Abstract: A compound represented by the Formula below, and an agent for the remedy of neural damage having the said compound as the active ingredient. [Here, G represents G1 shown below R4 represents, hydrogen atoms and acyl groups, W represents single bonds and alkylenes, m represents 0 or 1, R5 and R6 represent hydrogen atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbon groups, alicyclic hydrocarbon groups, aromatic hydrocarbon groups and heterocyclic groups, and R7 represents hydrogen atoms, acyl groups and alkoxycarbonyl groups. A2 represents, single bonds, —O—, —NR3—, and —S(?O)n—, A1 and A3 represent single bonds, aliphatic hydrocarbon groups, alicyclic hydrocarbon groups, heterocyclic groups and phenylene groups, and A4 represents single bonds, carbonyl groups and aliphatic hydrocarbon groups. R1 and R2 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, phenyl groups and heterocyclic groups. The previously mentioned functional groups may be substituted.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes for converting amino acids and amides to desirable conversion products including pyrrolidines, pyrrolidinones, and other N-substituted products. L-glutamic acid and L-pyroglutamic acid provide general reaction pathways to numerous and valuable selective conversion products with varied potential industrial uses.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an acylated derivative of an aminothiol compound having a general formula II wherein R1-R4 and R6 are substitutable ligands. Such compounds can perform as superior catalysts in asymmetric addition reactions of organic zinc and aldehyde. According to the present invention, only less than 0.02% of the acylated derivative is needed to obtain high enantioselectivity over 99% enantiomeric excess.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidine compounds of the general structure: where n is an integer 1-6 and R is hydrogen or a C1 to C6 straight chain or branched alkyl group, and wherein when n=1, R=CH3 or H, useful for re-sensitizing vancomycin resistant Gram-positive bacteria in which resistance results from the conversion of an amide bond to an ester bond on the cell wall peptide precursors of the bacteria.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds useful as cancer cell inhibitors, compositions containing such compounds and methods for inhibiting proliferation of electrically non-excitable cells.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel bis-para-phenylenediamine derivatives containing a pyrrolidyl group substituted with a cationic radical, to dye compositions containing them and to the process of dyeing keratin fibres using these compositions. The present invention makes it possible to obtain a chromatic, powerful, sparingly selective and colourfast coloration of keratin fibres.

Abstract: A method for removing impurities from racemic cis-6-phenyl-5-[4-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethoxy)phenyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol and purified cis-6-phenyl-5-[4-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethoxy)phenyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol useful as an estrogen agonist/antagonist.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures comprise as active components a) an amide compound of the formula I A—CO—NR1R2??I in which A is an aryl group or an aromatic or non-aromatic, 5- or 6-membered heterocycle which has from 1 to 3 hetero atoms selected from O, N and S; ?where the aryl group or the heterocycle may or may not have 1, 2 or 3 substituents which are selected, independently of one another, from alkyl, halogen, CHF2, CF3, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfynyl and alkylsulfonyl; R1 is a hydrogen atom; R2 is a phenyl or cycloalkyl group which may or may not have 1, 2 or 3 substituents which are selected, independently of one another, from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, phenyl and halogen, where the aliphatic and cycloaliphatic radicals may be partially or fully halogenated and/or the cycloaliphatic radicals may be substituted by from 1 to 3 alkyl groups and where the phenyl group may have from 1 to 5 halogen atoms and/or

Abstract: Disclosed are substituted phenylalkynes of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and n are as defined, compositions containing them, and methods of making and using them to treat histamine-mediated conditions.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) (and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof) are histamine H3 receptor ligands.

Abstract: An inhibitor for 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid production which comprises as the active ingredient a specific hydroxyformamidine derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. It is useful especially as a remedy for kidney diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, or circulatory diseases. The novel hydroxyformamidine derivative or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an aminothiol compound having a general formula I wherein R1-R5 are substitutable ligands. Such compounds can perform as superior catalysts in asymmetric addition reactions of organic zinc and aldehyde. According to the present invention, the compounds is needed only less than 0.02% of main reactants to obtain enantioselectivity higher than 99% enantiomeric excess, whereby the asymmetric reactions can become very economic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel triaromatic compounds having the general formula (I): as well as to a method for preparing them and to their use in pharmaceutical compositions intended for use in human or veterinary medicine (in dermatology, in carcinology and in the field of autoimmune diseases and that of organ or tissue transplants in particular), or alternatively in cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: A sulfonyl aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfonyl aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.

Abstract: A serotonin reuptake inhibitor containing a cyclic amine represented by the following formula, a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said cyclic amine or prodrug as an active ingredient: wherein R0 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group or the like, R3 is a hydrogen atom or the like, Y is an alkylene group or the like, Z is a hydrogen atom, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or the like, n is 1, 2 or 3, and m is 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.

Abstract: The use of at least one substituted 1-amino-5-phenylpentane-3-ol and/or 1-amino-6-phenylhexane-3-ol compound and/or one of the enantiomers thereof and/or one of the diastereomers thereof and/or one of the physiologically acceptable salts thereof for producing a medicament that has an N-methyl-D-aspartate-(NMDA)-antagonistic effect.

Abstract: The present application describes modulators of CCR3 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of asthma and other allergic diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 1 and 2 naphthol Mannich bases, a method for the production thereof, medicaments containing said compounds and the use of said compounds in the production of medicaments.

Abstract: Novel amine compounds having a nitrogen-containing cyclic structure and a hydrating group such as a hydroxy, ether, ester, carbonyl, carbonate group or lactone ring are useful for use in resist compositions for preventing a resist film from thinning and also for enhancing the resolution and focus margin of resist.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel compounds of formula (A), wherein R1-R12, X and Y have the meanings given in the specification and compositions containing them which are particularly useful for treating hair loss in mammals, including arresting and/or reversing hair loss and promoting hair growth. The compounds described herein are cardiac-sparing.

Abstract: A process for preparing (per)fluorohalogenethers having general formula (I):

Abstract: Novel pyrrolidine 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 diseases and other diseases involving elevated levels of cytokines, as well as central nervous system (CNS) disorders, also is disclosed.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 represents hydrogen, or linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl optionally substituted by one or more identical or different groups selected from aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl and heterocycloalkyl, represents a saturated ring having from 4 to 7 ring members that may contain, in addition to nitrogen, one or two hetero atoms selected from O, S and —NR3 groups, wherein R3 represents hydrogen or linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl, n represents an integer such that 1≦n≦6, R2 represents any one of the groups described in the description, their isomers and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base and medicinal products containing the same are useful as inhibitor of trypsin-related serine proteases and thrombin.

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 diseases and other diseases involving elevated levels of cytokines, as well as central nervous system (CNS) disorders, also is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to chemical compositions of substituted thioacetamides, processes for the preparation thereof and uses of the compositions in the treatment of diseases.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts or in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof, wherein: Ring X is phenyl or a six membered heteroaryl ring containing one or two ring nitrogens where said nitrogens are optionally oxidised to form the N-oxide; R1 and R2 are substituents as defined within; R3 and R4 are defined within and are alkyl or halo alkyl or together form a halocycloalkyl ring; R5 is a substituent as defined within; Y—Z is a linking group as defined within; are useful in the production of a elevation of PDH activity in a warm-blooded animal such as a human being. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods and processes for preparation of compounds of formula (I) are described.

Abstract: Compounds of formula wherein A is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic or non-aromatic, monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic radical wherein a ring nitrogen atom may have been replaced by a group R1 is hydrogen or C1-C3alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-C3alkyl; R3 is hydrogen an unsubstituted or substituted C1-C6alkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C2-C6alkenyl or C2-C6alkynyl group, or C(═O)—R5, R5 is C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, phenoxy or benzyloxy group, or N(R6)2, each R6, independently of the other, is hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, X is CH—NO2, N—CN or N—NO2 and n is from 1 to 3, in free form or in salt form, and, where appropriate, tautomers of those compounds and the salts thereof, can be used as agrochemical active ingredients and can be prepared in a manner known per se

Abstract: The invention provides novel selective estrogen receptor modulator compounds of the general formula: 1

Abstract: Compounds having a metalloproteinase inhibitory activity, represented by the formula (I), its optically active isomers, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or hydrates thereof.

Abstract: A method for removing impurities from racemic cis-6-phenyl-5-[4-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethoxy)phenyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol and purified cis-6-phenyl-5-[4-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethoxy)phenyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol useful as an estrogen agonist/antagonist.

Abstract: 6-tert-Butyl-1,1-dimethylindane derivatives which are unsaturated in the 4-position of formula: 1

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of &OHgr;-aminoalkylsulphonic acids of general formula (I), where R1 and R2=optionally substituted alkyl groups with 1 20 C atoms and n=a whole number from 2 6, whereby an amine of formula (II), where R1 and R2 have the above meanings is reacted with an alkyl dihalide of formula (III), where n has the above meaning and X1 and X2=chlorine or bromine, with addition of alkali hydroxide at a pH of 8 10. The pH is then adjusted to a value of 0 1, by addition of a hydrohalic acid and excess alkyl dihalide is separated off, before the reaction solution is adjusted to a pH of 6 7.5 with alkali liquor, alkali sulphite is added and the product (I) formed at elevated temperate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of iron-doped ruthenium catalysts supported on carbon, and their use for the selective liquid phase hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds to give the corresponding alcohols, in particular for the hydrogenation of citral to give geraniol or nerol or of citronellal to give citronellol.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to methods for the transition-metal-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of a nucleophile, e.g., hydride, to cyclic and acyclic enoates and enones. In certain embodiments of the methods of the present invention, the transition metal catalyst consists essentially of copper and an asymmetric bidentate bisphosphine ligand.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to heteroaryl-phenyl substituted compounds that are inhibitors of trypsin-like serine protease enzymes, especially factor Xa or thrombin, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as anticoagulant agents for treatment and prevention of thromboembolic disorders.

Abstract: A substrate comprises a surface, and a plurality of moieties, on at least a portion of the surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for the selective hydrogenation of olefinically unsaturated carbonyl compounds to give unsaturated alcohols in particular of citral to give a mixture of geraniol and nerol, in a reactor containing a liquid phase, in which at least one catalyst is suspended, and which can additionally contain a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase and, if present, the gas phase are passed through a device in the reactor having openings or channels.

Abstract: P51084 The present invention relates to sulfonamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as antagonists of urotensin II.

Abstract: The present application describes novel 1,2-disubsituted cyclic derivatives of formula I: 1

Abstract: Sulfonamide lactams of the following formula wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R5a, R6, R6a, R7 and R8 are as described herein, are provided which inhibitors of Factor Xa and are useful as anticoagulants in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases associated with thromboses.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel bicyclic aromatic compounds which have the general formula (I): 1

Abstract: Compounds are described that bind to tubulin causing tubulin depolymerization and inhibiting tubulin polymerization. The compounds of the invention are therapeutically effective to inhibit cellular proliferation, for example, as effective anti-cancer agents. The compounds can also induce cytotoxicity in cells such as leukemia cells. The chemical structure of the compounds includes a furan, thiophene, thiazole, oxazole, or imidazole group at one end of the molecule (head) and a hydrophobic, aliphatic chain at the other end of the molecule (tail).

Abstract: A process for preparing optically active secondary alcohols of the general formula (3), [wherein R1 is linear lower alkyl, an aromatic ring group, or the like; A is CH2NR2R3 or the like; n is an integer of 0 to 2; and * represents an asymmetric carbon atom] by asymmetrically hydrogenating a ketone compound of the general formula (1) having nitrogenous or oxygen functional group at any of the a-, &bgr;- and &ggr;-positions, with selectivity among functional groups by the use of a ruthenium/optically active bidentate phosphine/diamine complex as the catalyst in the presence of hydrogen alone or together with a base. The optically active secondary alcohols obtained by the process are useful as drugs and intermediates for the preparation of drugs.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a procedure for making an enantiomerically enriched compound containing a hydronaphthalene ring structure. The process involves reacting oxabenzonorbornadienes with nucleophiles using rhodium as a catalyst and in the presence of a phosphine ligand. The compounds synthesized may be used in pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions.

Abstract: Derivatives of aryl(or heteroaryl)azolylcarbinoles of general formula (I), in which Ar represents a phenyl radical or a thienyl radical, optionally substituted, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R2 represents a dialkylaminoalkyl or azaheterocylclylalkyl and Het represents an azole unsubstituted or optionally substituted by one or two substituents, and their physiologically acceptable salts; are useful as drugs in human and/or veterinary therapeutics to treat urinary incontinence in mammals, including man.

Abstract: A class of substituted benzylnaphthylene compounds of the structure where R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, alkyl of one to six carbon atoms, acyl of two to six carbon atoms, or phenacyl; X is —(CH2)1-6; Y is absent or is selected from 1,4-piperazinylene; ureido; N-(lower alkyl)ureido; N′-(lower alkyl)ureido; or N, N′-(di-lower alkyl ureido; and Z is 1-, 2- or 3-pyrrolidinyl; 1-, 2-, or 3-[1-(lower alkyl) pyrrolidinyl]; 1- 2-, 3- or 4-piperidinyl; 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-[1-lower alkyl)piperidinyl]; N,N-dialkyl; 1-azepinyl; 1- or 2-naphthylamino, 4-morpholinyl, dimethyl-4-morpholinyl, 3-azaspiro[5.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to methods of synthesizing substituted piperidines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to stereoselective methods of synthesizing substituted piperidines. The methods of the present invention will find use in the synthesis of compounds useful for treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases that afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction and pain. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the substituted piperidines using the methods of the present invention. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to enantiomerically substituted pyrrolidines, piperidines, and azepines.

Abstract: Estrogen receptor modulators, compositions comprising the compounds and methods relating to the use thereof are described. The compounds may be used in inhibiting the proliferation of and/or induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells.

Abstract: Molecules demonstrating anti-proliferative effects against epithelial cancer cell lines, human estrogen-dependent cancer cells and endothelial cells are disclosed. The molecules are intended for use in therapeutic preparations for the treatment of various cancers. The compounds specified are 1,2-diphenyl-1-naphthyl ethene derivatives.

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