromising the RNA cleavage properties of RNase H wherein combinations of modifications with Y, Z, R or B are claimed: X=O or S, NH or NCH3, CH2 Or CH(CH3), Y=O, S, or NH or NCH3, CH2or CH(CH3); Z=O, S, or NH or NCH3, CH2 or CH(CH3); R=O or S, or NH or NCH3, CH2 or CH(CH3); B=A, C, G, T; 5-F/cl/BrU or —C, 6-thioguanine, 7-deazaguanine; &agr;- or &bgr;-D- (or L)ribo, xylo, arabino or lyxo configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventor: Jyoti Chattopadhyaya
  • Patent number: 6765009
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel 1,4-disubstituted benzo-fused compounds wherein G, X, L, Q, n and Y are defined herein. The compounds are useful in pharmaceutic compositions for treating diseases or pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory diseases. Also disclosed are processes of making such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Pier Francesco, Daniel R. Goldberg, Abdelhakim Hammach, Neil Moss, Kristen Mueller, John Robinson Regan
  • Patent number: 6762189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 5-pyrimidinecarboxamide derivatives and the pharmaceutical compositions containing said derivatives, and more specifically, to 5-pyrimidinecarboxamide derivatives and their pharmacutically able salts, the process for preparing them, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds as active ingredients. In particular, said 5-pyrimidinecarboxamide derivatives of the present invention, due to their inhibitory activity against the proliferation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as hepatitis B virus (HBV), can be used as a therapeutic agent as well as a preventive agent for hepatitis B and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Dong Wha Pharm. Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung June Yoon, Sang Wook Lee, Nam Doo Kim, Yong Kyun Park, Geun Hyung Lee, Jong Woo Kim, Sang Jin Park, Hee Jeoung Park, Hwan Bong Jang
  • Publication number: 20040127496
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein X is O, CH2, S or NH, or the moiety X—R1 is hydrogen; Y1 and Y2 independently represent CH or N; R1 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, aryl, arylC1-6alkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylC1-6alkyl, heteroaryl, or heteroarylC1-6 alkyl, any of which except hydrogen may be optionally substituted; R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, aryl, arylC1-6alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylC1-6alkyl, heterocyclyl, or heterocyclylC1-6alkyl, or R2 and R3 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 4- to 10-membered monocyclic or bicyclic ring; Ar is a group of the formula a) or b), wherein A represents a fused 5- to 7-membered ring optionally containing up to two heteroatoms selected from O, S and NR5, wherein R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl, which ring is optionally substituted by up to 2 substituents selected from halogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxy, C1-6alkoxy or keto; Ra and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-6alkyl, ary
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: David Kenneth Dean, Andrew Kenneth Takle, David Matthew Wilson
  • Publication number: 20040122014
    Abstract: This invention provides 4-amino-1-(pyridylmethyl)piperidine and related compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are useful as muscarinic receptor antagonists. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds; processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds; and methods for treating disease conditions mediated by muscarinic receptors, such as overactive bladder, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Mathai Mammen, Richard Wilson, Yan Chen, Sarah Dunham, Adam Hughes, Craig Husfeld, Yu-Hua Ji, Li Li, Trevor Mischki, Ioanna Stergiades
  • Publication number: 20040122025
    Abstract: Isoxazolone compounds having the generic structure: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Philip Clark, Jane Far-Jine Djung, Steven Karl Laughlin, Joshua Spector Tullis, Michael George Natchus, Biswanath De
  • Patent number: 6752929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing enantiomers and diastereomers of a 2′,3′-dideoxy-5-fluoro-3′thiocytadine (FTC) or a derivative thereof as represented by the structural formula (I), wherein R is H, a substituted or unsubstituted organic acid radical, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarakyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstitued cycloalkylalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkylalkyl group, a sugar or a protecting group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Salah Zahr, David A. Swanson, Adel M. Moussa, Luning Han
  • Publication number: 20040116430
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl pyrimidinone compounds useful as inhibitors of serine proteases of the coagulation cascade and compounds, compositions and methods for anticoagulant therapy for the treatment and prevention of a variety of thrombotic conditions including coronary artery and cerebrovascular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. South, Ashton T. Hamme, William L. Neumann, Darin E. Jones, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20040110780
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I having the structure: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventor: Baihua Hu
  • Patent number: 6746668
    Abstract: A novel cytokine, designated Apo-2 ligand, which induces mammalian cell apoptosis is provided. The Apo-2 ligand is believed to be a member of the TNF cytokine family. Compositions including Apo-2 ligand chimeras, nucleic acid encoding Apo-2 ligand, and antibodies to Apo-2 ligand are also provided. Methods of using Apo-2 ligand to induce apoptosis and to treat pathological conditions such as cancer, are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Avi J. Ashkenazi
  • Publication number: 20040106594
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Mavis D. Adam, Mark D. Andrews, Geoffrey E. Gymer, David Hepworth, Harry R. Howard, Donald S. Middleton, Alan Stobie
  • Publication number: 20040106633
    Abstract: Aminoguanidine and alkoxyguanidine compounds are described, including compounds of the Formula VII: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianbao Lu, Bruce E. Tomczuk, Thomas P. Markotan, Colleen Siedem
  • Publication number: 20040106612
    Abstract: A 1,2,4-triazole derivative of formula 1 or a non-toxic salt thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative or the salt as an active ingredient are provided: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Il Hwan Cho, Dong Hyun Ko, Myeong Yun Chae, Taerho Kim, Kyoung Rae Kang, Jong Hoon Kim, Sung Hak Jung, Sang Wook Park, Hyung Ok Chun, Hyung Chul Ryu, Ji Young Noh, Hyun Jung Park, Jie Eun Park, Young Mee Chung
  • Publication number: 20040102464
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel aryl-alkane-sulfonamides and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and especially their use as endothelin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Weller, Martin Bolli, Christoph Boss, Martine Clozel, Walter Fischli
  • Publication number: 20040102465
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel pyrazolylpyrimidines of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Rudiger Fischer, Bernd Alig, Thomas Bretschneider, Mazen Es-Sayed, Christoph Erdelen, Peter Losel, Udo Reckmann
  • Publication number: 20040102457
    Abstract: The invention provides 4-imidazol-1-ylmethyl pyrimidine of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Neurogen Corporation, A Corporation of the State of Delaware
    Inventors: Linghong Xie, Bingsong Han, Yuelian Xu, George D. Maynard
  • Patent number: 6723834
    Abstract: A reactive dye compound comprising: (a) at least one chromophore moiety; (b) at least one nitrogen-containing heterocycle (c) a linking group to link each chromophore moiety to each nitrogen-containing heterocycle; characterized in that at least one nitrogen-containing heterocycle is substituted with at least one Y group wherein Y is derived from a hydrated aldehyde, a hydrated ketone, a hydrated alpha-hydroxy ketone, or the hydrated form of formic acid and linked via one of its oxygen atoms to the nitrogen-containing heterocycle thereby forming a hemiacetal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Peter Jeffrey Broadbent, Dong Wei He, David Malcolm Lewis, Gilles Yves Marie Fernand Ganain, Taher Iqbal Yousaf
  • Patent number: 6723728
    Abstract: Solid phases of (−)-cis-FTC, which are designated herein as amorphous (−)-FTC and Forms II and III (−)-cis-FTC) are provided that can be distinguished from Form I (−)-cis-FTC by X-ray powder diffraction patterns, thermal properties, and methods of manufacture. A hydrated crystalline form of (±)-cis-FTC (i.e. racemic cis-FTC), and a dehydrated form of the hydrate, are also provided, and can similarly be distinguished from other forms of FTC by X-ray powder diffraction patterns, thermal properties, and methods of manufacture. These FTC forms can be used in the manufacture of other forms of FTC, or in pharmaceutical compositions. Particularly preferred uses of these forms are in the treatment of HIV or hepatitis B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignees: Gilead Sciences, Inc., Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Yuerong Hu, Devalina Law, Kenneth R. Phares
  • Patent number: 6703396
    Abstract: A process for the resolution of a racemic mixture of nucleoside enantiomers that includes the step of exposing the racemic mixture to an enzyme that preferentially catalyzes a reaction in one of the enantiomers. The nucleoside enantiomer (−)-2-hydroxymethyl-5-(5-flurocytosin-1-yl)-1,3-oxathiolane is an effective antiviral agent against HIV, HBV, and other viruses replicating in a similar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Dennis C. Liotta, Raymond F. Schinazi, Woo-Baeg Choi
  • Publication number: 20040009974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful of inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: David Bebbington, Hayley Binch, Jean-Damien Charrier, Simon Everitt, Julian M.C. Golec, David Kay, Ronald Knegtel, Andrew Miller, Francoise Pierard
  • Publication number: 20040009981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: David Bebbington, Hayley Binch, Jean-Damien Charrier, Simon Everitt, Julian M.C. Golec, David Kay, Ronald Knegtel, Andrew Miller, Francoise Pierard
  • Patent number: 6677337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are capable of preventing the extracellular release of inflammatory cytokines, said compounds, or enantiomeric and diasteriomeric forms or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, have the formula: wherein R is an ether or amino unit, R1 is substituted phenyl, each R2 and R3 unit is independently selected from the group consisting of: a) hydrogen; and b) substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 hydrocarbyl selected from the group consisting of: i) C1-C10 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl; ii) C1-C10 aryl; iii) C1-C10 heterocyclic; iv) C1-C10 heteroaryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew John Laufersweiler, Cynthia Monesa Crago Clark, Michael Philip Clark, Jane Far-Jine Djung, Biswanath De, Michael George Natchus
  • Publication number: 20030225252
    Abstract: This application relates to monomers of the general formula (I) for the preparation of PNA (peptide nucleic acid) oligomers and provides method for the synthesis of both predefined sequence PNA oligomers and random sequence PNA oligomers: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Sung Kee Kim, Hyunil Lee, Jong Chan Lim, Hoon Choi, Jae Hoon Jeon, Sang Youl Ahn, Sung Hee Lee, Won Jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 6657060
    Abstract: Pyrimidine derivatives have been found to be useful as neuropeptide Y receptor ligands and particularly as antagonists. These pyrimidine derivatives may be used in the form of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment or prevention of arthritis, diabetes, eating disorders, and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Volker Breu, Frank Dautzenberg, Patrizio Mattei, Werner Neidhart, Philippe Pflieger
  • Publication number: 20030209166
    Abstract: An ink composition is disclosed which contains a novel type of dye (DYE)n(SAU)m that is capable of self-assembling under appropriate conditions, or is capable of assembling with another analogous dye (DYE′)n′(SAU′)m′, or is capable of assembling with a compound (SAU″)p(X)q, thus forming supramolecular structures. Also disclosed is an ink jet printing process using these novel dyes, and an ink jet printing apparatus provided with an ink cartridge containing such a dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Luc Vanmaele, Johan Loccufier, Egbert Meijer, Henricus Janssen, Pieter Fransen
  • Patent number: 6642245
    Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of HIV and HBV infections in humans is disclosed that includes administering an effective amount of 2-hydroxymethyl-5-(5-fluorocytosin-1-yl)-1,3-oxathiolane, a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, including a 5′ or N4 alkylated or acylated derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A process for the resolution of a racemic mixture of nucleoside enantiomers is also disclosed that includes the step of exposing the racemic mixture to an enzyme that preferentially catalyzes a reaction in one of the enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Dennis C. Liotta, Raymond F. Schinazi, Woo-Baeg Choi
  • Patent number: 6632495
    Abstract: Pyrimidine-based crosslinking agents for thermally curable compositions, especially thermally curing coating materials, adhesive, sealing compounds or compounds for producing moldings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventor: Egon Wegner
  • Publication number: 20030186967
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Lewis Kees, Lloyd M. Garrick, Ariamala Gopalsamy
  • Publication number: 20030181474
    Abstract: Pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein Q1, Q2, G and R1 are as defined within; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof are described. Processes for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions and their use as cyclin-dependent serine/threonine kinase (CDK) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitors are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Elizabeth Janet Pease, Emma Jane Williams, Robert Hugh Bradbury, Stuart Eric Pearson
  • Publication number: 20030176319
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound, method and composition of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, in human patients or other animal hosts, comprising the administration of N4-acylcytosine-1,3-dioxolane and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Kyoichi A. Watanabe, Junxing Shi, Michael J. Otto
  • Patent number: 6620796
    Abstract: The invention provides new methods for synthesis of nucleotide-based compounds and new libraries of such compounds. Compounds of the invention are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, including treatment of viral or bacterial infections and associated diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Micrologix Biotech Inc.
    Inventors: Wenqiang Zhou, Yi Jin, Arlene Roland, Radhakrishnan Iyer
  • Patent number: 6613718
    Abstract: Substituted aryl ether derived compounds represented by the general structure (I) are described. X and Y are independent of each other and are represented by hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, (C1-4)alkyl, (C1-4)haloalkyl, or (C1-4)haloalkoxy; Z is oxygen or sulfur; Q is selected form Q1 to Q6; A is oxygen, sulfur, or imino; R1 is hydrogen, (C1-4)alkyl, (C1-4)haloalkyl, or amino and can be independent of each other in a single molecule; R2 and R3 are independent of each other and may be selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, (C1-4)alkyl, (C1-4)haloalkyl, (C2-6)alkenyl, (C2-6)haloalkenyl and amino which may be optionally substituted with (C1-4)alkyl or (C1-4)haloalkyl; Ar is substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic ring being at least a five or six membered ring. This ring can be fused with another substituted or unsubstituted five or six membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sandeep Gupta, Masamitsu Tsukamoto, Mark Read
  • Patent number: 6610700
    Abstract: Enamine derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R1 is a group Ar1 L2Ar2Alk- in which Ar1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic group, L2 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group, Ar2 is an arylene or heteroarylene group and Alk is a chain —CH2—CH(R)—, —CH═C(R)— or in which R is a carboxylic acid or a derivative or biostere thereof; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6alkyl group; Cy is a cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic ring in which X is a N atom or a C(Rw) group; Rx is a oxo, thioxo, or imino group; Rw and Rz is each a hydrogen atom or optional substituent; provided that Cy is not a cyclobutenedione group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immune or inflammatory disorders, or disorders involving the inappropriate growth or migration of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Celltech R & D Limited
    Inventors: Timothy John Norman, John Robert Porter, Brian Woodside Hutchinson, Andrew James Ratcliffe, John Clifford Head, Rikki Peter Alexander, Barry John Langham, Graham John Warrellow, Sarah Catherine Archibald, Janeen Marsha Linsley
  • Publication number: 20030157500
    Abstract: The invention discloses compounds of the formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventor: Gordon Lowe
  • Publication number: 20030148888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pyrimidine compound (I) useful as a pharmaceutical intermediate, to a process for preparing said pyrimidine compound, to intermediates used in said process, and to the use of said pyrimidine compound in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Ulf Larsson, Mattias Magnusson, Tibor Musil, Andreas Palmgren
  • Patent number: 6600044
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues in predominantly the cis-form, from mixture of cis-/trans-1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides or their protected derivatives thereof, comprising: (i) treatment of the cis-/trans-1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides (or protected derivatives thereof) with a pyrimidine base (or it derivatives thereof) and an acid, (ii) adding a suitable acid to the obtained cis-/trans-mixture of isomers, (iii) selective crystallization of the desired cis-isomer salt from a solvent or combination of solvents, and (iv) treatment of the predominantly cis-isomer salt with a suitable base to offer the free 1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides, and thereafter optionally repeating steps (i) to (iv) inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Brantford Chemicals Inc.
    Inventors: K. S. Keshava Murthy, Gurijala V. Reddy, Zhi-xian Wang, Chandrawansha B. W. Senanayake
  • Patent number: 6590107
    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 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignees: Emory University, The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Chung K. Chu, Jinfa Du