Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R10 are as defined herein. The compounds of formula 1 are antibacterial and antiprotozoal agents that may be used to treat various bacterial and protozoal infections and disorders related to such infections. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of formula 1, methods of treating bacterial and protozoal infections by administering the compounds of formula 1.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, wherein the compounds are useful in therapy to protect skeletal muscles against damage resulting from trauma or to protect skeletal muscles subsequent to muscle or systemic diseases such as intermittent claudication, to treat shock conditions, to preserve donor tissue and organs used in transplants, in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases including atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, Prinzmetal's (variant) angina, stable angina, and exercise induced angina, congestive heart disease, and myocardial infarction.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which have generally 5-HT6 receptor affinity and which are represented by Formula (I): wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3 or R4 are as defined in the specification, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their use as therapeutic agents, and methods of preparation thereof.

Abstract: A compound of the formula whereon R1 is: R5 is: and n, m, Z, R8, R9, R10 and R11 are as defined herein, useful in the treatment of diabetes, insulin resistance, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and tissue ischemia, particularly myocardial ischemia.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): and medicinal products containing the same which are useful as dual &agr;2/5-HT2c antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds for the inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases, and more particularly, to chromenone derivatives of formula (Ia), 1

Abstract: 9,11-Cycloendoperoxide derivatives of biologically active prostaglandin analogs, and particularly of the ocular hypotensive drugs Bimatoprost, Latanaprost, Unoprostone, Travoprost and prostaglandin H2 1-ethanolamide or of structurally closely related analogs, are pro-drugs which hydrolyze under physiological conditions to provide prostaglandin analogues that are capable of providing sustained ocular and other in vivo concentrations of the respective drugs. The compounds of the invention have the formula shown below where the variables have the meaning defined in the specification.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, wherein the compounds are useful in therapy to protect skeletal muscles against damage resulting from trauma or to protect skeletal muscles subsequent to muscle or systemic diseases such as intermittent claudication, to treat shock conditions, to preserve donor tissue and organs used in transplants, in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases including atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, Prinzmetal's (variant) angina, stable angina, and exercise induced angina, congestive heart disease, and myocardial infarction.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a class of compounds (Formula I) including hydroxyalkanoyl amino pyrazoles, hydroxyalkanoyl amino thiadiazoles, hydroxyalkanoyl amino acid esters, hydroxyalkanoyl amino acid amides, hydroxyalkanoyl amino alcohols, hydroxyalkanoyl amino ketoes, hydroxyalkanoyl amino hydantoins, hydroxyalkanoyl anilines, and hydroxyalkanoyl derivatives of privileged structures. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical formation comprising such compound in a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form or prodrug thereof. The invention is further directed to a method for inhibiting &bgr;-amyloid peptide release and/or synthesis, a method for inhibiting &ggr;-secretase activity and a method for treating neurological disorders associated with &bgr;-amyloid peptide production. The method comprises administering to a host a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an effective amount of a compound of Formula I. The compounds of Formula I are useful in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: Methods are provided for treating arrhythmias including tachycardias, such as idiopathic ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and Torsade de Pointes (TdP) in a manner that minimizes undesirable side effects.

Abstract: A process for a stereoselective preparation of novel chiral nitrogen mustard derivatives useful in synthesizing optically active 1,4-disubstituted piperazines of formula: 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds possessing specific hot, pungent and spicy taste when subjected to direct pungency evaluation, which may be useful as food additives and anti-oxidants, however the said compounds do not add to any nutritional value but the synthesised compounds can possess useful pharmacological properties which is expected to find application in new test models for the development of anti-inflammatory drugs, bioavailability enhancers and for the study of hepatic drug metabolising mechanism; also relates to a process for preparing the said compounds.

Abstract: Described herein is an improved process for the preparation of N-(2,3-Dihydrobenzo[1,4]dioxin-2-carbonyl)piperazine which includes heating a reaction mixture ethyl of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[1,4]dioxin-2-carboxylate and piperazine. The reaction mixture is then subjected to series of washes and extraction to yield N-(2,3-Dihydrobenzo[1,4]dioxin-2-carbonyl)piperazine having a purity of greater than 99.9%.

Abstract: A piperidine, tetrahydropyridine or piperazine derivative having formula (I), any of its enantiomers or any mixture thereof, or an acid addition salt thereof, wherein B is C1-10-alkylene, C1-10-alkenylene or C1-10-alkynylene; X is —O—, —S—, or CR4R5—; and Y is —CR6R7, —CR6R7—CR8R9, or CR6═CR7—; or X and Y together form a group —CR4═CR5, or —CR4—CR5—CR6R7-; Z is —O—, or —S—; W is N, C, or CH, and the dotted line is an optional bond; A is a bicyclic ring selected from (Ia) or (Ib) wherein E1, E2 and E3 are selected from O, S, N, NR11, C, CR12 and CHR13, and the dotted line indicates an optional bond, provided that E2 and E1 and/or E3 may not simultaneously be O, or S.

Abstract: This invention concerns the compounds of formula (I), 1

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, there is provided a method for preventing or treating a disease associated with abnormal cell proliferation, or for modulating or controlling apoptosis, wherein the method comprises administering to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of at least one human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibiting compound, in particular ritonavir, saquinavir, or one of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. The method will thus be especially useful in treating diseases resulting from abnormal cell proliferation such as cancer.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, wherein the compounds are useful in therapy to protect skeletal muscles against damage resulting from trauma or to protect skeletal muscles subsequent to muscle or systemic diseases such as intermittent claudication, to treat shock conditions, to preserve donor tissue and organs used in transplants, in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases including atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, Prinzmetal's (variant) angina, stable angina, and exercise induced angina, congestive heart disease, and myocardial infarction.

Abstract: The invention relates to therapeutic benzamide compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X, Z, R1, Y, R2, R3, are as defined herein, and physiologically acceptable salts, solvates or derivatives thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) and their use in the treatment of conditions mediated by ApoB-100 regulation.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which have generally 5-HT6 receptor affinity and which are represented by Formula (I): 1

Abstract: New compounds of formula I are described: 1

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the following general formula (I): in which: R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, or form a ring, especially a benzene ring, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, especially a methyl group, X and Y, independently of one another, represent a carbon atom, or a heteroatom such as a sulphur atom S, or a group with the formula (a) in which R4 and R5 represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, or R4 and R5 form a heterocycle, and their use for the preparation of a drug intended for the treatment of pathologies associated with abnormally high concentrations of extracellular glutamate.

Abstract: The invention relates to new arylglycinamide derivatives of general formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 together with the N to which they are bound form a ring of the formula in which R3, R4, R5, Ar, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, r, s and t have the meanings given in the specification and the preparation and use thereof. The new compounds are valuable neurokinin (tachykinin) antagonists.

Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: 1

Abstract: The present invention of compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, wherein Alk1 is C1-6alkanediyl optionally substituted with hydroxy, C1-4alkyloxy or C1-4alkylcarbonyloxy; —Z1—Z2— is a bivalent radical; R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxy, halo and the like; or when R1 and R2 are on adjacent carbon atoms, R1 and R2 taken together may form a bivalent radical; R4 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; A is a bivalent radical of formula —NR6—Alk2— (b-1), or —Npiperidinyl-(CH2)m (b-2) wherein m is 0 or 1; R5 is a radical of formula wherein n is 1 or 2; p1 is 0, and p2 is 1 or 2; or p1 is 1 or 2, and p2 is 0; X is oxygen.

Abstract: A compound of the Formula (I): wherein Z, R1, R, and Ar2 are as defined in the specification. This invention also relates to sulfonamide compounds of the Formula (I) that are inhibitors of procollagen C-proteinase, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use, and methods for preparing the compounds.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which X, Y, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in Patent Claim 1 are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of thromboembolic disorders.

Abstract: A method for preparing a N-[(aliphatic or aromatic)carbonyl)]-2-aminoacetamide compound, and for preparing a cyclized compound therefrom, as well as novel resin bound intermediate compounds that are useful for preparing such compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkylthio, hydroxy, amino, mono- or di(C1-C6)alkylamino, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethoxy; and X is oxygen, a bond, C1-C2 alkylene, or methyleneoxy, which compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: This invention is to provide a compound of the formula: wherein R1 is an optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered ring; W is a divalent group of the formula: wherein the ring A is an optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered aromatic ring, X is an optionally substituted C, N or O atom, and the ring B is an optionally substituted 5- to 7-membered ring; Z is a chemical bond or a divalent group; R2 is (1) an, optionally substituted amino group in which a nitrogen atom may form a quaternary ammonium, etc., or a salt thereof, which is useful for antagonizing MCP-1 receptor.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel N-(substituted phenyl)-N′-[&ohgr;-(5-substituted-7-oxo-7H-thieno[3,2-b]pyran-3-carbonylamino)alkyl]piperazines their N-oxides and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are endowed with enhanced selectivity for alpha1-adrenergic receptors and a low activity in lowering blood pressure. The compounds are useful in the treatment of obstructive syndromes of the lower urinary tract, including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD). The compounds are also useful in the treatment of excessive intraocular pressure, cardiac arrhythmia, erectile dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, and for inhibiting cholesterol synthesis or reducing sympathetically mediated pain.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which have activity as 5-HT1A agonists and antagonists which may be useful for the treatment of anxiety, depression, cognitive deficits, and prostate cancer, having the formula wherein: X is a moiety selected from the group of: n is selected from the integers 1 through 5; R1 is optionally substituted aryl or mono or bicyclic heteroaryl, with a proviso that heteroaryl is not thiadiazole; R2 is H or alkyl; R3 is H, COR5, COOR5, and CONR5R6; R4 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, mono or bicyclic heteroaryl, aralkyl, and mono or bicyclic heteroaralkyl, wherein the aryl or heteroaryl groups are optionally substituted; R5 and R6 are H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, adamantyl, and noradamantyl or R5 and R6 taken together may form a 5-7 membered azacyclic ring, optionally containing an additional heteroatom selected from O, S, or NR4; when R5 or R6 are chosen from cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, the cyclic group may optionally

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof wherein X1, X2, X3, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the above compounds and to methods of treating shizophrenic and shizo-affective disorders, and related disorders which may be treated by administering compounds having dopaminergic activity such as the above compounds of formula 1.

Abstract: 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: Compounds of the formula are useful for the treatment of disorder of the central nervous system including anxiety, depression, panic, alcohol and drug addiction, sexual dysfunction, sleep disorders, migraine, obesity, cognitive disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: The invention concerns compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Said compounds are useful in therapy as antithrombotic agents.

Abstract: Novel compounds which are inhibitors of the binding of fibrinogen to the Gp iib/iiia platelet receptors, and which can be used therapeutically as antithrombotic agents.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkylthio, hydroxy, amino, mono- or di(C1-C6)alkylamino, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethoxy; and X is oxygen, a bond, C1-C2 alkylene, or methyleneoxy, which compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof, wherein: X, Y and Z are the same or different and represent optionally substituted carbon or nitrogen; R1 and R2 independently represent organic or inorganic substituents; R3 and R4 are variables independently representing inorganic or organic substituents; A represents C1-C4 alkylene; and R5, R6, and R7 independently represent hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, which compounds bind selectively with high affinity to the dopamine D4 receptor subtype and are therefore of use in treatment of various neuropsychological disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indane or dihydroindole compounds of Formula (I), wherein A and B are independently O or S; D is an optionally substituted methylene group; X is N or optionally substituted C; and W is a spacer group. The compounds are either selective dopamine D4 ligands or they have combined effects at dopamine D4 and serotonergic receptors and/or the serotonergic transporter. These compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of certain psychiatric and neurologic disorders, including psychosis, depression and anxiety.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula: 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of amides, comprising reacting amines with carboxylic acids in the presence of silicon amines. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of quinazoline derivatives, comprising reacting amines with carboxylic acids in the presence of silicon amines to obtain amides and contacting the resultant amides with quinazoline.

Abstract: Compounds of the Formula (I) wherein R2, Y, X and n are as defined in the specification which compounds are useful in the treatment of disorders associated with serotonergic neuron-related diseases.

Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: wherein R is an aryl, cycloalkyl or polyhaloalkyl group, R1 is chosen from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, polyfluoroalkoxy, hydroxy and trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy; each of R2 and R3 independently is chosen from the group consisting of a hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy and polyfluoroalkoxy group, and n is 0, 1 or 2. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula I or a N-oxide or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of such a compound in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to methods for selectively preventing contractions of the urethra and lower urinary tract, without substantially affecting blood pressure, by administering one or more selected compounds of Formula I to a mammal (including a human) in need of such treatment in an amount or amounts effective for the particular use.

Abstract: Combinatorial chemical libraries of the Formula [S]—C(O)—L′—Z containing dihyroxy amides and hydroxyphosphonate amides are disclosed, in which [S] represents a solid support and —L′—Z is a linker/ligand residue. In these libraries, Z is and Y is —P(O)(OR6)(OR7), —CH(OH)—COR8, —CH,CH═CH2—CH2CH(OH)CH2OH, —CH2CHO, —CH2CH2OH, —CH2CH2OC(O)NHR26, —CH2CH2NR27R28, or The combinatorial libraries are optionally encoded with tags. The use of these libraries in assays to discover biologically active compounds is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds, compositions, and methods for inhibiting retroviral proteases and in particular for inhibiting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease. The present invention also relates to compositions and methods for treating a retroviral infection and in particular an HIV infection, and to processes for making such compounds and synthetic intermediates employed in these processes.