Nitrogen Attached Indirectly To The Tetrazole Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 548/254)
  • Patent number: 6271261
    Abstract: Novel IL-8 receptor antagonists and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventor: Katherine L Widdowson
  • Patent number: 6252084
    Abstract: A class of novel 1H-indole-3-acetamides is disclosed together with the use of such indole compounds for inhibiting sPLA2 mediated release of fatty acids for treatment of conditions such as septic shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Bach, Robert D. Dillard, Susan E. Draheim, Robert B. Hermann, Richard W. Schevitz
  • Patent number: 6242609
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a color coupler used in a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material using an ammonium trihalide. Said method for manufacturing the color coupler comprising the following step: a step for halogenating a coupling position of a four equivalent coupler using a halogenating agent, wherein said halogenating agent is said ammonium trihalide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Fumio Ishii
  • Patent number: 6229011
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: are disclosed which have activity as inhibitors of binding between VCAM-1 and cells expressing VLA-4. Such compounds are useful for treating diseases whose symptoms and/or damage are related to the binding of VCAM-1 to cells expressing VLA-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Robert William Guthrie, Tai-Nang Huang, Achyutharao Sidduri, Jefferson Wright Tilley, Kenneth Gregory Hull
  • Patent number: 6156907
    Abstract: The invention relates on the one hand to a novel preparation of compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, aromatic-aliphatic or heteroaromatic-aliphatic radical, a heterocyclic radical, a cycloaliphatic radical, a cycloaliphatic-aliphatic radical or an aliphatic radical,and on the other hand to novel compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Robert Portmann
  • Patent number: 6143776
    Abstract: Tosylproline analogs of formula I, methods of making them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods for their use. The compounds are thymidylate synthase inhibitors; and are useful as anti-tumor agents and as anti-parasitics, anti-bacterials, anti-fungals, and anti-virals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel A. Erlanson
  • Patent number: 6143790
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel amino glycol derivatives of L-N.sup.6 -(1-iminoethyl)lysine, pharmaceutical compositions containing these novel compounds, and to their use in therapy, in particular their use as nitric oxide synthase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: E. Ann Hallinan, Foe S. Tjoeng, Kam F. Fok, Timothy J. Hagen, Mihaly V. Toth, Sofya Tsymbalov, Barnett S. Pitzele
  • Patent number: 6140368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of compounds that are potent inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase and HIV integrase. In addition to being multienzyme inhibitors, the inventive compounds of the present invention are remarkable in at least two other respects. First, they do not appear to be toxic to cells at typical therapeutic concentrations. Second, they appear to be equally effective against mutant strains of HIV reverse transcriptase commonly found in patients who have developed resistance to current reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Because the inventive compounds show promise in combatting viral resistance and are potent inhibitors of both HIV reverse transcriptase and integrase, they are ideal candidates for use in combination with existing therapies or alone in treating AIDS or HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The University of New Jersey
    Inventors: George L. Kenyon, Margaret Stauber, Karl Maurer, Dolan Eargle, Angelika Muscate, Andrew Leavitt, Diana C. Roe, Todd J. A. Ewing, Allan G. Skillman, Jr., Edward Arnold, Irwin D. Kuntz, Malin Young
  • Patent number: 6136834
    Abstract: A tetrazole derivative of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is H, alkyl, alkoxy, carbocyclic ring, alkyl or alkoxy substituted by carbocyclic ring;AA.sup.1 and AA.sup.2 is a bond or ##STR2## and ##STR3## respectively, or AA.sup.1 and AA.sup.2, together, may have the formula (a); ##STR4## and Y is formula (b) ##STR5## wherein the Tet ring is tetrazole; Z is alkylene, alkenylene, O, S, SO, SO.sub.2, NR.sup.26, methylene in alkylene replaced by O, S, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 -- or --NR.sup.26 --; and E is H, alkyl, or COOR.sup.27.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ohmoto, Makoto Tanaka, Tohru Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Ohno
  • Patent number: 6096766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain 3-benzylaminopiperidines which are tachykinin receptor antagonists and are useful in the treatment or prevention of pain, inflammation, migraine, emesis and postherpetic neuralgia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Raymond Baker, Jason Matthew Elliott, Christopher John Swain
  • Patent number: 6090839
    Abstract: The instant invention is concerned with aryl and heteroaryl oxyacetic acid type compounds which are useful antidiabetic compounds. Compositions and methods for the use of the compounds in the treatment of diabetes and related diseases and for lowering triglyceride levels are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Adams, Derek Von Langen, Richard L. Tolman, Hiroo Koyama
  • Patent number: 6080772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazole containing compounds capable of inhibiting protein tyrosine phosphatase activity. The invention further relates to the use of such compounds to modulate or regulate signal transduction by inhibiting protein tyrosine phosphatase activity. Finally, the invention relates to the use of such compounds to treat various disease states including diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Sugen, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Cho Tang, John Yudhistir Ramphal, G. Davis Harris, Jr., Asaad S. Nematalla
  • Patent number: 6046205
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: n is 0 or 1,A represents a .sigma. bond or alkylene or alkenylene,X represents nitrogen or C--R.sub.2,R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl,G.sub.1 represents any one of the groups defined in the description.These compounds are useful for treating a living body afflicted with venous insufficiency, and/or migraine, and/or migraine associated with vascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Adir et Compagnie
    Inventors: Gilbert Lavielle, Olivier Muller, Christine Vayssettes-Courchay, Jean-Jacques Descombes, Tony Verbeuren
  • Patent number: 6028092
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel formulations of salts of certain benzopyran compounds, to compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of certain disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c
    Inventors: Christopher John Banton, Phillip Christopher Buxton
  • Patent number: 6020355
    Abstract: Tetrazole derivatives of the formula wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, heterocyclic group, or benzo-fused heterocyclic group,which exhibit activity as insecticides and acaricides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Inventors: Mark Achiel Dekeyser, Paul Thomas McDonald
  • Patent number: 6008368
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound selected from a class of N-substituted (.alpha.-imidazolyl-toluyl)pyrrole compounds are described for use in treatment of circulatory disorders. Compositions of particular interest comprise angiotensin II antagonist compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein m is one; wherein R.sup.0 is selected from CH.sub.2 OH, CO.sub.2 H, CHO, CO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, CO.sub.2 C.sub.2 H.sub.5, CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.3, CH.sub.2 OCHOCH.sub.3 and CH.sub.2 --CO.sub.2 C.sub.2 H.sub.5 ; wherein R.sup.1 is selected from Cl, CF.sub.3, CHO, n-butyl, cyano, CO.sub.2 CH.sub.3 and CO.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 ; wherein R.sup.2 is selected from methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexylmethyl, cyclohexylethyl, propylthio, butylthio and hydroxyalkyl; wherein each of R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 is hydrido; wherein each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Philippe R. Bovy, Joe T. Collins, Robert E. Manning
  • Patent number: 5985901
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are useful as antagonists of GnRH and as such may be useful for the treatment of a variety of sex-hormone related and other conditions in both men and women.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Goulet, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Thomas F. Walsh, Matthew J. Wyvratt, Jr., Jonathan R. Young, Lin Chu
  • Patent number: 5959120
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acetate ester compound of formula (III), ##STR1## a process for synthesizing compound (III), and a process for using that compound to prepare a pyrazolone compound, where the substituent definitions are as defined in the Summary of the Invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jared B. Mooberry, Thomas E. Gompf, Brian H. Johnston
  • Patent number: 5955492
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel carboxylic acid indole compounds and compositions for use in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine, Interleukin-8 (IL-8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Scott K. Thompson, Stacie M. Halbert, Katherine L. Widdowson
  • Patent number: 5945532
    Abstract: This invention relates to reactive derivatives of 2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-methoxyimino acetic acid and 1H-tetrazol-1-acetic acid of the following general formula I, ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## as well as to use thereof in the manufacture of cephalosporin antibiotics such as cefotaxime, ceftriaxone and cefazolin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Lupin Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Debashish Datta, Vinod George, Bishwa Prakash Rai
  • Patent number: 5922744
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6a and R.sup.6b are defined herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a process for its preparation, intermediates and its use as a tachykinin antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Harrison, Andrew Pate Owens
  • Patent number: 5863946
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein Y is selected from halogen, alkyl, and haloalkyl; n is 0, 1, 2, or 3; X is absent or is alkylene; A is absent or is selected from optionally substituted alkylene, optionally substituted cycloalkylene, optionally substituted cycloalkylene wherein one or two of the carbon atoms is replaced with one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, and N, optionally substituted alkenylene, and ##STR2## or R.sup.2 and A together define a saturated 5- to 8-membered optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring to which the group Z is attached; Z is selected from (a) hydrogen, (b) COM wherein M is selected from the group consisting of --OR.sup.5, a pharmaceutically acceptable cation, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, and a pharmaceutically acceptable, metabolically cleavable group, (c) --OR.sup.3, (d) tetrazolyl, (e) --CH(OR.sup.3)--CH.sub.2 OR.sup.9, (f) --CH(OR.sup.3)--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.9, (g) --CH(OR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Clint D. W. Brooks, Richard A. Craig, Teodozyj Kolasa, Andrew O. Stewart
  • Patent number: 5837702
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein X is alkyl, Y is a single bond, --CH.sub.2 --, --C(O)--, --O--, --S-- or --N(R.sup.8)-- where R.sup.8 is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl or (cycloalkyl)alkyl, and R.sup.1 to R.sup.7 are as defined herein. These compounds have potassium channel activating activity and are useful, therefore for example, as cardiovascular agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    Inventors: George C. Rovnyak, Karnail S. Atwal, Dinos P. Santafianos, Charles Z. Ding
  • Patent number: 5817679
    Abstract: 7-Aza-bicyclo?2.2.1!-heptane and -heptene derivatives are disclosed that can be administered to a mammal, including a human, to treat disorders associated with a decrease or increase in cholinergic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: University of Virginia
    Inventors: T. Y. Shen, W. Dean Harman, Dao Fei Huang, Javier Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 5783593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula ##STR1## which inhibit squalene synthetase and cholesterol biosynthesis and are useful in the treatment of e.g., hyperlipidaemia, atherosclerosis, or fungal infections, processes for the preparation of the compounds of the invention, intermediates useful in these processes, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: William R. Baker, Saul H. Rosenberg, Anthony K. L. Fung, Todd W. Rockway, Stephen A. Fakhoury, David S. Garvey, B. Gregory Donner, Stephen J. O'Connor, Rajnandan N. Prasad, Wang Shen, David M. Stout, Gerard M. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5767151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 3,3-(disubstituted)-cyclohexan-1-ylidene acetate dimers of Formula (I): ##STR1## and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and their use in treating allergic and inflammateory diseases and for inhibiting the production of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Siegfried B. Christensen, IV, Joseph M. Karpinski
  • Patent number: 5760028
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel heterocycles including 3-?1-?3-(imidazolin-2-ylamino)propyl!indazol-5-ylcarbonylamino!-2-(benzylo xycarbonylamino)propionic acid, which are useful as antagonists of the .alpha..sub.v .beta..sub.3 integrin and related cell surface adhesive protein receptors, to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds, and to methods of using these compounds, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the inhibition of cell adhesion, the treatment of angiogenic disorders, inflammation, bone degradation, cancer metastasis, diabetic retinopathy, thrombosis, restenosis, macular degeneration, and other conditions mediated by cell adhesion and/or cell migration and/or angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Prabhakar Kondaji Jadhav, Joseph James Petraitis, Douglas Guy Batt
  • Patent number: 5750549
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain novel compounds represented by structural formula I: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.11, R.sup.12, R.sup.13, A, Q, W, X, Y, Z and n are defined herein. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these novel compounds as active ingredients and the use of the novel compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders. The compounds of this invention are tachykinin receptor antagonists and are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, pain or migraine, asthma and emesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Charles G. Caldwell, Ping Chen, Philippe L. Durette, Paul Finke, Jeffrey Hale, Edward Holson, Ihor Kopka, Malcolm MacCoss, Laura Meurer, Sander G. Mills, Albert Robichaud
  • Patent number: 5747420
    Abstract: Novel herbicidal tetrazolinone derivatives of the formula ##STR1## and intermediates therefor of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl substituted by halogen, andR.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl, orR.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together with the N-atom to which they are attached, which may form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Nihon Bayer Agrochem K.K.
    Inventors: Toshio Goto, Seishi Ito, Kazuhiro Ukawa, Yukiyoshi Watanabe, Shin-ichi Narabu, Akihiko Yanagi
  • Patent number: 5744612
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for preparing a 5-substituted tetrazole, the process comprising the step of reacting a nitrile with an inorganic azide salt in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an amine salt. According to the invention, a 5-substituted tetrazole can be produced in a high yield with ease and safety using inexpensive raw materials while the reaction is easily controlled to inhibit a side reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Toyo Kasei Kogyo Company Limited
    Inventors: Kiyoto Koguro, Toshikazu Oga, Norihito Tokunaga, Sunao Mitsui, Ryozo Orita
  • Patent number: 5739346
    Abstract: This invention relates to reactive derivatives of 2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-methoxyimino acetic acid and 1H-tetrazol-1-acetic acid of the following general formula I, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.3 = ##STR2## as well as to use thereof in the manufacture of cephalosporin antibiotics such as cefotaxime, ceftriaxone and cefazolin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Lupin Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Debashish Datta, Vinod George, Bishwa Prakash Rai
  • Patent number: 5739374
    Abstract: Diphenylheteroalkyl derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where A and R.sup.1 -R.sup.6 have the meanings specified in the description, and the preparation thereof are described.The substances are suitable for controlling diseases and as cosmetic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Janssen, Hans-Heiner Wuest
  • Patent number: 5736561
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of vascular hypertropy in a mammal by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein ring W is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring residue which may be substituted; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue which optionally binds through a hetero-atom; R.sup.3 represents a group capable of forming an anion or a group capable of changing thereto; X shows that the phenylene and phenyl groups bind to each other directly or through a spacer having an atomic length of two or less; n denotes 1 or 2; a and b forming the heterocyclic ring residue are independently one or two optionally substituted carbon or hetero atoms; c is an optionally substituted carbon or hetero atom; provided that, when the ring W is a condensed ring, R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohei Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 5718845
    Abstract: Nonlinear optical compounds which contain a heteroaromatic ring and may further comprise a tricyanovinyl group attached to the heteroaromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Enichem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Drost, Pushkara Rao Varanasi, Kwan-Yue Alex Jen, Michael Anthony Drzewinski
  • Patent number: 5703110
    Abstract: Benzimidazole derivatives of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein the ring A is a benzene ring which may optionally contain substitution in addition to the R' group; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; R.sup.2 is a group capable of forming an anion or a group convertible thereinto; X is a direct bond or a spacer having an atomic length of two or less between the phenylene group and the phenyl group; R' is carboxyl, an ester thereof, an amide thereof or a group capable of forming an anion or convertible to an anion; Y is --O--, --S(O).sub.m -- or --N(R.sup.4)-- wherein m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl group; and n is an integer of 1 or 2; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, have potent angiotensin II antagonistic activity and antihypertensive activity, thus being useful as therapeutic agents for treating circulatory system diseases such as hypertensive diseases, heart diseases (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Naka, Kohei Nishikawa, Takeshi Kato
  • Patent number: 5674879
    Abstract: Conformationally restricted compounds are described which are therapeutically effective as angiotensin II antagonists for the treatment of circulatory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Robert E. Manning, Horng-Chih Huang
  • Patent number: 5672583
    Abstract: Novel Carboxy-peptidyl compounds of Formula I are found to be useful inhibitors of matrix metalloendoproteinase-mediated diseases including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, tumor invasion in certain cancers, periodontal disease, corneal ulceration, proteinuria, dystrophobic epidermolysis bullosa, coronary thrombosis associated with atherosclerotic plaque rupture, and aneurysmal aortic disease. The matrix metalloendoproteinases are a family of zinc-containing proteinases including but not limited to stromelysin, collagenase, and gelatinase, that are capable of degrading the major components of articular cartilage and basement membranes. The inhibitors claimed herein may also be useful in preventing the pathological sequelae following a traumatic injury that could lead to a permanent disability. These compounds may also have utility as a means for birth control by preventing ovulation or implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Chapman, William Hagmann, Philippe Durette, Craig Esser, Ihor Kopka, Charles Caldwell
  • Patent number: 5650511
    Abstract: Derivatives of 9-deazaguanine are prepared by reacting an aldehyde or ketone with a dialkylaminomalonate to form the corresponding enamine. The enamine is then reacted with a base to form a cyclic pyrrole. The cyclic pyrrole is reacted with an urea compound to provide a protected guanidino compound. The guanidino is converted to the desired 9-deazaguanine derivative by reacting with trifluoracetic acid or with an alkoxide or hydroxide followed by neutralization with an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur J. Elliott, David A. Walsh
  • Patent number: 5646170
    Abstract: Pharmaceutically useful compounds having ACAT inhibitory activity of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is 0, 1, or 2, for X other than tetrazole and n=2 then R.sub.2 .dbd.R.sub.3 .dbd.H; R.sub.1 is phenyl, substituted phenyl, naphthyl, substituted naphthyl, a heteroaromatic group or a hydrocarbon group having from one to 18 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, a heteroaryl, or form a spiroalkyl group; X is a heteromonocyclic 5-membered ring containing one to four heteroatoms, said heteroatoms being nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, and combination thereof; and R.sub.4 is a hydrocarbon group having from one to 20 carbon atoms are described as well as methods of their manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Helen Tsenwhei Lee, Patrick Michael O'Brien, Joseph Armand Picard, Claude Forsey Purchase, Jr., Bruce David Roth, Drago Robert Sliskovic, Andrew David White
  • Patent number: 5639752
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein Z is ##STR2## R.sub.1 is ##STR3## X is O, NH, or S; A, B, D, E, and F are each independently C, N, O, or S; wherein the remaining variables are defined in the specification, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are useful psychotherapeutics and are potent serotonin (5-HT.sub.1) agonists and may be used in the treatment of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, obesity, drug abuse, cluster headache, migraine, pain, chronic paroxysmal hemicrania and headache associated with vascular disorders, and other disorders arising from deficient serotonergic neurotransmission. The compounds can also be used as centrally acting antihypertensives and vasodilators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: John Eugene Macor
  • Patent number: 5633273
    Abstract: 6-Heterocyclic-4-amino-l,2,2a,3,4,5-hexahydrobenz-[cd]indoles are provided which are useful in modifying the function of serotonin in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Richard N. Booher, David E. Lawhorn, Michael J. Martinelli, Charles J. Paget, Jr., John M. Schaus
  • Patent number: 5633371
    Abstract: Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure.Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds: the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Bernauer, Janos Borgulya, Hans Bruderer, Mos e Da Prada, Gerhard Z urcher
  • Patent number: 5607955
    Abstract: A tricyclic compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## exhibits antagonism to angiotensin II receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuo Ohshima, Fumihiko Kanai, Hideyuki Sato, Hiroyuki Obase, Toshiaki Kumazawa, Shiho Takahara, Tetsuji Ohno, Tomoko Ishikawa, Koji Yamada
  • Patent number: 5605920
    Abstract: Disclosed are herbicidal tetrazolinone derivatives, selective in paddy fields of the formula ##STR1## wherein X represents C.sub.1-4 alkyl,n represents 1, 2, 3 or 4,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represents C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-8 cycloalkyl, aryl which may optionally be substituted (wherein the substituent is at least one radical selected from the group consisting of halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-2 haloalkyl, C.sub.1-2 haloalkoxy, C.sub.1-2 haloalkylthio, acyl, nitro and cyano) or aralkyl optionally substituted by halogen orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 form, together with the N-atom to which they are bonded, a cyclic ring which may be substituted. Also, disclosed are novel intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Nihon Bayer Agrochem K.K.
    Inventors: Toshio Goto, Yoshinori Kitagawa, Seishi Ito, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Tatsuya Yamaoka, Chieko Ueno, Yoshiko Kyo
  • Patent number: 5602163
    Abstract: A class of substituted imidazole, triazole and tetrazole derivatives are selective agonists of 5-HT.sub.1 -like receptors and are therefore useful in the treatment of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a selective agonist of these receptors is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Raymond Baker, Victor G. Matassa, Leslie J. Street
  • Patent number: 5602162
    Abstract: A class of substituted imidazole, triazole and tetrazole derivatives are selective agonists of 5-HT.sub.1 -like receptors and are therefore useful in the treatment of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a selective agonist of these receptors is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Raymond Baker, Victor G. Matassa, Leslie J. Street
  • Patent number: 5602127
    Abstract: Angiotensin-II antagonists of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is, other than hydrogen and, inter alia, halogen, lower alkyl or cycloalkyl; R.sub.2 is, inter alia, optionally substituted benzimidazol-2-yl, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-imidazo [1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl, butanesultam-1-yl, imidazol-4-yl, and tetrahydobenzimidazol-2-yl; R.sub.3 is, inter alia, lower alkyl; and, R.sub.4 is an acidic group, such as carboxyl or tetrazolyl. An exemplary compound is: 4'-[(2-n-propyl-4-methyl-6-(butanesultam-1-yl)benzimidazol-1-yl)-methyl]-b iphenyl-2-carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Karl Thomae GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Hauel, Berthold Narr, deceased, Uwe Ries, Jacobus C. A. van Meel, Wolfgang Wienen, Michael Entzeroth
  • Patent number: 5591762
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are angiotensin-II antagonists of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is, other than hydrogen and, inter alia, halogen, lower alkyl or cycloalkyl; R.sub.2 is, inter alia, optionally substituted benzimidazol-2-yl, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl, butanesultam-1-yl, imidazol-4-yl, and tetrahydobenzimidazol-2-yl; R.sub.3 is, inter alia, lower alkyl; and, R.sub.4 is an acidic group, such as carboxyl or tetrazolyl.An exemplary compound is:(a) 4'-[[2-n-propyl-4-methyl-6-(1-methylbenzimidazole-2-yl)-benzimidazol-1-yl] methyl]-biphenyl-2-carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Hauel, Berthold Narr, deceased, Uwe Ries, Jacobus C. A. van Meel, Wolfgang Wienen, Michael Entzeroth
  • Patent number: 5587390
    Abstract: Imidazole derivatives having A II antagonist activity, of Formula I, the processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and the use thereof as therapeutic agents. The described compounds having A II antagonist activity can be used in various cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Istituto Luso Farmaco D'Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Aldo Salimbeni, Fabio Paleari, Jacques Mizrahi, Carlo Scolastico
  • Patent number: 5565485
    Abstract: Phenoxyphenylacetic acids and derivatives of the general structural formula I ##STR1## have endothelin antagonist activity and are useful in treating cardiovascular disorders, such as hypertension, postischemic renal failure, vasospasm, cerebral and cardiac ischemia, myocardial infarction, endotoxic shock, benign prostatic hyperplasia, inflammatory diseases including Raynaud's disease and asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Bagley, Theodore P. Broten, Prasun K. Chakravarty, Daljit S. Dhanoa, Kenneth J. Fitch, William J. Greenlee, Nancy J. Kevin, Douglas J. Pettibone, Ralph A. Rivero, Thomas F. Walsh, David L. Williams, Jr., Richard B. Toupence, Jay M. Matthews