Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel tricyclic derivative with efficient inhibitory activity against poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases (PARP) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The tricyclic derivative of the invention is useful for the prevention or treatment of diseases caused by excess PARP activity, especially neuropathic pain, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetic nephropathy, inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis, and cancer, by inhibiting the activity of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein A1 represents —O—, —S— or —CH2—; A2 represents —CH2— or —O—; A3 represents C3-C8-cycloalkylene; saturated or unsaturated 4 to 8-membered heterocyclodiyl with 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen or oxygen, which group A3 is unsubstituted or substituted; A4 represents C1-C4alkylene, —C(=0)-; G represents aryl or heteroaryl, which is unsubstituted or substituted; X1 represents a nitrogen atom or CR1; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R1 represents a hydrogen atom; m is 0 or 1; n is 1; the —(CH2)n— group is unsubstituted or substituted; p is 0 or 1; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are valuable for use as a medicament for the treatment of bacterial infections.

Abstract: Polycyclic aryl and polycyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl catalytic activity are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic EL element, which may be a top-emitting or a transparent organic EL element, provides an organic EL element having a low driving voltage and a high efficiency. The organic EL element includes a substrate; an anode; an organic EL layer which includes at least an emissive layer, an electron transport layer and a damage-mitigating electron injection layer; and a transparent cathode composed of a transparent conductive oxide material, the damage-mitigating electron injection layer is in contact with the transparent cathode, and the damage-mitigating electron injection layer includes a crystalline oligothiophene compound.

Abstract: An organic EL device material includes at least a unit including 3,5-biscarbazolylphenyl group, a unit including 4-carbazolylphenyl group, and a compound including a unit including a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring bonding the unit including 3,5-biscarbazolylphenyl group and the unit including 4-carbazolylphenyl group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures of organic materials, to the use of these mixtures in organic electroluminescent devices, and to organic electroluminescent devices comprising these mixtures.

Abstract: Compounds that are specifically toxic to cancer stem cells are disclosed.

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound, an organic light-emitting diode, and a flat display device, the heterocyclic compound being represented by Formula 1, below:

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds represented by Formula 1, wherein R1, Ar1, X, Ar2, Ar3, and Het are described herein. Compositions and light-emitting devices related thereto are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a heterocyclic compound which emits blue light and is represented by General Formula (G1) below, and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic device and a lighting device which are formed using the heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1) below. The use of the heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1) makes it possible to provide a light-emitting element which has high emission efficiency, and also a light-emitting device, an electronic device and a lighting device which have reduced power consumption.

Abstract: Novel aryl silicon and aryl germanium host materials are described. These compounds improve OLED device performance when used as hosts in the emissive layer of the OLED.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure, which is represented by the following general formula (1) or the following general formula (2); and an organic electroluminescent device having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed therebetween, in which the compound having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure, which is represented by the following general formula (1) or the following general formula (2), is used as a constituent material of the aforementioned at least one organic layer.

Abstract: Bridged bicyclic aryl or heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formulas III and V that are useful as pharmaceutical agents, particularly as autophagy inhibitors.

Abstract: Disclosed are benzonaphthyridinyl derivative compounds and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and processes for preparing the same. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases amenable to kinase signal transduction inhibition, regulation or modulation.

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: Bridged bicyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a long-life organic electroluminescent element which can be driven at low voltage. Also disclosed are a display and illuminator using the same. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising on a substrate, an anode, a cathode and an organic compound layer arranged between the anode and the cathode and including at least one light emission layer. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that the organic compound layer includes an electron transport material-containing layer which contains an electron transport material represented by Formula (a) and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of metals, salts of the metals and electron-donating compounds. Formula (a) Ar1-(Ar2)n [In the formula, Ar1 represents a group derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a group derived from an aromatic heterocycle; Ar2 represents a group derived from an aromatic heterocycle; and n represents an integer of 2 or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting diode comprising an anode and a cathode Ka and a light-emitting layer E and if appropriate at least one further layer, where the light-emitting layer E and/or the at least one further layer comprises at least one compound selected from disilylcarbazoles, disilyldibenzofurans, disilyldibenzothiophenes, disilyldibenzophospholes, disilyldibenzothiophene S-oxides and disilyldibenzothiophene S,S-dioxides, to a light-emitting layer comprising at least one of the aforementioned compounds, to the use of the aforementioned compounds as matrix material, hole/exciton blocker material, electron/exciton blocker material, hole injection material, electron injection material, hole conductor material and/or electron conductor material, and to a device selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units and illumination units comprising at least one inventive organic light-emitting diode.

Abstract: Imidazo ring systems substituted at the 1-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, methods of making the compounds, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present application discloses 2-aza-, 2-oxa- and 2-thia-2,3-dihydro-6-azaphenalene compounds and compositions, and methods for treating a neurological disease in a patient in need thereof using the compounds and compositions as disclosed herein.

Abstract: Compound of formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are defined in the following description, and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition or base-addition salts thereof. The invention also relates to a process and an intermediate for preparing it, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising it. The invention also relates to the use of a novel 2H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinoline compound for preparing a pharmaceutical composition that is active in the treatment of disturbances of the serotoninergic system.

Abstract: The invention is directed to ?-carboline sulphonylurea derivatives as EP4 receptor antagonists useful for the treatment of EP4 mediated diseases or conditions, such as acute and chronic pain, inflammation, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) including the same: wherein R1 through R12, Ar1, Ar2, A, B, a, and b are the same as defined above. An OLED including an organic layer including the heterocyclic compound has low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and a long lifetime.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials which can be used in organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices, and are certain derivatives of fused aromatic systems.

Abstract: The invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise triazine derivatives as the electron transport material.

Abstract: The invention provides an organic compound which shows an excellent electron-injecting/transporting performance, has a hole-blocking ability and shows a high stability as a film, that is, having excellent characteristics as a material for organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability; and provides an organic EL device comprising the compound and having high efficiency and high durability.

Abstract: In OLEDs, improved efficiency is obtained by using compounds of formula [Ar](CH?CH—R1)n wherein n is an integer from 1 to 4; [Ar] is a polycyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic scaffold optionally substituted with one or more alkyl or alkoxy groups; and R1 is a 5-membered heteroaryl group optionally substituted with methyl, methoxy, aryl or heteroaryl, or is phenyl or naphthyl optionally substituted with methyl, methoxy, trifluoromethyl or cyano or is biphenyl or substituted biphenyl. The compounds are believed to be novel and can be made by condensing a compound of formula wherein [Ar] and n are as defined above with a compound of formula [Ar](CH3)nR1CHO in the presence of an acid catalyst e.g. an anhydride of an organic acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted thienyl- and furanyl-isoquinolinones that act, for example, as modulators of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of substituted thienyl and furanyl-isoquinolinones and to their use in treating various diseases and disorders.

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound, an organic light-emitting diode, and a flat display device, the heterocyclic compound being represented by Formula 1, below:

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer material capable of preparing organic EL elements having low driving voltage and high durability. The polymer compound of the present invention includes a constituting unit derived from a monomer represented by the formula (1); (in the formula (1), each of A1's is independently a condensed polycyclic aromatic group optionally having a heteroatom as a ring-constituting atom; the condensed polycyclic aromatic group links to A2 at the meta position to the bonding position of the ring represented by the following formula; each of A2's is independently a six-membered ring aromatic group optionally having a heteroatom as a ring-constituting atom; at least one of A1 and A2 has a substituent having a polymerizable functional group; at least one of X's is a nitrogen atom, and n's are independently 1 or 2).

Abstract: An electroluminescent material comprises the following structural unit: where X is selected from a group consisting of NR, O, S, SO, SO2, CR2, PR, POR, BR, SiR2; where R is a substituent group and Ar1 and Ar2 comprise aromatic rings; and, wherein Ar1 or Ar2 is fused to a further aryl system Ar3. An optical device comprises a first electrode for injection of positive charge carriers, a second electrode for injection of negative charge carriers and a layer located between the first and second electrode comprising the electroluminescent material.

Abstract: Disclosed are an acridine derivative and an organic electro-luminescence device including the same. Specifically, the disclosed acridine derivative compound has an aryl moiety or a heteroaryl moiety, linked to an acridine moiety and an amine moiety, and the disclosed organic electro-luminescence device including the acridine derivative compound requires a low operating voltage, shows high efficiency, and is enhanced in life-span.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1,2-dihydro-2-oxoquinoline compounds of the formula (I), and their derivatives, prodrugs, tautomers, stereoisomers, polymorphs, solvates, hydrates, metabolites, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of above said novel compounds, and their derivatives, prodrugs, tautomers, stereoisomers, polymorphs, solvates, hydrates, metabolites, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them. The compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment/prevention of various disorders that are mediated by 5-HT4 receptor activity.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 that easily dissolves in an organic solvent, and that is applicable as a host material of an emission layer of an organic photoelectric device since it emits fluorescence and phosphorescence at a red wavelength through a blue wavelength.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic compound having excellent properties, which is excellent in electron-injection/transport performance, has hole-blocking ability and is high stability in a thin-film state, as a material for an organic electroluminescence device having a high efficiency and a high durability, and provides is an organic electroluminescence device having a high efficiency and a high durability using the compound. The present invention relates to a compound having a substituted anthracene ring structure and a pyridoindole ring structure represented by general formula (1); and an organic electroluminescence device having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer interposed between the electrodes in which the at least one organic layer contains the compound.

Abstract: A material for electroluminescent devices which comprises a compound in which a heterocyclic group having nitrogen is bonded to carbazolyl group and an organic electroluminescent device having at least one organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and contains the above material in at least one layer, are provided. The material can provide organic electroluminescent devices emitting bluish light with a high purity of color. The organic electroluminescence device uses the material.

Abstract: Novel compounds containing substituted oligoazacarbazole chains are provided. These compounds are useful in organic light emitting devices, in particular as hosts in the emissive layer of such devices.

Abstract: A polymer compound including a repeating unit shown by the following formula (1) wherein at least one of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 in the formula (1) is a group shown by the formula (2) and the two bonds shown in the formula (1) are present on any one or any two of Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and L1.

Abstract: A new class of dibenzothiophene and/or dibenzofuran-containing compounds are provided. The new compounds may be useful in organic light emitting devices, particularly as the host of an emissive layer having a host and an emissive dopant, or as a material in an enhancement layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode which are arranged apart from each other, and an emissive layer interposed between the anode and the cathode and including a host material and an emitting dopant. The host material includes a polymer containing dibenzothiophene backbones represented by the following formula (1) as repeating units: wherein n is an integer of from 20 to 10,000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carbazole derivatives and an organic light-emitting diode device using the same. These carbazole derivatives can simultaneously or singly be used as a hole transporting layer, a host or guest of an emitting layer or an electron transporting layer of an organic light-emitting diode device.

Abstract: Compounds with cancer cell specific lethality are provided. In particular, RAS-selective lethal compounds and compositions are provided. Also provided are methods of screening for such compounds and methods of treating a condition in a mammal, by administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of such compounds or compositions.

Abstract: The instant invention provides for substituted [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]-1,5-naphthyridine compounds that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms, preferably Akt1. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity, especially Akt1 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a N-substituted matrinic acid derivative or matrine derivative, and its preparation method and uses. Specifically, the present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I) or (II) (wherein all the definitions of substituted groups are those mentioned in the specification), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, geometric isomer, stereoisomer, solvate, ester or prodrug thereof. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the compound of the present invention, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, and uses thereof in manufacture of a medicament. The compound of the present invention can be used for prophylaxis and/or treatment of a disease or disorder associated with viral infection such as hepatitis B and/orhepatitis C and/or AIDS.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,5-dioxoimidazolidin-1-yl-3-phenylurea derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of the N-formyl peptide receptor like-1 (FPRL-1) receptor.

Abstract: Amide and carbamate derivatives N-{2-[4-amino-2-(ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl]-1,1-dimethylethyl}methanesulfonamide, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of making the compounds, and methods of use of these compounds in modulating the immune system, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases, are disclosed.

Abstract: An m-terphenyl derivative has a structure of formula (I) or (II): wherein A and B are five-membered heterocyclic compounds selected from the group consisting of pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, 1,2,3-triazole, 1,2,4-triazole, 1,2,3,4-tetrazole, 1,2-thiazole, 1,3-thiazole and 1,3,4-thiadiazole, each of substituents R, R1 and R2 is a member independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, amino, C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C20 cycloalkyl, C3-C20 cycloalkenyl, C1-C20 heterocycloalkyl, C1-C20 heterocycloalkenyl, aryl and heteroaryl. The compound of the present invention may have advantages in good electron affinity, low HOMO and thereby achieving hole blocking and may be used for electron transport material and/or electron injection material.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including at least an emission layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the emission layer comprises at least a compound represented by Formula (A),