Abstract: The invention is directed to the novel 2-(((substituted pyridinyl)carbonyl)amino)ethyl esters of 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid and their method of preparation. The compounds are prepared by reacting an appropriately substituted pyridinol, pyridinethiol, aminopyridine, or hydroxyalkyloxypyridine with isocyanatoethyl methacrylate in an appropriate solvent in the presence of an activating agent. These compounds may be utilized as herbicides, fungicides, or both.

Abstract: The novel compounds of the formula I are useful selective herbicides for postemergence application in crops of cereals, maize and rice.In formula I, ##STR1## A is an unsubstituted or substituted amino group, Q is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkylene bridge, Y is an oxygen or sulfur atom or an unsubstituted or substituted nitrogen atom, and Z is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, naphthyl or heterocyclic radical, which phenyl radical, containing the bridge member Y, can additionally carry one to four further substituents.

Abstract: Novel 1-heterocyclyloxy- or 1-aryloxy-3-amido-alkylamino-2-propanol derivatives, processes for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of using them in the treatment of heart diseases. The compounds possess .beta.-adrenergic blocking activity. Representative of the compounds disclosed is 1-(4-indolyloxy)-3-.beta.-isobutyramidoethylamino-2-propanol.

Abstract: Novel N-(sulphenamide)-acyl isocyanates of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents a thrihalogenomethyl radical andR.sup.2 represents an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic radicalare useful as intermediates for reaction with amines to produce the corresponding fungicidally active biurets.

Abstract: N-(Pyridinylaminocarbonyl)benzenesulfonamides are useful for the regulation of plant growth and as pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides.

Abstract: Novel esters of phenylalkyloxy- or phenylalkylthioacylamino acids and pyridylalkyloxy- or pyridylalkylthioacylamino acids, synthesis thereof, intermediates therefor, and the use of said esters for the control of weeds.

Abstract: The compounds are novel N-substituted-N'-heterocyclic alkylthioureas, guanidines and 1-nitro-2,2-diaminoethylene compounds which are histamine H.sub.2 -antagonists.

Abstract: (1-Methyl-2-pyridinylidene) and (1-methyl-2-quinolinylidene) derivatives of guanidine having hypoglycemic activity.

Abstract: 2,6-Dihalobenzoyl 5-substituted-2-pyridinyl ureas are potent insecticides. A method of reducing a population of manure-breeding insects is also provided.

Abstract: A compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, trichloromethyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; X is NH, O or S and n is an integer of from 1 to 5, which is useful as a fungicide on plants and other substrates susceptible to fungicidal attack.

Abstract: N-(2,6-disubstituted 4-pyridyl)-N'-phenylurea compounds are plant growth regulators having potent cytokinin activity. N-(2,6-dichloro-4-pyridyl)-N'-phenylurea is useful for regulating plant growth.

Abstract: A series of 2,6-diamino-4-tertiary-amino-pyridine 1-oxides is disclosed. Substituents in the 4-position include diethylamino, pyrrolidinyl, piperidino, morpholino, thiomorpholino, and N-methylpiperazino. Novel oxadiazolones such as 5-amino-7-(1-piperidinyl)-2H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[2,3-a]pyridine-2-one which are useful in the preparation of the pyridine 1-oxides are also disclosed. The compounds of this invention lower blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive mammals and are particularly useful in the treatment of hypertensive conditions in mammals. 2,6-Diamino-4-(1-piperidinyl)pyridine 1-oxide is a representative embodiment of the invention.

Abstract: N-(Pyridinylaminocarbonyl)benzenesulfonamides are useful for the regulation of plant growth and as pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides.

Abstract: Novel cyanoguanidine derivatives, and acid addition salts thereof useful as medicines which have pharmacological actions such as anti-secretory effect, local anesthesia action and the like; and process for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: Bisamidines carrying one unsaturated nitrogen heterocycle-containing substituent, representative of which is 1-[N'-(2-(5-methyl-4-imidazolyl)methylthio)ethyl)guanidino]-8-[N'-methylgu anidino]octane, are histamine H.sub.2 -antagonists.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a straight or branched chain alkynyl group containing from 3 to 9 carbon atoms, inclusive; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, hydroxy, cyano, (lower)alkyl, (lower)alkoxy, halogen or amino; n is 2 or 3; X is NR.sup.3 or CHR.sup.3 ; R.sup.3 is cyano, nitro, SO.sub.2 Ar; or SO.sub.2 (lower)alkyl; R.sup.12 is hydrogen or (CH.sub.2).sub.p NR.sup.13 R.sup.14 ; p is an integer of from 1 to 4, inclusive; R.sup.13 and R.sup.14 each are independently hydrogen or (lower)alkyl; and Ar is phenyl or phenyl containing 1 or 2 substituents independently selected from halogen and (lower)alkyl; and nontoxic, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are potent anti-ulcer agents.

Abstract: 2,6-Dihalobenzoyl 5-substituted-2-pyridinyl ureas are potent insecticides. A method of reducing a population of manure-breeding insects is also provided.

Abstract: A series of phenylguanidine base compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts have been found to be active as oral hypoglycemic agents. Preferred member compounds include N,N'-diphenyl-1-pyrrolidinocarboxamidine, N-phenyl-N'-methyl-N'-phenyl-1-pyrrolidinocarboxamidine and N-phenyl-N'-(p-chlorophenyl)-1-pyrrolidinocarboxamidine, and their hydrohalide acid addition salts. Synthetic routes leading to these compounds are described.

Abstract: Plant growth and suppression regulators of the N-(2-substituted-4-pyridyl)urea and thiourea type are provided, which exhibit excellent cytokinin-like activities and are thus useful for regulating plant growth in various fashions, such as acceleration of growth when used in flowering or fruiting at a controlled time when used in small amounts, and controlling compositions such as sugar, alkaloids, etc. of plants, or suppression of plant growth when used in an amount higher than optimal for growth acceleration, etc.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel anthelmintic compounds containing an arylene or divalent heterocyclic ring whose free valences are satisfied by(1) a disubstituted phosphoryl ureido or thioureido group and(2) an amino group or a substituted amido or thioamido group,to compositions containing them, and to methods of using them for the treatment of intestinal parasites in mammals and birds.

Abstract: Novel guanylamidines and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof having activity as hypoglycemic agents are disclosed.

Abstract: (1-Methyl-2-pyridinylidene) and (1-methyl-2-quinolinylidene) derivatives of guanidine having hypoglycemic activity.

Abstract: 2-Pyridylhydrazides useful as antiinflammatory agents.

Abstract: There are prepared compounds corresponding to the formula ##STR1## in which X is a 5-membered or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic radical which is attached through a carbon atom to the adjacent CH.sub.2 -group and which contains from 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms or one nitrogen atom and one oxygen or sulphur atom, and which may be substituted once or twice by substituents defined hereinbelow, each R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group, Alk represents a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkylene chain and Ac is defined hereinbelow and their salts.

Abstract: Certain sulfonylhydrazines, metal complexes thereof and solutions of said compounds in essentially water-immiscible, liquid hydrocarbon solvents are disclosed. The sulfonylhydrazines have the general structural formula:R--SO.sub.2 NHNH--R.sub.1wherein R and R.sub.1 are as defined in the specification and claims hereof. Particular metal values are recovered from their aqueous solutions by using sulfonylhydrazines dissolved in essentially water-immiscible, liquid hydrocarbon solvents. The extraction process involves contacting the metal value containing aqueous solution with the solution of the sulfonylhydrazines in essentially water-immiscible, liquid hydrocarbon solvent and stripping the metal from the loaded organic phase.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a straight or branched chain alkynyl group containing from 3 to 9 carbon atoms, inclusive; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, hydroxy, cyano, (lower)alkyl, (lower)alkoxy, halogen or amino; n is 2 or 3; X is NR.sup.3 or CHR.sup.3 ; R.sup.3 is cyano, nitro, SO.sub.2 Ar; or SO.sub.2 (lower)alkyl; R.sup.12 is hydrogen or (CH.sub.2).sub.p NR.sup.13 R.sup.14 ; p is an integer of from 1 to 4, inclusive; R.sup.13 and R.sup.14 each are independently hydrogen or (lower)alkyl; and Ar is phenyl or phenyl containing 1 or 2 substituents independently selected from halogen and (lower)alkyl; and nontoxic, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are potent anti-ulcer agents.

Abstract: This invention relates to new derivatives of 4-amino-3-sulfonamido-pyridine having diuretic properties.The new derivatives of pyridine may be represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or an alkyl, cycloalkyl, carbamoyl or sulfonamido radical;R.sub.2 represents an alkyl, halogenoalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, phenyl (possibly substituted), phenylalkyl, diphenylmethyl, isobornyl, furfuryl, tetrahydrofurfuryl, dialkylaminoalkyl or heterocyclic radical; or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 form together with the nitrogen atom a saturated heterocyclic radical; andX represents an alkoxy radical, an heterocyclic amino radical, or a secondary or tertiary amino radical having its first substituent selected from hydrogen and the alkyl and alkenyl groups, and its second substituent selected from the alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, hydroxyalkyl, diphenylmethyl, isorbornyl, furfuryl, tetrahydrofurfuryl, phenylalkyl and heterocyclic groups.

Abstract: 2-Hydrazino-3-pyridinol-1-oxide hydrobromide is a useful antibacterial agent.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1-(2,6-dihalobenzoyl)-3-(5-substituted-2-pyridinyl)urea compounds useful as insecticides.

Abstract: 2-(2-Acetylhydrazino)-4-nitropyridine 1-oxide is a useful antibacterial agent.

Abstract: Bisamidines carrying one unsaturated nitrogen heterocycle-containing substituent, representative of which is 1-[N'-(2-(5-methyl-4-imidazolyl)methylthio)ethyl)guanidino]-8-[N'-methyl-g uanidino]octane, are histamine H.sub.2 -antagonists.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## have been found to inhibit gastric secretion in mammalian species.

Abstract: N-(2-Chloro-4-pyridyl)ureas represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl, R.sub.2 represents an aromatic group, especially phenyl, which may be substituted by alkyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl or halogen, and X is oxygen or sulfur, and acid addition salts thereof, useful as plant growth regulators, are disclosed. Method of making and using same and agricultural compositions thereof are also disclosed.

Abstract: Urea derivatives of the formula ##STR1## (wherein Ar represents a residue of 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring; R represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group; R.sup.1 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group; and R.sup.2 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy group) are produced by reacting an amine of the formulaAr--NH--R(wherein Ar and R have the significance given above) with a carbamoyl halogenide of the formula ##STR2## (wherein X represents a halogen atom, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the significance given above) in the presence of a Lewis acid in an inert solvent.

Abstract: A series of 2,6-diamino-4-tertiary-amino-pyridine 1-oxides is disclosed. Substituents in the 4-position include diethylamino, pyrrolidinyl, piperidino, morpholino, thiomorpholino, and N-methylpiperazino. Novel oxadiazolones such as 5-amino-7-(1-piperidinyl)-2H-[1,2,4]-oxadiazolo[2,3-a]pyridine-2-one which are useful in the preparation of the pyridine 1-oxides are also disclosed. The compounds of this invention lower blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive mammals and are particularly useful in the treatment of hypertensive conditions in mammals. 2,6-Diamino-4-(1-piperidinyl)pyridine 1-oxides is a prepresentative embodiment of the invention.

Abstract: Certain compounds in which a carbon atom of a pyrrolidine or piperidine ring is bonded directly or through a methylene group to the nitrogen of a phenyl-substituted urea, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are active anti-arrhythmic agents.

Abstract: Dyes for application to hair to impart rich color nuances thereto, include diazamerocyanines, the mesomeric forms thereof and the salts thereof, of the formulaA.dbd.N--N.dbd.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 is alkyl and n is 0-1, or ##STR3## in which R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl or halogen; Y is halogen or alkyl; and X is halogen, --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 in which R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently is hydrogen or alkyl; OR.sup.5 ; SR.sup.5 ; S(O)R.sup.5 or S(O).sub.2 R.sup.5, in which R.sup.5 is alkyl, are useful as herbicides.

Abstract: The circulation provides new aminoalkylidene-amino-1,4-dihydropyridines which influence the circulatory system and are useful, for instance, as antihypertensive agents. Also included in the invention are methods for the preparation of said dihydropyridines, compositions containing them and methods for their use.

Abstract: Cardiac arrhythmias can be treated by administering an effective amount of 3-aryloxy-1-(2-or 4-iminodihydro-1-pyridyl)-2-propanol or phamaceutically acceptable acid addition compound. Many new effective compounds of this type are disclosed.

Abstract: The compounds are C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 straight chain alkanes terminally substituted, symmetrically or unsymmetrically, by N-(N'-substituted guanidino), N-(N',N"-disubstituted guanidino), N-(N'-substituted thioureido), N-(nitromethylene amidino) or S-(N-substituted isothioureido)groups. Two compounds of the invention are 1,3-bis-[N'-(2-(3-methoxy-2-pyridylmethylthio)ethyl)guanidino]propane and 1-[N-(2-(3-methoxy-pyridylmethylthio)ethyl)guanidino]-3-(N'-2-(5-methyl-4- imidazolylmethylthio)ethyl)guanidino]propane. The compounds of this invention are inhibitors of H-2 histamine receptors.

Abstract: Benzoylureas are prepared from a benzamide, an alkyllithium, a phenyl chloroformate, and an amine. Two reaction sequences are described. The benzoylureas obtained by the process are useful as insecticides.

Abstract: In the process for preparing 2,3,5-trichloropyridine, 2,3,4,5- or 2,3,5,6-tetrachloropyridine by the oxidation of the appropriate trichloro- or tetrachlorohydrazinopyridine, the improvement which comprises carrying out the oxidation with an alkaline hypochlorite in the presence of a reaction medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a series of new compounds, to methods for preparing the compounds, to compositions containing said compounds which are useful in the human and veterinary medical practice, and to methods for treating patients suffering from certain illnesses with said compounds, the new compounds having the general formula I ##STR1## or the tautomeric forms thereof in which the R.sup.1 -substituted cyano-guanidyl radical is placed in the 2-, 3- or 4-position of the pyridine ring, and in which R.sup.1 stands for a straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl radical having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, an aryl or an aralkyl radical, and R.sup.