Nitrogen Attached Indirectly To The Five-membered Hetero Ring By Acyclic Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 548/561)
  • Patent number: 10844011
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a sulfonylpyrrole compound useful as a pharmaceutical product, a production method of an intermediate used for the method, and a novel intermediate. The present invention relates to a method of producing sulfonylpyrrole compound (VIII), which includes reducing compound (III) and hydrolyzing the reduced product to give compound (IV), subjecting compound (IV) to a sulfonylation reaction to give compound (VI), and subjecting compound (VI) to an amination reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nagata, Naohiro Fukuda, Tomomi Ikemoto
  • Patent number: 9840518
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is 17-chloro-5,13,14,22-tetramethyl-28-oxa-2,9-dithia-5,6,12,13,22-pentaazaheptacyclo[27.7.1.14,7.011,15.016,21.020,24.030,35]octatriaconta-1(37),4(38),6,11,14,16,18,20,23,29,31,33,35-tridecaene-23-carboxylic acid (Formula I) and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions of 17-chloro-5,13,14,22-tetramethyl-28-oxa-2,9-dithia-5,6,12,13,22-pentaazaheptacyclo[27.7.1.14,7.011,15.016,21.020,24.030,35]octatriaconta-1(37),4(38),6,11,14,16,18,20,23,29,31,33,35-tridecaene-23-carboxylic acid, and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of treating cancer with such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Alexander Hird, Wenzhan Yang, Daniel Robbins, Steven Kazmirski, Dedong Wu, Bo Peng, Jeffrey Johannes, Michelle Lamb
  • Patent number: 9822092
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease characterized by abnormal activity of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Accordingly, the compound of formula (I) can be used in treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12, and/or MMP-13. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Claus Ehrhardt, Leslie Wighton McQuire, Pascal Rigollier, Olivier Rogel, Michael David Shultz, Ruben Alberto Tommasi
  • Publication number: 20150141480
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new class of synthetic carbohydrate receptor compounds comprising Formula I as described herein: (I). Other aspects of the present invention relate to pharmaceutical compositions and pharmaceutical delivery vehicles comprising the compound of Formula (I) The present invention is also directed to methods of treatment and diagnosis that involve the administration of a compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Adam B. Braunschweig, Stephen Rieth, Matthew Miner
  • Patent number: 9029402
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such GSNOR inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nivalis Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Wasley, Gary J. Rosenthal, Xicheng Sun, Sarah Strong, Jian Qiu
  • Patent number: 8906946
    Abstract: Compounds acting as selective antagonists of Transient Receptor Potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 (hereinafter referred to as TRPM8), having formula: Wherein R is selected from: H, Br, CN, NO2, SO2NH2, SO2NHR? and SO2NR?2, where R? is selected from linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; X is selected from: F, Cl, C1-C3 alkyl, NH2 and OH Y is selected from: O, CH2, NH and SO2 R1 and R2, independently one from the other, are selected from H, F and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; R3 and R4, independently one from the other, are selected from H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; Z is selected from: NR6 and R6R7N+, where R6 and R7 independently one from the other, are selected from: H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl R5 is a residue selected from: H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl Het is a heteroaryl group selected from a substituted or not substituted pyrrolyl, a substituted or not substituted N-methylpyrrolyl, a substituted or not substituted thiophenyl, a substituted or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dompe' S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessio Moriconi, Gianluca Bianchini, Andrea Aramini, Laura Brandolini, Chiara Liberati, Silvia Bovolenta, Andrea Beccari, Simone Lorenzi
  • Publication number: 20140315898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel N-arylamide-substituted trifluoroethyl sulfide derivatives of the formula (I) in which X1, X2, X3, X4, R1, R2, R3, n have the meanings given in the description—to their use as acaricides and insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for their preparation
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Adeline Koehler, Bernd Alig, Angela Becker, Arnd Voerste, Ulrich Goergens, Reiner Fischer, Wahed Ahmed Moradi, Silvia Cerezo-Galvez, Julia Johanna Hahn, Kerstin Ilg, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Takuya Gomibuchi, Masahito Ito, Daiei Yamazaki, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Eiichi Shimojo
  • Publication number: 20140303378
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a sulfonylpyrrole compound useful as a pharmaceutical product, a production method of an intermediate used for the method, and a novel intermediate. The present invention relates to a method of producing sulfonylpyrrole compound (VIII), which includes reducing compound (III) and hydrolyzing the reduced product to give compound (IV), subjecting compound (IV) to a sulfonylation reaction to give compound (VI), and subjecting compound (VI) to an amination reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Tomomi IKEMOTO, Hideya MIZUFUNE, Toshiaki NAGATA, Misayo SERA, Naohiro FUKUDA, Takeshi YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140249313
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to quinine-based and quinidine-based catalysts. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of preparing a chiral, non-racemic compound from a prochiral electron-deficient alkene, comprising the step of: reacting a prochiral electron-deficient alkene with a nucleophile in the presence of a catalyst; thereby producing a chiral, non-racemic compound; wherein said catalyst is a derivatized quinine or quinidine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Brandeis University
    Inventor: Li Deng
  • Patent number: 8778985
    Abstract: Small molecules are used to inhibit specific receptor-ligand interaction between Alzheimer's amyloid-? peptide (A?) and Receptor for Advanced Gly-cation Endproducts (RAGE). Objectives include treating Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies involving cerebral amyloid angiopathy; improving blood flow to or within the brain; decreasing the level of A? in the brain; reducing neuropathology associated with Alzheimer's disease; reducing inflammation and/or oxidant stress in the brain; improving memory and/or learning; treating other conditions involving A?/RAGE interaction at the blood-brain barrier, RAGE-mediated transport of A? into the brain, or RAGE activation in brain vasculature and/or brain parenchyma (e.g., diabetic complications); or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Rochester
    Inventors: Berislav V. Zlokovic, Rashid Deane, Benjamin L. Miller
  • Publication number: 20140187795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for the preparation of compounds useful as CRTH2 antagonists. Compounds prepared by the processes of the invention are of Formula (AI), (All) and Compound (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: James Jia, Regina Graul, Wayne C Schairer, Vishnu Karnati, Ray Forslund
  • Publication number: 20140121343
    Abstract: An imine phenol compound having Structure I: wherein O and N represent oxygen and nitrogen respectively; R comprises a halogen, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group; R2 and R3 can each independently be hydrogen, a halogen, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group; and Q is a donor group. A method comprising contacting a catalyst composition with a monomer under conditions suitable for the formation of a polymer wherein the catalyst composition comprises a metal salt complex of an imine (bis)phenolate compound, a solid oxide, and an optional metal alkyl and wherein the metal salt complex of an imine (bis)phenolate compound has Structure XIV where M is titanium, zirconium, or hafnium; OEt2 is ethoxide, R comprises a halogen, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group; and R2 comprises hydrogen, a halogen, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Mark L. Hlavinka
  • Patent number: 8674115
    Abstract: Modulators of CRTH2, particularly antagonists of CRTH2, that are useful for treating various disorders, including asthma and respiratory disorders are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ara Mermerian, Bo Peng, Colleen Hudson, Charles Kim, Joel Moore, Jason Rohde, Kevin Sprott, Regina Graul, Takashi Nakai, James Jia, Wilmin Bartolini
  • Patent number: 8642628
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such GSNOR inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: N30 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Wasley, Gary J. Rosenthal, Xicheng Sun, Sarah Strong, Jian Qiu
  • Patent number: 8642640
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a compound for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular diseases, nephropathy, fibrosis, primary aldosteronism or edema. The compound is of the following general formula (I): wherein R1 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group; R2 represents a hydroxy-C1-C4 alkyl group and the like; R3 represents a halogeno group, a halogeno-C1-C3 alkyl group and the like; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogeno group and the like, —R5 represents a sulfamoyl group or a C1-C3 alkylsulfonyl group; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogeno group and the like] or an N-oxide, atropisomer of the foregoing, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignees: Exelixis, Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: John Nuss, Matthew Williams, Raju Mohan, Richard Martin, Tie-Lin Wang, Hiroyuki Tsuruoka, Kazumasa Aoki, Masatoshi Honzumi, Yusuke Asoh, Keiji Saito, Tsuyoshi Homma
  • Publication number: 20140031398
    Abstract: Compounds acting as selective antagonists of Transient Receptor Potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 (hereinafter referred to as TRPM8), having formula: Wherein R is selected from: H, Br, CN, NO2, SO2NH2, SO2NHR? and SO2NR?2, where R? is selected from linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; X is selected from: F, Cl, C1-C3 alkyl, NH2 and OH Y is selected from: O, CH2, NH and SO2 R1 and R2, independently one from the other, are selected from H, F and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; R3 and R4, independently one from the other, are selected from H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; Z is selected from: NR6 and R6R7N+, where R6 and R7 independently one from the other, are selected from: H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl R5 is a residue selected from: H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl Het is a heteroaryl group selected from a substituted or not substituted pyrrolyl, a substituted or not substituted N-methylpyrrolyl, a substituted or not substituted thiophenyl, a substituted or
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Alessio Moriconi, Gianluca Bianchini, Andrea Aramini, Laura Brandolini, Chiara Liberati, Silvia Bovolenta, Andrea Beccari, Simone Lorenzi
  • Patent number: 8623900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino alcohol derivatives of general formula I: These derivatives possess an interesting activity in that they block the secondary products of lipid oxidative stress, and are consequently suitable for therapeutic use in all disorders related with the presence of reactive carbonyl compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: Flamma S.p.A., Universita degli Studi di Milano
    Inventors: Gianpaolo Negrisoli, Renato Canevotti, Massimo Previtali, Giancarlo Aldini, Marina Carini, Marica Orioli, Giulio Vistoli
  • Publication number: 20140004174
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which inhibit the activity of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8). Also described herein are methods of using such HDAC8 inhibitors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of HDAC8 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Pharmacyclics, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik VERNER, Sriram BALASUBRAMANIAN, Joseph J. BUGGY
  • Patent number: 8609713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a series of substituted pyrrole derivatives, compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Ramin Faghih, Gregory A. Gfesser, Christopher L. Lynch, Murali Gopalakrishnan, Sujatha Gopalakrishnan, John Malysz, Earl J. Gubbins, Rachid El Kouhen, Jinhe Li
  • Publication number: 20130303585
    Abstract: Small molecule inhibitors of bacterial ribonuclease (e.g., RnpA) and methods for their synthesis and use are described herein. The methods of using the compounds include treating and preventing microbial infections and inhibiting bacterial ribonuclease. Also described herein are methods of identifying compounds for treating or preventing a microbial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER LEARNING, BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
    Inventors: Paul M. Dunman, Patrick D. Olson, Wayne Childers
  • Publication number: 20130296355
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, A1, A2, A3, A4, L, B1, B2, B3 and B4 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I have been found to act as glucagon antagonists or inverse agonists. Consequently, the compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions mediated by glucagon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Gary Erik Aspnes, Mary Theresa Didiuk, Kevin James Filipski, Angel Guzman-Perez, Esther Cheng Yin Lee, Jeffrey Allen Pfefferkorn, Benjamin Dawson Stevens, Meihua Mike Tu
  • Publication number: 20130165494
    Abstract: 1,5-diaryl-2-alkylpyrrole-3-substituted nitro esters, of Formula (I) are provided. Such compounds are potent and selective COX-2 inhibitors which are able to release NO in concentrations that make it possible to counteract the side effects due to selective COX-2 inhibition, without giving rise to hypotensive effects. Formula (I) includes compounds wherein the groups R? and R? are: —H, —F, —Cl, —Br, —CH3, —CF3, —OCH3, —SCH3, R1 is methyl, ethyl, trifluoromethyl, hydroxymethyl, methoxymethyl and the substituent in position ?3 of the pyrrole ring is a chain, where the groups X, Y, Z, W and R2 are: X is a carbonyl or a group —(CHR3)—, Y is an oxygen atom or the group —NR3— and Z is a carbonyl or a group —(CHR3)—, or a [—CH(COOH)—] group, or a group —(NR3)—, W is an aliphatic chain substituted with one or two (—O—NO2) groups, R2 is: —H, —OH, —OCH3, or —NHR3. R3 is: —H, —CH3, —CH2CH3, [—CH2(CH3)2]. R?? is methylsulphonyl or sulphonamido.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Rottapharm S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Giordani, Mariangela Biava, Maurizio Anzini, Vicenzo Calderone, Lucio Claudio Rovati
  • Patent number: 8466193
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which inhibit the activity of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8). Also described herein are methods of using such HDAC8 inhibitors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of HDAC8 activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Pharmacyclics, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Verner, Sriram Balasubramanian, Joseph J. Buggy
  • Publication number: 20130136794
    Abstract: Heteroaryl(alkyl)dithiocarbamate compounds represented by general formula (I) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their preparing methods, and their uses for preparing antitumor medicines are disclosed, wherein each said substituent is defined as in the description. The compounds are new tyrosine kinase inhibitors useful as an anti-tumor agents, preferably useful in the preparation of medicines for treating breast cancer, liver cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, leukaemia or nasal cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Runtao Li, Zemei Ge, Jingrong Cui, Xingyl Sun, Zhongqing Wang, Xu Yan
  • Publication number: 20130131340
    Abstract: Estrogen-Related Receptor (ERR) modulating compounds and methods for synthesis of said compounds are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Barry Forman, Donna Yu
  • Patent number: 8440711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (R,S) 2-aryl-2-fluoropropanoic acids, their single enantiomers (R) and (S), their derivatives amides and acylsulfonamides and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, which are used in the prevention and treatment of tissue damage due to the exacerbated recruitment of polymorphonucleated neutrophils (PMN leukocytes) at inflammation sites. The present invention provides compounds for use in the treatment of psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, melanoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bullous pemphigo, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic fibrosis, glomerulonephritis and in the treatment of damages caused by ischemia and reperfusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Dompe Pha.r.ma S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Allegretti, Andrea Aramini, Maria Candida Cesta
  • Patent number: 8415359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof having superior glucokinase activating activity, and is a compound represented by general formula (I), or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein, A represents, for example, an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, R1 represents, for example, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group or a C1-C6 halogenated alkyl group, A and R1 together with the carbon atom bonded thereto form a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R2 represents a phenyl group that may be substituted with 1 to 5 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ? or a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R3 represents a hydroxy group or a C1-C6 alkoxy group, and Substituent Group ? consists of, for example, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkyl group substituted with 1 or 2 hyd
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Furukawa, Takehiro Fukuzaki, Yukari Onishi, Hideki Kobayashi, Takeshi Honda, Yumi Matsui, Masahiro Konishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Tetsuyoshi Matsufuji
  • Patent number: 8399668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 5-(2-amino-pyrimidin-4-yl)-2-aryl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamides and to the useful intermediate compounds of such process. 5-(2-Amino-pyrimidin-4-yl)-2-aryl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamides are described and claimed in WO2007110344, which also discloses processes for their preparation. These compounds can be advantageously prepared through a process which allows to obtain the desired products in high yields and purity and with a limited number of steps. The synthesis is starting from a cyano pyrrole derivative, and is characterized from the final hydrolysis of 5-(2-amino-pyrimidin-4-yl)-2-aryl-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile. The compounds prepared according to the process of the present invention are endowed with protein kinase inhibiting activity and, more particularly, Cdc7 or Cdc7/Cdks inhibiting activity. The compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of a variety of cancers, cell proliferative disorders and diseases associated with protein kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S. R. L.
    Inventors: Matteo D'Anello, Carlo Battistini, Maria Gioia Fornaretto, Ermes Vanotti
  • Publication number: 20120328569
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) that are used as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Casey Cameron McComas, Nigel J. Liverton, Richard Soll, Peng Li, Xuanjia Peng, Hao Wu, Frank Narjes, Joerg Habermann, Uwe Koch, Shilan Liu
  • Publication number: 20120316193
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having the Formulae (Ia-Ie), (II), (IIIa-IIId), (IVa-IVc), (Va-Vb), (VIa-VIe), (VII), (VIIIa-VIIIc), and (IX), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and solvates thereof, compositions of any of thereof and methods for the treatment of a condition associated with a dysfunction in proteostasis comprising an effective amount of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Megan Foley, Bradley Tait, Matthew Cullen
  • Patent number: 8324125
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of nano-organocatalysts, and, more specifically, to the use of magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalysts. It is an object of the present invention to provide “green” catalysts and protocols. According to one embodiment of the invention, a nano-organocatalyst in the form of a magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalyst is provided. According to other embodiments of the invention, glutathione and cysteine are provided as organocatalysts and magnetic nanomaterial-supported glutathione and magnetic nanomaterial-supported cysteine are provided for use as nano-organocatalysts. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method of using a recyclable magnetic nanomaterial-supported organocatalyst using a totally benign aqueous protocol, without using any organic solvent in the reaction or during the workup, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Inventors: Rajender S. Varma, Vivek Polshettiwar
  • Publication number: 20120289506
    Abstract: 5-membered heterocyclic derivatives represented by general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof. In the formula (I), T represents nitro, cyano and the like; ring J represents aryl or heteroaryl; Q represents carboxy, 5-tetazolyl and the like; Y represents H, OH, NH2, halogen, haloalkyl and the like; X1 and X2 independently represent CR2 or N; R2 represents H, alkyl and the like; R1 represents halogen, cyano, haloalkyl, A-D-E-G-L-M, —N(-D-L-M)2 and the like, A represents a single bond, O, S and the like; D, G and M independently represent optionally substituted alkylene, cycloalkylene, heterocycloalkylene, arylene, heteroarylene and the like; E and L independently represent a single bond, O, S, COO, SO2 and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20120277420
    Abstract: A method of making chlorins comprises the steps of reacting (e.g. condensing) a dipyrrin western half intermediate with an eastern half intermediate to form a tetrahydrobilene, and then cyclizing the tetrahydrobilene to form a chlorin. Intermediates including tetrahydrobilenes useful in such reactions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Lindsey, Masahiko Taniguchi, Doyoung Ra, Guoning Mo, Thiagarajan Balasubramanian
  • Publication number: 20120095042
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula (I) wherein m is 0, 1 or 2; RI is a mono- or bicyclic heterocyclic ring system including one, two or three heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen; R2 is selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl; I) R3 is hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; and R4 and R5 are independently selected from ethyl and isopropyl; and R3, R4 and R5 together have at least 6 carbon atoms: or II) any two or all of R3, R4 and R5 form together with the carbon atom to which they are attached 3-para-menthyl, bornyl, or adamantyl; having cooling properties, their use as cooling agent and compositions including them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Stefan Michael Furrer
  • Patent number: 8129524
    Abstract: Methods for preparing cyclic carbamates and thiocarbamates containing cyanopyrrole moieties and of the formula are provided: Z are the same or different and are H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, or CORA; RA is H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, or optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl; Q are the same or different and are H, OH, NH2, CN, halogen, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C2 to C6 alkenyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkynyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl, or CORB; and RB is H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, or optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventor: Bogdan Kazimierz Wilk
  • Patent number: 8124790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation process useful in synthesis of atorvastatin, more particularly a process for preparing atorvastatin is effective in treating hyperlipemia, comprising protecting the dihydroxy group at C3 and C5 positions of the starting material cis-t-butyl-6-substituted-3,5-dihydroxy-hexanoate with trialkyl orthoformate, reducing the terminal nitro or cyano group to amine group, performing JV-alkylation by sequentially reacting with ethyl 4-fluorobenzene-2-haloacetate and isobutyryl chloride, cyclizing with JV,3-diphenylpropynamide, and performing deprotection and hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Medichem Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Ock Cho, Younja Kwon, Kyeong-Hoi Cha, Yeongsook Kim, Hyun-Seop Tae
  • Publication number: 20120016118
    Abstract: Methods for preparing cyclic carbamates and thiocarbamates containing cyanopyrrole moieties and of the formula are provided: Z are the same or different and are H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, or CORA; RA is H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, or optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl; Q are the same or different and are H, OH, NH2, CN, halogen, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C2 to C6 alkenyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkynyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl, or CORB; and RB is H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, or optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Wyeth LLC
    Inventor: Bogdan Kazimierz Wilk
  • Publication number: 20110312911
    Abstract: Glucagon receptor antagonist compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating type 2 diabetes and related conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Roman Kats-Kagan, Christian P. Stevenson, Xibin Liao, Qinghong Fu, Emma R. Parmee, Songnian Lin
  • Publication number: 20110295011
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to quinine-based and quinidine-based catalysts. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of preparing a chiral, non-racemic compound from a prochiral electron-deficient alkene, comprising the step of: reacting a prochiral electron-deficient alkene with a nucleophile in the presence of a catalyst; thereby producing a chiral, non-racemic compound; wherein said catalyst is a derivatized quinine or quinidine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Li Deng
  • Patent number: 8058306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenyl pyrrole aminoguanidine derivatives of the general formula (I): (I) including tautomeric forms thereof, wherein n is 1, 2 or 3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention further relates to the use of such phenyl pyrrole aminoguanidine derivatives for the treatment of diseases associated with the melanocortin receptors or related systems, e.g. the melanocyte stimulating hormones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Action Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Arne Boman, Thomas Engelbrecht Norkild Jonassen, Torbjorn Lundstedt
  • Patent number: 8026255
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, to a process for their preparation and to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of SST receptors subtype 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Binggeli, Andreas D. Christ, Hans P. Maerki, Rainer E. Martin
  • Publication number: 20110230452
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to pharmaceutical agents, and in particular, to metalloprotease inhibitor compounds. More particularly, the present invention provides a new class of dual acting MMP-2 and MMP-9 inhibiting compounds that exhibit increased potency, metabolic stability and/or reduced toxicity in relation to currently known MMP-2 and MMP-9 inhibitors for the treatment of pain and other diseases. Additionally, the present invention relates to methods for treating pain, addiction and/or withdrawal symptoms in a patient comprising administering to the patient a pain-reducing effective amount of a present compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Irving Sucholeiki
  • Patent number: 8003784
    Abstract: Methods for preparing cyclic carbamates and thiocarbamates containing cyanopyrrole moieties and of the formula are provided. Z are the same or different and are H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, or CORA; RA is H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, or optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl; Q are the same or different and are H, OH, NH2, CN, halogen, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C2 to C6 alkenyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkynyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl, or CORB; and RB is H, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, or optionally substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventor: Bogdan Kazimierz Wilk
  • Publication number: 20110178102
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed which inhibit SIR2 base exchange more than deacetylation, thus enhancing SIR2 deacetylation activity. Methods of using the compounds for enhancing SIR2 deacetylation activity and increasing longevity of an organism are also disclosed. Methods for screening for compounds that enhance SIR2 deacetylation activity and increase longevity of an organism are additionally disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Vern L Schramm, Anthony A. Suave
  • Publication number: 20110178133
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel calcimimetic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The invention also relates to methods of treating of diseases or disorders related to the function of the calcium sensing receptor using the compounds represented in Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas S. Coulter, Christopher H. Fotsch, Chiara Ghiron, Paul E. Harrington, Michael G. Kelly, Philip Miller, Gilbert M. Rishton, David J. St.Jean, JR., David J. Semin
  • Patent number: 7973043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new method of treatment for persons meeting diagnoses for major depressive disorder, or other unipolar (non-bipolar, non-psychotic and non-treatment resistant) depression. The method comprises administering a combination of two categories of drugs, antipsychotics or dopamine system stabilizers, in combination with a newer antidepressant such as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, as initial treatment or as soon as possible. The method targets the prevention of suicide, and provides other benefits including preventing disease progression development of tolerance toward the antidepressants. Another aspect of the invention relates to using the method for alleviating cognitive distortion and related functional impairment or health risks, and/or using the method for smoking cessation or nicotine withdrawal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Inventor: Peter Migaly
  • Publication number: 20110136875
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such GSNOR inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: N30 PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Wasley, Gary J. Rosenthal, Xicheng Sun, Sarah Strong, Jian Qiu
  • Publication number: 20110118303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds derived from taurine with non-steroidal anti inflammatory activity. In a first embodiment, the present invention relates to compounds derived from taurine, in which taurine is bound directly by means of an amide bond or through an spacing group, to a compound selected from the group of non-steroidal anti inflammatory compounds, cited as derived from taurine presenting the Formula (I): in which R means the component with non-steroidal anti inflammatory activity. In a second embodiment, the invention provides a process for obtaining the compounds of Formula (I) by reaction of taurine with a compound belonging to the group of non-steroidal anti inflammatory (NSAIs), in order to obtain a compound derived from taurine by direct bond or through a spacing group of the taurine to the NSAI. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound derived from taurine presenting non-steroidal anti inflammatory activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: EMS S.A., Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio De Mesquita Filho - UNESP
    Inventors: Ednir de Oliveira Vizioli, Chung Man Chin, Renato Farina Menegon, Lorena Blau, Jean Leandro Dos Santos, Maria do Carmo Longo
  • Publication number: 20110105572
    Abstract: This invention pertains to certain active carbamic acid compounds which inhibit HDAC activity and which have the following formula: wherein: A is a C5-20heteroaryl or C5-20carboaryl group and is optionally substituted; Q1 is a C2-7alkylene group having a backbone of at least 2 carbon atoms, and is optionally substituted; J is —N(R1)C(?O)— or —C(?O)N(R1)—; R1 is hydrogen, C1-7alkyl, C3-20heterocyclyl, or C5-20aryl; and, Q2 is C1-7alkylene, C5-20arylene, C5-20arylene-C1-7alkylene, or C1-7alkylene-C5-20arylene having a backbone of at least 3 carbon atoms, and is optionally substituted; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit HDAC, and, e.g., to treat proliferative conditions, such as cancer and psoriasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Clare J. Watkins, Maria Rosario Romero-Martin, Kathryn G. Moore, James Ritchie, Paul W. Finn, Ivars Kalvinsh, Einars Loza, Igor Starchenkov, Klara Dikovska, Rasma M. Bokaldere, Vija Gailite, Maxim Vorona, Victor Andrianov, Daina Lolya, Valentina Semenikhina, Andris Amolins, C. John Harris, James E.S. Duffy
  • Publication number: 20110082109
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical which possesses an excellent inhibitory effect on NHE3 (Na+/H+ exchanger type 3) and effectively improves diseases or conditions of organs in which NHE3 is expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Wataru MIYANAGA, Yoichiro Shima, Misato Noguchi, Akiko Oonuki, Yayoi Kawato, Hiroshi Iwata, Eri Harada, Ryuta Takashita, Hirokazu Ueno, Tadakiyo Nakagawa