At 2-position Patents (Class 544/330)
  • Publication number: 20030087922
    Abstract: The present invention provide a compound of formula I or II: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Randy S. Bethiel, John Cochran, Young-Choon Moon, Suganthini Nanthakumar
  • Publication number: 20030088096
    Abstract: Pyrimidines of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus-Juergen Pees, Waldemar Pfrengle, Gavin Heffernan
  • Patent number: 6555687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel pyrimidine intermediates and their salts, processes for their preparation and processes for their conversion to 9-substituted-2-aminopurines which are useful in medical therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventors: Susan Mary Daluge, Michael Tolar Martin
  • Publication number: 20030073710
    Abstract: A compound, suitable as an alpha-2B-adrenoceptor antagoist, having a structure of formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Topi Joutsamo, Andrei Yurievitch Tauber, Harri Salo, Anna-Marja Hoffren, Siegfried Wurster
  • Patent number: 6541505
    Abstract: This invention is directed to an (aminoiminomethyl or aminomethyl)benzoheteroaryl compound of formula I which is useful for inhibiting the activity of Factor Xa by combining said compound with a composition containing Factor Xa. The present invention is also directed to compositions containing compounds of the formula I, methods for their preparation, their use, such as in inhibiting the formation of thrombin or for treating a patient suffering from, or subject to, a disease state associated with a physiologically detrimental excess amount of thrombin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Dankulich, Daniel G. McGarry, Christopher Burns, Timothy F. Gallagher, Francis A. Volz
  • Patent number: 6531479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-substituted 4-heteroaryl-pyrimidines, their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and hence their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders such as cancer, leukaemia, psoriasis and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Cyclacel Limited
    Inventors: Shudong Wang, Peter M. Fischer
  • Patent number: 6531511
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula (1), as disclosed in the specification, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl and aryl, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with the proviso that wherein R1 to R4 and R6 are hydrogen, R5 is not selected from CH2CH2NHSO2CH3, CH2CH2NHSO2CF3 and methyl substituted by SO2NH2, SO3H, PO3H2, CONHOH or a heterocyclic group selected from formulae (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of a condition generally associated with abnormalities in glutamatergic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Vernalis Research Limited
    Inventors: Roger John Gillespie, Nathaniel Julius Thomas Monck, Andrew James Bird, Simon Edward Ward
  • Patent number: 6518425
    Abstract: Processes for the preparation of 1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides are provided that include efficient methods for the preparation of the 1,3-oxathiolane ring and subsequent condensation of the 1,3-oxathiolane with a pyrimidine or purine base. Using the processes described herein, the compounds can be provided as isolated enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignees: Emory University, Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Painter, Dennis C. Liotta, Merrick R. Almond, Darryl G. Cleary, Josè D. Soria, Marcos Sznaidman
  • Publication number: 20030027807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc. and Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volkmar Wehner, Hans Ulrich Stilz, Anuschirwan Peyman, Jochen Knolle, Jean-Marie Ruxer, Denis Carniato, Jean-Michel Lefrancois, Thomas Richard Gadek, Robert McDowell
  • Publication number: 20030008888
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Spencer David Kimball, Louis J. Lombardo, David B. Rawlins, Hai-Yun Xiao, Robert J. Schmidt, David K. Williams
  • Patent number: 6498165
    Abstract: Pyrimidine compounds (Formula I), or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, crystal forms and individual diastereomers, and pharmaceutical compositions including the same, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinase enzymes, and as such are useful in the prophylaxis and treatment of protein tyrosine kinase-associated disorders, such as immune diseases, hyperproliferative disorders and other diseases in which inappropriate protein kinase action is believed to play a role, such as cancer, angiogensis, atheroscelerosis, graft rejection, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Helen M. Armstrong, Richard Beresis, Joung L. Goulet, Mark A. Holmes, Xingfang Hong, Sander G. Mills, William H. Parsons, Peter J. Sinclair, Mark G. Steiner, Frederick Wong, Dennis M. Zaller
  • Publication number: 20020193390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain N-(substituted glycyl)-2-cyanopyrrolidines of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Edwin Bernard Villhauer
  • Patent number: 6495559
    Abstract: Compounds of general structural formula I such as that shown in structural formula II are selective NPY Y5 receptor antagonists, useful in the treatment of obesity and the complications associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Duo Gao, Douglas J. MacNeil, Lihu Yang, Nancy R. Morin, Takehiro Fukami, Akio Kanatani, Takahiro Fukuroda, Yasuyuki Ishii, Masaki Ihara
  • Patent number: 6492356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acylguanidine derivatives of formula (I) in which R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, A, m and n have the meanings indicated in the patent claims, their physiologically tolerable salts and their prodrugs. The compounds of formula (I) are valuable pharmaceutical active ingredients. They are vitronectin receptor antagonists and inhibitors of bone resorption by osteoclasts and are suitable, for example, for the therapy or prophylaxis of diseases which are caused at least partially by an undesired extend of bone resorption, for example of osteoporosis. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I), their use, in particular as pharmaceutical active ingredients, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignees: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH, Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Anuschirwan Peyman, Jochen Knolle, Gerhard Breipohl, Karl-Heinz Scheunemann, Denis Carniato, Jean-Francois Gourvest, Thomas Gadek, Robert McDowell, Sarah Catherine Bodary, Robert Andrew Cuthbertson, Napoleane Ferrara
  • Patent number: 6492372
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignees: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Andrei W. Konradi, Michael A. Pleiss, Eugene D. Thorsett, Susan Ashwell, Gregory S. Welmaker, Anthony Kreft, Dimitrios Sarantakis, Darren B. Dressen, Francine S. Grant, Christopher Semko, Ying-Zi Xu
  • Publication number: 20020169318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Bohm, Hans Wolfgang Hoffken, Wilfried Hornberger, Stefan Koser, Helmut Mack, Thomas Pfeiffer, Werner Seitz, Thomas Zierke
  • Patent number: 6479495
    Abstract: Novel aminoalkylphenols, intermediates and processes for the preparation thereof, and methods of relieving memory dysfunction utilizing the aminoalkylphenols or compositions thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond W. Kosley, Jr., Mark G. Palermo, Stephen J. Shimshock, Veronica Wolf
  • Publication number: 20020165241
    Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher F. Claiborne, John W. Butcher, David A. Claremon, Brian E. Libby, Nigel J. Liverton, Peter M. Munson, Kevin T. Nguyen, Brian Phillips, Wayne Thompson, John A. McCauley
  • Publication number: 20020151555
    Abstract: Selective MMP-13 inhibitors are pyrimidine derivatives of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Nicole Chantel Barvian, William Chester Patt
  • Patent number: 6465684
    Abstract: A diastereomer complex obtained via a process for the separation of enantiomers is disclosed, wherein separation can be rapidly effected such that enantiomers are obtained with high e.e. values. The process permits the separation of mixtures of enantiomers in which more than one resolving agent is used, of which at least one resolving agent is optically active, and which yields a diastereomer complex containing at least two resolving agents in optically active form. The process provides for, inter alia, a diastereomer complex having at least three compounds of which at least two compounds are resolving agents in optically active form, and at least one compound is an enantiomer in optically active form. Also provided is a diastereomer complex having at least three compounds of which at least one compound is a resolving agent in optically active form, and at least two compounds which are enantiomers in optically active form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: DSM N.V.
    Inventors: Ton R. Vries, Hans Wijnberg, Erik Van Echten, Lumbertus A. Hulshof, Quirinus B. Broxterman
  • Publication number: 20020147334
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (1) are disclosed which are vitronectin receptor antagonists and are useful in the treatment of osteoporosis: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Miller, John G. Gleason, Dirk Heerding, James M. Samanen, Irene N. Uzinskas, Peter J. Manley
  • Publication number: 20020147339
    Abstract: Pyrimidines of formula (1) are described 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Mark James Batchelor, David Festus Charles Moffat, Jeremy Martin Davis, Martin Clive Hutchings
  • Publication number: 20020143026
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Louis J. Lombardo, Laurence I. Wu
  • Publication number: 20020137747
    Abstract: N-heterocyclic compounds that block cytokine production via inhibition of p38 kinase are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Moriarty, Yvonne Shimshock, Gulzar Ahmed, Junjun Wu, James Wen, Wei Li, Shawn David Erickson, Jeffrey John Letourneau, Edward McDonald, Katerina Leftheris, Stephen T. Wrobleski, Zahid Hussain, Ian Henderson, Axel Metzger, John J. Baldwin, Alaric J. Dyckman
  • Publication number: 20020132807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclyl-containing diaryl sulfide compounds that are useful for treating inflammatory and immune diseases, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to methods of inhibiting inflammation or suppressing immune response in a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Gary T. Wang, Sheldon Wang, Robert Gentles
  • Patent number: 6448286
    Abstract: The current invention discloses useful pharmaceutical compositions containing amidino derivative useful as nitric oxide synthase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Donald W. Hansen, Jr., Mark G. Currie, E. Ann Hallinan, Kam F. Fok, Timothy J. Hagen, Arija A. Bergmanis, Steven W. Kramer, Len F. Lee, Suzanne Metz, William M. Moore, Karen B. Peterson, Barnett S. Pitzele, Dale P. Spangler, R. Keith Webber, Mihaly V. Toth, Mahima Trivedi, Foe S. Tjoeng
  • Patent number: 6444674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of pyrimidine compounds of the following formula: where R1, R2, R3, A, B and Ar have the meanings indicated in the description. The compounds according to the invention have a high affinity for the dopamine D3 receptor and can therefore be used to treat disorders which respond to dopamine D3 ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Beate Hellendahl, Annegret Lansky, Rainer Munschauer, Siegfried Bialojan, Liliane Unger, Hans-Jürgen Teschendorf, Karsten Wicke, Karla Drescher
  • Patent number: 6440975
    Abstract: The invention relates to amino acid derivatives of the formula I where the radicals have the meanings stated in the description, and to the use thereof as drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Dagmar Klinge, Wilhelm Amberg, Andreas Kling, Hartmut Riechers, Liliane Unger, Manfred Raschack
  • Publication number: 20020115669
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Paul E. Wiedeman, Steven W. Djuric, Marina Pilushchev, Richard J. Sciotti, David J. Madar, Hana Kopecka
  • Patent number: 6432981
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R7, R8, X, n, x and y are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-5 and/or CCR-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Kerry A. Hilfiker, Jennifer L. Loebach, Malcolm Maccoss, Sander G. Mills, Dong-Ming Shen, Bryan Oates
  • Patent number: 6423842
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in the treatment of pain. The compounds of the present invention are azaadamantanes, azanoradamantanes and azahomoadamantanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: UCB, S.A.
    Inventors: Gurmit Grewal, Anna Toy-Palmer, Xiong Cai, George Mark Latham
  • Patent number: 6420558
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide compounds having integrin &agr;v&bgr;3 antagonistic activity, cell adhesion inhibitory activity, GP IIb/IIIa antagonistic activity, and/or human platelet aggregation inhibitory activity, and, therapeutic agents for treating cardiovascular diseases, angiogenesis-related diseases, cerebrovascular diseases and the like and for inhibiting platelet aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ishikawa, Shoichi Murakami, Mikio Yamamoto, Dai Kubota, Mitsugu Hachisu, Kiyoaki Katano, Keiichi Ajito
  • Patent number: 6417359
    Abstract: A compound having the formula: wherein X′ is nitrogen or carbon bonded to a substituent species characterized as having a sigma m value greater than 0, less than 0 or 0; X is nitrogen or carbon bonded to a substituent species characterized as having a sigma m value greater than 0, less than 0, but not equal to 0; A, A′ and A″ are individually substituent species characterized as having a sigma m value greater than 0, less than 0 or 0; Z′ is a substituent other than hydrogen; j is an integer from 0 to 5; and the wavy line in the structure indicates that the compound can exist in the form of an enantiomer or a diasteromer; Z″ is hydrogen or a substituent other than hydrogen; Y is C═O, C(OH)R′ or C—A, where R′ is hydrogen or lower alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Anthony Crooks, Haeil Park, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, William Scott Caldwell, Gary Maurice Dull
  • Patent number: 6417185
    Abstract: Novel pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives which selectively inhibit glycogen synthase kinase 3 are provided and methods of preparing these compounds are provided. These compounds are useful in treating certain conditions which may be mediated by glycogen synthase kinase 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: Dane A. Goff, Stephen D. Harrison, John M. Nuss, David B. Ring, Xiaohui A. Zhou
  • Publication number: 20020086858
    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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Volker Breu, Frank Dautzenberg, Patrizio Mattei, Werner Neidhart, Philippe Pflieger
  • Patent number: 6399620
    Abstract: There are described cycloalkyl derivatives of the formula (I) R1—Y—A—B—D—E—F—G  (I) in which R1, Y, A, B, D, E, F and G have the meaning indicated herein, their preparation and their use as medicaments. The compounds according to the invention can be used as vitronectin receptor antagonists and as inhibitors of bone resorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Volkmar Wehner, Jochen Knolle, Hans Ulrich Stilz, Jean-Francois Gourvest, Denis Carniato, Thomas Richard Gadek, Robert McDowell, Robert Maurice Pitti, Sarah Catherine Bodary
  • Publication number: 20020065270
    Abstract: N-heterocyclic compounds that block cytokine production via inhibition of p38 kinase are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Moriarty, Yvonne Shimshock, Gulzar Ahmed, Junjun Wu, James Wen, Wei Li, Shawn David Erickson, Jeffrey John Letourneau, Edward McDonald, Katerina Leftheris, Stephen T. Wrobleski
  • Publication number: 20020055632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidine derivatives useful as inhibitors of metalloproteases, e.g. zinc proteases, and which are effective in treating disease states associated with vasoconstriction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Johannes Aebi, Daniel Bur, Alexander Chucholowski, Henrietta Dehmlow
  • Publication number: 20020052495
    Abstract: Carboxylic acid derivatives 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Hartmut Riechers, Dagmar Klinge, Wilhelm Amberg, Andreas Kling, Stefan Muller, Ernst Baumann, Joachim Rheinheimer, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Wolfgang Wernet, Liliane Unger, Manfred Raschack
  • Publication number: 20020045629
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to chemical compositions of substituted thioacetamides, processes for the preparation thereof and uses of the compositions in the treatment of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek Dunn, John P. Mallamo, Jeffry L. Vaught
  • Publication number: 20020045625
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Richard J. Sciotti, Stevan W. Djuric, Marina Pliushchev
  • Patent number: 6365739
    Abstract: Isocyanates of the formula (I) in which X and Y are defined as in formula (I) of claim 1 can be prepared by reacting a compound of the formula (II) or its salts in which X and Y are defined as in formula (I), with 1 to 6 mol of phosgene per mole of compound of the formula (II), in the presence of 2 to 3.5 molar equivalents of a base per mole of compound of the formula (II) and in the presence of an aprotic organic solvent at a reaction temperature in the range from −30 to +60° C. to give the compound of the formula (I). The compounds (I) can be converted by reaction with nucleophiles to give addition products, such as carbamates, ureas and sulfonylureas and corresponding products, e.g. herbicidal sulfonylureas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Hoechst Schering AgrEvo GmbH
    Inventors: Mark James Ford, Stephen Lachhein
  • Patent number: 6365738
    Abstract: Described are preferred processes for preparing heterocycles having one or more nitrogen and/or oxygen heteroatoms, utilizing a 1,3-dihalopropene as an effective 3-carbon fragment. Preferred processes yield pyridines, quinolines, oxazoles, pyrimidines and pyrazoles, depending upon the other reactant or reactants utilized with the 1,3-dihalopropene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Reilly Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramiah Murugan, Eric F. V. Scriven
  • Patent number: 6362193
    Abstract: Novel pyridyl or pyrimidinyl substituted cycloalkenyl compounds and compositions for use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry L. Adams, Ravi Garigipati
  • Publication number: 20020028806
    Abstract: Novel pesticides of formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Goebel, Eliane Humbert-Droz, Maurizio Schwarzenbach
  • Patent number: 6352993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which possess an excellent anti-secretory activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same as an active ingredient, their novel intermediates, and processes for the preparation thereof wherein: when A is piperidin-1-yl or —NH—B, wherein B is C3-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 alkenyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C1-C3 alkoxyethyl, phenylethl which may be substituted or unsubstituted, 3-trifluoromethylphenylmethyl, 1-naphthylmethyl, 4-methylthiazol-2-yl or 4-phenylthiazol-2-yl, R1 is hydrogen or methyl; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are hydrogen; or when A is a group of formula (II); when R1 is hydroxymethyl or C1-C3 alkoxymethyl, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are hydrogen; and R7 is hydrogen or halogen; or when R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R7 is hydrogen or halogen; and one or two of R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 is hydroxy, methoxy, or a group of formula (III) wherein Z is C1-C4 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Yuhan Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Wook Lee, Bong Yong Lee, Chang Seop Kim, Seung Kyu Lee, Keun Seog Song, Song Jin Lee, Woo Jeon Shim, Man Soon Hwang
  • Patent number: 6346532
    Abstract: Amide derivatives represented by general formula (I) or salts thereof wherein each symbol has the following meaning: ring B: an optionally substituted heteroaryl optionally fused with a benzene ring; X: a bond, lower alkylene or lower alkenylene optionally substituted by hydroxy or lower alkyl, carbonyl, or a group represented by —NH— (when X is lower alkylene optionally substituted by lower alkyl which may be bonded to the hydrogen atom bonded to a constituent carbon atom of ring B to form lower alkylene to thereby form a ring); A: a lower alkylene or a group represented by -(lower alkylene)—O—; R1a and R1b: the same or different and each hydrogen or lower alkyl; R2: hydrogen or halogeno; and Z: nitrogen or a group represented by ═CH—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Maruyama, Takayuki Suzuki, Kenichi Onda, Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Tetsuya Kimizuka, Tetsuo Matsui
  • Patent number: 6342503
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds, compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using same in the treatment of affective disorders, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorders, eating disorders, supranuclear palsy, irritable bowel syndrome, immune suppression, Alzheimer'disease, gastrointestinal diseases, anorexia nervosa, drug and alcohol withdrawal symptoms, drug addiction, inflammatory disorders, or fertility problems. The novel compounds provided by this invention are those of formula: wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, Z, Y, V, X, X′, J, K, L, and M are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company
    Inventors: Paul Edward Aldrich, Argyrios Georgios Arvanitis, Robert Scott Cheeseman, Robert John Chorvat, Thomas Eugene Christos, Paul Joseph Gilligan, Dimitri Emil Grigoriadis, Carl Nicholas Hodge, Paul John Krenitsky, Everett Latham Scholfield, Sang William Tam, Zelda Rakowitz Wasserman
  • Patent number: 6331553
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the general formula (1): (where R1 and R2 are typically a hydrogen atom; R3 and R4 are typically a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R5 is typically a hydrogen atom; X1, X2, X3 and X4 are typically a hydrogen atom or a lower alkoxy group; A is typically an optionally substituted pyridine ring; m and n are each 0 or 1) have an NOS inhibiting activity and are useful as therapeutics of cerebrovascular diseases and other pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Esaki, Toshihiko Makino, Yoshikazu Nishimura, Toshiaki Nagafuji
  • Patent number: 6329418
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds which are potent inhibitors of metalloproteases and which are effective in treating conditions characterized by excess activity of these enzymes. In particular, the present invention relates to compounds having a structure according to the following Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, X, Z, m, and n are defined below. to This invention also includes optical isomers, diastereomers and enantiomers of the formula above, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, biohydrolyzable amides, esters, and imides thereof. The compounds of the present invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and conditions which are characterized by unwanted metalloprotease activity. Accordingly, the invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The invention still further provides methods of treatment for metalloprotease-related maladies using these compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Menyan Cheng, Michael George Natchus, Biswanath De, Neil Gregory Almstead, Yetunde Olabisi Taiwo, Stanislaw Pikul