Nitrogen Bonded Directly To The -c(=x)- Group Patents (Class 549/487)
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Publication number: 20030119886Abstract: This invention is in the field of antiinflammatory pharmaceutical agents and specifically relates to compounds, compositions and methods for treating disorders mediated by cyclooxygenase-2 or 5-lipoxygenase, such as inflammation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: Pharmacia CorporationInventors: John J. Talley, James A. Sikorski, Matthew J. Graneto, Jeffery S. Carter, Bryan H. Norman, Balekudru Devadas, Hwang-Fun Lu
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Publication number: 20030013757Abstract: Compounds of formula I 1Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Ulrike Leser-Reiff, Tim Sattelkau, Gerd Zimmermann
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Patent number: 6506913Abstract: A dimethylfurancarboxyanilide compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, (C2-C6)-alkyl, (C3-C6)-cycloalkyl, (C3-C6)-alkenyl, (C2-C6) alkynyl, (C1-C3)-halogenoalkyl, (C2-C6)-alkoxy, (C1-C6)-alkoxy-(C1-C6)-alkyl, cyano, substituted amide, (C1-C6)-alkoxy-carbonyl, benzoyl which is unsubstituted or has 1 to 2 substituents, benzoylamino which is unsubstituted or has 1 to 2 substituents; (C2-C6)-alkanoylamino, (C3-C6)-cycloalkylcarbonylamino, benzyl which is unsubstituted or has 1 to 2 substituents, phenyl which is unsubstituted or has 1 to 2 substituents, or (C1-C6)-alkoxycarbonyl-(C2-C5)-alkenylene; and R1 and R2 do not both represent hydrogen at the same time. A wood preservative containing the dimethylfurancarboxyanilide compound as an active ingredient. A method of preserving wood by applying the dimethylfurancarboxyanilide compound to wood.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2001Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Kiyoshi Konishi, Toshiaki Yanai, Akio Saito
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Patent number: 6455520Abstract: The invention concerns amide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R3 is (1-6C)alkyl or halogeno; m is 0-3, p is 0-2 and q is 0-4; each of R1 and R2 is a group such as hydroxy, halogeno, trifluoromethyl and cyano; R4 is a basic group such as amino, (1-6C)alkylamino, di-[(1-6C)alkyl]amino, di-[(1-6C)alkyl]amino-(1-6C)alkyl, di-[(1-6C)alkyl]amino-(2-6C)alkoxy, heteroaryl, heteroaryloxy, heteroaryl-(1-6C)alkoxy, heterocyclyl, heterocyclyloxy and heterocyclyl-(1-6C)alkoxy; and Q2 is a group such as heteroaryl, heteroaryloxy or heteroaryl-(1-6C)alkoxy which is optionally substituted; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or in-vivo-cleavable esters thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical conditions mediated by cytokines.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Astra Zeneca ABInventors: Dearg S Brown, George R Brown
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Patent number: 6448290Abstract: The sulfonamide or carboamide derivatives of the formula (I) and a pharmaceutical composition which comprise them as an active ingredient: (wherein A ring, B ring is carbocyclic ring, heterocyclic ring; Z1 is —COR1, —CH═CH—COR1 etc.; Z2 is H, alkyl etc.; Z3 is single bond, alkylene; Z4 is SO2, CO; Z5 is alkyl, phenyl, heterocyclic ring etc.; R2 is CONR8, O, S, NZ6, Z7-alkylene, alkylene etc.; R3 is H, alkyl, halogen, CF3 etc.; R4 is H, (substituted) alkyl etc.; n, t is 1-4). The compounds of the formula (I) can bind to receptors of PGE2 and show antagonistic activity against the action thereof or agonistic activity. Therefore, they are considered to be useful as medicine for inhibition of uterine contraction, analgesics, antidiarrheals, sleep inducers, medicine for increase of vesical capacity or medicine for uterine contraction, cathartic, suppression of gastric acid secretion, antihypertensive or diuretic agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1999Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Ohuchida, Yuuki Nagao
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Patent number: 6426355Abstract: Compounds having the formula: wherein R1-R5, X and G are described herein and which are useful in the treatment of diseases associated with herpes viruses including human cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex viruses, Epstein-Barr virus, varicella-zoster virus, human herpesviruses-6 and -7, and Kaposi herpesvirus.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: American Home ProductsInventors: Jonathan Bloom, Kevin Curran, Martin DiGrandi, Russell Dushin, Thomas Jones, Stanley Lang, Adma Ross, Eugene A. Terefenko, Bryan O'Hara
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Patent number: 6420427Abstract: An aminobutyric acid derivative of the formula (I): (wherein all symbols are as defined in the specification) and salt thereof. salt thereof. The compounds of the formula (I) possess an inhibitory activity on matrix metalloproteinase and are useful for prevention and/or treatment of diseases, for example, rheumatoid diseases, arthrosteitis, unusual bone resorption, osteoporosis, periodontitis, interstitial nephritis, arteriosclerosis, pulmonary emphysema, cirrhosis, cornea injury, metastasis of, invasion of or growth of tumor cells, autoimmune disease (e.g. Crohn's disease, Sjogren's syndrome), disease caused by vascular emigration or infiltration of leukocytes, arterialization, multiple sclerosis, aorta aneurysm, endometriosis.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2000Date of Patent: July 16, 2002Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kanji Takahashi, Tsuneyuki Sugiura
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Publication number: 20020091154Abstract: A dimethylfurancarboxyanilide compound of the formula (I): 1Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Applicant: SANKYO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kiyoshi Konishi, Toshiaki Yanai, Akio Saito
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Patent number: 6407249Abstract: Compounds of the formula: wherein R1-R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, alkynyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, perhaloalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, heterocycloalkyl of 3 to 10 carbon members, aryl, heteroaryl, halogen, —CN, —NO2, —CO2R6, —COR6, —OR6, —SR6, —SOR6, —SO2R6, —CONR7R8, —NR6N(R7R8), —N(R7R8) or W—Y—(CH2)n—Z provided that at least one of R1-R5 is not hydrogen; or R2 and R3 or R3 and R4, taken together form a 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl or 3 to 7 membered heteroaryl; R6 and R7 are independently hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, perhaloalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or aryl; R8 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, perhaloalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, heterocycloalkyl of 3 to 10 members, aryl or heteroaryl, or R7 and R8, taken together may form a 3Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: American Home Products CorporationInventors: Jonathan Bloom, Kevin Curran, Martin DiGrandi, Russell Dushin, Thomas Jones, Stanley Lang, Adma Ross, Eugene A. Terefenko, Bryan O'Hara
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Patent number: 6369225Abstract: Compounds having Formula 8 wherein the symbols have the meaning defined in the specification are inhibitors of the cytochrome P450RAI (retinoic acid inducible) enzyme, and are used for treating diseases responsive to treatment by retinoids.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Allergan Sales, Inc.Inventors: Jayasree Vasudevan, Alan T. Johnson, Dehua Huang, Roshantha A. Chandraratna
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Patent number: 6329372Abstract: Phenylalanine derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R is a carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof; L1 is a linker atom or group; Het is an optionally substituted heteroaromatic group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of alpha4 integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immune or inflammatory disorders.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1999Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Celltech Therapeutics LimitedInventors: John Clifford Head, Sarah Catherine Archibald, Graham John Warrellow, John Robert Porter
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Patent number: 6319930Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): A—G1—Cy—G2—Cy—G3—B (I) wherein: A represents NR1C(Q)R2, C(Q)NR2R3 or NR1C(Q)NR2R3, B represents NR1C(Q)R2, C(Q)NR2R3, NR1C(Q)NR2R3, C(Q)OR1, NR1C(Q)OR2 or NR2R3, G1 and G3 represent an optionally substituted alkylene chain, Cy represents a ring structure and G2 represents a chain and medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating or in preventing melatoninergic disorders.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2000Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Adir et CompagnieInventors: Daniel Lesieur, Said Yous, Carole Descamps-Francois, François Lefoulon, Gérald Guillaumet, Marie-Claude Viaud, Caroline Bennejean, Philippe Delagrange, Pierre Renard
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Patent number: 6313293Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of amides, comprising reacting amines with carboxylic acids in the presence of silicon amines. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of quinazoline derivatives, comprising reacting amines with carboxylic acids in the presence of silicon amines to obtain amides and contacting the resultant amides with quinazoline.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2000Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Development Center for BiotechnologyInventors: Wen-Chih Chou, Ming-Chen Chou, Yann-Yu Lu, Shyh-Fong Chen
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Patent number: 6313294Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing an amide, which comprises reacting an amine with an ester in a molten form in the absence of a solvent.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1998Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Development Center for BiotechnologyInventors: Wen-Chih Chou, Chang-Wei Tan, Shyh-Fong Chen, Hao Ku
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Patent number: 6310078Abstract: This invention relates to a series of substituted amino acids of Formula I pharmaceutical compositions containing them and intermediates used in their manufacture. The compounds of the invention are small molecules which bind to the erythropoietin receptor and compete with the natural ligand for binding to this receptor.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2000Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Connolly, Victor T. Bandurco, Steven K. Wetter, Sigmond Johnson, Jacqueline Bussolari, William V. Murray
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Patent number: 6303602Abstract: A compound of the following formula: or a salt thereof, wherein A is hydrogen, halo, hydroxy; the broken line represents an optional double bond with proviso that if the broken line is a double bond, then A is absent; Ar1 is optionally substituted phenyl; Ar2 is aryl or heteroaryl selected from phenyl, napththyl, furanyl or thienyl, the aryl or heteroaryl being optionally substituted; R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, or C1-C4 alkyl; and R2 and R3 are independently selected from optionally substituted C1-C7 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, or R2 and R3, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted pyrrolidine, piperidine or morpholine ring. These compounds are useful as kappa agonists.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Fumitaka Ito, Hiroshi Kondo
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Patent number: 6300368Abstract: Preparation of antiarrhythmic agents containing novel anilide derivatives represented by the following formula as active ingredient provides a new type of antiarrhythmic agent of highly safe and effective, without effects on cardiac function.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamashita, Kazuhiko Togashi, Akiyoshi Kai, Junichi Mohri, Haruki Mori, Kohichi Kawai, Akihiro Oyabe, Takashi Sato
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Patent number: 6281211Abstract: This invention is related to substituted semicarbazides represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein: R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aminoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or carboxyalkyl; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aminoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or carboxyalkyl, or R3 and R4 is defined as above, and R5 and R6 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocycle, including piperidine, piperazine, morpholine; A1 and A2 are independently aryl, heteroaryl, saturated or partially unsaturated carbocycle or saturated or partially unsaturated heterocycle, any of which is optionally substituted; X is one of O, S, NR7, CH2, C(O), NR7C(O), C(O)NR7, SO, SO2 or a covalent bond; where R7 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aminoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or carboxyalkyl; n isType: GrantFiled: September 21, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Euro-Celtique S.A.Inventors: Sui Xiong Cai, Nancy C. Lan, Soo Hong-Bae
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Patent number: 6274620Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds that are effective inhibitors of integrins, particularly &agr;v&bgr;3 and &agr;v&bgr;5 integrins. Particularly, the compounds are of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein X,Y1 W, R1 to R5, A and B are defined according to the disclosure herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: BioChem Pharma Inc.Inventors: Denis Labrecque, Giorgio Attardo, Monica Bubenik, Laval Chan, Sylvie Charron, Réal Denis, Guy Falardeau, Serge Lamothe, Patrice Préville, Boulos Zacharie
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Patent number: 6218426Abstract: Non-peptide GnRH agents capable of inhibiting the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone are of the following general formula, where X1, X2, Y, and are defined variables: Such compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, multimers, prodrugs, and active metabolites are suitable for treating mammalian reproductive disorders and steroid hormone-dependent tumors as well as for regulating fertility, where suppression of gonadotropin release is indicated. Methods for synthesizing the compounds and intermediates useful in their preparation are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Mark Brian Anderson, Alexander Polinsky, Yufeng Hong, Vlad Edward Gregor
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Publication number: 20010000184Abstract: A dimethylfurancarboxyanilide compound of the formula (I): 1Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2000Publication date: April 5, 2001Applicant: Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Kiyoshi Konishi, Toshiaki Yanai, Akio Saito
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Patent number: 6201007Abstract: A compound of the following formula: and the salts thereof wherein A is hydrogen, halo, or hydroxy, broken line represents an optional double bond with proviso that if the broken line is a double bond, then A is absent; Ar1 is optionally substituted phenyl; Ar2 is aryl or heteroaryl selected from phenyl, napththyl, or pyridyl, the aryl or heteroaryl being optionally substituted; R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, or C1-C4 alkyl; and R2 and R3 are independently selected from optionally substituted C1-C7 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, or R2 and R3, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted pyrrolidine. These compounds are useful as kappa agonists.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Fumitaka Ito, Hiroshi Kondo
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Patent number: 6201133Abstract: Disclosed are compound of formula I wherein R represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, bicycloalkyl, adamantyl, aryl, biaryl, or mono- or di-(cycloalkyl, aryl or biaryl)-lower alkyl, di-(lower alkyl or aryl-lower alkyl)amino-lower alkyl, or (piperidino, morpholino, pyrrolidino)-lower alkyl; R1 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, biaryl, or (cycloalkyl, aryl or biaryl)-lower alkyl; R2 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, aryl-lower alkyl, aryl-lower alkoxy, amino, mono- or di-(lower alkyl or aryl-lower alkyl)-amino, acylamino, or (lower alkyl or aryl-lower alkyl)-(thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl); R3 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, or C2-C7-alkyl interrupted by S, SO, SO2, O or N—R5; R4 represents hydrogen or acyl; R5 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, aryl-lower alkyl, acyl, or (lower alkyl, aryl or aryl-lower alkyl)-sulfonyl; A together with the carbon to which it is attached forms a ring and reprType: GrantFiled: November 8, 1999Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Novartis AGInventor: Cynthia A. Fink
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Patent number: 6143780Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A and X are independently oxygen or sulphur;R.sup.6 is H, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, cyano, or nitro;Y is --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 S--, or --CH.sub.2 SO.sub.2 --;Q is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or aromatic heterocyclic group:useful for the inhibition of the replication of HIV-1, in vitro and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1999Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignees: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc., Uniroyal Chemical Co./CIE.Inventors: Walter Gerhard Brouwer, Ewa Maria Osika
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Patent number: 6124455Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein the symbols have the meaning defined in the specification have retinoid-like biological activity.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2000Date of Patent: September 26, 2000Assignee: Allergan Sales, Inc.Inventors: Min Teng, Tien T. Duong, Roshantha A. Chandraratna
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Patent number: 6107336Abstract: The invention concerns novel dihydrofuran carboxamides of formula (I), ##STR1## in which R stands for groups of formulae (a), (b) or (c), ##STR2## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, X, m, n and p have the meanings given in the description. The invention also concerns a process for preparing the novel substances, and their use for combating undesirable micro-organisms for plant- and material-protection purposes.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1999Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Ludwig Elbe, Franz Kunisch, Dietmar Bielefeldt, Ralf Tiemann, Klaus Stenzel, Stefan Dutzmann, Martin Kugler, Heinrich Schrage
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Patent number: 6096747Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1996Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Celltech Therapeutics LimitedInventors: Nigel Robert Arnold Beeley, Thomas Andrew Millican
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Patent number: 6083986Abstract: Compounds useful as potassium channel inhibitors and especially useful for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and cell proliferative disorders are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1997Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignees: ICAgen, Inc., Eli Lilly & CompanyInventors: Neil Alexander Castle, Sean Patrick Hollinshead, Philip Floyd Hughes, Jose Serafin Mendoza, Joseph Wendell Wilson, George Salvatore Amato, Serge Beaudoin, Michael Gross, Grant McNaughton-Smith
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Patent number: 6028100Abstract: The present invention provides dihalopropene compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl or the like; L is C(.dbd.O)NH or the like; R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently halogen or the like; R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are independently hydrogen or the like; m is an integer of 0 to 4; n is an integer of 0 to 2; X is chlorine or the like; Y is oxygen or the like; and Z is oxygen or the like, which have excellent insecticidal activity so that they are satisfactorily effective for the control of noxious insects.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1998Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Sanshiro Matsuo, Taro Hirose, Keiichi Izumi, Masaya Suzuki, Noriyasu Sakamoto, Kazunori Tsushima, Shigeru Saito, Hirotaka Takano
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Patent number: 6017956Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3 and Ar.sup.4 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; X and Y represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a -- (wherein R.sup.a is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group) or --NR.sup.b -- (wherein R.sup.b is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), or X and Y together represent a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1998Date of Patent: January 25, 2000Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Tetsuya Aoyama, Kumiko Kawakami, Sachie Arai, Toshihiko Satoh, Yoshiaki Monden
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Patent number: 5994507Abstract: A method for binding albumin by contacting an aqueous liquid containing an albumin with an albumin-binding compound is selected from albumin-binding compounds containing the scaffold --CO--NH--C(.dbd.C--)--CO--, and conjugates that are capable of binding albumin and exhibiting the scaffold --CO--NH--C(.dbd.C--)--CO--.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1997Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Amersham Pharmacia Biotech ABInventors: .ANG.ke Pilotti, Tor Regberg, Christel Ellstrom, Charlotta Lindqvist, Ann Eckersten, Lars Fagerstam
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Patent number: 5990145Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I,A--B--D--E--F--G (I)in which A, B, D, E, F and G have the meanings given in the patent claims, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments. The compounds of the invention are used as vitronectin receptor antagonists and as inhibitors of bone resorption.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1997Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignees: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Volkmar Wehner, Hans Ulrich Stilz, Anuschirwan Peyman, Karlheinz Scheunemann, Jean-Marie Ruxer, Denis Carniato, Jean-Michel Lefrancois, Thomas Richard Gadek, Robert McDowell
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Patent number: 5981573Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof: [wherein each of Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3 and Ar.sup.4 is an aryl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group; A.sup.1 is a C.sub.2-6 chain hydrocarbon group or a group represented by --A.sup.1a --W.sup.1 --A.sup.1b -- (wherein W.sup.1 is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ethynylene group, a cyclopropylene group or a group represented by --NR.sup.W --; A.sup.2 is a C.sub.2-8 chain hydrocarbon group; each of X and Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a group represented by --CHR.sup.a -- or by --NR.sup.b --, or X and Y together represent a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group or a lower alkoxy group; each of R.sup.4 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Tetsuya Aoyama, Kumiko Kawakami, Sachie Arai, Toshihiko Satoh, Yoshiaki Monden
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Patent number: 5958983Abstract: The present invention relates to polyaromatic compounds having useful antiviral activity against viruses of the herpes family, to a composition containing them, and to a method of using them for the treatment of herpes viruses infections.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1998Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn CompanyInventors: Michael R. Barbachyn, Fred L. Homa, Antonio Monge, Esteban Santiago, Juan J. Martinez-Irujo, Maria Font
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Patent number: 5919786Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3 and Ar.sup.4 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; X and Y represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a -- (wherein R.sup.a is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group) or --NR.sup.b -- (wherein R.sup.b is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), or X and Y together represent a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1998Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Tetsuya Aoyama, Kumiko Kawakami, Sachie Arai, Toshihiko Satoh, Yoshiaki Monden
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Patent number: 5917048Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein the symbols have the meaning described in the specification, have retinoid-like biological activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Allergan Sales Inc.Inventors: Min Teng, Tien T. Duong, Roshantha A. Chandraratna
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Patent number: 5872121Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a) phenyl; phenyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy); phenoxy; or benzyl; the phenyl ring of each substituent being optionally substituted with one or more of halogen, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 haloalkoxy, di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl)amino, phenyl or phenoxy; or b) a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group comprising 1-3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O or S, optionally substituted with one or more of halogen, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 haloalkoxy, or di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl)amino. These compounds and pesticidal compositions prepared therefrom, are useful as plant protecting agents for the control of insects, nematodes, and mites.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1997Date of Patent: February 16, 1999Assignee: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Mark Achiel Dekeyser, Paul Thomas McDonald
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Patent number: 5869024Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a novel method and composition for using nonionic contrast media to reduce the risk of clot formation in a diagnostic procedure is disclosed. Novel compositions for such method are also disclosed. The present method comprises employing a triiodinated phenyl contrast agent having a heterocyclic group or a dimeric triiodinated phenyl contrast agent having one or more heterocyclic groups.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1992Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Bracco International B.V.Inventors: Ramachandran S. Ranganathan, Michael F. Tweedle, Paul W. Wedeking
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Patent number: 5856323Abstract: 2,5-Diaryl tetrahydrofurans, 2,5-diaryl tetrahydrothiophenes, 2,4-diaryl tetrahydrofurans, 2,4-diaryl tetrahydrothiophenes, 1,3-diaryl cyclopentanes, 2,4-diaryl pyrrolidines, and 2,5-diaryl pyrrolidines are disclosed that reduce the chemotaxis and respiratory burst leading to the formation of damaging oxygen radicals of polymorphonuclear leukocytes during an inflammatory or immune response. The compounds exhibit this biological activity by acting as PAF receptor antagonists, by inhibiting the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase, or by exhibiting dual activity, i. e., by acting as both a PAF receptor antagonist and inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase.A method to treat disorders mediated by PAF or leukotrienes is also disclosed, that includes administering an effective amount of one or more of the above-identified compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: CytoMed, Inc.Inventors: Xiong Cai, Sajjat Hussoin, San-Bao Hwang, David Killian, T. Y. Shen
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Patent number: 5849747Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3 and Ar.sup.4 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; X and Y represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a -- (wherein R.sup.a is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group) or --NR.sup.b -- (wherein R.sup.b is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), or X and Y together represent a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1996Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Tetsuya Aoyama, Kumiko Kawakami, Sachie Arai, Toshihiko Satoh, Yoshiaki Monden
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Patent number: 5834468Abstract: This invention relates to substituted and unsubstituted ???(aryl- and heteroaryl-) alkyl-, alkyloxy-, alkylthio-, oxo-, thio-, and alkylamino!- heteroaryl and aryl!- alkylamino-, aminoalkyl-, alkyloxy-, and alkylthio!- aryl and heteroaryl compounds of the formula ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful as antagonists of the pain enhancing effects of E-type prostaglandins, to processes for the preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to methods for treating pain comprising the administration of such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventors: Gloria Anne Breault, John Oldfield, Howard Tucker, Peter Warner
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Patent number: 5824704Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## These compounds are useful for inhibiting the growth or replication of retroviruses such as HIV.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1997Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: Uniroyal Chemical Co./CIE.Inventor: Walter Gerhard Brouwer
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Patent number: 5792776Abstract: Disubstituted tetrahydrofurans, tetrahydrothiophenes, pyrrolidines and cyclopentanes are disclosed that reduce the chemotaxis and respiratory burst leading to the formation of damaging oxygen radicals of polymorphonuclear leukocytes during an inflammatory or immune response. The compounds exhibit this biological activity by acting as PAF receptor antagonists, by inhibiting the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase, or by exhibiting dual activity, i. e., by acting as both a PAF receptor antagonist and inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase.A method to treat disorders mediated by PAF and/or leukotrienes is also disclosed, that includes administering an effective amount of one or more of the above-identified compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1994Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Cytomed, Inc.,Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Ralph Scannell, Xiong Cai, Sajjat Hussoin
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Patent number: 5733935Abstract: A hydroxylamine derivatives of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, cycloalkyl group, haloalkyl group, haloalkynyl group, alkoxy - alkyl group, phenoxy - alkyl group, alkylthio - alkyl group, alkylsulfonyl - alkyl group, alkylamino - alkyl group, phenyl group, benzyl group, phenethyl group, cinnamyl group, pyridyl group, furyl group, thienyl group, X represents CO.sub.2, CO or SO.sub.2, and R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and n represents 0 or 1, and fungicides contain said compound as an active ingredient.The compounds of the present invention have excellent effects for controlling wood-rot fungi, plant diseases and fungi of humans and animals, and are useful as industrial, agricultural and medical fungicides.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1996Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuharu Andoh, Tsutomu Nishiguchi, Katsutoshi Endo
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Patent number: 5709935Abstract: Organic compounds having at least one ethylenically-unsaturated group are described, the organic compounds being suitable for use in coatable compositions as reactive diluents; compounds of the invention preferably have a divalent organic linking moiety devoid of reactive groups other than optional ethylenically-unsaturated groups, and a polar organic moiety and are particularly adept in solubilizing aminoplast resins having radiation-curable pendant groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1996Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Ernest L. Thurber, Eric G. Larson, Alan R. Kirk, Gregg D. Dahlke
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Patent number: 5696151Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is O or S, useful for the inhibition of the replication of HIV-1 and reverse transcriptase mutants thereof, in vitro and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1995Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignees: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc., Uniroyal Chemical Ltd./LteeInventors: Walter Gerhard Brouwer, Ewa Maria Osika, Benjamin James Pierce
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Patent number: 5693827Abstract: A method of inhibiting the growth or replication of viruses of the HIV group is disclosed. Also disclosed are compounds useful in the method and pharmaceutical formulations incorporating such compounds. The method involves the use of compounds having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein the substituent groups are as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignees: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc., Uniroyal Chemical Ltd/LteeInventors: William Ashley Harrison, Gary Edward Jewell, Ethel Ellen Felauer, Mark Achiel Dekeyser, Dong Dao-Cong, James Anthony McGuiness, Anupama Mishra, Walter Gerhard Brouwer, Derek James McPhee
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Patent number: 5684198Abstract: Amides having formula I: ##STR1## wherein E, X, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the meanings given in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutically acceptable in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof,which are useful in the treatment of urinary incontinence. Further provided are processes for preparing the aides and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1996Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries, PLCInventors: Keith Russell, Cyrus John Ohnmacht, Keith Hopkinson Gibson
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Patent number: 5681966Abstract: Enantiomerically enriched disubstituted tetrahydrofurans, tetrahydrothiophenes, pyrrolidines and cyclopentanes are disclosed that reduce the chemotaxis and respiratory burst leading to the formation of damaging oxygen radicals of polymorphonuclear leukocytes during an inflammatory or immune response. The compounds exhibit this biological activity by acting as PAF receptor antagonists, by inhibiting the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase, or by exhibiting dual activity, i.e., by acting as both a PAF receptor antagonist and inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase.It has been determined that 5-lipoxygenase activity, oral availability, and stability in vivo (for example, glucuronidation rate) can vary significantly among the optical isomers of the disclosed compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignee: Cytomed, Inc.Inventors: Xiong Cai, Gurmit Grewal, Sajjat Hussoin, Aberra Fura, Ralph Scannell, Tesfaye Biftu
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Patent number: 5659049Abstract: Water or lipid soluble, pharmacologically active, antioxidant, anti-phospholipase compounds that are chemically defined. The compounds protect mammalian cells by inhibiting PLA.sub.2 and preventing oxidation. In particular, each compound has at least two fatty moieties and no active hydroxy group. The compound may also have at least one ionizable group, which may a carboxyl group, and each of the fatty moieties has from sixteen to twenty carbon atoms and at least one cis-unsaturated double bond.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth UniversityInventors: Richard C. Franson, Raphael M. Ottenbrite