Abstract: The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. Also provided are intermediates useful for preparing said epothilones.

Abstract: Imidazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain, circadian rhythm disorders, and other diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds according to formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, having the designations provided herein and which inhibit the interaction of MDM2 protein with a p53-like peptide and have antiproliferative activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds represented by the Formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with compounds of formula the N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-6alkyl or aryl; R2 is hydrogen; optionally substituted C1-12alkyl; C3-7cycloalkyl; C2-8alkenyl, optionally substituted pyrrolidinyl or aryl; R3 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl or aryl; Het is an optionally substituted unsaturated heterocycle selected from imidazolyl, triazolyl, tetrazolyl and pyridinyl; is an optionally substituted unsaturated mono- or bicyclic heterocycle; and aryl is optionally substituted phenyl. The present invention also relates to processes for their preparation and compositions comprising said new compounds, as well as their use as a medicine.

Abstract: Methods of synthesizing pharmacologically useful oxazolidinones are disclosed, and, in particular, a method of manufacturing a 5-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)-aminomethyl-oxazolidinone by condensing a carbamate with a tert-butylcarbamoyl protected derivative of glycidylamine or 3-amino-1-halopropanol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted polyketides of formula I, wherein A, B and C are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, and the use of said compounds in treating tumors.

Abstract: Compounds according to formula (I) wherein n is 0-3, R′ is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, or C2-6 alkynyl, Heterocycle, Aromatic heterocycle, Aryl or hydrogen and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are each independently selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, or R5 and R8 are an alkylene chain, are novel. They are useful in the treatment of thrombotic conditions and other pathologies associated with fibrin deposition.

Abstract: Disclosed are processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof: wherein R2 is a purine or pyrimidine base or an analogue or derivative thereof; and Z is S, S═O or SO2. The invention also relates to intermediates of use in the preparation of these compounds.

Abstract: Methods for producing azole compounds useful as intermediates for antifungal compounds and compositions including reaction of epoxy alcohols with reactants having active hydrogen attached to nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur in the presence of redox coupling agents. In some embodiments, a procedure known as a Mitsunobu reaction is utilized for the transformations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic amide derivatives of the formula 1

Abstract: Imidazole compounds having adenosine deaminase inhibitory activity represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is aryl or heterocyclic group which is optionally substituted with substituent(s); R2 is lower alkyl; R3 is hydroxy or protected hydroxy; -A- is lower alkylene; and —X—is —O— or —S—; provided that when then R1 is aryl which is substituted with substituent(s), or heterocyclic group which is optionally substituted with substituent(s), its prodrug, or their salt. The compounds are useful for treating and/or preventing diseases for which adenosine is effective.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a group of novel 1H-imidazole derivatives, to methods for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of these compounds as an active component. These 1H-imidazole derivatives are potent cannabinoid-CB1 receptor agonists, partial agonists or antagonists, useful for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders, as well as and other diseases involving cannabinoid neurotransmission. The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein R and R1-R4 have the meanings given in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the general Formula (XIII): 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic antagonists of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antagonists of the corticotropin releasing factor receptor (“CRF receptor”) 1

Abstract: Compounds effective as IP receptor modulators, particularly IP receptor antagonists, that are of the formula I: 1

Abstract: This invention relates to substituted imidazoles of Formula I 1

Abstract: Nucleic acid labeling compounds containing heterocyclic derivatives are disclosed. The heterocyclic derivative containing compounds are synthesized by condensing a heterocyclic derivative with a cyclic group (e.g. a ribofuranose derivative). The labeling compounds are suitable for enzymatic attachment to a nucleic acid, either terminally or internally, to provide a mechanism of nucleic acid detection.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) 1

Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl), their synthesis method and cosmetic, hygienic or pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention also concerns the use, in a physiologically acceptable medium, in or for preparing a soothing composition, of at least a compound of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl). The invention further concerns the use, in a physiologically acceptable medium, in or for producing a composition, of at least a compound of the family of 3-Alkyl-(4,5 diphenyl-imidazol-1-yl), the compound or the composition being designed to soothe skin troubles such as sensitive skins, discomfort, gnawing, itching, irritations, red spots, heat and/or flush sensations, advantageously sensitive and/or irritable and/or reactive and/or allergic symptoms of the skin and/or the scalp and/or mucosa.

Abstract: This invention provides azoles which may be useful as inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases). The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and their use in treating human or animal disorders. The compounds of the invention may be useful as inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatases and thus can be useful for the management, treatment, control and adjunct treatment of diseases mediated by PTPase activity. Such diseases include Type I diabetes, Type II diabetes.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula 1 1

Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (I) where the substituents are defined in the specification, which are useful as agonists or antagonists of somatostatin receptors.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the Formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) 1

Abstract: The invention concerns novel azole or triazole derivatives of formula (Ia) or (Ib), wherein: X, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, A, B and R1 are such as defined in the description, the method for preparing same and their use as fungicides.

Abstract: A method for preparing an imidazolyl compound corresponding to the formula (I) 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula I, 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfonamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as antagonists of urotensin II.

Abstract: The present invention provides new trans-9,10-dehydroepothilone C and trans-9,10-dehydroepothilone D based derivative compounds, compositions and methods of inhibiting cellular hyperproliferation and/or stabilizing microtubules in vitro and of treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in vivo. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds and methods for treating melanocortin receptor associated disorders, such as weight loss disorders including cachexia resulting from cancer and other chronic illnesses.

Abstract: Pharmaceutically useful heterocyclic compounds, compositions containing them, and methods of using them, for example, as histamine H3 receptor mediators.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula 1

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein Z is SO2(N6) or N(R7)SO2 or N(R7)SO2N(R6) useful as metalloproteinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of MMP12.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein z is SO2 or SO, useful as metalloproteinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of MMP12.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted imidazoles, to the use of these compounds as medicaments, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to a method of treatment employing these compounds and compositions. The present compounds show a high and selective binding affinity to the histamine H3 receptor indicating a histamine H3 receptor antagonistic or agonistic activity. As a result, the compounds are useful for the treatment of disorders related to the histamine H3 receptor. More particularly, the present compounds possess a histamine H3 receptor agonistic activity and are accordingly useful in the treatment of disorders in which a histamine H3 receptor activation is beneficial.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) that act as cannabinoid receptor ligands and their uses in the treatment diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by cannabinoid receptor antagonists in animals are described herein.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the following formula: 1

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-thio-substituted imidazole derivatives of the formula I 1

Abstract: The invention relates to the 2-mercapto-4,5-diarylimidazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are defined as in the description. The inventive compounds have an immunomodulatory and cyclooxygenase-inhibiting activity and are therefore suitable for the treatment of diseases that are associated with a disturbed immune system.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein z —O— or —S—, useful as metalloproteinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of MMP12.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel 3-heterocyclic benzylamides and related derivatives having the general Formula I 1

Abstract: The invention discloses a novel series of compound represented by general formula (I), 1

Abstract: Compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds having the Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug or solvate thereof, wherein Het and R5-R13 are set in the specification. The invention also is directed to the use of compounds of Formula I for the treatment of neuronal damage following global and focal ischemia, for the treatment or prevention of neurodegenerative conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of both acute or chronic pain, as antitinnitus agents, as anticonvulsants, and as antimanic depressants, as local anesthetics, as antiarrhythmics and for the treatment or prevention of diabetic neuropathy.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): 1

Abstract: Nobel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.

Abstract: Amino methyl imidazoles of Formula I are provided: 1

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I 1

Abstract: This invention relates to low molecular weight, non-peptidic, non-peptidomimetic, organic molecules that act as modulators of mammalian complement C5a receptors, preferably ones that act as high affinity C5a receptor ligands and also to such ligands that act as antagonists or inverse agonists of complement C5a receptors, preferably human C5a receptors, Preferred compounds of the invention possess one or more, and preferably two or more, three or more, four or more, or all of the following properties in that they are; 1) multi-aryl in structure (having a plurality of un-fused or fused aryl groups), 2) heteroaryl in structure, 3) orally available in vivo (such that a sub-lethal or preferably a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dose can provide a detectable in vitro effect such as a reduction of C5a-induced neutropenia), 4) comprised of fewer than four, preferably fewer than three, or fewer than two, or no amide bonds, and 5) capable of inhibiting leukocyte chemotaxis at nanomolar concentrations and preferably at