Patent number: 6455699
Abstract: The present invention provides generally a compound having the following general formula (1):
wherein R1 and R2 are independently the same or different and are hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a benzyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkoxyl group, an aryloxy group, an acyloxy group, —OC(O)ORd, wherein Rd is an alkyl group, a carbamoyloxy group, a halogen, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, an azido group, a formyl group, a hydrazino group, an acyl group, an amino group, —SRc, wherein, Rc is hydrogen, an acyl group, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, or R1 and R2 together form a group of the formula —O(CH2)nO— wherein n represents the integer 1 or 2; R3 is H, F, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, or a cyano group; or R2 and R3 together form a group of the formula —O(CH2)nO— wherein n represents the integer 1 or 2; R4 is H, F, a C1-3 alkyl group, a C2-3 alkenyl group, a C2-3 alkynyl group, or a C1-3 alkoxyl g
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 24, 2002
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh
Inventors:
Dennis P. Curran, Hubert Josien, Bom David