Abstract: A pro-fragrance delivery system based on a vitamin scaffold and a fragrant alcohol. The vitamin scaffold may be a vitamer of vitamin B6 or derivatives thereof. The pro-fragrance releases the fragrant alcohol by action of water at neutral pH.

Abstract: Ring deuterated gaboxadol is provided. The ring deuterated gaboxadol is useful in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and is more effective than non-deuterated gaboxadol in such treatments. Deuterated gaboxadol is useful in combinations with other compounds to provide additive and synergistic effects for patient therapies. In a specific embodiment, the deuterated gaboxadol is d6-gaboxadol.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.

Abstract: Provided are methods for the meta-selective C—H arylations of arene alcohol-based substrates. The methods combine the transient norbornene strategy with a quinoline-based acetal scaffold to achieve the formation of biaryl compounds. These processes establish a foundation for catalytic polyfunctionalization of alcohol-based compounds. The method comprises attaching a heterocyclic hemiacetal scaffold to an aromatic alcohol or a substituted aromatic alcohol; reacting the aromatic or substituted aromatic alcohol having the heterocyclic hemiacetal scaffold attached with an alkyl or aryl iodide in a reaction mix comprising a palladium catalyst, a silver salt, and carboxymethyl norbornene to generate a meta-arylated arene conjugated to the heterocyclic hemiacetal scaffold; and then cleaving the heterocyclic hemiacetal scaffold from the meta-arylated arene alcohol.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: A method of preparing ortho-alkenyl and ortho-acetyl benzylic alcohols is disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing light includes a chamber and an ignition source that ionizes a gas within the chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one laser that provides energy to the ionized gas within the chamber to produce a high brightness light. The laser can provide a substantially continuous amount of energy to the ionized gas to generate a substantially continuous high brightness light.

Abstract: The invention provides bicyclic sulfone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting RORy activity, reducing the amount of iL-17 in a subject, and treating immune disorders and inflammatory disorders using such bicyclic sulfone compounds. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a medical disorder. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more bicyclic sulfone compounds described herein. In certain other embodiments, the disorder is rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aromatic ring compound having a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonistic action and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Hydroxamate substituted azaindoline cyanine dyes, conjugates thereof and methods of using the same are provided. The subject cyanine dyes include an azaindoline ring having a hydroxamate substituent. The dyes may further include a reactive group moieties (RGM) and/or a water soluble group. Also provided are conjugates of the subject dyes. Also provided are tandem conjugates including a fluorescent protein capable of energy transfer to the dye. Methods of detecting an analyte in a sample by contacting the sample with a detection reagent are provided. The detection agent may be a dye-conjugate that specifically binds the analyte, or may be a reactive dye which conjugates to the analyte. Also provided are compositions, e.g., kits, etc., incorporating such dyes which facilitate use in such methods.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of Syk, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and/or systemic lupus.

Abstract: The use of substituted fused pyrimidinones and dihydropyrimidinones of the formula (I) or salts thereof where the radicals of the formula (I) are each as defined in the description, for enhancing stress tolerance in plants to abiotic stress, and for invigorating plant growth and/or for increasing plant yield.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aromatic ring compound having a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonistic action and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to deuterium-enriched pyridinonecarboxamides and their derivatives of the formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are partial or full agonists of serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT) receptor subtype 4 (5-HT4), and are useful compounds for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cognitive and memory dysfunction, mild cognition impairment, memory decline, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia, cognitive impairment associated with age-related dementia or Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment associated with post-coronary bypass surgery, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, speech improvement in autistic children, sleep apnea in Alzheimer's patients, Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), irritable bowel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Crohn's disease, emesis, nausea, vomiting, prokinesia, non-ulcer dyspepcia, anxiety, depression, pain, migraine, urinary incontinence, a

Abstract: The invention relates to N-substituted hetero-bicyclic furanone compounds of formula (I), to the enantiomers, diastereomers and salts thereof and to compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to methods and uses of these N-substituted hetero-bicyclic furanone compounds, and of compositions comprising thereof, for combating and controlling animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to pesticidal methods of applying such N-substituted hetero-bicyclic furanone compounds. The N-substituted hetero-bicyclic furanone compounds of the present invention are defined by the following formula I: wherein A, X, Het, W1, W2, W3, R1, R2 and R4 are defined as in the description.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to (heterocycle-fused piperidine)-(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone derivatives and (heterocycle-fused pyrrolidine)-(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone derivatives of formula (I): wherein A, W, R2 and n are as defined in the disclosure, to the method of preparation thereof and the therapeutic use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds of formula (I): wherein R1-R5 and L are defined herein. The present invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising a compound of formula (I) as well as for the use of such compounds as tankyrase inhibitors and in the treatment of Wnt signaling and tankyrase 1 and 2 signaling related disorders which include, but are not limited to, cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a process or method for the preparation of prasugrel and several novel crystalline forms of prasugrel hydrochloride. The process comprises preparation of prasugrel by acetylation in solvents which have low boiling point and/or low toxicity, and the process not only avoids using solvents which have high boiling point and/or high toxicity such as toluene, acetonitrile and so on, but also resolves the problem about thermal instability of prasugrel, and the loss of prasugrel is reduced, as well as the yield is raised. The yield of prasugrel is higher than 85% and the purity is higher than 99.5%. The process can prepare prasugrel and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The novel crystalline forms of prasugrel hydrochloride are crystalline form H1, H2 and H3, and their performance in oral absorbability, activating metabolism and inhibiting platelet aggregation is excellent.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of cancer using an inhibitor of 5?-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP). The invention particularly relates to the treatment of prostate cancer and head and neck cancer.

Abstract: Carboxylic acid derivatives having an oxazolo[4,5-c]pyridine ring The invention therefore relates to compounds of the formula I in which X, Y, R1, R2 and R3 have the given meanings. The compounds of the formula I are suitable, for example, for wound healing.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.

Abstract: There is provided now flavonoid compounds, compositions containing these compounds, methods for their synthesis, and uses of these compounds. In particular, there is provided methods of preventing and or mitigating the damage caused by cell apoptosis or cell necrosis by administration of the novel flavonoid compounds. In some aspects, there is provided methods for inhibiting pro-apoptotic signalling kinases activity in a subject while regulating and activating extracelluar signal regulated kinase (ERK).

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds which specifically inhibit bacterial FabI and can be used for the treatment of Staphylococcal infections.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I and their N-oxides, their agriculturally suitable salts, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, and also methods for controlling unwanted vegetation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which has the effect of PDE inhibition, and which is useful as an agent for preventing or treating schizophrenia or so on represented by the formula (I):

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or combinations thereof, wherein X1, L, Rx, Ry, Rz, R1, R2, A, m, n, p, q, and r are defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing 5-chloromethyl-2,3-pyridine dicarboxylic acid anhydrides (I) wherein Z is hydrogen or halogen; Z1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano or nitro; comprising the steps of (i) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein the symbols have the meaning given in formula (I), with a chlorinating agent, optionally in the presence of a radical initiator in a solvent selected from halogenated hydrocarbons, and (ii) crystallizing the compound (I) formed in step (i) from a solvent selected from chlorobenzene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, dichloroethane, trichloromethane, dichloromethane, toluene, xylenes, ethyl acetate, methyl tert.-butyl ether, and mixtures thereof. Compounds (I) are useful intermediates in the synthesis of herbicidal imidazolinones.

Abstract: The present application is related to compounds represented by Formula I, which are novel allosteric modulators of ?7nAChR. The application also discloses the treatment of disorders that are responsive to modulation of acetylcholine action on ?7nAChR in a mammal by administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel bi- and tricyclic indazole-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives having protein tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity, to a process for the manufacture thereof and to the use thereof for the treatment of c-Met-mediated diseases or c-Met-mediated conditions, particularly cancer and other proliferative disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to compound of the formula (I?) in which the substituents are as defined in the specification; in free form or in salt form; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it.

Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula (I) wherein Q, R1 and R2 are defined herein. The compounds have activity as anticancer agents.

Abstract: Novel compounds are provided which are 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors. 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases requiring 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitor therapy. These novel compounds have the structure: enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates, salts, tautomers or prodrugs thereof wherein, A, W, X, Y and R1 are defined herein.

Abstract: Bicyclic (thio)carbonylamidines of the formula (I) in which Q, B, Y, R1 and A are as defined in the description their preparation and their use for controlling plant pests and pests encountered in veterinary medicine.

Abstract: Fused pyridine derivatives shown as the general formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers or solvates thereof are disclosed, which belong to the technical field of medicines. The R1, R2, R3, Q, X and Y substituents in formula (I) are defined as in the description. Also disclosed are the preparation methods, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and uses of the compounds in the manufacture of the medicine for the treatment and/or prevention of noninsulin-dependent diabetes, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and insulin resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the stereoselective synthesis of (4aS,7aS)-octahydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]pyridine, as well as the conversion thereof, to give Moxifloxacin. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method for the synthesis of (4aS,7aS)-octahydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]pyridine of formula (I) comprising: (a) the optical resolution by enzymatic hydrolysis of the intermediate dialkyl-1-alkylcarbonylpiperidine-2,3-dicarboxylate racemate of formula (II) to give, following isolation, the intermediate dialkyl-(2S,3R)-1-alkylcarbonyl-piperidine-2,3-dicarboxylate of formula (III) in which AIk is a straight or branched C1-C5 alkyl group; (b) the conversion of the intermediate (III) to (4aR,7aS)-1-alkylcarbonylhexahydrofuro[3,4-b]pyridine-5,7-dione of formula (IV) in which AIk has the meanings set forth above; (c) the conversion of the intermediate (IV) to (4aS,7as)-octahydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]pyridine of formula (I) with an optical purity above 99%.

Abstract: The invention provides novel substituted 6-arylamino pyridone carboxamides represented by Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, poly-morph, ester, tautomer or prodrug thereof, and a composition comprising these compounds. The compounds provided can be used as inhibitors of MEK and are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases. The invention further provides a method of treatment for inflammatory diseases, cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases in mammals, especially humans.

Abstract: The present invention provides chemical entities or compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that are capable of modulating lipid kinases such PB kinases, tryosine kinases and protein kinases such as mTOR. Also provided in the present invention are methods of using these compositions to modulate these kinases especially for therapeutic applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds of formula (I), to the enantiomers, diastereomers and salts thereof and to compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to methods and uses of these N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds, and of compositions comprising thereof, for combating and controlling animal pests. Furthermore the invention relates also to pesticidal methods of applying such N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds. The N-substituted hetero-bicyclic compounds of the present invention are defined by the following formula I: wherein A, B, X, Het, R1, R2, W1, W2, W3 and W4 are defined as in the description.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a 5-formyl-pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid ester (I) wherein Z is hydrogen or halogen; Z1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano or nitro and R1, R2 are independently C1-C10-alkyl, comprising the steps of (i) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein the symbols are as in formula (I), with a nitrosation agent (III) R3—O—N?O (III) wherein R3 is C1-C8-alkyl, in the presence of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal alcoholates or carbonates in a polar aprotic solvent at a temperature of from ?45 to 40° C., to obtain an oxime compound (IV) where Z, Z1, R1 and R2 are as in formula (I), and (ii) reacting oxime compound (IV) with an aliphatic C1-C10-aldehyde in the presence of a Lewis acid at a temperature in the range of from 0 to 100° C. The compounds of formula (I) are useful intermediates in the synthesis of herbicidal imidazolinones, like imazamox.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted pyrrolopyridine, pyrazolopyridine and isoxazolopyridine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 4-(furo[3,2-c]pyridin-2-yl)-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives having protein tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity, to a process for the manufacture thereof and to the use thereof for the treatment of c-Met-mediated diseases or c-Met-mediated conditions, particularly cancer and other proliferative disorders.

Abstract: A description is given of (4-haloalkyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. A and Z are oxygen or alkylene.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (IIc); wherein X3 and X4 independently from each other are N or CR8 wherein R8 may be same or different; Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 independently from each other are N or CR9 wherein R9 may be same or different and wherein up to 3 of the group Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 may be N; their solvates, hydrates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their use for modulating the Wnt signalling pathway activity and their use as a medicament, preferably for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic compounds as modulators of gamma secretase, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: Compounds according to the general formula (I) wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 independently from each other are N or CR8 wherein R8 may be same or different, and wherein up to 3 of the group X1, X2, X3 and X4 may be N; A is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromtic cycle containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S wherein A may be substituted by 1 to 5 substituents R which may be same or different; their solvates, hydrates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the treatment of a disorder or disease associated with an aberrant activation of Wnt signalling in a mammal selected from a cell proliferative disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, increased bone density, aging or age-related disorders and/or diseases or Dupuytren disease (superficial fibromatosis).

Abstract: The invention relates to a series of compounds with particular activity as inhibitors of the serine-threonine kinase AKT. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising same as well as methods for treating cancer.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic oxazole lactam analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.