Cyano Bonded Directly To The Hetero Ring Patents (Class 549/474)
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Patent number: 6150397Abstract: The present invention relates to certain 5-aroylnaphthalene derivatives of formula (I): ##STR1## that are inhibitors of prostaglandin G/H synthase, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use, and methods for preparing these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1999Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.Inventors: David Mark Rotstein, Eric Brian Sjogren
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Patent number: 6124344Abstract: The invention relates to the use of derivatives of F-type prostaglandins as ocular hypotensives. The compounds used in accordance with the invention are represented by the following formula I: ##STR1## wherein wavy line attachments indicate either the alpha (.alpha.) or beta (.beta.) configuration; hatched segments indicate a configuration; the solid triangle is used to indicate .beta. configuration; dashed bonds represent a double bond, or a single bond; R is a substituted heteroaryl radical having at least two pendant substituents selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl; halogen; trifluoromethyl; COR.sup.1 ; COCF.sub.3 ; SO.sub.2 NR.sup.1 ; NO.sub.2 and CN or at least one cyano group; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl radical having up to six carbon atoms, X is selected from the group consisting of --OR.sup.1 and --N(R.sup.1).sub.2 ; Y is .dbd.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1997Date of Patent: September 26, 2000Assignee: Allergan Sales, Inc.Inventor: Robert M. Burk
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Patent number: 6063928Abstract: Novel compounds having the ability to inhibit 5-lipoxygenase enzyme and having the following formula I: ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar.sup.1 is a heterocyclic moiety which is selected from imidazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, 1,2,3-triazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, indolyl, indazolyl and benzimidazolyl, which is bonded to X.sup.1 through a ring nitrogen atom, and which may be optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino, C.sub.1-4 alkyl and the like; X.sup.1 is a direct bond or C.sub.1-4 alkylene; Ar.sup.2 is phenylene optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino and the like; X.sup.2 is --A--X-- or --X--A-- wherein A is a direct bond or C.sub.1-4 alkylene and X is oxy, thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; Ar.sup.3 is phenylene, pyridylene, thienylene, furylene, oxazolylene or thiazolylene optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino, C.sub.1-4 alkyl and the like; R.sup.1 and R.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Pfizer IncInventors: Rodney W. Stevens, Takashi Mano, Kazunari Nakao, Yoshiyuki Okumura
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Patent number: 6057319Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of formula (I) useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1998Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.Inventors: Cameron Black, Serge Leger, Petpiboon Prasit, Zhaoyin Wang, Pierre Hamel, Yongxin Han, Gregory Hughes
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Patent number: 6057342Abstract: The present application describes amidinophenyl-pyrrolidines, -pyrrolines, and -isoxazolidines and derivatives thereof of formula I: ##STR1## or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein one of D and D' may be C(.dbd.NH)NH.sub.2 and the other H, and J.sup.1 and J.sup.2 may be O or CH.sub.2, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1997Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: Dupont Pharmaceutical Co.Inventors: John Matthew Fevig, Donald Joseph Phillip Pinto, Mimi Lifen Quan, Petrus Fredericus Wilhelmus Stouten
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Patent number: 6005113Abstract: The invention relates to fluorescent dyes that are substituted or unsubstituted derivatives of 1-(isoindolyl)methylene-isoindole that are bound through both isoindole nitrogens to a boron difluoride moiety, forming a fluorescent dibenzopyrrometheneboron difluoride compound ##STR1## that is further substituted by bathochromic substituents that are aryl or heteroaryl moieties further substituted by an additional aryl or heteroaryl, that is itself optionally further substituted by an additional aryl or heteroaryl. These aryl and heteroaryl groups are separated by a covalent bond, or by an ethenyl, butadienyl or hexatrienyl linkage. The dyes of the invention are particularly useful as labels for carriers, particularly polymeric microparticles. The resulting microparticles have a long-wavelength fluorescence emission, and possess utility for tracing flow in biological systems, particularly in tracing blood flow.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1997Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Molecular Probes, Inc.Inventors: Yexin Wu, Dieter H. Klaubert, Hee Chol Kang, Yu-Zhong Zhang
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Patent number: 5922767Abstract: Disclosed herein are substituted benzylurea derivatives represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently H, a halogen atom, or an alkyl or alkoxyl group, R.sup.3 is a phenyl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted, n is an integer of 1-6, and R.sup.4 is a phenyl group which may be substituted, or salts thereof, and medicines comprising such a derivative as an active ingredient. The derivatives or salts thereof strongly inhibit only ACAT in macrophages and are hence useful as prophylactic and therapeutic agents for arteriosclerosis.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: SS Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanamaru, Hiroyuki Hirota, Akihiro Shibata, Teruo Komoto, Hiroyuki Naito, Koichi Tachibana, Mari Ohtsuka, Fumio Ishii, Susumu Sato
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Patent number: 5883106Abstract: Novel compounds having the ability to inhibit 5-lipoxygenase enzyme and having the following formula I: ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar.sup.1 is a heterocyclic moiety which is selected from imidazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, 1,2,3-triazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, indolyl, indazolyl and benzimidazolyl, which is bonded to X.sup.1 through a ring nitrogen atom, and which may be optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino, and C.sub.1-4 alkyl; X.sup.1 is a direct bond or C.sub.1-4 alkylene; Ar.sup.2 is phenylene optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, cyano, and amino X.sup.2 is --A--X-- or --X--A-- wherein A is a direct bond or C.sub.1-4 alkylene and X is oxy, thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; Ar.sup.3 is phenylene, pyridylene, thienylene, furylene, oxazolylene or thiazolylene optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino and C.sub.1-4 alkyl; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1998Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Rodney W. Stevens, Takashi Mano, Kazunari Nakao, Yoshiyuki Okumura
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Patent number: 5824691Abstract: Guanidine derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Y is C--R.sup.1(in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, etc.,)R.sup.2 is pyrrolyl, tetrazolyl, pyrazolyl, etc.,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, etc.,Z is C--R.sup.4(in which R.sup.4 is hydrogen, carboxy, protected carboxy, nitro, halogen, hydroxy(lower)alkyl, etc.,), andW is R.sup.12(in which R.sup.12 is hydrogen, lower alkoxy, nitro, hydroxy or protected hydroxy)and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are useful as a medicament which are useful in inhibiting Na.sup.+ /H.sup.+ exchange in cells and in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, renal diseases, arteriosclerosis and shock.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1995Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kuno, Yoshikazu Inoue, Hisashi Takasugi, Hiroaki Mizuno, Kumi Yamasaki
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Patent number: 5693667Abstract: A compound, composition, and method for controlling Take-all disease of plants by applying a fungicide of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 are carbons of a furan ring; A is selected from the group consisting of --C(X)-amine wherein the amine is substituted with a first and a second amine substituent or with an alkylaminocarbonyl and a hydrogen, --C(O)--SR.sub.3 ; --NH--C(X)R.sub.4, and --C(.dbd.NR.sub.3)--XR.sub.7 ;B is --W.sub.m --Q(R.sub.2).sub.3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R.sub.4 ; Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn; W is --C(R.sub.3).sub.p H.sub.(2-p) --; or when Q is C, W may also be selected from --N(R.sub.3).sub.m H.sub.(1-m) --, --S(O).sub.p --, and --O--; X is O or S; n is 0, 1, or 2; m is 0 or 1; p is 0, 1, or 2;wherein two R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1994Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Dennis Paul Phillion, Diane Susan Braccolino, Matthew James Graneto, Wendell Gary Phillips, Karey Alan Van Sant, Daniel Mark Walker, Sai Chi Wong
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Patent number: 5665763Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are as defined in the specification,Y is alkylene of 3 to 9 carbon atoms,R.sub.5 is alkoxycarbonyl, alkyltetrazolyl, phenyl or a heterocycle chosen from benzoxazolyl, benzathiazolyl, thiadiazolyl, imidazolyl, dihydroimidazolyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, pyrazolyl, oxazolinyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, furyl, triazolyl, thiophenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl or any of the above substituted with alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, halo alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo, furyl, thienyl, fluoroalkyl;or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof; N-oxides thereof, are useful as antipirconaviral agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1996Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Assignee: Sanofi, S.A.Inventors: David J. Aldous, Thomas R. Bailey, Guy Dominic Diana, Theodore J. Nitz
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Patent number: 5591833Abstract: Colorants and compositions useful as a fugitive or permanent colorant for a variety of substrates, or as intermediates for their manufacture, and having one or more improved properties of enhanced aqueous washability, compatibility with and non-extractibility from thermoplastic resins, or reactivity with resins having reactive functionality, said composition having the formula C(Z).sub.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1993Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Milliken Research CorporationInventors: John B. Hines, David J. Moody, Edward W. Kluger
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Patent number: 5506243Abstract: Since sulfonamide derivatives of the present invention show strong inhibitory activity against cysteine protease such as calpain papain, cathepsin B, cathepsin H, cathepsin L, they can be used as remedies for muscular dystrophy, cataract, myocardial infarction, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophia, osteoporosis, hypercalcemia or the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1994Date of Patent: April 9, 1996Assignee: Mitsubishi Kasei CorporationInventors: Ryoichi Ando, Toshiro Sakaki, Chizuko Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Fujimura
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Patent number: 5416235Abstract: A process for the preparation of aromatic compounds of the general formula I,Ar--X Iin which Ar represents an optionally substituted aryl group and X represents a group OH, Cl, Br or CN, by reaction of an aryl diazoniumsalt of the formula II,Ar--N.dbd.N.sup.+ Y.sup.- IIin which Ar is as defined above and Y represents a suitable counterion, with water, hydrogen chloride or a salt thereof, hydrogen bromide or a salt thereof, or a cyanide in the presence of a copper(I)salt, characterized in that the copper(I)salt is a copper(I)salt derived from an hydroxy carboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1993Date of Patent: May 16, 1995Assignee: Octel Chemicals LimitedInventors: Bruce C. Gilbert, Peter Hanson, Jason R. Jones, Allan W. Timms
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Patent number: 5387747Abstract: The present invention relates to the derivatives of the formula ##STR1## and their tautomeric forms, as well as their addition salts, and to their use in therapeutics, especially for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases and in particular for the treatment of hypertension, cardiac insufficiency and diseases of the arterial wall, especially atherosclerosis.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1993Date of Patent: February 7, 1995Assignee: Laboratoires UpsaInventors: Nicole Bru-Magniez, Timur Gungor, Jean-Marie Teulon
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Patent number: 5364869Abstract: Compounds are disclosed having the formula: ##STR1## wherein D is a substituted heterocycle, especially substituted pyridyl, E-G is a linking group, especially --N(R.sub.5)--CH.sub.2 --, and Q is a substituted phenyl or substituted heterocyclic group, especially substituted benzothiopene. The compounds of the invention are angiotensin II receptor antagonists.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1993Date of Patent: November 15, 1994Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventor: Biswanath De
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Patent number: 5330965Abstract: Cyclohexenone oxime ethers of the formula I ##STR1## (R.sup.1 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl; A=substituted or unsubstituted alkylene or alkenylene;Z=a 5-membered or 6-membered heteroaromatic structure;X=substituted or unsubstituted amino, nitro, cyano, halogen, alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy, carboxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzyloxycarbonyl and phenyl;n=0 to 3, or 1 to 4 where Z is halogen-substituted pyridyl; andR.sup.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1993Date of Patent: July 19, 1994Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulf Misslitz, Norbert Meyer, Juergen Kast, Norbert Goetz, Albrecht Harreus, Thomas Kuekenhoehner, Bruno Wuerzer, Helmut Walter, Karl-Otto Westphalen, Matthias Gerber
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Patent number: 5274072Abstract: Provided are certain novel substituted 2(5H)furanone compounds which are useful as ultraviolet/visible light absorbing compounds. Also provided are polyester compositions having such compounds copolymerized therein and shaped or formed articles comprised of such polyester compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1992Date of Patent: December 28, 1993Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Max A. Weaver, James J. Krutak, Clarence A. Coates, Jr., William W. Parham, Wayne P. Pruett, Samuel D. Hilbert
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Patent number: 5258357Abstract: Carboxamides of the formulae Ia to Ic ##STR1## where X is oxygen or sulfur;R.sup.1 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or alkyl;R.sup.2 is hydroxy, alkoxy, cyanoalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl or naphthyl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic structure or one of the groups stated for R.sup.1, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are a 4- to 7-membered chain which contains, in addition to methylene groups, one of the following groups as ring member: oxygen, sulfur, N-methyl or carbonyl;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each nitro, cyano, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted amino, alkoxy, alkylthio, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 6 -membered heterocyclic structure, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl, phenoxy or phenylthio, or one of the groups stated for R.sup.1 ;R.sup.5 is formyl, 4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-yl or COYR.sup.6 (Y=O,S);R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1992Date of Patent: November 2, 1993Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Muenster, Gerd Steiner, Wolfgang Freund, Bruno Wuerzer, Karl-Otto Westphalen
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Patent number: 5245040Abstract: A process for the preparation of 1,3-disubstituted 2-nitroguanidines of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl or a radical --CH.sub.2 B; A is an unsubstituted or mono- to tetrasubstituted aromatic or non-aromatic, monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic radical, which may contain one or two substituents from the group comprising C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 haloalkyl having 1 to 7 halogen atoms, cyclopropyl, halocyclopropyl having 1 to 3 halogen atoms, C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 alkynyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 haloalkenyl and C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 haloalkynyl having 1 to 4 halogen atoms, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 haloalkoxy having 1 to 7 halogen atoms, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 haloalkylthio having 1 to 7 halogen atoms, allyloxy, propargyloxy, allylthio, propargylthio, haloallyloxy, haloallylthio, cyano and nitro and one to four substituents from the group comprising C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1991Date of Patent: September 14, 1993Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Peter Maienfisch, Odd Kristiansen, Laurenz Gsell
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Patent number: 5217991Abstract: Non-peptidyl compounds characterized generally as cycloalkyl/cycloalkylalkyl-N-terminal cycloalkoxy-C-terminal amino hydroxy .beta.-amino acid derivatives are useful as renin inhibitors for treatment of hypertension. Compounds of particular interest are of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from cycloalkyl and cycloalkylalkyl groups, wherein said cycloalkyl group contains three to about eight carbon atoms and the acyclic alkyl portion of said cycloalkylalkyl group contains one to about eight carbon atoms; wherein each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 is independently selected from hydrido and methyl; wherein R.sub.3 is methyl or ethyl: wherein R.sub.5 is cyclohexylmethyl; wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1992Date of Patent: June 8, 1993Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.Inventors: Gunnar J. Hanson, John S. Baran, Dave Weissing, Mark Russell
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Patent number: 5216013Abstract: Non-peptidyl compounds characterized generally as heterocyclic acyl aminodiol .beta.-amino acid derivatives are useful as renin inhibitors for treatment of hypertension. Compounds of particular interest are compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from aryl and aralkyl groups represented by ##STR2## and wherein R.sub.1 may be further selected from heteroaryl and heteroaralkyl represented by ##STR3## wherein each of T and A is independently selected from N and CH; wherein n is a number selected from zero through five, inclusive; wherein X is selected from oxygen atom, methylamino and NH; wherein each of Y and Z is independently selected from chloro, fluoro, methoxy and dimethylamino; wherein Q is oxygen atom; and wherein each of T and A is independently selected from N and CH; wherein each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 is independently selected from hydrido and methyl; wherein R.sub.3 is selected from methyl and ethyl; wherein R.sub.5 is cyclohexylmethyl; wherein R.sub.6 is hydroxy; wherein R.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1992Date of Patent: June 1, 1993Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.Inventor: Gunnar J. Hanson
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Patent number: 5190573Abstract: Cyclohexenone oxime ethers ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl;A is substituted or unsubstituted alkylene or alkenylene, where methylene is replaced by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a sulfoxyl group, a sulfonyl group or --NR.sup.a --,Z is phenyl or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic structure;X is substituted or unsubstituted amino, nitro, cyano, halogen, alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy, carboxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzyloxycarbony or phenyl;n is 0 to 3, or 1 to 5 where X is halogen;R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1991Date of Patent: March 2, 1993Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulf Misslitz, Norbert Meyer, Juergen Kast, Norbert Goetz, Albrecht Harreus, Bruno Wuerzer, Helmut Walter, Karl-Otto Westphalen, Matthias Gerber
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Patent number: 5145975Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of diseases caused by invading organisms in a host by first identifying an enzymatic difference between the host and the invading organism and then administering to the host a pharmaceutically effective amount of a subversive substrate for the differing enzyme of the invading organism, whereby the action of the differing enzyme causes a result counter to the intended result and function of the enzyme that results in its debilitation or death. In particular, treatment of parasitic diseases caused by kinetoplastids including trypanosomes and leishmanias, e.g., African sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, oriental sore and kala-azar is accomplished by administration of a pharmaceutically effective antiparasitic amount of a competitive toxigenic substrate for trypanothione reductase. Methods of treatment and compositions therefor contain a competitive toxigenic substrate for trypanothione reductase. Numerous compounds and corresponding compositions are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1990Date of Patent: September 8, 1992Assignee: The Rockefeller UniversityInventors: Graeme B. Henderson, Peter C. Ulrich, Anthony Cerami
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Patent number: 5102905Abstract: The invention concerns heterocyclic nitromethane derivatives of the formula 1 as defined hereinafter (and their non-toxic salts) wherein the heterocyclic moiety Q is thienyl, benzothienyl or dibenzothienyl and may bear a wide variety of optional substituents, together with pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The nitromethane derivatives are inhibitors of the enzyme aldose reductase and are of value in the treatment of certain complications of diabetes and galactosemia.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1989Date of Patent: April 7, 1992Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Steven P. Brown, Anthony L. Cooper, Jethro L. Longridge, Jeffrey Morris, John Preston
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Patent number: 5055471Abstract: This invention relates to derivatives of propanoic acid of the formula ##STR1## Useful as fungicides, insecticides and miticides, to processes for preparing them, to compositions containing them, and to methods of using them to combat fungi, especially fungal infections of plants, and to kill or control insects and mites.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1989Date of Patent: October 8, 1991Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Paul J. de Fraine, Anne Martin
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Patent number: 5039685Abstract: Novel O-alkylated oximes of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic rings, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.4 is a nitrogen containing, substituted ring or an amino group carrying a substituted ring, and n and m independently are 0, 1 or 2, are potent inhibitors of GABA reuptake from the synaptic cleft.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1989Date of Patent: August 13, 1991Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Lars J. S. Knutsen, Knud E. Andersen, Anker S. Jorgensen, Ursula Sonnewald
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Patent number: 4942170Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of diseases caused by invading organisms in a host by first identifying an enzymatic difference between the host and the invading organism and then administering to the host a pharmaceutically effective amount of a subversive substrate for the differing enzyme of the invading organism, whereby the action of the differing enzyme causes a result counter to the intended result and function of the enzyme that results in its debilitation or death. In particular, treatment of parasitic diseases caused by kinetoplastids including trypanosomes and leishmanias, e.g., African sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, oriental sore and kala-azar is accomplished by administration of a pharmaceutically effective antiparasitic amount of a competitive toxigenic substrate for trypanothione reductase. Methods of treatment and compositions therefor contain a competitive toxigenic substrate for trypanothione reductase. Numerous compounds and corresponding compositions are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1988Date of Patent: July 17, 1990Assignee: The Rockefeller UniversityInventors: Graeme B. Henderson, Peter C. Ulrich, Anthony Cerami
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Patent number: 4920231Abstract: A process for the preparation of trifluoromethylvinyl compounds in all their possible streoisomeric forms and mixtures thereof comprising reacting a salt of trifluoroacetic acid with a halovinyl compound in the presence of a cuprous salt to obtain the same stereo-specific compound and all possible stereo-isomeric forms and mixtures thereof of 1R, trans compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an alcohol residue used in pyrethrinoid series, or an alcohol residue capable of blocking the acid function, and Z is aryl or haloaryl and the double bond has Z geometry having pesticide activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1989Date of Patent: April 24, 1990Assignee: Roussel UclafInventors: Werner Bonin, Jean-Pierre Demoute, Jean Tessier
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Patent number: 4908452Abstract: A facile and mild process for the preparation of nitriles from reagent sensitive primary carboxamides is described. The process utilizes a (carboxysulfamoyl)ammonium hydroxide compound as the dehydrating agent. It is useful for preparing nitriles which have present other groups which are sensitive to the more conventional methods of dehydration or to other methods of nitrile synthesis. Some novel nitriles prepared by the new method are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1987Date of Patent: March 13, 1990Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventor: David A. Claremon
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Patent number: 4891363Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein: l is 2-4; A and B are oxygen or sulfur; one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents a long chain alkyl, alkylcarbamoyl or aliphatic acyl group and the other of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents a group of formula (III) or (II.sub.f): ##STR2## in which E represents a single bond, a bivalent heterocyclic group or a group of formula --CO--, --COO-- or --CONR.sup.6 --, where R.sup.6 is hydrogen or an imino-protecting group; m is 0-3; n is 0-10; q is 0 or 1; R.sup.4 is optionally protected hydroxy, mercapto group or carboxy; Q is an amino or nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group;R.sub.f.sup.4 R.sub.f.sup.5 and R.sub.f.sup.6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl groups, or R.sub.f.sup.4 and R.sub.f.sup.5 or R.sub.f.sup.4, R.sub.f.sup.5 and R.sub.f.sup.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1988Date of Patent: January 2, 1990Assignee: Sankyo Company LimitedInventors: Norio Nakamura, Nobuyuki Ookawa, Hiroyuki Koike, Toshio Sada, Takeshi Oshmia, Yoshio Iizuka, Hideki Miyazaki
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Patent number: 4798892Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula ##STR1## wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; W represents alkylene of from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms; and B represents --NR.sub.2 COR.sub.1, --NR.sub.2 CONR.sub.1 R.sub.3, --NR.sub.2 SO.sub.2 R.sub.1, NR.sub.2 SO.sub.2 NR.sub.1 R.sub.3, or --NR.sub.2 COOR.sub.1, wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be alike or different and may be hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or aralkyl, except that R.sub.1 is not hydrogen when B is --NR.sub.2 SO.sub.2 R.sub.1 or --NR.sub.2 COOR.sub.1, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 may together with N form a 5 to 7 membered heterocyclic group and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds exhibit beta-adrenergic blocking activity and are also useful in the treatment of glaucoma.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1986Date of Patent: January 17, 1989Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Sheung T. Kam, William L. Matier, Ghanshyam Patil, Khuong H. X. Mai
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Patent number: 4792606Abstract: A process for the preparation of a dimeric aromatic acyl cyanide of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar is optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl or hetaryl,comprising reaction an acyl halide of the formulaAr--CO--Halin whichHal is fluorine, chlorine or bromine, with an alkali metal cyanide in a two-phase system comprising water and a water-immiscible or only sparingly water-miscible aliphatic ketone, and in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst. The products are known intermediates for pesticides.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1987Date of Patent: December 20, 1988Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reinhard Lantzsch, Hermann-Dieter Krall
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Patent number: 4791123Abstract: There are provided new alkane and alkoxyalkane derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and A have the meanings given in the description, processes for their preparation and insecticidal and acaricidal compositions containing these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1987Date of Patent: December 13, 1988Assignee: Schering Akt.Inventors: Helga Franke, Heinrich Franke, Hans-Rudolf Kruger, Hartmut Joppien, Dietrich Baumert, David Giles
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Patent number: 4785109Abstract: These is described a process for producing sulfonylureas of the formula ##STR1## wherein G is an unsubstituted or substituted furanyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, pyridinyl or phenyl radical,X is alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogen, haloalkoxy, alkylamino or dialkylamino,Y is alkyl, alkoxy or haloalkoxy,Z is a nitrogen atom or the methyne group --CH.dbd..This novel process comprises reacting a sulfonamide of the formulaG--SO.sub.2 --NH.sub.2,in the presence of a base, with a chloroformic acid ester of the formulaCl--CO--Q--T,or a sulfonyl chloride of the formulaG--SO.sub.2 Cl,in the presence of a base, with a urethane of the formulaH.sub.2 N--CO--Q--T;and converting the formed carbamate of the formulaG--SO.sub.2 --NH--CO--Q--Tby reaction with an amine of the formula ##STR2## into the sulfonylurea of the above formula. There are also described novel sulfonylcarbamates of the above formula as intermediates.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1987Date of Patent: November 15, 1988Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Willy Meyer, Werner Fory, Werner Topfl
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Patent number: 4701527Abstract: A method of synthesizing with improved reaction kinetics and improved effective yields salicylamide compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of --H, --COC.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 and --C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 wherein n is an integer with a value of from 1 through to about 15, R.sub.2 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of --H, --CN, --NO.sub.2, --F, --Cl, --Br, --I, --CF.sub.3, --CBr.sub.3, --CCl.sub.3, --CI.sub.3 and R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 is an R.sub.2 substituted heterocyclic compound selected (e.g.) from the group consisting of furan, thiazole, benzothiazole and purine which comprises reacting a phenyl salicylate ester bearing an R.sub.1 substituent on the benzene ring of the salicylic acid portion thereof with an R.sub.2 substituted aniline or a heterocyclic amine NH.sub.2 --R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1984Date of Patent: October 20, 1987Assignee: Lever Brothers CompanyInventors: Gerald S. Koermer, Eddie N. Gutierrez, Maryfrances Prorok
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Patent number: 4681952Abstract: A process for the preparation of 2,2-dimethyl-3-arylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid or ester of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar is naphthyl or the radical ##STR2## R.sup.1 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, Z is oxygen, sulphur, or 1,2-ethenediyl, andR.sup.2 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro or trialkylsilyl or a radical, which is optionally substituted by halogen, from the series comprising alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, dialkylamino, phenyl and phenoxy,comprising reacting a 1-aryl-1-halogeno-2,2-dimethyl-3-butanone of the formula ##STR3## in which X.sup.1 is chlorine or bromine, with a base in the presence of a diluent at a temperature between about -20.degree. and +150.degree. C., thereby to form a 2,2-dimethyl-3-arylcyclobutanone of the formula ##STR4## and reacting such 2,2-dimethyl-3-arylcyclobutanone with chlorine or bromine in the presence of an inert diluent at a temperature between about -30.degree. and +50.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1984Date of Patent: July 21, 1987Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reinhard Lantzsch, Dieter Arlt, Manfred Jautelat
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Patent number: 4663465Abstract: 2,2-Dimethyl-3-arylcyclopropanecarboxylic acids and esters, suitable as insecticide intermediates, of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar is naphthyl or substituted furyl, thienyl or phenyl, andR.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, are produced by subjecting ##STR2## to radical polymerization to produce ##STR3## reacting that with chlorine or bromine to produce ##STR4## and reacting that with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide or carbonate. Various intermediates II and III are new.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1985Date of Patent: May 5, 1987Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reinhard Lantzsch, Dieter Arlt, Manfred Jautelat
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Patent number: 4643849Abstract: This invention relates to amine derivatives and salts thereof. These compounds have an anti-ulcer activity which is effective to human beings and animals. This disclosure relates to such compounds, a process for the preparation thereof and an anti-ulcer agent containing the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1983Date of Patent: February 17, 1987Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiro Hirai, Hiroshi Hirano, Hirotoshi Arai, Yasuo Kiba, Hisanari Shibata, Yoshikazu Kusayanagi, Minako Yotsuji, Kazuhiko Hashiba, Kikuko Tanada
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Patent number: 4643758Abstract: N-(Substituted heterocyclic)-2-pyrrolidinone derivatives useful as herbicides both alone and in combination with other herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1984Date of Patent: February 17, 1987Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Kenneth W. Burow, Jr., James C. Williams, Jr.
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Patent number: 4522950Abstract: 2,4,5-Trisubstituted-2,3-dihydrofurans useful for fungicidal applications are provided herein. The 2,3-dihydrofuran compounds correspond to the general formula ##STR1## where R is an ethyl or vinyl group, R.sub.1 is a C.sub.1-10 hydrocarbon radical and X is a nitrile, amide or sulfonyl group. The compounds of this invention are effective fungicides for the treatment of seeds and also find use in other agricultural fungicidal applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1983Date of Patent: June 11, 1985Assignee: National Distillers and Chemical CorporationInventors: Allen L. Hall, Richard G. Fayter, Jr.
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Patent number: 4493936Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are H or alkyl; n is 0 or 1 and R is an unsaturated moiety, are useful as herbicides and plant growth regulators.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1984Date of Patent: January 15, 1985Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventor: Willy D. Kollmeyer
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Patent number: 4487946Abstract: A process is provided wherein cyclopropyl ketones are readily isomerized to 2,3-dihydrofurans. The process involves the thermal rearrangement of 1,1-disubstituted-2-alkylcyclopropanes or 1,1-disubstituted-2-alkenylcyclopropanes, wherein one of the substituents in the 1-position is an acyl group, to 2,4,5-trisubstituted-2,3-dihydrofurans employing an onium compound as the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1983Date of Patent: December 11, 1984Assignee: National Distillers and Chemical CorporationInventors: Allen L. Hall, Richard G. Fayter, Jr.
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Patent number: 4439225Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are H or alkyl; n is 0 or 1 and R is an unsaturated moiety, are useful as herbicides and plant growth regulators.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1982Date of Patent: March 27, 1984Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventor: Willy D. Kollmeyer
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Patent number: 4412856Abstract: The novel compounds of the formula I are useful selective herbicides for postemergence application in crops of cereals, maize and rice.In formula I, ##STR1## A is an unsubstituted or substituted amino group, Q is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkylene bridge, Y is an oxygen or sulfur atom or an unsubstituted or substituted nitrogen atom, and Z is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, naphthyl or heterocyclic radical, which phenyl radical, containing the bridge member Y, can additionally carry one to four further substituents.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1981Date of Patent: November 1, 1983Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Hans-Georg Brunner, Rolf Schurter, Henry Szczepanski
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Patent number: 4388469Abstract: Diphenylalkanoether and diphenylalkanone oxime-ether derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently an aryl group optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, nitro, cyano, di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylamino, amino, benzyloxy, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylsulfinyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylsulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanoylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino and N-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl-N-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkanoylamino, Z.sup.1 is a group of the formula: ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group or an ar(C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1980Date of Patent: June 14, 1983Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Keiichi Ono, Hajime Kawakami, Junki Katsube
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Patent number: 4372776Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 each is hydrogen or R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 together form a second carbon-to-nitrogen bond, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or cyano, R.sup.4 is alkyl and Ar is one of certain aromatic moieties.The compounds can be used as abscission agents for the loosening of fruit and/or leaves on plants.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1981Date of Patent: February 8, 1983Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Janet A. Day, Robert J. G. Searle
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Patent number: 4366102Abstract: In a process for the preparation of an aromatic chloroformic acid ester by contacting a phenol and phosgene, the improvement wherein the reaction is carried out in a homogeneous liquid phase at a temperature of 60.degree. to 180.degree. C. in the presence of organic phosphorus compound of the formulaR.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 PR.sup.4.sub.n X.sub.nin whichR.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, aryl or halogen and two of the said radicals together with the phosphorus atom can form a 5-membered or 6-membered phosphorus-containing saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical,X represents OH, homopolar-bonded halogen or an inorganic or organic acid anion,R.sup.4 denotes hydrogen or alkyl or, if X denotes halogen, can also denote halogen and n denotes 0 or 1,and in which, furthermore,R.sup.4 and X together can represent oxygen or sulfur.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1981Date of Patent: December 28, 1982Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gunter Rauchschwalbe, Heinz U. Blank, Karl Mannes, Dietmar Mayer