Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzimidazole compounds that have useful antiviral activity. More specifically, the invention encompasses benzimidazole compounds that inhibit membrane fusion associated events such as viral transmission, reduce viral load or otherwise treat viral infections. The invention also encompasses the use of benzimidazole compounds as inhibitors of membrane fusion associated events, such as viral transmission. In another embodiment, the invention encompasses processes for making benzimidazole compounds, methods of using the benzimidazole compounds and compositions comprising the benzimidazole compounds. Finally, the invention provides methods for treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with respiratory infection, particularly that caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus utilizing the novel benzimidazole compounds of the invention.

Abstract: Peptide mimetic small molecule inhibitors of Sur-2 are provided having the general formula:

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula wherein R1 is substituted aryl, heteroaryl and the like, R2 and R3 are hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, hydroxyl group and the like, Q is N, CH and the like, W is hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxycarbonylalkyl and the like, X is halogen, cyano, nitro, amino and the like, X? is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, and Y is alkyl, hydroxyl group, alkoxy, mercapto and the like and a salt thereof, and a medicine containing the said compound. The compound of the present invention shows a superior inhibitory effect on activated lymphocytes proliferation and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of various autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: Compounds comprising an indazolyl group and a thiazolyl group, preferably 7-substituted 3-(thiazol-2-yl)-1H-indazole compounds in which the indazolyl group and a thiazolyl group are each independently optionally substituted, are useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of bacterial infections in mammals. The compounds are believed to function by inhibiting gyrase B.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of the formula wherein M1 is CH or N and M2 is C(R3) or N; R1 is optionally substituted indolyl or an aza derivative thereof; R2 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating various diseases or conditions, such as, for example, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, and congestion (e.g., nasal congestion) using the compounds of Formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating various diseases or conditions, such as, for example, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, and congestion (e.g., nasal congestion) using the compounds of formula I in combination with a H1 receptor antagonist.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-alkoxy-polyalkyl-piperidine derivatives containing a structural element of formula (I) G1, G2, G3, G4 are independently C1-C6alkyl with the proviso that at least one is not methyl or G1 and G2 or G3 and G4, or G1 and G2 and G3 and G4 together form a C5-C12cycloalkyl group; G5, G6 independently are H, C1-C18alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl or a group COOC1-C18alkyl and X represents a group such that the free radical X? derived from X is capable of initiating polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, with the proviso that compounds A1 and A2 are excluded Further subjects of the invention are a polymerizable composition comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and b) a 1-alkoxy-polyalkyl-piperidine derivative, a process for polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and the use of 1-alkoxy-polyalkyl-piperidine derivatives for controlled polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of a formula (I): wherein the variables are defined herein; to a process for preparing such a compound; and to the use of such a compound in the treatment of a chemokine (such as CCR3) or H1 mediated disease state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula I: or a salt thereof with a physiologically tolerated acid, or stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1, R2, A, B, C and D have the meanings described in the specification.

Abstract: This application is directed to compounds useful as inhibitors of PDE4 in the treatment of diseases regulated by the activation and degranulation of eosinophils, especially asthma, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructuive pulmonary disease, of the formula: where Y is ?C(R1a)— or —[N(O)k]— where k is 0 or 1; G1 is a saturated or unsaturated carbon ring system that is a 3- to 7-membered monocyclic, or that is a 7- to 12-membered, fused polycyclic; provided that G1 is not a discontinuous or restricted biaryl moiety as defined under G2; where optionally one carbon atom may be replaced by a heteroatom selected from N, O, and S; where optionally a second carbon atom thereof, and further optionally a third carbon atom thereof may be replaced by N; —G2 is a saturated or unsaturated carbon ring system that is a 3- to 7-membered monocyclic; or that is a 7- to 12-membered, fused polycyclic; or that is a 7- to 18-membered discontinuous or restricted biaryl moiety; wherein for each of the carbon ring systems recit

Abstract: The invention provides fungicidal compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof wherein: R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, carbocyclyl or heterocyclyl, each of which may be substituted, or hydrogen; R2 and R3, which may be the same or different, are any group defined for R1; cyano; acyl; —ORa or —SRa, where Ra is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, carbocyclyl or heterocyclyl, each of which may be substituted; or R2 and R3, or R2 and R1, together with their interconnecting atoms may form a ring, which may be substituted; R4 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, carbocyclyl or heterocyclyl, each of which may be substituted; hydroxy; mercapto; azido; nitro; halogen; cyano; acyl; optionally substituted amino; cyanato; thiocyanato; —SF5; —ORa; —SRa or —Si(Ra)3; m is 0 to 3; when present R5, which may be the same or different to any other R5, is any group defined for R4; R6 is optionally substituted carbo- or heterocylclyl; and A is a defined linking group, or —A—R6 and R5 together with benzene ring M form an optionally substituted fused ri

Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl olefinic azacyclic compounds and aryl acetylenic azacyclic compounds, including pyridyl olefinic cycloalkylamines and pyridyl acetylenic cycloalkylamines. The present invention also relates to prodrug derivatives of the compounds of the present invention.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel series of non-peptidyl compounds which are useful in the treatment or prevention of a physiological disorder associated with an excess of tachykinins. This invention also provides methods for the treatment of such physiological disorders as well as pharmaceutical formulations which employ these novel compounds.

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: A compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is unsubstituted, mono-, di- or tri-substituted (C3-C11)cycloalkyl or (C3-C11)cycloalkenyl or the like, A is unsubstituted (C1-C7)alkyl or (C2-C5)alkenyl, hydroxy-(C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy-(C?O), or unsubstituted, mono-, di- or tri-substituted aryl, or aromatic-heterocyclic or the like, M is a covalent bond O, S, NH or the like, Y is 4- to 12-membered bicyclic-carbocyclic rings or 4- to 12-membered bicyclic-heterocyclic rings, or 5- to 17 membered spirocarbocyclic rings or 5- to 17-membered spiroheterocyclic rings or the like, Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are hydrogen or the like, is disclosed. These compounds have ORL1-receptor agonist activity, and are thus useful as analgesics or the like in mammalian subjects.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an aliphatic nitrogen-containing 5-membered ring compound represented by the formula [I]: wherein A represents —CH2— or —S—, R1 represents hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a hydroxy lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy lower alkyl group, X represents —N(R3)—, —O— or —CO—, where R3 represents hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R2 represents (1) a cyclic group which may be substituted, or (2) an amino group which may be substituted, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a method for preparing the above-mentioned compound and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above-mentioned compound as an effective ingredient.

Abstract: Sterically hindered N-substituted aryloxyamines are prepared by the Keggin polyoxometalate or the transition metal substituted polyoxometalate (TMS-POM) catalyzed decomposition of diazonium salts in the presence of a sterically hindered nitoxyl radical. These compounds are useful as thermal and light stabilizers for a variety of organic substrates.

Abstract: Certain novel 4-substituted N-acylated piperidine derivatives are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction.

Abstract: Compounds possessing 5HT7 activity of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are disclosed: 1

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein L is CH or N; M is CH or N; provided that L and M are not both CH; compositions comprising them, processes for preparing them and their use in medical therapy (for example modulating CCR5 receptor activity in a warm blooded animal).

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted phenyl oxazolidinones and to processes for the synthesis of the same. This invention also relates to pharma-ceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention as anti-microbials. The compounds are useful antimicrobial agents, effective against a number of human and veterinary pathogens, including gram-positive aerobic bacteria such as multiply-resistant staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci as well as anaerobic organisms such as Bacterioides spp. and Clostridia spp. species, and acid fast organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium spp.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) 1

Abstract: Compounds having the formula are useful for inhibiting protein kinases. Also disclosed are compositions which inhibit protein kinases and methods of inhibiting protein kinases in a patient.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) 1

Abstract: The invention is directed to methods to inhibit p38-&agr; kinase using compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, wherein represents a single or double bond; B is —Wi—COXjY wherein Y is COR2 or an isostere thereof and R2 is hydrogen or a noninterfering substituent, each of W and X is a spacer of 2-6 Å, and each of i and j is independently 0 or 1; each R3 is independently a noninterfering substituent, where n is 0-3; Z3 is NR7 or O; wherein R7 is H or a noninterfering substituent; one Z2 is CA or CR8A and the other is CR1, CR12, NR6 or N wherein each R1, R6 and R8 is independently hydrogen or noninterfering substituent; wherein A is: such that Z1 is CR5 or N wherein R5 is hydrogen or a noninterfering substituent; each of l and k is an integer from 0-2 wherein the sum of l and k is 0-3; Ar is an aryl group substituted with 0-5 noninterfering substituents, wherein two noninterfe

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention describes the synthesis of 4-[(Z)-(4-bromophenyl)(ethoxyimino)methyl]-1′-[(2,4-dimethyl-1-oxido-3-pyridinyl)carbonyl]-4′-methyl-1,4′-bipiperidine, and intermediates therefor from easily available starting materials by a simple route.

Abstract: A beta-alanine derivative of the formula (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen atom or an amino protective group; A is a lower alkylene group or a lower alkenylene group; R2 is hydrogen atom or an amino group which may be substituted with an acyl group; R3 is hydrogen atom or an aryl or aralkyl group which may be substituted with one or more of hydroxy and/or lower alkoxy, a moiety represented by the formula (II), which is a bivalent N-containing 6- to 8-membered heterocyclic group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I which are antagonists of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations, the use of a compound of the present invention in the manufacture of a medicament, a method of therapeutic treatment using such a compound and processes for producing the compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides an arylpiperidine derivative of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has antipsychotic effect: wherein D is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, E is a CH group or a nitrogen atom, G is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom or an NH group, Y1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, n is an integer of 1 to 4, and R1 is a group represented by any of the formulas (i) to (iv) defined in the specification.

Abstract: A sulfamato hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed as are a process for preparing the same, intermediate compounds useful in those syntheses, and a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfamato hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to carboxylic acids and esters of general formula 1

Abstract: The present invention describes novel compounds of the formula: (Q)d—Ln—Ch, useful for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, methods of imaging tumors in a patient, and methods of treating cancer in a patient. The present invention also provides novel compounds useful for monitoring therapeutic angiogenesis treatment and destruction of new angiogenic vasculature. The present invention also provides novel compounds useful for imaging atherosclerosis, restenosis, cardiac ischemia, and myocardial reperfusion injury. The present invention also provides novel compounds useful for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The pharmaceuticals are comprised of a targeting moiety that binds to a receptor that is upregulated during angiogenesis, an optional linking group, and a therapeutically effective radioisotope or diagnostically effective imageable moiety.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: [wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; R2 is a cyclic hydrocarbon group which may be substituted or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; R3 is halogen atoms, a carbamoyl group which may be substituted, a sulfamoyl group which may be substituted, an acyl group derived from sulfonic acid, a C1-4 alkyl group which may be substituted, a C1-4 alkoxy group which may be substituted, an amino group which may be substituted, a nitro group or a cyano group; R4 is hydrogen atoms or a hydroxy group; n is 0 or 1; and p is 0 or 1 to 4]; or a salt thereof, has potent CCR5 antagonistic activity and can be advantageously used as a medicament for inhibition of HIV infection to human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, especially for the treatment or prevention of AIDS.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which R2, X, Y, Cy, L and Lp(D)n have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of the serine protease, factor Xa and are useful in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: This invention relates to benzimidazolone derivatives, represented by compounds of a general formula [I] 1

Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula (I): 1

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula 1

Abstract: Disclosed are multibinding compounds which are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The multibinding compounds of this invention containing from 2 to 10 ligands covalently attached to one or more linkers. Each ligand is, independently of each other, a muscarinic receptor antagonist or an allosteric modulator provided that at least one of said ligand is a muscarinic receptor antagonist. The multibinding compounds of this invention are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, irritable bowel syndrome, urinary incontinence, and the like.

Abstract: 4-Aryl-1-(indanmethyl, dihydrobenzofuranmethyl or dihydrobenzothiophenemethyl)piperidine, -tetrahydropyridine or -piperazine compounds of general formula (I), wherein one of X and Y is CH2 and the other one is CH2, O or S; Z is N, C, CH or COH; Ar is an optionally substituted aryl group; R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, acyl, thioacyl, alkylsulfonyl, trifluoromethylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, a group R9VCO— where V is O or S and R9 is alkyl or aryl, or a group R10R11NCO— or R10R11NCS— wherein R10 and R11 are hydrogen, alkyl or aryl, or R10 and R11 are linked to form a ring; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl or R1 and R2 are linked to form a ring; R3-R5 are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, phenylcarbonyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, hydroxy, alkylsulfonyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl or nitro; R6 and R7 are hydrogen or alkyl or they are linked to constitute 3-7-membered ring; R8 is hydrogen or alkyl; h

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula 1

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a series of novel substituted aminoalkylamide derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of reproductive disorders and affective conditions. Further, the compounds of the invention are antagonists of follicle stimulating hormone, a hormone associated with the human reproductive system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula 1

Abstract: Certain novel 4-substituted N-acylated piperidine derivatives are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain salts of discodermolide acid, pharmaceutical compositions containing said salts, the use of said salts in treating tumors and to a process for making said salts.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel series of non-peptidyl compounds which are useful in the treatment or prevention of a physiological disorder associated with an excess of tachykinins. This invention also provides methods for the treatment of such physiological disorders as well as pharmaceutical formulations which employ these novel compounds.

Abstract: A process for removing acids from reaction mixtures using an auxiliary base, in which the auxiliary base

Abstract: Compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or isomer thereof, wherein: Q, X and Z are CH or N; R, R4—R7 and R13 are H or alkyl; R1 is H, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, R9-arylalkyl, R9-heteroarylalkyl, alkyl-SO2—, cycloalkyl-SO2—, fluoroalkyl-SO2—, R9-aryl-SO2—, R9-heteroaryl-SO2—, N(R22)(R23)—SO2—, alkyl-C(O)—, cycloalkyl-C(O)—, fluoroalkyl-C(O)—, R9-aryl-C(O)—, NH-alkyl-C(O)— or R9-aryl-NH—C(O)—; R2 is H and R3 is H, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, R9-aryl, R9-arylalkyl, R9-heteroaryl, or R9-heteroarylalkyl, and when X and Z are each CH, R3 is alkoxy, R9-aryloxy, R9-heteroaryloxy, alkylC(O)O—, alkylaminoC(O)O—, alkylC(O)NR13—, alkylOC(O)NR13— or alkylaminoC(O)NR13—; or R2 and R3 together are ═O, ═NOR10, ═N—NR11R12 or ═CH-alkyl; R8 is substituted phenyl, substituted heteroaryl, naphthyl, fluorenyl, diphenymethyl, al

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of the formula In Formula I, M1 is carbon, M2, M3 and M4 are carbon or nitrogen and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating various diseases or conditions, such as, for example, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, and congestion (e.g., nasal congestion) using the compounds of Formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating various diseases or conditions, such as, for example, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, and congestion (e.g., nasal congestion) using the compounds of Formula I in combination with a H1 receptor antagonist.

Abstract: An amidinophenylpyruvic acid derivative of the following formula, analogs thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have an excellent antagonistic effect against activated blood coagulation factor VII.

Abstract: Novel compounds are provided having the formula 1

Abstract: The present invention provides the compound having the structure: wherein each of R1 and R2 are independently the same as or different from each other; when R1 and R2 are the same, each is a substituted or unsubstituted arylamino, cycloalkylamino, pyridineamino, piperidino, 9-purine-6-amine, or thiozoleamino group; when R1 and R2 are different, R1=R3—N—R4, wherein each of R3 and R4 are independently the same as or different from each other and are a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkyloxy, aryloxy, arylalkyloxy, or pyridine group, or R3 and R4 bond together to form a piperidine group and R2 is a hydroxylamino, hydroxyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino or alkyloxy group; and n is an integer from about 4 to about 8. The present invention also provides a method of selectively inducing terminal differentiation of neoplastic cells and thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells.