Two Double Bonds Between Ring Members Of The Five-membered Hetero Ring (e.g., 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindoles, Etc.) Patents (Class 548/516)
  • Publication number: 20040152891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfonamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as antagonists of urotensin II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Dashyant Dhanak, Timothy F. Gallagher, Steven D. Knight
  • Patent number: 6559319
    Abstract: A multi-step method of synthesizing ketorolac, an analgesic compound, is shown. Several of the reactions and intermediate compounds are novel. The reaction sequence begins with the known compound N-2-bromoethylpyrrole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Caskey, John R. Duchek, Henry J. Buehler
  • Patent number: 6548532
    Abstract: Indolecarboxylic acid compounds and derivatives thereof are useful for treating seboarhea and the dermatitides associated therewith, especially acne and/or blackheads and/or comedones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Societe L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Maria Dalko, Jean-Baptiste Galey, Bruno Bernard
  • Patent number: 6541507
    Abstract: Indolecarboxylic acid compounds and derivatives thereof, notably 4,6-dimethoxyindole-2-carboxylic acid and derivatives thereof, are especially useful for inducing/stimulating mammalian hair growth and/or preventing/retarding mammalian hair loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Societe L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Maria Dalko, Jean-Baptiste Galey, Bruno Bernard
  • Patent number: 6448243
    Abstract: A novel 1,4-substituted cyclic amine derivative represented by the following formula or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: (wherein A, B, C, D, T, Y and Z represent each methine or nitrogen; R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent each a substituent; n represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3; m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 6; and p represents an integer of 1 to 3.) The compound has a serotonin antagonism and is clinically useful as medicament, in particular, for treating, ameliorating and preventing spastic paralysis or central muscle relaxants for ameliorating myotonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritaka Kitazawa, Kohshi Ueno, Keiko Takahashi, Teiji Kimura, Atsushi Sasaki, Koki Kawano, Tadashi Okabe, Makoto Komatsu, Manabu Matsunaga, Atsuhiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 6433199
    Abstract: The invention relates to a quinone derivative of the following formula: which is capable of converting into two alkylating agents upon bioreduction. Substituents A, B, C, and D are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Shionogi BioResearch Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ono, Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Yumiko Wada, Wojciech Wrona, Natalie Dales, Xueliang Tao, Sylvia Holden
  • Patent number: 6417371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process process for the preparation of the compound of the formula I where the compound of the formula III is reacted with oxalyl chloride and the product obtained is treated with hydrazine and an alkali metal hydroxide in the aqueous phase at elevated temperature, after treatment is complete a three-phase system is produced by addition of an ether and the compound of the formula I is obtained by acidifying the middle phase. The invention moreover relates to a polymorph of the compound of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Merckle GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kammermeier, Stefan Laufer, Philipp Merckle, Hans-Guenter Striegel
  • Patent number: 6395766
    Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are GABA-A Alpha 5 ligands useful for enhancing cognition: where A is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, arylC1-6alkyl, or aryl wherein the aryl group is optionally substituted by halogen, C1-6alkyl, CF3, CN, NO2 or NH2, NR1R10, S(O)pR1, heteroarylC1-6alkyl or heteroaryl where heteroaryl is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring as defined for B; and B is phenyl or a 5-membered ring having one or two unsaturations containing 1, 2, 3, or 4 heteroatoms chosen from O, N and S provided that not more than one heteroatom is other than N, a 6-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2, 3 or 4 nitrogen atoms, each of which rings is optionally substituted by one or more substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Howard Barff Broughton, Helen Jane Bryant, Mark Stuart Chambers, Neil Roy Curtis
  • Patent number: 6391917
    Abstract: Dialkyl urea compounds are described which act as calcitonin mimetics. These compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases which are associated with bone resorption. The calcitonin mimetics of the present invention are also useful in assays for the determination of calcitonin receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: ZymoGenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Petrie, Patricia A. McKernan, Emma E. Moore, John M. Ostresh, Jean-Philippe Meyer, Richard A. Houghten, Clemencia Pinilla
  • Patent number: 6376489
    Abstract: Novel compounds that are potent and selective inhibitors of PDE4, as well as methods of making the same, are disclosed. Use of the compounds in the treatment of inflammatory disease and other diseases involving elevated levels of cytokines, as well as central nervous system (CNS) disorders, also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: ICOS Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Martins, Kerry W. Fowler, Joshua Odingo, Laurence E. Burgess, Stephen T. Schlachter
  • Patent number: 6353109
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: W represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl; T is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amino or alkyl; X is hydrogen, hydroxy, or lower alkyl; m is 0, 1, or 2; n is 0, 1, or 2; and R3 and R4 represent substituted or unsubstituted organic residues. These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors. These compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Albaugh, Gang Liu, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 6323344
    Abstract: 5-Benzoyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolizine-1-carboxamides of the formula where R1 is alkyl and R2 is optionally substituted phenyl; and the method for their preparation and their conversion to ketorolac and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Harrington, Hiralal N. Khatri, George C. Schloemer
  • Patent number: 6291507
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or amide thereof, which is an inhibitor of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and wherein A and B form an optionally substituted alkylene chain so as to form a ring with the carbon atoms to which they are attached; X is CH2 or SO2, R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl ring; R2 is a specified organic group such as carboxy, and R3 is hydrogen or a specified organic group; in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Certain compounds of formula (I) are novel and are claimed as such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Astrazeneca UK Limited
    Inventors: Alan W Faull, Andrew J Barker, Jason G Kettle
  • Publication number: 20010020035
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: PAMELA ALBAUGH, GANG LIU, ALAN HUTCHISON
  • Patent number: 6255351
    Abstract: Dialkyl urea compounds are described which act as calcitonin mimetics. These compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases which are associated with bone resorption. The calcitonin mimetics of the present invention are also useful in assays for the determination of calcitonin receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: ZymoGenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Petrie, Patricia A. McKernan, Emma E. Moore, John M. Ostresh, Jean-Philippe Meyer, Richard A. Houghten, Clemencia Pinilla
  • Patent number: 6218419
    Abstract: The subject application concerns novel compounds with useful biological properties. For example, these compounds can be used as antinflammatory, anti-proliferative, immunomodulatory, and/or neuroprotective agents. Specific examples of the compounds of the subject invention include Secobatzelline A and Secobatzelline B, which can be isolated from marine sponges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarath P. Gunasekera, Peter J. McCarthy, Ross E. Longley, Shirley A. Pomponi, Amy E. Wright
  • Patent number: 6197976
    Abstract: 5-Benzoyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolizine-1-carboxamides of the formula where R1 is alkyl and R2 is optionally substituted phenyl, and the method for their preparation and their conversion to ketorolac and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC
    Inventors: Peter J. Harrington, Hiralal N. Khatri, George C. Schloemer
  • Patent number: 6127402
    Abstract: Compounds selected from the group of compounds represented by formula I: where:R.sub.10 is represented by the formula (A), (B), or (C): ##STR1## R.sub.20 is represented by the formula (U), (V), or (W): ##STR2## and the other substituents are as defined in the specification; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts;are inhibitors of prostaglandin G/H synthase and are anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: Denis J. Kertesz, Edvige Galeazzi Toscani, Deborah C. Reuter, Eric B. Sjogren
  • Patent number: 6096887
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses structures of the formula I: ##STR1## or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: ##STR2## W represents substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; X is hydrogen, hydroxy or lower alkyl;T is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, nitro, amino or alkyl;R.sub.3 is hydrogen or an organic group;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted organic substituent;R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent organic, and inorganic substituents; and n is 1,2,3, or 4,which compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors. These compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Albaugh, Gang Liu, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 6080873
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses structures of the formula I: ##STR1## or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: G represents ##STR2## where Q is aryl substituents optionally mono or disubstituted with hydroxy or halogen;T is halogen, hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino or alkoxy having 1-6 carbon atoms;W is oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, or optionally substituted methylene;X is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or alkyl;Z is an organic or inorganic substituent optionally forming a ring with subtituents on Q; ##STR3## independently represent optionally substituted carbon chains; wherein k, m, and n are independently 0, or an integer of from 1-3R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 are the same or different and represent organic or inorganic substituents.These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Albaugh, Gang Liu, Kenneth Shaw, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 5969133
    Abstract: A compound which consists of a proactive alkylating moiety containing an electron-withdrawing group, a bioreductive moiety containing at least two double bonds, and a linker joining the proactive alkylating moiety and the bioreductive moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Shiongi BioResearch Corp.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ono, Keizo Koya, Lijun Sun, Yumiko Wada, Wojciech Wrona, Natalie Dales, Xueliang Tao, Sylvia Holden
  • Patent number: 5958943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 -R.sup.7, B, a and X have the meanings recited in the specification. These compounds are usable in the treatment of diseases of the rheumatoid variety and for the prevention of allergically induced diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Merckle GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Laufer, Hans Gunther Striegel, Gerd Dannhardt
  • Patent number: 5952316
    Abstract: 2-Amino-1,3-propanediol compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is an optionally substituted straight- or branched carbon chain, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or the like, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen, an alkyl, an aralkyl, an acyl or an alkoxycarbonyl, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and immunosuppressants comprising these compounds as active ingredients.The 2-amino-1,3-propanediol compounds of the present invention show immunosuppressive action and are useful for suppressing rejection in organ or bone marrow tranplantation, prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases or as reagents for use in medicinal and pharmaceutical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignees: Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Taito Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Fujita, Shigeo Sasaki, Masahiko Yoneta, Tadashi Mishina, Kunitomo Adachi, Kenji Chiba
  • Patent number: 5942535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 -R.sup.7, B, a and X have the meanings recited in the specification. These compounds are usable in the treatment of diseases of the rheumatoid group and for the prevention of allergically induced diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Merckle GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Laufer, Hans Gunther Striegel, Gerd Dannhardt
  • Patent number: 5925770
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses structures of the formula: ##STR1## or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: ##STR2## wherein: W represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl;X is hydrogen,T is hydrogen, and n is 3,which compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors. These compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Albaugh, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 5804686
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses structures of the formula I: ##STR1## or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: G represents ##STR2## where Q is aryl substituents optionally mono or disubstituted with hydroxy or halogen;T is halogen, hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino or alkoxy having 1-6 carbon atoms;W is oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, or optionally substituted methylene;X is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or alkyl;Z is an organic or inorganic substituent optionally forming a ring with subtituents on Q; ##STR3## independently represent optionally substituted carbon chains; wherein k, m, and n are independently 0, or an integer of from 1-3 R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 are the same or different and represent organic or inorganic substituents.These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Albaugh, Gang Liu, Kenneth Shaw, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 5684160
    Abstract: The invention is directed to 3-aminopyrroles of formula I, which are largely new, to methods for the preparation and to their use as medicinal agents and preparations, as well as to anti-convulsive or analgesic preparations containing these 3-aminopyrroles.Disubstituted and monosubstituted amino groups are claimed as 3-amino substituents.The invention pursues the objective of developing largely new 3-aminopyrroles, which have CNS activity, particularly ones which anti-convulsive or analgesic properties, as well as methods for their preparation and their use as medicinal preparations.Pursuant to the invention, the synthesis is carried out by cyclizing open-chain precursors, such as aminoacrylic acid derivative, or by modifying pyrroles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Arzneimettelwerk Dresden GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Scharfenberg, Jurgen Liebscher, Alexander Knoll, Aleksej Uschmajew, Andreas Rolfs, Dieter Lohman, Gottfried Faust, Eveline Morgenstern
  • Patent number: 5604229
    Abstract: 2-Amino-1,3-propanediol compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is an optionally substituted straight- or branched carbon chain, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or the like, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen, an alkyl, an aralkyl, an acyl or an alkoxycarbonyl, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and immunosuppressants comprising these compounds as active ingredients.The 2-amino-1,3-propanediol compounds of the present invention show immunosuppressive action and are useful for suppressing rejection in organ or bone marrow tranplantation, prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases or as reagents for use in medicinal and pharmaceutical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignees: Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Taito Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Fujita, Shigeo Sasaki, Masahiko Yoneta, Tadashi Mishina, Kunitomo Adachi, Kenji Chiba
  • Patent number: 5580888
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (1) ##STR1## are described wherein Y is a halogen atom or a group --OR.sup.1, wherein R.sup.1 is an optionally substituted alkyl group; X is --O--, --S-- or --N(R.sup.6)--, where R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R.sup.2 is an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, is each a group --(CH.sup.2).sub.n Ar, where Ar is a monocyclic or bicyclic aryl group optionally containing one or more heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen atoms and n is zero or an integer 1, 2 or 3; R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides. Compounds according to the invention are potent, selective and orally active PDE IV inhibitors and are useful in the prophylaxis and treatment of asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Celltech Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Graham J. Warrellow, Ewan C. Boyd, Rikki P. Alexander
  • Patent number: 5543423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that can maintain, increase, or restore sensitivity of cells to therapeutic or prophylactic agents. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well-suited for treatment of multi-drug resistant cells, for prevention of the development of multi-drug resistance, and for use in multi-drug resistant cancer therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert E. Zelle, Matthew W. Harding
  • Patent number: 5523306
    Abstract: Novel .alpha.-substituted Trp dipeptoid derivatives cyclized at the C-terminal useful as agents in the treatment of obesity, hypersecretion of gastric acid in the gut, gastrin-dependent tumors, or as antipsychotics are disclosed. Further, the compounds are antianxiety agents and antiulcer agents. They are agents useful for preventing the response to the withdrawal from chronic treatment with or use of nicotine, diazepam, alcohol, cocaine, caffeine, or opioids. The compounds of the invention are also useful in treating and/or preventing panic attacks. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment using the compounds as well as processes for preparing them and novel intermediates useful in their preparation. An additional feature of the invention is the use of the compounds in diagnostic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: David C. Horwell, Martyn C. Pritchard, Edward Roberts, Reginald S. Richardson
  • Patent number: 5516784
    Abstract: Compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein Ar, W, Z, Q, R.sub.1, U, and T are as set forth herein, are described. These compounds are active as agents against retroviruses and in particular against HIV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Bennett, Ashit Ganguly, Viyyoor Girijavallabhan, Naginbhai Patel
  • Patent number: 5502051
    Abstract: The invention is directed to 3-aminopyrroles of formula I, which are largely new, to methods for the preparation and to their use as medicinal agents and preparations, as well as to anti-convulsive or analgesic preparations containing these 3-aminopyrroles.Disubstituted and monosubstituted amino groups are claimed as 3-amino substituents.The invention pursues the objective of developing largely new 3-aminopyrroles, which have CNS activity, particularly ones which anti-convulsive or analgesic properties, as well as methods for their preparation and their use as medicinal preparations.Pursuant to the invention, the synthesis is carried out by cyclizing open-chain precursors, such as aminoacrylic acid derivative, or by modifying pyrroles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Arzneimittelwerk Dresden GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Scharfenberg, Ju/ rgen Liebscher, Alexander Knoll, Aleksej Uschmajew, Andreas Rolfs, Dieter Lohman, Gottfried Faust, Eveline Morgenstern
  • Patent number: 5484944
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses structures of the formula I: ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: ##STR2## wherein:W represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups;X is hydrogen, hydroxy or lower alkyl;T is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amino or alkyl;R.sub.3 is hydrogen or an organic group;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted organic substituent;R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent organic, and inorganic substituents; andn is 1, 2, 3, or 4.These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors. These compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Albaugh, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 5482942
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 4-(3,4-dioxocyclobuten-1-yl)chromenes and dihydronaphthalenones and 3-(3,4-dioxocyclobuten-1-yl)indenes and salts thereof having smooth muscle relaxing activity, to their use in the treatment of hypertension as well as for treatment of peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, disorders involving excessive smooth muscle contraction of the urinary tract such as incontinence or of the gastrointestinal tract such as irritable bowel syndrome, asthma, and hair loss and to pharmaceutical compositions containing an invention compound. The present invention discloses compounds represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independent from each other, are selected from the following: C.sub.1-6 perfluoroalkoxy, C.sub.1-6 perfluoroalkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, hydroxyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, nitro, cyano, halogen, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulfonamido, C.sub.1-6 perfluoroalkylsulfonamido, amino, C.sub.1-6 acylamino, C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Richard M. Soll, Paul J. Dollings
  • Patent number: 5397788
    Abstract: Novel .alpha.-substituted Trp dipeptoid derivatives cyclized at the C-terminal useful as agents in the treatment of obesity, hypersecretion of gastric acid in the gut, gastrin-dependent tumors, or as antipsychotics are disclosed. Further, the compounds are antianxiety agents and antiulcer agents. They are agents useful for preventing the response to the withdrawal from chronic treatment with or use of nicotine, diazepam, alcohol, cocaine, caffeine, or opioids. The compounds of the invention are also useful in treating and/or preventing panic attacks. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment using the compounds as well as processes for preparing them and novel intermediates useful in their preparation. An additional feature of the invention is the use of the compounds in diagnostic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: David C. Horwell, Martyn C. Pritchard, Edward Roberts, Reginald S. Richardson
  • Patent number: 5354891
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing aromatic amine derivatives in a high yield at a low price, which comprises inducing an aromatic hydroxamic acid derivative to undergo a rearrangement reaction under a mild condition in the presence of a base and a nitrile or a nitrile equivalent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Obayashi
  • Patent number: 5017213
    Abstract: Herbicidal 1-phenylpyrroles of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R.sup.1 represents methyl or together form a tetramethylene group,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, cyclopropylmethyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy-C.sub.1-2 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkylthio-C.sub.1-2 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkylsulfinyl-C.sub.1-2 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkylsulfonyl-C.sub.1-2 alkyl, benzyl or phenylethyl which are optionally substituted by halogen, C.sub.3-4 alkenyl, C.sub.3-4 alkynyl, C.sub.3-4 haloalkenyl, C.sub.2-3 cyanoalkyl or carbmoylmethyl, thiocarbamoylmethyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, CH.sub.2 COOR.sup.3, ##STR2## or a C.sub.1-2 alkyl group which is connected with an optionally substituted 5-6 membered heterocyclic group, whereinR.sup.3 represents C.sub.1-6 alkyl or C.sub.5-6 cycloalkyl,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or cyclopropyl,R.sup.5 represents OR.sup.6 or N(CH.sub.3).sub.2, in whichR.sup.6 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1-5 alkyl, allyl, propargyl or benzyl, andn represents 0 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: Nihon Tokushu Noyaku Seizo K. K.
    Inventors: Toyohiko Kume, Toshio Goto, Atsumi Kamochi, Akihiko Yanagi, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Tadao Asami
  • Patent number: 5013736
    Abstract: An azaazulene derivative having the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or isopropyl group; the bond C N between C at the 2-position and N at the 1-position is single bond or double bond; when the bond C N is single bond, R.sup.2 is 5-tetrazolyl group, R.sup.3 is taken together with carbon atom to form carbonyl group at the 2-position, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkyl group having oxygen atom or sulfur atom in carbon chain, a lower alkyl group having a halogen atom or cyano group, a lower alkyl group having heteroaromatic ring, a diphenyl lower alkyl group, or a lower alkyl group having hydrocarbon-aromatic ring with the general formula: ##STR2## in which W is single bond or carbonyl group, oxygen atom, sulfur atom or --CH.dbd.CH--, n is an integer of 1 to 6, and R.sup.1', R.sup.2' and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiko Nagahara, Chikara Ieda, Mitsuo Mimura, Katsuhiro Uchida, Soichiro Sato, Makoto Okumura
  • Patent number: 4853149
    Abstract: Heterocyclic liquid crystal compounds containing the structural element ##STR1## wherein M is H, CN,, NCS, halogen or an alkyl group with 1-5 C atoms,X is CR.sup.4 or N,Y is CHR.sup.4, O, S or NR.sup.5,R.sup.4 is H, alkyl with 1-15 C atoms, halogen or cyano andR.sup.5 is H or alkyl with 1-15 C atoms,with the proviso that in the case where Y=CHR.sup.4, X is N, are suitable as components of liquid crystal phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Joachim Krause, Andreas Wachtler, Bernhard Scheuble, Georg Weber
  • Patent number: 4745222
    Abstract: This invention relates to aryloxycycloalkanolaminoalkylene aryl ketones to the processes for their preparation and to their use as antihypertensive agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. LeTourneau, James R. McCarthy, Donald L. Trepanier
  • Patent number: 4737519
    Abstract: The present invention provides certain novel substituted naphthalenes, indoles, benzofurans, and benzothiophenes of Formula I which are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene biosynthesis and as inhibitors of lipoxygenase. They are thus employed wherever it is medically necessary or desirable to inhibit these systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Ayako Yamashita, Herbert G. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4736043
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of 4-hydroxyindole derivatives of the general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical containing up to 6 carbon atoms and R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical containing up to 6 carbon atoms, wherein a compound of the general formula: ##STR2## in which R.sub.2 has the same meaning as above, is reacted with a compound of the general formula:R.sub.3 --CH.sub.2 --CO--COOR.sub.1 (III)in which R.sub.1 has the same meaning as above and R.sub.3 is a reactive residue, to give a 2-(2-imino-6-oxocyclohexylidene)-propionic acid derivative of the general formula: ##STR3## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 have the same meanings as above, which is then cyclized in known manner to give a compound of the general formula: ##STR4## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 have the same meaning as above, which is subsequently dehydrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: Boehringer Manneheim GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Michel, Roland Ofenloch
  • Patent number: 4666934
    Abstract: The compound 6,9-deepoxy-6,9-(phenylimino)-.DELTA..sup.6,8 -prostaglandin I.sub.1, potassium salt and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Bradley D. Anderson
  • Patent number: 4521606
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed bicyclic-substituted aminoethanol derivatives, therapeutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, processes for their preparation, methods of using the derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions. The derivatives are useful for treating hypertension in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: American Home Products Corp.
    Inventors: Andre A. Asselin, Danilo A. Crosilla, Leslie G. Humber
  • Patent number: 4496742
    Abstract: Novel structural analogues of 5,6-dihydro PGI.sub.2 of the formula: ##STR1## and the corresponding 10,11-didehydro-11-deoxy derivatives are useful as antiallergy agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Herman W. Smith
  • Patent number: 4442291
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound having the formula ##STR1## which is used as an intermediate in the preparation of octahydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-g]isoquinolines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Berger, Gary L. Olson
  • Patent number: 4383112
    Abstract: Chiral Schiff bases according to the general formula: ##STR1## and transition metal complexes thereof, wherein C.sup.* is an asymmetric carbon atom, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different are alkyl, aralkyl, aryl or alkaryl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl or alkaryl, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen or lower alkyl or, where n is 1, may with the cyclic ring to which CR.sup.4 R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Dale A. Laidler, David J. Milner
  • Patent number: 4347186
    Abstract: 5-Substituted-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrrole-1-carboxylic acids of the formula ##STR1## wherein: X is hydrogen or lower alkyl; Ar is a moiety selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## in which: Y is oxygen or sulfur;R is hydrogen, methyl, chloro, or bromo, the R substitution being at the 3, 4 or 5 position of the ring;R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkylcarbonyl, fluoro, chloro or bromo, the R.sup.1 substitution being at any available position in the ring;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;are prepared by .beta.-decarboxylation of the corresponding dialkyl-1,1-dicarboxylates. Certain substituted pyrroles are useful as intermediates for preparing the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Muchowski, Robert Greenhouse
  • Patent number: RE34918
    Abstract: An azaazulene derivative having the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or isopropyl group; the bond C N between C at the 2-position and N at the 1-position is single bond or double bond; when the bond C N is single bond, R.sup.2 is 5-tetrazolyl group, R.sup.3 is taken together with carbon atom to form carbonyl group at the 2-position, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkyl group having oxygen atom or sulfur atom in carbon chain, a lower alkyl group having a halogen atom or cyano group, a lower alkyl group having heteroaromatic ring, a diphenyl lower alkyl group, or a lower alkyl group having hydrocarbon-aromatic ring with the general formula: ##STR2## in which W is single bond or carbonyl group, oxygen atom, sulfur atom or --CH.dbd.CH--, n is an integer of 1 to 6, and R.sup.1', R.sup.2' and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiko Nagahara, Chikara Ieda, Mitsuo Mimura, Katsuhiro Uchida, Soichiro Sato, Makoto Okumura