Sulfur, Double Bonded To Oxygen, Attached Indirectly To The Cyano Group By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 558/413)
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Publication number: 20020169192Abstract: PPAR alpha activators, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds to elevate certain plasma lipid levels, including high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and to lower certain other plasma lipid levels, such as LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides and accordingly to treat diseases which are exacerbated by low levels of HDL cholesterol and/or high levels of LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides, such as atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, in mammals, including humans.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2002Publication date: November 14, 2002Inventors: Cheryl M. Hayward, David A. Perry
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Patent number: 6479692Abstract: Methods of synthesizing an acylanilideType: GrantFiled: May 2, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Nobex CorporationInventors: Nnochiri N. Ekwuribe, Kenneth D. James, Jr.
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Publication number: 20020165412Abstract: N-(Aryl)-2-arylethenesulfonamides and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof are useful as antiproliferative agents, including, for example, anticancer agents. They are also useful as radioprotective agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventors: E. Premkumar Reddy, M.V. Ramana Reddy, Stanley C. Bell
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Patent number: 6472415Abstract: Substituted phenylalanines are provided comprising an hydantoin, urea or 2-hydroxyl, 2-methylpropionyl group, dimers thereof and alkyl, polyfluoroamido and haloarylamino derivatives thereof, as well as radiolabeled derivatives thereof. The compounds bind specifically to the androgen receptor and find use in indications associated with the androgen receptor, such as cell hyperplasia dependent on androgens, hirsutism, acne and androgenetic alopecia.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2000Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Biophysica, Inc.Inventors: Milos Sovak, Allen L. Seligson, James Gordon Douglas, III, Brian Campion, Jason W. Brown
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Publication number: 20020123632Abstract: Substituted anthranilic acids of the formula I 1Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Inventors: Andreas Weichert, Hans-Willi Jansen, Heinz-Werner Kleemann, Hans-Jochen Lang, Hartmut Rutten
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Publication number: 20020115643Abstract: Styryl benzylsulfones of formula I are useful as antiproliferative agents, including, for example, anticancer agents: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: E. Premkumar Reddy, M. V. Ramana Reddy
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Publication number: 20020114770Abstract: The present invention relates to certain resorcinol derivatives and their use as skin lightening agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Stuart E. Bradley, Eric W. Collington, Mathhew C. Fyfe, Martin J. Procter, Colin P. Sambrook Smith
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Publication number: 20020091273Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the regioselective synthesis of 4,6,7,8-substituted benzo[g]quinoline-3-carbonitriles and 4,6,7,8-substituted benzo[g]quinazolines as well as intermediates thereof. The compounds derived from this invention are useful for the treatment of a variety of diseases that are a result of deregulation of these PTK's, and more specifically, are anti-cancer agents and are useful for the treatment of cancer in mammals. In addition, the compounds derived from this invention are useful for the treatment of polycystic kidney disease in mammals.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2002Publication date: July 11, 2002Applicant: American Home Products CorporationInventors: Dan Maarten Berger, Gary Harold Birnberg, Yanong Daniel Wang
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Publication number: 20020086902Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of N-(substituted phenyl)-3-alkyl-, aryl- and heteroarylsulfonyl-2-hydroxy-2-alkyl- and haloalkylpropanamide compounds of formula I 1Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2001Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: Bang-Chi Chen, Joseph E. Sundeen, Rulin Zhao
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Publication number: 20020082452Abstract: The invention relates to &agr;-sulfin- and &agr;-sulfonamino acid amides of the general formula I 1Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventors: Martin Zeller, Andre Jeanguenat, Clemens Lamberth
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Patent number: 6391918Abstract: Novel &agr;-amino acid amides of formula (I) as well as possible isomers and mixtures of isomers thereof, wherein the substituents are defined as follows: n is the number zero or one; R1 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl or arylalkyl; or a group NRaRb wherein Ra and Rb are each independently of the other hydrogen, alkyl or form together an alkylene bridge; R2 is hydrogen or alkyl; R3 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; A is alkylene; and B is optionally substituted aryl; with the exception of the following compounds 2-phenyl-N-(1-phenyl-ethyl)-2-(4-methylphenyl)-sulfonylamino-acetamide, 2-phenyl-N-(1-phenyl-ethyl)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-sulfonylamino-acetamide, 2-phenyl-N-(1-phenyl-ethyl)-2-(4-nitrolphenyl)-sulfonylamino-acetamide, 2-phenyl-N-(1-phenyl-ethyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-sulfonylamino-acetamide, 2-phenyl-N-(1-phenyl-ethyl)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-sulfonylamino-acetamide, 2-phenyl-N-(1-phenyl-ethyl)-2-phenyl-sulfonylamino-acetamide and 2-phenyl-N-(1-pType: GrantFiled: August 25, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.Inventors: André Jeanguenat, Martin Zeller
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Publication number: 20020058700Abstract: The present invention relates to ion channel modulating agents. More particularly, the present invention relates to a particular class of oxime derivatives represented by general formula (I) that has proven useful as modulators of SKCa, IKCa and BKCa channels. In further aspects, the present invention relates to the use of these SK/IK/BK channel modulating agents for the manufacture of medicaments, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the SK/IK/BK channel modulating agents. The SK/IK/BK channel modulating agents of the invention are useful for the treatment or alleviation of diseases and conditions associated with the SK/IK/BK channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventors: Bo Skaaning Jensen, Palle Christophersen, Dorte Strobaek, Lene Teuber
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Patent number: 6388131Abstract: The invention provides compounds, compositions and methods relating to novel electrophilic aromatic derivatives and their use as pharmacologically active agents. The compositions find particular use as pharmacological agents in the treatment of disease states, particularly cancer, psoriasis, vascular restenosis, infections, atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia, or as lead compounds for the development of such agents.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2001Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Tularik, Inc.Inventors: Julio Cesar Medina, David Louis Clark, John A. Flygare, Terry J. Rosen, Bei Shan
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Patent number: 6369273Abstract: The use of a compound of the formula (I): wherein: ring C is phenyl or carbon-linked heteroaryl selected from pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl and pyridazinyl; and wherein said phenyl or heteroaryl is substituted as defined herein; A—B is selected from NHCO, OCH2, SCH2, NHCH2, trans-vinylene, and ethynylene; R1 is linked to ring C at a carbon ortho to the position of A—B attachment and is defined herein; n is 1 or 2; R2 and R3 are alkyl, haloalkyl or together from cycloalkyl or halocycloalkyl as defined herein; in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the elevation of PDH activity in warm-blooded animals such as humans is described. Salts and esters of compounds of formula (I) are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: AstraZeneca ABInventor: Roger J Butlin
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Publication number: 20020040043Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula I, 1Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2001Publication date: April 4, 2002Inventor: Thomas Antonsson
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Patent number: 6362230Abstract: The present invention provides novel sulphonamide derivatives which are useful for potentiating glutamate receptor function in a mammal requiring treatment, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Macklin Brian Arnold, Paul Leslie Ornstein, Dennis Michael Zimmerman, Ana Maria Escribano
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Patent number: 6355673Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are suitable for the production of pharmaceuticals for the prophylaxis and therapy of disorders in the course of which an increased activity of matrix-degrading metalloproteinases is involvedType: GrantFiled: October 18, 2000Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbHInventors: Werner Thorwart, Wilfried Schwab, Manfred Schudok, Burkhard Haase, Bernhard Neises, Günter Billen
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Publication number: 20020026065Abstract: Compounds are provided having the formula 1Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventors: Philip M. Sher, William N. Washburn, Jollie D. Godfrey
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Patent number: 6344505Abstract: Provided is a composition which contains a mono- or bis-benzotriazole compound, an N-oxide thereof, or a mixture of at least two of the preceding compounds. Representative bis-benzotriazole compounds include 3,3′-bis-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-5,5′-di-tert-octyl-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diols. Representative mono-benzotriazole compounds include 3-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-5,5′-di-tert-octyl-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diols. These mono- and bis-benzotriazole compounds are useful as stabilizers of degradable polymers against the degradative action of ultraviolet light. Also provided is a method of making these benzotriazole compounds by oxidative dimerization of the corresponding monomeric benzotriazole or by reductive cyclization of the corresponding azo- compound.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 1999Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Cytec Industries Inc.Inventors: Donald H. Valentine, Jr., John F. Stephen, Thomas P. Sassi
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Publication number: 20020013496Abstract: The invention provides compounds, compositions and methods relating to novel electrophilic aromatic derivatives and their use as pharmacologically active agents. The compositions find particular use as pharmacological agents in the treatment of disease states, particularly cancer, psoriasis, vascular restenosis, infections, atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia, or as lead compounds for the development of such agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: Julio Cesar Medina, David Louis Clark, John A. Flygare, Terry J. Rosen, Bei Shan
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Patent number: 6333337Abstract: Compounds useful as potassium channel inhibitors and especially useful for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and cell proliferative disorders are described.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1999Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: ICAgen, Inc.Inventors: Michael F. Gross, Neil A. Castle
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Publication number: 20010053774Abstract: Novel non-steroidal ligands for the estrogen receptor which possess tissue-dependent estrogenic and antiestrogenic activity as well as methods for making the same and their applications in treating a variety of disease states.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2000Publication date: December 20, 2001Applicant: GLAXO WELLCOME INC..Inventor: Timothy Mark Willson
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Patent number: 6284923Abstract: The invention provides compounds, compositions and methods relating to novel electrophilic aromatic derivatives and their use as pharmacologically active agents. The compositions find particular use as pharmacological agents in the treatment of disease states, particularly cancer, psoriasis, vascular restenosis, infections, atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia, or as lead compounds for the development of such agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1997Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Tularik INCInventors: Julio Cesar Medina, David Louis Clark, John A. Flygare, Terry J. Rosen, Bei Shan
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Publication number: 20010012839Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiandrogen compound and a method of treating prostate cancer in a patient utilizing the compound. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition which includes the compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2000Publication date: August 9, 2001Inventors: Duane D Miller, Leonid I Kirkovsky, James T Dalton, Arnab Mukherjee
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Patent number: 6262113Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and a novel use of phenyl ureas in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine Interleukin-8 (IL-8).Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1998Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: SmithKline Beecham CorporationInventors: Katherine Louisa Widdowson, Daniel Frank Veber, Anthony Joseph Jurewicz, Robert Philip Hertzberg, Melvin Clarence Rutledge, Jr.
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Patent number: 6211373Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), and a novel use of these compounds in treating chemokine mediated diseases, wherein the chemokine binds to an IL-8 a or b receptor.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: SmithKline Beecham CorporationInventors: Katherine Louisa Widdowson, Daniel Frank Veber, Anthony Joseph Jurewicz, Robert Philip Hertzberg, Melvin Clarence Rutledge, Jr.
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Patent number: 6194454Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of the Formula and prodrugs thereof, geometric and optical isomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds, prodrugs and isomers, wherein R1-R8 and X are as described herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, prodrugs, isomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits for treating obesity, hyperlipidemia, thyroid disease, hypothyroidism and related disorders and diseases such as diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, hypercholesteremia, depression and osteoporosis are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventor: Robert L. Dow
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Patent number: 6184249Abstract: Substituted phenylalanines are provided comprising an hydantoin, urea or 2-hydroxyl, 2-methylpropionyl group, dimers thereof and alkyl, polyfluoroamido and haloarylamino derivatives thereof, as well as radiolabeled derivatives thereof. The compounds bind specifically to the androgen receptor and find use in the therapy of indications associated with the androgen receptor, such as, hirsutism, acne and androgenetic alopecia, and in the therapy and diagnosis of cell hyperplasia dependent on androgens.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Biophysica, Inc.Inventors: Milos Sovak, Allen L. Seligson, James Gordon Douglass, III, Brian Campion, Jason W. Brown
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Patent number: 6177463Abstract: The invention relates to new oxime derivatives, to a plurality of processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1996Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Gerdes, Herbert Gayer, Bernd-Wieland Kr{umlaut over (u)}ger, Bernd Gallenkamp, Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne, Stefan Dutzmann, Gerd H{umlaut over (a)}nssler, Klaus Stenzel
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Patent number: 6174922Abstract: The present invention provides novel sulphonamide derivatives which are useful for potentiating glutamate receptor function in a mammal requiring treatment, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1999Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Macklin Brian Arnold, Paul Leslie Ornstein, Dennis Michael Zimmerman, Ana Maria Escribano
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Patent number: 6130334Abstract: The invention encompasses a process for making compounds of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1998Date of Patent: October 10, 2000Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Philip J. Pye, Ashok Maliakal, Kai Rossen, Ralph P. Volante, Jess Sager
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Patent number: 6127568Abstract: Phenylacetic acid derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents and the index have the following meanings: X is NOCH.sub.3, CHOCH.sub.3, CHCH.sub.3 and [sic] CHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 ;R.sup.1 is hydrogen and [sic] alkyl;R.sup.2 is cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, halogen, alkyl and [sic] alkoxy;m is 0, 1 or 2, it being possible for the R.sup.2 radicals to be different if m is 2;R.sup.3 is hydrogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxyl, amino, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino or dialkylamino;R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Herbert Bayer, Hubert Sauter, Ruth Muller, Wassilios Grammenos, Albrecht Harreus, Reinhard Kirstgen, Franz Rohl, Eberhard Ammermann, Gisela Lorenz
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Patent number: 6103766Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts having selective dopamine D3 receptor activity suitable for treating central nervous system disorders. Formula I: ##STR1## R.sub.1 is independently H or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl including isomeric forms thereof;R.sub.2 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, a halogen, OCH.sub.3 , OCF.sub.3, CF.sub.3, CN, SCH.sub.3 or NHCOCH.sub.3 ; andR.sub.3 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, a halogen, OCH.sub.3 , OCF.sub.3, CF.sub.3, CN, SCH.sub.3 or NHCOCH.sub.3.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1999Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn CompanyInventors: Arthur Glenn Romero, Jeffrey A. Leiby
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Patent number: 6100420Abstract: The invention relates to new heterocyclylbenzonitriles of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and Het have the meanings given in the description, new processes and new intermediate products for their preparation and their use as herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1998Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Mark-Wilhelm Drewes, Roland Andree, Kurt Findeisen, Wilhelm Haas, Andreas Lender, Karl-Heinz Linker, Otto Schallner, Markus Dollinger, Hans-Joachim Santel
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Patent number: 6080860Abstract: Novel methods for the synthesis of substituted ureas and guanidines including Terazosin, Prazosin, Doxazosin, Tiodazosin, Trimazosin, Quinasin and Bunazosin (exemplary of 2-amino substituted Quinazolines), Meobentine and Bethanidine and novel intermediates suitable for use in such methods of synthesis are taught.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1997Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: Brantford Chemicalss Inc.Inventors: Khashayar Karimian, Keshava Murthy, Darren Hall
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Patent number: 6075049Abstract: Phenylcarbamates of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents and the index have the following meanings: R is cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy;m is 0, 1 or 2;R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, and, in the event that X is NR.sup.a, additionally hydrogen;X is a direct bond, O or NR.sup.a ;R.sup.a is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen,substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkynyl, alkylcarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently of one another are hydrogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxyl, amino, halogen, hetaryloxy, hetarylthio, hetarylamino or N-hetaryl-N-alkylamino, andR.sup.5 is one of the groups mentioned under R.sup.3 or a group CR.sup.d .dbd.NOR.sup.e ;processes and intermediates for their preparation, and their use.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bernd Muller, Hubert Sauter, Herbert Bayer, Wassilios Grammenos, Thomas Grote, Reinhard Kirstgen, Klaus Oberdorf, Franz Rohl, Norbert Gotz, Michael Rack, Ruth Muller, Gisela Lorenz, Eberhard Ammermann, Siegfried Strathmann, Volker Harries
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Patent number: 6071957Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiandrogen compound and a method of treating prostate cancer in a patient utilizing the compound. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition which includes the compound.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1997Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research CorporationInventors: Duane D. Miller, Leonid I. Kirkovsky, James T. Dalton, Arnab Mukherjee
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Patent number: 6057358Abstract: Novel amine derivatives of the following general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein) A may denote --(CH.sub.2)--O--, --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --O--, or --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --NH--;B may denote --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --;R.sub.1 may denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a 1-pyrrolyl group, an acetamido group, an amino group or a dimethylamino group;R.sub.2 may denote a hydrogen atom or a nitro group;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may denote a hydrogen atom;R.sub.8a and R.sub.8b which are the same may denote a chlorine atom or a methoxy group;R.sub.9 may denote a hydrogen atom or an amino group;R may denote a methyl group; andX may denote a methanesulfonamido group, a 1-imidazolyl group or a nitro group or a salts thereof are useful as antiarrhythmic drugs.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1997Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: C&C Research Labs.Inventors: You Sup Chung, Hak Yeop Kim, Kyung Yun Jung, Jae Ki Min, Shigeru Tanabe
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Patent number: 6019957Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiolabeled non-steroidal compound having the formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3, are the same or different and are a radioactive or nonradioactive halogen, a nitro, a cyano, a carbamoyl, a hydrogen, a perfluoroalkyl, a haloalkylamido, an isothiocyanate, an azide, a diazocarbonyl, a substituted oxirane, or a .beta.-chloroethylamine;R.sub.4 is a hydrogen, an alkyl, or is joined to R.sub.5 ;R.sub.5 is a radioactive or nonradioactive halogen, a hydrogen, a hydroxy, an alkyl, a haloalkyl, an alkoxy, an acyloxy, an amino, an alkylamino, a thio, a thioalkyl, or is joined to R.sub.4 ;R.sub.6 is a hydrogen, an alkyl, a halogen, or a haloalkyl;A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are the same or different, and each is a direct link or an alkylene;X.sub.1 is a radioactive or nonradioactive halogen, an oxygen, a sulfur, a sulphinyl, a sulphonyl, an amino, an alkylimino, or alkylene;R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1998Date of Patent: February 1, 2000Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research CorporationInventors: Duane D. Miller, Leonid I. Kirkovsky, James T. Dalton, Arnab Mukherjee
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Patent number: 6013675Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutically useful substituted guanidines and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more of such guanidines.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Cambridge NeuroScience, Inc.Inventors: Graham J. Durant, Lain-Yen Hu, Sharad Magar
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Patent number: 6001881Abstract: Benzoylguanidines of the formula I ##STR1## in which: R(1) to R(4) have the meanings given in the claims, are antiarrhythmic pharmaceuticals, having a cardioprotective component, which are also valuable for the prevention of ischemically induced damage, in particular in association with the triggering of ischemically induced cardiac arrhythmias. As a consequence of inhibiting the cellular Na.sup.+ /H.sup.+ exchange mechanism, they are used for treating acute or chronic damage triggered by ischemia. In addition to this, they are notable for their strong inhibitory effect on the proliferation of cells. They are suitable for preventing the genesis of high blood pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1997Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Weichert, Joachim Brendel, Heinz-Werner Kleemann, Hans Jochen Lang, Jan-Robert Schwark, Udo Albus, Wolfgang Scholz
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Patent number: 5955507Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutically useful substituted guanidines and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more of such guanidines.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Cambridge NeuroScience, Inc.Inventors: Graham J. Durant, Lain-Yen Hu, Sharad Magar
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Patent number: 5952386Abstract: 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 24, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: 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: 5942546Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is arylene, heteroarylene, fused arylene, fused heteroarylene, or deleted; Y is sulfonyl, --O--, or deleted; R.sub.1 is aryl, heteroaryl, fused aryl, or fused heteroaryl; R.sub.2 is H, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halo, nitro, cyano, haloalkyl, hydroxyl, carboxyl, amido, amino, or aminoalkyl; or a salt thereof are disclosed. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition which contains an excipient and an effective amount of a compound of the above formula and a method of treating cancer which involves the administration of an effective amount of such a compound to a patient in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1997Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Development Center for BiotechnologyInventors: Ji-Wang Chern, Yu-Ling Leu, Shan-Shue Wang, Chin-Fen Lee, Shih-Chung Hsu
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Patent number: 5929270Abstract: A process is provided for the production of compounds having the formula: ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, cyano or halogen; M is hydrogen or a salt-forming colorless cation; and n is 2;which process comprises reductively de-aminating a compound having the formula: ##STR2## in which R and n have their previous significance and M' is hydrogen, a salt-forming colorless cation or optionally substituted phenyl; and converting any optionally substituted phenyl group M' to a group M.The present invention also provides processes for the production of the compounds of formula (2) and various novel intermediates for use in the new processes.The compounds of formula (1) are useful as fluorescent whitening agents.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1998Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Dietmar Huglin, Robert Hochberg, Oliver Becherer, Reinhard Weigmann
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Patent number: 5922772Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutically useful substituted guanidines and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more of such guanidines.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Cambridge NeuroScience, Inc.Inventors: Graham J. Durant, Lain-Yen Hu, Sharad Magar
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Patent number: 5919825Abstract: Hydroximic acid derivatives, useful as pesticides, have the formula ##STR1## in which G is G1 or G2 having the formula: ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each lower alkyl; W is O, S, SO or SO.sub.2 ; X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 are, independently, hydrogen or a variety of substituents; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are, independently, hydrogen or a variety of substituents.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1998Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc AgrochimieInventors: Yoshie Kirio, Takako Maeda, Norio Sasaki, Norishige Toshima, Nobumitsu Sawai, Bruce Milligan, Joseph Perez, Jean-Pierre Vors, Daniel B. Gant
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Patent number: 5849796Abstract: Ortho-substituted benzoic acid derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the given meanings, and Q is guanidyl, and also their physiologically harmless salts, exhibit antiarrhythmic properties and act as inhibitors of the cellular Na.sup.+ /H.sup.+ antiporter. In addition, the compounds of the formula I, in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 and also Q have the given meanings, are suitable for use as valuable intermediates for the preparation of medicaments, in particular of inhibitors of the cellular Na.sup.+ /H.sup.+ antiporter.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1995Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Merck Patent Gelsellschaft mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Rolf Gericke, Dieter Dorsch, Manfred Baumgarth, Klaus-Otto Minck, Norbert Beier
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Patent number: 5840761Abstract: Alkylbenzoylguanidines of the formula I ##STR1## in which A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the given meanings, and their physiologically harmless salts exhibit antiarrhythmic properties and act as inhibitor of the cellular Na.sup.+ /H.sup.+ antiporter.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1995Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Rolf Gericke, Dieter Dorsch, Manfred Baumgarth, Klaus-Otto Minck, Norbert Beier
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Patent number: 5811571Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing an aromatic or heteroaromatic sulfonyl halide represented by the formula (3), the process comprising halogenating an aromatic or heteroaromatic methyl sulfide represented by the formula (1) or an aromatic or heteroaromatic methyl sulfoxide represented by the formula (2) with a halogenating agent in the presence of waterAr.paren open-st.SCH.sub.3-m X.sub.m).sub.n (1)Ar.paren open-st.SOCH.sub.3-m X.sub.m).sub.n (2)Ar.paren open-st.SO.sub.2 Y).sub.n (3)wherein Ar is an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring which is unsubstituted or which has an optional substituent or substituents, X and Y are halogen atoms, m is an integer of 0 to 3 and n is 1 or 2. According to the present invention, aromatic or heteroaromatic sulfonyl halides can be produced industrially cheaply and easily.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1996Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Inventors: Hitoshi Karino, Hiroshi Goda, Jun-ichi Sakamoto, Katsuhiko Yoshida, Hideaki Nishiguchi