Oxygen Bonded Directly To The Carbonyl (e.g., Benzoic Acid Esters, Etc.) Patents (Class 558/416)
  • Patent number: 5288428
    Abstract: Compounds having a terminal alkyloxypropenyl group of the general formula ##STR1## wherein rings A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 each independently represent unsubstituted or halogen-substituted 1,4-phenylene, in which optionally 1 CH group or 2 CH groups is/are replaced by nitrogen, or trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or trans-1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl; n is either 0 or 1; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each independently signify a single covalent bond or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --COO--, --OOC--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 --, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.3 --, --(CH.sub.2).sub.3 O--, the trans form of --O--CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --O--, --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --; R.sup.1 denotes an alkyl group; R.sup.2 represents halogen, cyano, trifluoroacetyl, optionally fluorine-substituted alkyl with 1 to 12 carbon atoms, in which optionally 1 --CH.sub.2 -- group or 2 non-adjacent --CH.sub.2 -- groups is/are replaced by oxygen and/or a --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Kelly
  • Patent number: 5283352
    Abstract: Catechol compounds of formula I ##STR1## where R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and X are as described herein are effective Catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Orion-yhtyma Oy
    Inventors: Reijo J. Backstrom, Kalevi E. Heinola, Erkki J. Honkanen, Seppo K. Kaakkola, Pekka J. Kairisalo, Inge-Britt Y. Linden, Pekka I. Mannisto, Erkki A. O. Nissinen, Pentti Pohto, Aino K. Pippuri, Jarmo J. Pystynen
  • Patent number: 5279764
    Abstract: The invention relates to dihalogenobenzene derivatives of the formula IR.sup.1 --A.sup.1 --Z.sup.1 --A.sup.2 --(Z.sup.2 --A.sup.3).sub.n --R.sup.2wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, A.sup.1, A.sup.2, A.sup.3, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2 and n are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Joachim Krause, Georg Weber, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Andreas Wachtler, Thomas Geelhaar, David Coates, Ian C. Sage, Simon Greenfield
  • Patent number: 5258398
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel diaminoalkanoic acid derivatives that inhibit platelet aggregation and thrombus formation in mammalian blood thereby being useful in the prevention and treatment of thrombosis associated with disease states such as myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral arterial disease and disseminated intravascular coagulation, to pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and to their use in inhibiting thrombus formation and platelet aggregation in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Scott I. Klein, Bruce F. Molino
  • Patent number: 5238603
    Abstract: A liquid crystal compound having specific features suitable to use for a display mode utilizing ferroelectric liquid crystals, particularly a large spontaneous polarization value and a liquid crystal composition using the compound are provided, which compound is an optically active liquid crystalline compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein l and m each are 0 or 1; at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is an optically active alkoxy group of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.3 is 2 or 3C alkyl and R.sup.4 is 3-18C alkyl, but R.sup.3 .noteq.R.sup.4 and the other thereof is 1-20C alkyl, alkoxy or alkanoyloxy, halogen or cyano; and A is a specified two or three rings compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Chisso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Miyazawa, Naoyuki Yoshida, Masakazu Kaneoya
  • Patent number: 5237099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling insect populations and for protecting living plants from insect attack by applying to said plants or to the soil in which they are growing an insecticidally-effective amount of a substituted benzoic acid 1 or 2-alkyl or 2-cycloalkylhydrazide.Novel substituted benzoic acid 1 and 2-alkyl and 2-cycloalkylhydrazides effective as insecticides or intermediates for the preparation of insecticidal diacylhydrazides also are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Roger W. Addor, David G. Kuhn, Donald P. Wright, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5232920
    Abstract: Novel N-(mercaptoalkyl)amides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is lower alkyl, cyclolower alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl;R.sub.2 is (COR.sub.3)-aryl, heteroaryl, substituted (COR.sub.3)-aryl or substituted heteroaryl, wherein the substituents are 1-3 substituents selected from the group consisting of carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkyl, hydroxy, halo, lower alkoxy, cyclolower alkyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, phenyl, phenoxy and phenylthio;R.sub.3 is --OR.sub.4 or --NR.sub.4 R.sub.5 ;R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy lower alkyl, lower alkoxy lower alkyl and aryl lower alkyl, or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring;Q is hydrogen or R.sub.6 CO--;R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventor: Bernard R. Neustadt
  • Patent number: 5229507
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R is the group --OC.sub.m H.sub.2mn R.sub.1 and M is two H or is Cu or Ni, R.sub.1 is --OH, --Cl, --Br, C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 alkoxy or --OC(O)R.sub.2, m is an integer from 2 to 6 and n is a number from 1 to 20, and R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkenyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 arylmethyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl.The compounds are dyes and IR absorbers and can be used for optical information storage systems employing diode lasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus Baumann, Hanspeter Stricker, Walter Fischer, Jurgen Vogt, Jin Mizuguchi
  • Patent number: 5185370
    Abstract: Compound of formula ##STR1## wherein n is 0 or 1, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently methyl, ethyl or cyclopropyl and R is an optionally substituted phenyl or heteroaryl group or salt or ester thereof are useful in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Orion-yhtyma Oy
    Inventors: Reijo J. Backstrom, Erkki J. Honkanen, Jarmo J. Pystynen, Anne M. Luiro, Paivi A. Aho, Inge-Britt Y. Linden, Erkki A. O. Nissinen, Pentti Pohto
  • Patent number: 5180744
    Abstract: Non-peptidyl compounds characterized generally as aralkyl-N-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 ##STR2## wherein each of Y and Z is independently selected from hydrido, chloro, fluoro, methoxy and dimethylamino; wherein n is a number selected from zero through four, inclusive; 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 is hydroxy; wherein R.sub.7 is isobutyl or ethyl; and wherein each of R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 is hydrido; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Gunnar J. Hanson, John S. Baran, Dave Weissing, Mark Russell
  • Patent number: 5152826
    Abstract: An herbicide compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxy, nitro; cyano; C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 haloalkyl, or R.sup.a SO.sub.n -- wherein n is 0 or 2 and R.sup.a is C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl;R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are alkylene having 2 to 5 carbon atoms;R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; orR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together are oxo;R.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.6 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; orR.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together are alkylene having 2 to 5 carbon atoms;R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently are (1) hydrogen; (2) halogen; (3) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (4) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; (5) trifluoromethoxy; (6) cyano; (7) nitro; (8) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl; (9) R.sup.b SO.sub.n --wherein n is the integer 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.b is (a) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (b) C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Christopher G. Knudsen
  • Patent number: 5136081
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of fungicidally active cyclopentene derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## cyclopentane derivatives of the general formula ##STR2## and cyclohexane derivatives of the general formula ##STR3## in which n, R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.5, X and Y are as herein defined. Compounds of formula II and III are also provided which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of certain fungicidally active cyclopentane derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
    Inventor: Paul H. Briner
  • Patent number: 5131945
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## are useful as herbicides, effective against dicotyledonous weeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Shell Research Limited
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Bissinger, Ludwig Schoeder, Helmut Baltruschat, Manfred Garrecht, Erich Raddatz, Wolfgang Fruhstorfer
  • Patent number: 5130454
    Abstract: Polytetrahydrofuran derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## where n is from 2 to 70, X is the bridge member --NH-- or --O-- and R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen or various radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eckhard Hickmann, Ulrich Koehler, Hardo Siegel
  • Patent number: 5118710
    Abstract: Acrylic esters of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or alkyl, X is S, SO or SO.sub.2, R.sup.3 is phenyl, naphthyl or phenanthrenyl, these radicals being unsubstituted or substituted, with the exception of compounds in which R.sup.3 is phenyl, 3-chlorophenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 2,4-dichlorophenyl or methylphenyl, and fungicides containing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Wingert, Hubert Sauter, Franz Schuetz, Bernd Wenderoth, Siegbert Brand, Bernd Mueller, Franz Roehl, Gisela Lorenz, Eberhard Ammermann
  • Patent number: 5105004
    Abstract: The new aromatic ethers of the formulae ##STR1## can be used for the preparation of plastics which, in turn, can be processed further to give moulded articles, films, foils and filaments. The plastics prepared from the new aromatic ethers are distinguished by exceptional dimensional stability under heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Knud Reuter, Dieter Freitag, Gunther Weymans, Rolf Dhein, Paul J. Mayska, Karsten-Josef Idel, Volker Eckhardt, Uwe Westeppe
  • Patent number: 5105021
    Abstract: A higher yield of the difluorohalomethoxybenzene produced by the reaction of a metal phenolate with dibromodifluoromethane or bromochlorodifluoromethane can be obtained by conducting the addition of a metal alcoholate or a metal hydride as a reaction initiator to a solution or a suspension of an aprotic polar solvent containing the metal phenolate and dibromodifluoromethane or bromochlorodifluoromethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hideyuki Akieda, Naoki Sato, Koichi Morinaga, Yoshinori Ide, Ryuichi Mita, Mitsumasa Umemoto
  • Patent number: 5076947
    Abstract: An optically active compound having a high twistability and almost no change in the intrinsic pitch depending on temperature, and a liquid crystal composition comprising the compound are provided, which optically active compound is expressed by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent 1-20C alkyl or alkoxy, halogen or H; l, m and n each represent 0 or 1; and ##STR2## wherein Y represents H, halogen or cyano.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Chisso Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Kaneoya, Manabu Uchida, Naoyuki Yoshida, Kazutoshi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 5068389
    Abstract: The invention relates to tertiary alcohols of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, A.sup.1, Z.sup.1, m, A.sup.2, Y, Q.sup.1, Q.sup.2, Q.sup.3 and Z.sup.2 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and also to a process for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Rudolf Eidenschink, Joachim Krause, Hans-Adolf Kurmeier
  • Patent number: 5068392
    Abstract: 2-Chloro and 2,6-dichloroanilines, optionally substituted in the 3-, 5-, and/or 6-position are prepared from the corresponding anilides by selective bromination, chlorination, reduction and hydrolysis. The selectivity of the process for introducing chlorines ortho to the amino group is very high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: DowElanco
    Inventors: Lennon H. McKendry, Mark W. Zettler
  • Patent number: 5061796
    Abstract: This invention provides azamethine compounds represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein X represents ##STR2## Y represents C.dbd.O, C.dbd.C(CN).sub.2 or SO.sub.2 ; R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 represent independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted, an alkoxyl group which may be substituted, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group which may be substituted, ##STR3## R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted, an aryl group which may be substituted or a cyclohexyl group; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 may be combined to form a ring or may form a ring with a hetero atom; R.sub.7 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hioki, Kiyoteru Kojima, Jun Tomioka
  • Patent number: 5047426
    Abstract: The invention provides fungicidal compositions which comprise a carrier and, as active ingredient, a compound of the general formula ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
    Inventor: Paul H. Briner
  • Patent number: 5047425
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ar, R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, X and n have the meanings mentioned in the description, processes and intermediates for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions which contain them and their use in therapy in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Simes Societa Italiana Medicinali & Sintetici SpA
    Inventors: Cesare Casagrande, Francesco Santangelo, Luisa Calabi
  • Patent number: 5041604
    Abstract: A process for producing a high quality di(aryloxy)alkane with a high yield by the use of readily commercially available materials, without using any particular solvent or agent and by means of a simple operation and a general apparatus is provided, which process comprises subjecting a halogenated alkane of the formula (II)X--A--Y (II)wherein X and Y each represent a halogen atom and A represents a lower alkylene group, and a phenol of the formula (III) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.5 each are same or different, represent hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, carboxylic acid salt, acyl or nitro group, and may form a ring in conjunction of two adjacent groups,to condensation reaction in the presence of an alkali in an aqueous medium to form a di(aryloxy)alkane of the formula (I) ##STR2## and is characterized (i) by carrying out the condensation reaction in a molar ratio of the compound of the formula (II): the phenol of the formula (III): the alkali in terms of monovalent base of 1:1.5 to 3.0:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Sanko Kaihatsu Kagaku Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Toranosuke Saito, Masakatu Kitani, Takashi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 5025017
    Abstract: Seco-mevinic acid derivatives are provided which has the structure ##STR1## including all stereoisomers thereof, wherein Z is ##STR2## R is H, alkali metal or lower alkyl, R.sup.1 is H, lower alkyl, aryl, lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl or heterocyclic; R.sup.2 is lower alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl, and X is O or NR.sup.5 wherein R.sup.5 is H or lower alkyl, and are HMG CoA reductase inhibitors and thus are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents and in treating atherosclerosis. New intermediates for preparing the above seco-mevinic acid derivatives are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald S. Karanewsky
  • Patent number: 5006158
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or ##STR2## wherein R.sup.a is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are alkylene having 3 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.6 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.7 is hydrogen or 3-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; and R.sup.8 is (1) hydrogen; (2) halogen; (3) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (4) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; (5) OCF.sub.3 ; (6) cyano; (7) nitro; (8) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl; (9) R.sup.b SO.sub.n -- wherein n is the integer 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.b is (a) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (b) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl substituted with halogen or cyano; (c) phenyl; or (d) benzyl; (10) --NR.sup.c R.sup.d wherein R.sup.c and R.sup.d independently are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (11) R.sup.e C(O)-- wherein R.sup.e is C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: ICI Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Charles G. Carter, David L. Lee, William J. Michaely, Gary W. Kraatz
  • Patent number: 5001148
    Abstract: Antihypercholesterolemic activity, due to competitive inhibition of HMG CoA reductase, has been found in compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from:(1) alkyl,(2) substituted alkyl in which one or more substituents are selected from(a) halogen,(b) hydroxyl,(c) alkoxy,(d) alkoxycarbonyl,(e) acyloxy,(f) cycloalkyl,(g) phenyl,(h) substituted phenyl in which one or more substituents are X or Y,(i) alkyl-S(O).sub.n,(j) cycloalkyl-S(O).sub.n,(k) phenyl-S(O).sub.n,(l) substituted phenyl-S(O).sub.n in which one or more substituents are X or Y, and(m) oxo,(3) alkoxy,(4) alkenyl,(5) cycloalkyl,(6) substituted cycloalkyl in which one or more substituents are selected from(a) alkyl,(b) substituted alkyl in which one or more substituents are selected from(i) halogen,(ii) hydroxy,(iii) alkoxy,(iv) alkoxycarbonyl(v) acyloxy(vi) phenyl(vii) substituted phenyl in which one or more substituents are X and Y,(viii) alkyl-S(O).sub.n,(ix) cycloalkyl-S(O).sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey O. Saunders, Eric M. Gordon
  • Patent number: 4983628
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula: ##STR1## are antagonists of leukotrienes of C.sub.4, D.sub.4 and E.sub.4, the slow reaction substance of anaphylaxis. These compounds are useful as anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Frenette, Joshua Rokach, Masatoshi Kakushima, Robert N. Young
  • Patent number: 4978768
    Abstract: Tetrachloro-2-cyanobenzoic acid alkyl esters of formula ##STR1## wherein R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, can be very conveniently prepared by (a) reacting the ammonium salt of tetrachloro-2-cyanobenzoic acid, in the presence of water and an inert organic solvent, with a hydroxide of formula MOH, wherein M is Na or K, and removing the ammonia evolved, and(b) reacting the resultant salt of the formula ##STR2## wherein M is as defined above, with at least 1 mole of a dialkyl sulfate of formula SO.sub.2 (OR).sub.2 or an alkyl halide of formula RHal, wherein R is as defined above and Hal is Cl, Br, I or F, also in the presence of water and an inert organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jost von der Crone, Gonzague Overney, Peter Dario
  • Patent number: 4966726
    Abstract: The new compounds produced from a molecular structural element with two chirality centers and at least one mesogenic structural element are defined by the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which the symbols have the following meaning: Y.sup.1 =H, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)alkyl, MC--CH.sub.2 or MC--CO, MC denoting the molecular radical of a mesogenic carboxylic acid after splitting off a COOH group,Y.sup.2 =(C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)alkyl, MC--CH.sub.2 or MC--CO, it being possible for Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 to jointly represent a MC--CH group, which is then part of a dioxolane ring,X=COOR.sup.1, CONH.sub.2, CONR.sup.2 R.sup.3 or C.tbd.N,R.sup.1 =(C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)alkyl or MC--CH.sub.2, andR.sup.2, R.sup.3 =H and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl or, independently of each other, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl.Said esters preferably find application as dopants in twistable liquid crystal phases in which they produce temperature compensation and twisting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunter Scherowsky, Manel Gunaratne
  • Patent number: 4954165
    Abstract: An herbicidally effective benzoyl derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or halogen;X.sub.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or halogen;X.sub.5 is hydrogen or fluorine;Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3, Y.sub.4 and Y.sub.5 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sub.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl;n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2 is discosed.In addition, the herbicidally effective benzoyl derivative having the formula: ##STR2## wherein: X.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy halogen;X.sub.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or halogen;X.sub.5 is hydrogen or fluorine;Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3, Y.sub.4 and Y.sub.5 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sub.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl;n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2;L is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylene is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Baba, Takuya Kakuta, Norio Tanaka, Eiichi Oya, Takashi Ikai, Tsutomu Nawamaki, Shigeomi Watanabe, Koichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4946981
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl, cyano, nitro, S(O).sub.n R wherein R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and n is the integer 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.2 through R.sup.8 are hydrogen or certain substituents, their salts, herbicidal compositions containing the compound or salts and the herbicidal use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: ICI Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Charles G. Carter, David L. Lee, William J. Michaely, Gary W. Kraatz
  • Patent number: 4946865
    Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy group and Y is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a formyl group, an ethylene-dioxymethyl group, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxymethyl group or a group of either one of the formulas: --CH.dbd.N--OR.sup.1, --COOR.sup.2, --CONH--R.sup.2 and --CH(OR.sup.3).sub.2 in which R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkenyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkynyl group, a halo(C.sub.3 -C.sub.5)alkynyl group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group substituted with a phenyl group or a cyano group, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkenyl group or a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkynyl group and R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junya Takahashi, Shigeko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 4943384
    Abstract: Cyclohexane derivatives of the formula IR.sup.1 --A.sup.1 --Z.sup.1 --A.sup.2 --R.sup.2 IwhereinR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H or an alkyl group which has 1-10 C atoms and in which one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by 0 atoms and/or --CO-groups, and/or --CO--O-- groups and/or --CH.dbd.CH-- groups, or are F, Cl, Br, CN or R.sup.3 --A.sup.3 --Z.sup.2 --,A.sup.1 is --A--, A.sup.4 --Z.sup.o --A-- or --A--Z.sup.o --A.sup.4 --,A is a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-cyclohexenylene group which is unsubstituted or is monosubstituted or polysubstituted in the 2-, 3-, 5- and/or 6-position by F and/or Cl and/or Br and/or CN and/or an alkyl group or a fluorinated alkyl group each of which has 1-10 C atoms and in which one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by 0 atoms and/or --CO-- groups and/or --CO--O-- groups, which trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-cyclohexenylene group can optionally also be substituted in the 1-position and/or 4-position and one or two CH.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Wolfgang Sucrow, Herbert Wolter, Rudolf Eidenschink
  • Patent number: 4943385
    Abstract: A liquid crystalline compound useful as a component of liquid crystal compositions for liquid crystal display elements, exhibiting ferroelectric liquid crystal phases over a broad temperature range including room temperature, and a liquid crystal composition containing the same are provided. The compound is a thioether compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a 2-10C alkyl; R.sup.2 is methyl or ethyl; but the carbon number of R.sup.1 is always larger than that of R.sup.2 ; A is ##STR2## wherein X is H, halogen or CN; Y is a 1-18C alkyl or alkoxy; l is 1 or 2; and * indicates optically active carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Chisso Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Inoue, Takashi Inukai, Shinichi Saito, Kazutoshi Miyazawa, Kouji Ohno
  • Patent number: 4925590
    Abstract: Derivatives of 4-cyano-2,3-difluorophenol of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which one or two CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by --O--, --CO--, --CO--O-- and/or --CH.dbd.CH--, no two 0 atoms being directly attached to one another,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 independently of one another are each 1,4-phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two F atoms, and in which one or two CH groups can also be replaced by N, or trans-1,4-cyclohexylene in which one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by 0 atoms and/or S atoms,Z is --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O, --C.tbd.C-- or a single bond,m is 0, 1 or 2 andQ is --CO-- or --CH.sub.2 --.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Joachim Krause, Andreas Wachtler, Georg Weber, Ulrich Finkenzeller
  • Patent number: 4921632
    Abstract: Liquid Crystal compounds represented by the following formula are disclosed. ##STR1## wherein R and R' are independently selected from alkyl groups containing 1.about.20 carbon atoms; X is --O--, --O--CO--O-- or direct bond; A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are independently cyclic groups (such as phenylene and biphenylene), said cyclic groups may be substituted with 1.about.4 fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, or 1 or 2 substituent groups selected from the group consisting of cyano, nitro and trifluoromethyl groups; Y is --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --C.tbd.C--, --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.N--, --N.dbd.CH--, --N.dbd.N--, --CH.sub.2 S--, --SCH.sub.2 -- or direct bond; and * represents asymmetric atom providing optical activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakamura, Yuzi Kato, Shohei Naemura, Chizuka Tani, Masahiro Satoh, Kunikiyo Yoshio, Hiroshi Kishiki, Hiroshi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 4912135
    Abstract: Novel amide compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, acetyl, or propionyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or chlorine; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a group of the formula: --CO.sub.2 R.sup.6 (wherein R.sup.6 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or alkali metal); R.sup.4 is hydrogen, trifluoromethyl, cyano, aminocarbonyl, or a group of the formula: --CO.sub.2 R.sup.7 (wherein R.sup.7 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or alkali metal); R.sup.5 is hydrogen, or a group of the formula: --CO.sub.2 R.sup.8 (wherein R.sup.8 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or alkali metal), which have excellent anti-allergic activity and are useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of various allergic diseases, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the amide compound as set forth above as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeo Katsushima, Masakazu Ban, Akihiko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 4904409
    Abstract: An optically active compound having characteristics necessary for realizing liquid crystal compositions provided with suitable characteristics, particularly a negative temperature characteristic and a very high twistability, and a liquid crystal composition containing the compound are provided, which optically active compound is expressed by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are 1-20 C alkyl or alkoxy or H; l, m and n are 0 or 1; X is F, Cl, Br or CN; and ##STR2## each independently represent ##STR3## wherein Y is H, halogen or CN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: Chisso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Miyazawa, Ohno Kouji, Naoyuki Yoshida, Masakazu Kaneoya
  • Patent number: 4904814
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of tert-alkyl esters of the formula I ##STR1## in which m is 1 or 2, R is C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 tert-alkyl and X, if m=1, is unsubstituted or halogen-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted aryl or aralkyl, or an aromatic heterocyclic radical and, if m=2, is a direct bond, --CH.sub.2).sub.n, in which n can be an integer from 1 to 8, or 1,2-, 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene, by reaction of an ester of the formula II ##STR2## in which R.sub.1 is methyl or ethyl, with an alcohol ROH in the presence of a catalyst customary for transesterifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Urs Frei, Rudolf Kirchmayr
  • Patent number: 4898964
    Abstract: An additive for synthetic resins includes a [liquid rubber]/[polyester] block copolymer comprising block liquid rubber compound parts and block polyester parts as constituent segments. One or more of these polyester blocks are connected to each one of the polydiene block parts through ester bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Takemoto Yushi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kinoshita, Shigeru Imamura, Hirokazu Matsueda
  • Patent number: 4898965
    Abstract: An additive for synthetic resins contains a block copolymer having as its constituent segments both polyester block obtainable by ring-opening polymerization of .epsilon.-aliphatic lactone and polydiene block. One or more of these polyester blocks are connected to the polydiene block through ester bond and at least one of these polyester blocks has at its end a reactive group such as vinyl group, epoxy group, isocyanate group or carboxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Takemoto Yushi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kinoshita, Shigeru Imamura, Hirokazu Matsueda
  • Patent number: 4894479
    Abstract: This invention is directed to diphenyl ethers having in the 3' position a radical of the formula: ##STR1## The products are prepared by reacting a 3'-halocarbonyl compound with an appropriate substituted hydroxyl amine. These compounds and their agronomically acceptable salts and compositions containing these compounds as active ingredients are selective herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: John W. Ashmore, Ted Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 4889870
    Abstract: There are provided new 2-(2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)alkyl esters of general formula I ##STR1## in which Y, R.sub.1-7 and n have the meanings given in the description and processes for their preparation. The new compounds can be used to combat insects and mites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Schering Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Wegner, Hans-Rudolf Kruger, Dietrich Baumert, Hartmut Joppien
  • Patent number: 4880561
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optically active cyclopropane compound represented by the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl or cycloalkyl group, n is 0 or 1, Y.sup.4 is --CO.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --OCO-- or --OCH.sub.2 --, Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2 and Y.sup.3 independently represent --CO.sub.2 --, --OCO--, --O--, a direct bond or --CH.sub.2 O--, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, and Z.sup.3 independently represent ##STR2## A.sup.1, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 independently represent fluorine, bromine, chlorine, a cyano group or hydrogen, and the mark ##STR3## indicates an asymmetric carbon atom. The optically active cyclopropane compound includes a compound which exhibits a ferroelectric liquid crystalline characteristic, and a compound which does not exhibit a ferroelectric liquid characteristic when used alone, but, can be used as a constituent of a ferroelectric liquid crystal composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuru Tabohashi, Takao Sakurai, Ryoichi Higuchi, Naoko Mikami, Eri Yamamoto, Koji Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 4879309
    Abstract: Novel mercapto-acylamino acids useful as analgesic, as well as in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure and combinations of mercapto acylamino acids and atrial natriuretic factors or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors useful for treating hypertension and congestive heart failure are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Doll, Bernard R. Neustadt
  • Patent number: 4876376
    Abstract: A process for the halogenation (bromination or chlorination)/nitration/fluorination of aromatic derivatives substituted by at least one group containing a halogenoalkyl unit. The aromatic derivative is reacted with a halogen and a nitrating agent in liquid hydrofluoric acid. The products obtained are useful as intermediates for the synthesis of compounds having a plant-protecting or pharmaceutical activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Specialistes Chimiques
    Inventors: Michael Desbois, Camille Disdier
  • Patent number: 4876377
    Abstract: This invention pertains to an improved process for the alkylation of aromatic amines. The improvement resides in the use with particular aromatic amines and olefins a catalyst which is a highly acidic partially dealuminated zeolite having an increased silica to alumina molar ratio over the original zeolite and an acidity factor of at least 0.3. The partially dealuminated zeolites are preferably exchanged with hydrogen or rare earth metal and are particularly effective for producing an alkylated aromatic amine where the alkyl group is ortho to the amine. The highly acidic partially dealuminated H-mordenite and partially dealuminated HY faujasite are very effective for the alkylation of aniline with propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rakesh Agrawal, Steven R. Auvil, Michel Deeba
  • Patent number: 4872902
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cyclohexanediones of formula I ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl,A is R.sub.2, OR.sub.3 or NR.sub.3 R.sub.4,R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl that is unsubstituted or is mono-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or mono- or poly-substituted by halogen, or is C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl,R.sub.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl, or is phenyl or benzyl each of which is unsubstituted or is mono-, di- or tri-substituted by R.sub.5,R.sub.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl,R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are, in addition, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, a pyrrolidine, morpholine or piperidine radical,B is one of the radicals ##STR2## m is 0, 1, 2 or 3, R.sub.5 is halogen, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -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 -alkylsulphinyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Hans-Georg Brunner
  • Patent number: 4871470
    Abstract: Cyclohexane derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by O, --CO--O-- or --OCO--,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 each independently of one another are trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or unsubstituted or fluorine-substituted 1,4-phenylene, and one of the groups A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 can also be a single bond,X is --CN, halogen, OH, --COOR.sup.1, --OOCR.sup.1, --COR.sup.1, --OR.sup.1 or R.sup.1 andR.sup.1 is an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which one or two CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by O, but excluding direct links between two O atoms,with the proviso that, in the case of X=CN, A.sup.2 is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or fluorine-substituted, 1,4-phenylene, are suitable as components of liquid-crystalline phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Andreas Wachtler, Joachim Krause, Rudolf Eidenschink, Georg Weber