Abstract: The novel benzamide derivative represented by formula (1) and the novel anilide derivative represented by formula (13) of this invention has differentiation-inducing effect, and are, therefore, useful a therapeutic or improving agent for malignant tumors, autoimmune diseases, dermatologic diseases and parasitism. In particular, they are highly effective as an anticancer drug, specifically to a hematologic malignancy and a solid carcinoma.

Abstract: The invention relates a compound represented by the formula (1):

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thyroid receptor ligands and, more particularly, relates to malonamic acids and derivatives thereof of Formula I, which are useful in the treatment of obesity, overweight condition, hyperlipidemia, glaucoma, cardiac arrhythmias, skin disorders, thyroid disease, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer and related disorders and diseases such as diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, hypercholesteremia, depression, osteoporosis and hair loss. The present invention also provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits for treating such diseases and disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of sulfonamides which are aspartyl protease inhibitors. In one embodiment, this invention relates to a novel class of HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting HIV-1 and HIV-2 protease activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as anti-viral agents against the HIV-1 and HIV-2 viruses. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of HIV aspartyl protease using the compounds of this invention and methods for screening compounds for anti-HIV activity.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which are inhibitors of metalloproteases and which are effective in treating conditions characterized by excess activity of these enzymes. In particular, the compounds have a structure according to the following Formula (I): where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, G and Z have the meanings described in the specification. This invention also includes optical isomers, diastereomers and enantiomers of Formula I, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, biohydrolyzable amides, esters, and imides thereof. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating metalloprotease-related maladies using the compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biphenyl and biphenyl-analogous compounds, their preparation and use as pharmaceutical compositions, as integrin antagonists and in particular for the production of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and prophylaxis of cancer, arteriosclerosis, restenosis, osteolytic disorders such as osteoporosis and ophthalmic diseases. The compounds according to the invention have the formula (1) wherein R1, R2, U, V, A, B, W, R3, C and R4 have the meaning as defined in the claims.

Abstract: The invention relates to polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl substituted benzene compounds useful as inhibitors of serine proteases of the coagulation cascade and compounds, compositions and methods for anticoagulant therapy for the treatment and prevention of a variety of thrombotic conditions including coronary artery and cerebrovascular diseases.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a series of substituted pyridine compounds, a method for selectively controlling neurotransmitter release in mammals using these compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. Preferred compounds are 3′-(5′- and/or 6′-substituted) pyridyl ethers.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a novel class of substituted pyridine compounds (optionally containing ether, ester, amide, ketone or thioether substitutions) that promote the release of ligands involved in neurotransmission have been discovered. In a particular aspect compounds of the present invention are capable of modulating acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the present invention are capable of modulating acetylcholine receptors. Invention compounds may act as agonists, partial agonists, antagonists or allosteric modulators of acetylcholine receptors.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or (II): or salts therefor are used as phytopathogenic fungicides wherein the various radicals and substitutents are as defined in the description. Pesticidal compositions contain these compounds together with an agriculturally acceptable diluent or carrier. The compounds and compositions are applied in methods for combating pests.

Abstract: Benzoic acid derivatives of the formula where X is oxygen, sulfur, —NH, —NR1, —N—CN, —N—OR1 or —N—NO2; Y is a single bond, —C═C—, or —NH; R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclo, or (heterocyclo)alkyl; and R2 is aryl or heterocyclo. The compounds of formula I are useful in the treatment of arrhythmia.

Abstract: Ortho, meta-substituted bisaryl compounds, processes for their preparation, their use as medicaments, and pharmaceutical preparations including their use as antiarrhythmic active compounds, for example, for the treatment and prophylaxis of atrial arrhythmias, e.g. atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutters. Compounds of the invention include compounds of the formula I in which: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7 and A8 independently of one another are chosen from nitrogen, CH and CR(5), at least four of these groups being CH, and wherein all other variables are as defined here.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the use of &agr;,&agr;-dibromo-&agr;-chloroacetophenone compounds as intermediates for the preparation of aromatic carbonyl compounds, especially aromatic amides. The compound 2,5-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-&agr;,&agr;-dibromo-&agr;-chloroacetophenone is especially useful as an intermediate for the preparation of flecainide, a known pharmaceutical.

Abstract: A process for preparing a compound of the formula useful as a non-steroidal glucocorticoid receptor modulator.

Abstract: Compounds which are useful as potassium channel inhibitors and which because of their slow off-rates are especially useful for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias are described.

Abstract: Phenylalanine derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R is a carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof; L1 is a linker atom or group; Ar is an optionally substituted aromatic group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of alpha4 integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immune or inflammatory disorders.

Abstract: N-Substituted-N′-substituted urea derivatives represented by the following formula, analogs thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are herein provided. These compounds show a TNF-&agr; production inhibitory activity.

Abstract: Aromatic dehydroamino acids are disclosed that are active as LFA-1 arnagonists This activity enables these compounds to prevent inflammation which is a consequence of T cell activation and accordingly reduce or eliminate inflammatory skin disease psoriasis.

Abstract: This invention is in the field of antiinflammatory pharmaceutical agents and specifically relates to compounds, compositions and methods for treating disorders mediated by cyclooxygenase-2 or 5-lipoxygenase, such as inflammation.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and n are defined in the specification, are useful for the treatment of anxiety, depression and related CNS disorders, and other related conditions such as the treatment of alcohol and drug withdrawal, sexual dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof as phytopathogenic fungicides wherein A1 is substituted 2-pyridyl; A2 is optionally substituted phenyl; L is —(C═O)—, —SO2— or —(C═S)—; R1 is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl or acyl; and R2 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl are useful phytopathogenic fungicides.

Abstract: &agr;- and &bgr;-amino acid hydroxyethylamino sulfonamide compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein A′ and A″ are independently the same or different group of formula (II) wherein: R′ is H, CH3, C(CH3)2, —ORa, —N(Ra)2, —N(Ra)ORa or —DP; R′″ is H or CH3; Ra is H, C1-C3 alkyl; D is a bond, alkylene, —C(═O)—, —S(O)— or S(O)2—; P is an optionally substituted, mono or bicyclic carbo- or hetereocycle; R″ is H, any of the sidechains found in the natural amino acids, carboxacetamide, or a group (CH2)nDP; M is a bond or —C(═O)N(R′″)—; Q is absent, a bond, —CH(OH)— or CH2—; or R″ together with Q, M and R′ define an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered carbo- or heterocyclic ring which is optionally fused with a further 5 or 6 membered carbo- or heterocyclic ring; with the proviso that R′ is —ORa, —, N(Ra)2, —N(Ra)ORa or -DP, if M is a bond and Q is absent; X is H, OH, OCH3, Y is H, OH, OCH3, but X and Y are

Abstract: The present invention provides novel 3-substituted pyrrolidines of the formula useful in as inhibitors of matrix metallo-proteinases (MMPs). Pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds as well as methods of treating disease states responding to inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase are also claimed herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel pesticidally active compounds of the general formula I as well as possible isomers and mixtures of isomers thereof, wherein n is a number zero or one; and R1 is C1-C12alkyl that is unsubstituted or may be substituted by C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, C1-C4alkylsulfonyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, cyano, C1C6alkoxycarbonyl, C3-C6alkenyloxycarbonyl or by C3-C6alkynyloxycarbonyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl; C2-C12alkenyl; C2-C12alkynyl; C1-C12haloalkyl: or a group NR11R12 wherein R11 and R12 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C1-C8alkyl, or together are tetra- or penta-methylene; R2 and R3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C1-C8alkyl; C1-C8alkyl substituted by hydroxy, C1-C4alkoxy, mercapto or by C1-C4alkylthio; C3-C8alkenyl; C3-C8alkynyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl; C3-C8cycloalkyl-C1-C4alkyl; or the two groups R2 and R3 together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded form a three- to eight-membered ring; R4, R5, R6 and R7 are identical or different and are ea

Abstract: An aryloxyaniline derivative represented by the formula: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different, and are each a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl group or a naphthyl group, provided that Ar1 and Ar2 are not both phenyl or both naphthyl and are not phenyl and naphthyl, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a group of the formula: —NR2(R3) (wherein R2 and R3 are the same or different, and are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, X1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenoxy group, a halogen atom, a trifluoromethyl group, a carbamoyl group or an aminosulfonyl group, Y1 is a branched or unbranched alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a single bond; and pharmaceutically acceptabl

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to heteroarylacryloylaminoalkyl-substituted benzenesulfonamide derivatives of the formula (I), in which R(1), R(2), R(3), R(4), Het, X, Y and Z have the meanings indicated in the specification, and to pharmaceutically tolerable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are valuable pharmaceutically active compounds that have, for example, an at inhibitory action on ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the cardiac muscle and/or in the vagal cardiac nerve and are suitable, for example, for the treatment of disorders of the cardiovascular system such as coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, cardiac insufficiency, cardiomyopathies, decreased contractility of the heart, or vagal dysfunction of the heart, or for the prevention of sudden cardiac death.

Abstract: Pyridine-2,3-dicarboxamides of the formula I in which the variables are as defined in the description, which are suitable for use as herbicides or for the desiccation or defoliation of plants are described.

Abstract: Novel compounds are provided which are inhibitors of MTP and thus are useful for lowering serum lipids and treating atherosclerosis and related diseases, and have the structure including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or prodrug esters thereof, wherein q is 0, 1 or 2; Rx is H, alkyl, aryl or halogen; A is (1) a bond; (2) —O—; or (3) B is: and wherein L2, L1, R1, R2, R3, R3′, R3a, R3b, R4, R4′, R5, X,  are as defined herein.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) are described: in which Het is a heteroaromatic group, Alk1 is an optionally substituted aliphatic or heteroaliphatic chain and R is a carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of &agr;4 integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immune or inflammatory disorders.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymerizable compounds represented by the following formula (1): wherein one of R1 and R2 represents an alkyl group, which has 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is other than a tert-butyl group, and the other represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which has 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is other than a tert-butyl group, R3 to R9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a silyl group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom or a monovalent nonpolymerizable organic substituent group, and A represents a polymerizable group having a carbon-carbon double bond; polymers obtained by singly polymerizing the polymerizable compounds or copolymerizing them with copolymerizable compounds; and resist compositions comprising the polymers. These polymers are useful as base polymers for resist materials for an exposure light source of a short wavelength.

Abstract: An amidoaromatic ring sulfonamide hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed, as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated amidoaromatic ring sulfonamide hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.

Abstract: Tertiary amines of the formula wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, M, p, T and Q are as defined herein, and acid addition salts thereof, have antimycotic and cholesterol-lowering activity.

Abstract: Benzamides of the formula I and its tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms, E and Z forms, and possible physiologically tolerated salts, in which the variables have the following meanings: R1—C1-C6-alkyl, branched or unbranched, where one of the C atoms in this chain may be substituted by a phenyl ring, cyclohexyl ring, indolyl ring and an SCH3 group, and the phenyl ring in turn is substituted by by [sic] a maximum of two R4 radicals, where R4 [lacuna] hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, branched or unbranched, —O—C1-C4-alkyl, OH, Cl, F, Br, I, CF3, NO2, NH2, CN, COOH, COO—C1-C4-alkyl, NHCO—C1-C4-alkyl, and R2 can be NR5CO—R6 and NHR5SO2—R6, and R3 is chlorine, bromine, fluorine, C1-C6-alkyl, NHCO—C1-C4-alkyl, NHSO2—C1-C4-alkyl, NO2, —O—C1-C4-alkyl, CN, COOH, CONH2, COO—C1-C4-alkyl, SO2—C1-C4-alkyl, —SO2Ph, SO2NH—C1-C4-alkyl, iodine, SO2NH2 and NH2, and A can be arom

Abstract: A sulfonyl divalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfonyl divalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.

Abstract: It has been discovered that compounds of the formula: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof wherein X and Y are as defined below, inhibit the binding of VCAM-1 to VLA-4 and are useful in treating inflammation associated with chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis, (MS), asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease (I BD).

Abstract: It has been discovered that compounds of the formula: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof wherein X and Y are as defined below, inhibit the binding of VCAM-1 to VLA-4 and are usefull in treating inflammation associated with chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis, (MS), asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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: Disclosed as endothelin converting enzyme inhibitors are the compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: The compound is a neuropeptide Y antagonist and is effective in treating feeding disorders, cardiovascular diseases and other physiological disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of sulfonamides which are aspartyl protease inhibitors. In one embodiment, this invention relates to a novel class of HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting HIV-1 and HIV-2 protease activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as anti-viral agents against the HIV-1 and HIV-2 viruses. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of HIV aspartyl protease using the compounds of this invention and methods for screening compounds for anti-HIV activity.

Abstract: Para-aryl or heteroaryl substituted phenyl amides which are active as glucokinase activators to increase insulin secretion which makes them useful for treating type II diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to multibinding compounds which are &bgr;3 adrenergic receptor agonists and are therefore useful in the treatment and prevention of metabolic disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and the like.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or solvates of either entity, wherein the substituents have the values described herein, are useful as matrix metalloprotease (MMP) inhibitors

Abstract: Novel compounds having the formula: wherein the constituent variables are defined herein. The compounds are constructed to include a central aromatic, aliphatic, or heterocyclic ring system. Attached to the central ring system are two linear groups having nitrogenous moieties that are derivatized with chemical functional groups. The ring system can include further nitrogenous moieties, either as ring atoms or on pendant groups attached to the ring, that may also be derivatized with chemical functional groups. The totality of the chemical functional groups imparts certain conformational and other properties to the these compounds. In accordance with certain embodiments of the invention, libraries of such compounds are prepared utilizing permutations and combinations of the chemical functional groups and the nitrogenous moieties to build complexity into the libraries.

Abstract: Heterocyclic-substituted tricyclics of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: the single dotted line represents an optional double bond; the double dotted line represents an optional single bond; n is 0-2; Q is optionally substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; Het is an optionally substituted mono-, bi- or tricyclic heteroaromatic group; B is —(CH2)n3—, wherein n3 is 0-5, —CH2—O—, —CH2S—, —CH2—NR6—, —C(O)NR6—, —NR6C(O)—,  optionally substituted alkenyl or optionally substituted alkynyl; X is —O— or —NR6— when the double dotted line represents a single bond, or X is —OH or —NHR20 when the bond is absent; Y is ═O, ═S, (H, H), (H, OH) or (H, C1-C6 alkoxy) when the double dotted line represents a single bond, or when the bond is absent, Y is ═O, (H, H), (H, OH), (H, SH) or (H, C1-C

Abstract: A process for the preparation of trifluoroethoxy benzoic acid derivatives, in particular Flecainide, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, starting with commercially available halobenzoic acids and involving the use of simple reagents and low cost solvents, to afford high overall yield of the product. The above object is achieved in accordance with the present invention which, in one aspect thereof, provides a process for preparing a compound of formula (A): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which process comprises the steps of: a) reacting a halobenzoic acid or a salt thereof of the formula [II ]  with 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol in the presence of a strong base and a copper containing material, if desired followed by acidification to obtain a compound of formula [I] b) converting the product obtained in step a) above into the compound of formula (A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: O-Benzyloxime ethers of the formula I where X is substituted or unsubstituted CH2, NOalkyl Y is O, S, NR5 R1, R2, R5 are H, alkyl Z1, Z2 are H, halogen, methyl, methoxy, cyano R3, R4 are hydrogen, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, benzylthio, alkylcarbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenylcarbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxycarbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzyloxycarbonyl, N(R6)2, where R6 is H, alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, —CO—N(R7)2, where R7 is H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, substituted or unsubstituted arylthio, substituted or unsubstituted hetaryl, substituted or unsubstituted hetaryloxy, substituted or unsubstituted hetarylthio, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocy

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: This invention relates to compounds of general formula (I): in which Ar is a group selected from: A1, A2, B, C, D, E, Q1-Q3, R1-R9, Z1 and Z2 are as defined in the disclosure, and Y represents carboxy or an acid bioisostere. These compounds inhibit the production or physiological effects of TNF and inhibit cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I), their pharmaceutical use and methods for their preparation.