Nitrogen In Acid Moiety Other Than As Nitroso Or Isocyanate (e.g., Amino Acid Esters, Etc.) Patents (Class 560/155)
  • Publication number: 20100305165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are thiocolchicine derivatives suitable for use as muscle relaxants, methods of making the derivatives, and compositions comprising the derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Rajesh Manchanda
  • Patent number: 7842726
    Abstract: To provide novel carnitine derivatives and salts thereof that are resistant to hydrolysis in the presence of aqueous media, and also provide external skin preparations and cosmetics that are excellent in storage stability, product life, skin affinity and percutaneous absorption properties. In particular, to provide novel ?-branched acyl carnitine derivatives and salts thereof, external skin preparations and cosmetics comprising specific ?-branched acyl carnitine derivatives and/or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hirobumi Aoki, Harumi Kamachi, Yohei Kurata
  • Patent number: 7825238
    Abstract: A method for treatment of HBV and HIV infections comprising administering the compound or salt of formula Ig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Xiao-Xiong Zhou, Horst Wahling
  • Patent number: 7820802
    Abstract: Provided is an industrially safe and useful azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound that is useful for the Mitsunobu reaction in which it is used in combination with a phosphorus compound to carry out a dehydration condensation reaction, and also useful as an oxidizing agent, and a starting material for various synthetic processes. Also provided are a production intermediate of the above-described compound, and methods for producing these compounds. An azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound represented by formula (1); wherein A represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Inventors: Kazutake Hagiya, Takashi Sugimura
  • Publication number: 20100260750
    Abstract: Novel serotonin reuptake inhibitor compounds which are designed to exert serotonin uptake inhibitory activity in the peripheral system while being devoid of CNS activity, and a process of preparing same are disclosed. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing same and uses thereof in the treatment of medical conditions associated with peripheral serotonin levels and/or activity, and/or platelet aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Ramot At Tel Aviv University Ltd
    Inventors: Moshe Rehavi, David Gurwitz
  • Patent number: 7799762
    Abstract: The present invention is directed in particular to dipeptide-like compounds derived from functionally substituted amino acids, having fatty acid chains bound thereto through amidification of the amine functional groups of said dipeptide-like compounds, one end portion of which bears an accessory functional side chain spacer, with the other end portion being an acid group either in neutral or charged state. Compounds of the present invention have immunomodulating properties like adjuvants, In addition, compounds of the invention can be grafted on a given antigen in order to modulate or tune the immune response or can be equally grafted on a pharmaceutical carrier to enhance the therapeutic effect or targeting thereof. Accordingly, compounds of the invention find use in human and veterinary medicine both as immunogens and diagnostic tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: OM Pharma
    Inventors: Jacques Bauer, Olivier Richard Martin, Sylvain Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 7790926
    Abstract: Alpha, omega-difunctional aldaramides, in particular diaminoaldaramides, dihydroxyaldaramides, bis(alkoxycarbonylalkyl)aldaramides, and bis(carboxyalkyl)aldaramides, and processes for preparing the aldaramides are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Mark Allen Andrews, Henry Keith Chenault, Garret D. Figuly
  • Patent number: 7786161
    Abstract: A carboxylic acid derivative of formula (I): wherein R1 is —COOH, —COOR6, etc.; A is a single bond, alkylene, etc.; R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, etc.; B is a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring; Q is alkylnene-Cyc2, etc.; D is a linking chain; and R3 is alkyl, a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring, or a non-toxic salt thereof. The compound of formula (I) binds to PGE2 receptor, especially subtypes EP3 and/or EP4 and show the antagonizing activity, are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases induced pain, itch, urticaria, allergy, urinary frequency, urinary disturbance, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kousuke Tani, Masaki Asada, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masami Narita, Mikio Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100217006
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a drug which is efficacious in treating and preventing diseases wherein ischemia or an inflammatory substance associated with ischemia participates in the onset or worsening thereof. Because of containing as the active ingredient a substance selected from among farnesol, a farnesol derivative, a tocopherol derivative, a tocotrienol derivative, pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof and solvates thereof, the above-described inhibitor of ischemic disorders can exert therapeutic and preventive effects on diseases wherein ischemia or an inflammatory substance associated with ischemia participates in the onset or worsening thereof (for example, brain infarction, brain edema, cardiac infarction, etc.) not only by the administration in the acute ischemic stage but also by the therapeutic administration in subacute and/or chronic stages after ischemia-reperfusion. It is also intended to provide a farnesol carboxylic acid ester derivative and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiro Takata, Kenichi Mishima, Manabu Nakashima, Katsunori Iwasaki, Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Yoshiharu Karube, Michihiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7772340
    Abstract: A subject-matter of the invention is alkoxyamines resulting from ?-phosphorated nitroxides corresponding to the formula: in which R represents an alkyl radical having a number of carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 3, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a residue: in which R3 represents an alkyl radical having a number of carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 20, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical having a number of carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 8, a phenyl radical, an alkali metal, such as Li, Na or K, H4N+, Bu4N+ or Bu3HN+, exhibiting a kinetic dissociation constant kd, measured at 120° C. by EPR, of greater than 0.05 s?1. These compounds can be used as initiators for the (co)polymerizations of at least one monomer which can be polymerized by the radical route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Couturier, Olivier Guerret, Denis Bertin, Didier Gigmes, Sylvain Marque, Paul Tordo, Florence Chauvin, Pierre-Emmanuel Dufils
  • Patent number: 7772426
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for efficiently and highly selectively producing L-2-amino-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-butanoic acid, which is useful as a herbicide, through a catalytic asymmetric synthesis reaction. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing L-2-amino-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-butanoic acid which is characterized in that a dehydroamino acid is subjected to an asymmetric hydrogenation by using a rhodium catalyst represented by the formula (2) below and having an optically active cyclic phosphine ligand, and then the resulting product is subjected to hydrolysis: [Rh(R4)(L)]X??(2) [where R4 represents 1,5-cyclooctadien or norbornadien; L represents a substance represented by the following formula (6): (wherein R5 and R8 respectively represent a C1-4 alkyl group; R6 and R7 respectively represent hydrogen atom or hydroxyl group; and Y represents a group selected from groups represented by the following formula (7): (where Me represents methyl group)).].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuto Minowa, Nozomu Nakanishi, Masaaki Mitomi
  • Publication number: 20100168453
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the synthesis of amino acids/esters of general formula NH2—(CH2)n—COOR in which n is an integer between 5 and 14, and R is either H or an alkyl radical including from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, from natural long-chain mono-unsaturated fatty acids or esters including at least 10 adjacent carbon atoms per molecule, said method comprising: first converting, if necessary, said natural long-chain fatty acid or ester into a monounsaturated fatty acid/ester of general formula R1—(CH2)m—CH?CH—(CH2)p—COOR in which R1 is H, CH3 or a COOR radical, m is an integer between 0 and 14 and p is an integer between 2 and 11, then submitting the latter to a crossed catalytic metathesis reaction with a compound of formula R2—CH?CH—R3 in which R2 is either H or CN and R3 is CN or CH2NH2, provided that if R2 is CN, R3 can be only CN, and finally converting the resulting product of the general formula R3—CH?CH—(CH2)p—COOR into an amino-acid, either by hydrogenation, or by hydrogenation of the triple t
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Dubois
  • Patent number: 7745652
    Abstract: Integrated processes of preparing industrial chemicals starting from seed oil feedstock compositions containing one or more unsaturated fatty acids or unsaturated fatty acid esters, which are essentially free of metathesis catalyst poisons, particularly hydroperoxides; metathesis of the feedstock composition with a lower olefin, such as ethylene, to form a reduced chain olefin, preferably, a reduced chain ?-olefin, and a reduced chain unsaturated acid or ester, preferably, a reduced chain ?,?-unsaturated acid or ester. The reduced chain unsaturated acid or ester may be (trans)esterified to form a polyester polyolefin, which may be epoxidized to form a polyester polyepoxide. The reduced chain unsaturated acid or ester may be hydroformylated with reduction to produce an ?,?-hydroxy acid or ?,?-hydroxy ester, which may be (trans)esterified with a polyol to form an ?,?-polyester polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Zenon Lysenko, Bob R. Maughon, Jozef Bicerano, Kenneth A. Burdett, Christopher P. Christenson, Clark H. Cummins, Marvin L. Dettloff, Alan K. Schrock, P. J. Thomas, Richard D. Varjian, Jerry E. White, John Michael Maher
  • Patent number: 7732558
    Abstract: A dendritic compound of the following structure: PDn-Z-L is disclosed. In the structure above, P is X—(CH2CH2—O)r—, r is an integer ranging from 1000 to 4000, X is OH, NH2, or OR, R is C1 to C10alkyl, Dn is a residue of branched C3 to C30 polyol compounds, n is the quantity of layers of the residue of branched compounds and is an integer equal to or greater than 1, L is a metal cation, Z is the residue of a C3 to C30 compound with multi functional groups. The functional groups illustrated above can be carboxylic groups, amino groups, amide groups, or chelating groups. The carboxylic groups, ester groups, amino groups, or amide groups bind to Dn, and the chelating groups bind to the metal cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Abraham Josephk, Hui-Ju Cho, Yu-Hau Shih, Chao-Hung Kao, Huang-Chien Liang
  • Patent number: 7728037
    Abstract: Novel stable and pharmacologically acceptable salts of L-carnitine and lower alkanoyl L-carnitines with alpha-ketoglutaric acid are disclosed as well as the compositions useful as dietary and dietetic supplements, nutraceuticals or drugs containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A.
    Inventor: Pietro Pola
  • Publication number: 20100120755
    Abstract: Novel chemical conjugates of psychotropic drugs and organic acids, uses thereof in the treatment of psychotic and/or proliferative disorders and diseases and as chemosensitizing agents, and their syntheses are disclosed. The organic acids are selected to reduce side effects induced by the psychotropic drugs and/or to exert an anti-proliferative activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicants: Ramot At Tel Aviv University Ltd., Bar-Ilan University
    Inventors: Abraham Nudelman, Ada Rephaeli, Irit Gil-Ad, Abraham Weizman
  • Patent number: 7709652
    Abstract: Disclosed are UV absorbers that contain a labile functional group capable of initiating free radical polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Alcon, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Schlueter
  • Patent number: 7709678
    Abstract: An asymmetric alkyl compound producing method of the present invention includes a synthesizing step of carrying out an asymmetric synthesis reaction by mixing (i) a reaction solution containing a glycine imine ester, an alkyl halide, and an asymmetric catalyst having a catalytic action which causes the asymmetric synthesis reaction to proceed with (ii) an alkali-treated solid support obtained by treating with an alkaline substance a solid support made of an inorganic compound. By placing this mixture at room temperature, the asymmetric alkylation occurs between the glycine imine ester and the alkyl halide which are catalyzed by the asymmetric catalyst in an alkali-treated solid support contained in the mixture, and the asymmetric alkylation is completed in about 1 hour. Thus, a highly optically pure asymmetric alkyl compound can be obtained in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hideko Koshima, Haitao Yu
  • Publication number: 20100095749
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for crystallizing a desired protein at a high probability; namely, a protein crystallizing agent and a method of crystallizing protein. The present invention also provides a technique for determining the conditions for protein crystallization easily with high efficiency; namely, a method of screening the conditions for protein crystallization and a protein crystallization screening reagent. As the protein crystallizing agent, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a basic amino acid, acidic amino acid, ester derivative of amino acid and amide derivative of amino acid is used, or at least one of these compounds is used in combination with another protein crystallizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Len Ito
  • Publication number: 20100092420
    Abstract: Preservative systems on the basis of cationic surfactants are known i n the art, a typical example of such cationic surfactants is the ethyl ester of the lauramide of arginine monohydrochloride (LAE) (2). Besides the chloride form the corresponding bromide and sulphate salts are known. It was found that other salts of the cationic surfactants display excellent properties, such as the salts of lactic acid, glutamic acid and acetic acid. It was further found that the combination of the cationic surfactants with at least one salt of an organic or inorganic acid displayed an excellent preservative action. A further preservative system with favourable properties was the combination of the cationic surfactants with at least one ester compound, amide or enzyme inhibitor. Also the combination of the cationic surfactant with a further cationic molecule such as ethyl arginate, glucosamine or chitosan led to an effective preservative system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS MIRET, S.A.
    Inventors: Jordi Miret Carceller, Sergi Figueras Roca, Roger Segret Pons
  • Publication number: 20100056628
    Abstract: Green and naturally derived biocides such as N?—(C1-C22) alkanoyl di basic amino acid alkyl (C1 to C22) ester salt cationic molecules can be combined with an anionic molecule not generally considered as having significant biocidal activity to provide antimicrobial, antibacterial, and/or antifungal properties with multifunctional benefits including preservative or self-preserving activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Richard F. Stockel, Anthony Joseph Sawyer
  • Patent number: 7667067
    Abstract: A composition, process of preparation, and utility of salts of fatty acid esters of amino-alcohols such as dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) as emulsifiers useful for formulating with lipids and waxes is described. DMAE fatty acid esters were prepared enzymatically in the absence of added solvent, and then salified directly with carboxylic acids to form the salts. The compounds were used to make stable emulsions with a variety of cosmetically acceptable lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Stephanie Kay Clendennen, Neil Warren Boaz
  • Publication number: 20100041803
    Abstract: Hyperbranched polymers and methods for preparing the same are disclosed. The polymers are obtained based on monomers synthesized via reacting a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic anhydride with a bifunctional amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: DESIGNER MOLECULES, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen M. Dershem
  • Publication number: 20100035839
    Abstract: Disclosed are merocyanine derivatives which correspond to the formula (I), wherein L1, L2 and L3 independently of each other are hydrogen; or L1 and L3 may be linked together to form a carbocyclic ring; R3 and R4 independently of each other are CN; —COR5; —COOR5; —CONR5R6; C1-C22alkyl; C2-C22alkenyl; C2-C22alkinyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl; C3-C12cycloalkenyl; C7-C20aralkyl; C1-C20heteroalkyl; C3-C12cycloheteroalkyl; C3-C18heteroaralkyl; C6-C20 aryl; C1-C12alkylcarbonylamino-C6-C20aryl; C2-C12heteroaryl; or —X2—Sil2; n is a number from 1 to 4; the meaning of R1 and R2 depends on the definition of n. The compounds are useful as UV absorbers for cosmetic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CIBA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Barbara Wagner
  • Patent number: 7638646
    Abstract: Disclosed are intermediates and processes for preparing epoxides of the formula: where R and PROT are defined herein. These epoxides are useful as intermediates in the production of biologically active compounds, i.e., in the production of pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Elan Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Reeder
  • Publication number: 20090318611
    Abstract: The invention relates to amino(meth)acrylates obtained from the reaction of amines with a mixture of epoxy(meth)acrylates and (meth)acrylated diluent and there use for making flexible varnishes, coatings, adhesives and inks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Francis Bergiers, Thierry Randoux
  • Publication number: 20090304584
    Abstract: Conjugates of a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) compound or a glycine compound and an analgesic drug are disclosed. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing these conjugates and uses thereof in the treatment of CNS-associated diseases or disorders, optionally in combination with a psychotropic drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicants: Ramot At Tel Aviv University Ltd., Bar-IIan University, BioLine RX Ltd.
    Inventors: Abraham Nudelman, Ada Rephaeli, Irit Gil-Ad, Abraham Weizman, Ran Lifshitz, IIan Winkler
  • Publication number: 20090299089
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing optically active 3-aminocarboxylic acid ester compounds. According to said method, an enantiomer mixture of a mono-N-acylated 3-aminocarboxylic acid ester, which mixture was previously enriched in an enantiomer, is subjected to deacylation and then to a further enantiomer enrichment by crystallization by adding an acidic salt-forming substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christoph Jaekel, Wolf-Ruediger Krahnert, Rocco Paciello, Wolfgang Siegel
  • Publication number: 20090270581
    Abstract: The invention relates to radiation-curable aqueous composition comprising an (meth)acrylated polyurethane prepolymer obtained from the reaction of a polyisocyanate, optionally a polyol, at least one hydrophilic compound containing at least one reactive group capable to react with isocyanate groups and which is capable to render the polyurethane pre-polymer dispersible in aqueous medium either directly or after the reaction with a neutralizing agent to provide a salt, an (meth)acrylated compound containing at least two reactive groups capable to react with isocyanate groups and an (meth)acrylated compound containing essentially one reactive group capable to react with isocyanate groups, said composition comprising an amount of (meth)acrylated and polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated groups of at least 3 meq per g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Michel Tielemans, Dirk Bontinck, Jean-Claude Van Overvelt
  • Publication number: 20090259065
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods of making organic compounds by metathesis and hydrocyanation. The method of the invention may be used, for example, to make industrial important organic compounds such as diacids, diesters, acid-amines, acid-alcohols, acid-nitriles, ester-amines, ester-alcohols, and ester-nitriles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Timothy W. Abraham, Hiroki Kaido, Choon Woo Lee, Richard L. Pederson, Yann Schrodi, Michael John Tupy, Alexandre A. Pletnev
  • Publication number: 20090253930
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process in which a compound R1COOR3 (I) is made by a transesterification reaction of an ester compound R1COOR2 (II) with an alcohol R3OH (III) in the presence of a transesterification catalyst, wherein R1 is H or C1-4 alkyl or CH2?CR4—; R2 is C1-4 alkyl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl having at least 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having at least 5 carbon atoms, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl and amino alkyl; and R4 is —H or —C1-4 alkyl, wherein alcohol R2OH (IV) is formed as a byproduct and in which said byproduct (IV) is removed by distillation in the presence of an entrainer, in which the entrainer is a compound that suppresses the formation of an azeotrope between compound (II) and byproduct (IV). The process can be useful in the preparation of esters such as dimethyl amino ethyl(meth)acrylate. The invention also provides a method of separating alcohols and esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: John Colin Dunn, Dinesh Mistry, Martin Gower, Roger Pretot, Markus Schmid
  • Patent number: 7585846
    Abstract: Disclosed are hydrophilic choline/N-heterocycle ester compounds containing single amino acids, peptides, or derivatives thereof which have the potential to express anti-oxidant activity capable of reducing reactive oxygen species in cells. These compounds may be used to inhibit oxidative stress-induced cell injury or death both in vivo and ex vivo. In addition, methods for the synthesis of these compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Shey-Shing Sheu, Marion W. Anders, Lin Xu, Virendra K. Sharma
  • Publication number: 20090216040
    Abstract: Methods to convert biobased oils, oil derivatives, and modified oils to highly functionalized esters, ester polyols, amides, and amide polyols. The products can be used to make polyurethane and polyester films and foams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicants: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, UNITED SOYBEAN BOARD
    Inventors: Herman Paul Benecke, Daniel B. Garbark, Bhima Rao Vijayendran
  • Publication number: 20090202464
    Abstract: A method of providing a fragrant odour to an application, comprising the addition thereto of at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of —CR1R2R3, —NR4R5 and —OR6, wherein R1 to R5 are selected from H and essentially hydrocarbon moieties that optionally comprise at least one oxygen, nitrogen or silicon atom, and R6 is selected from essentially hydrocarbon moieties that optionally comprise at least one oxygen, nitrogen or silicon atom; and A is an essentially hydrocarbon moiety that optionally comprises at least one oxygen, sulphur, nitrogen or silicon atom, with the proviso that the compound A-CHO is a fragrant aldehyde. The use of these compounds in laundry, household and personal care products confers a long-lasting freshness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventor: Felix Flachsmann
  • Publication number: 20090203781
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds having an amphiphilic character (cationic, anionic, amphoteric and non-ionic), derivatives of n acyloxypropyl-type lysine amino acid according to general formula (I), which are intended to be used in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries as surface-active agents having a self-aggregating capacity and antimicrobial properties. Variations in activity are a function of the ionic nature of the final molecule, the number of fatty chains and the length thereof. The aforementioned products are prepared using a chemical synthesis method. The intermediate and final products are purified by means of liquid/liquid and liquid/solid extractions, crystallisations, cationic exchange chromatography and normal phase chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICSA
    Inventors: Lourdes Perez Munoz, Aurora Pinazo Gassol, Maria Rosa Infante Martinez-Pardo, Marta Angelet Subirats
  • Publication number: 20090203927
    Abstract: Provide that a useful catalyst for homogeneous hydrogenation, particularly a catalyst for homogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation for hydrogenation, particularly asymmetric hydrogenation, which is obtainable with comparative ease and is excellent in economically and workability, and a process for producing a hydrogenated compound of an unsaturated compound, particularly an optically active compound using said catalyst with a high yield and optical purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Hideo Shimizu, Daisuke Igarashi, Wataru Kuriyama, Yukinori Yusa
  • Patent number: 7563819
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds for use in photochemotherapy or diagnosis, said compounds being branched alkyl esters or substituted alkyl esters of 5-aminolevulinic acid, or derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In particular, the invention provides compounds of formula (I): R22N—CH2COCH2CH2CO—OR1 (wherein R1 represents an optionally substituted branched alkyl (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Photocure ASA
    Inventors: Jo Klaveness, Nils Olav Nilsen, Jon Erik Braenden, Aslak Godal
  • Publication number: 20090176944
    Abstract: The invention relates to aldimines of formula (I), the resulting products thereof, in addition to the uses thereof. The compounds containing aldimines and aldimines wherein they are odour-free and during hydrolysis separate the odour-free aldehydes. They are therefore used as sources for aldehydes and amines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventor: Urs Burckhardt
  • Patent number: 7550625
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R is —C(O)CH2OCH2CH2OCH3 or —C(O)CH2N(CH3)2. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound formula (I) and methods of treating or preventing a condition in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories
    Inventor: Yerramilli V. S. N. Murthy
  • Publication number: 20090143544
    Abstract: Integrated processes of preparing industrial chemicals starting from seed oil feedstock compositions containing one or more unsaturated fatty acids or unsaturated fatty acid esters, which are essentially free of metathesis catalyst poisons, particularly hydroperoxides; metathesis of the feedstock composition with a lower olefin, such as ethylene, to form a reduced chain olefin, preferably, a reduced chain ?-olefin, and a reduced chain unsaturated acid or ester, preferably, a reduced chain ?,?-unsaturated acid or ester. The reduced chain unsaturated acid or ester may be (trans)esterified to form a polyester polyolefin, which may be epoxidized to form a polyester polyepoxide. The reduced chain unsaturated acid or ester may be hydroformylated with reduction to produce an ?,?-hydroxy acid or ?,?-hydroxy ester, which may be (trans)esterified with a polyol to form an ?,?polyester polyol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Zenon Lysenko, Bob R. Maughon, Jozef Bicerano, Kenneth A. Burdett, Christopher P. Christenson, Clark H. Cummins, Marvin L. Dettloff, Alan K. Schrock, P. J. Thomas, Richard D. Varjian, Jerry E. White, John Michael Maher
  • Patent number: 7530461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds being esters of 5-aminolevulinic acids or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, including compounds of formula (I) R22N—CH2COCH2-CH2CO—OR1 (wherein R1 may represent alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy, alkoxy, acyloxy, alkoxycarbonyloxy, amino, aryl, oxo or fluoro groups and optionally interrupted by oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur or phosphorus atoms; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group R1, and both R2 groups may be the identical or different), and their use in diagnosis and photochemotherapy of disorders or abnormalities of external or internal surfaces of the body, and products and kits for performing the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: PhotoCure ASA
    Inventors: Karl E. Gierskcky, Johan Moan, Qian Peng, Harald Steen, Trond Warloe, Alf Bjørseth
  • Publication number: 20090098304
    Abstract: The invention relates to low extractable coatings, varnishes, adhesives or inks obtained with a radiation curable composition comprising amino(meth)acrylates obtained from the reaction of a primary and/or secondary amine (A) with a (methacrylated ethoxylated and/or propoxylated polyol (B) having a degree of alkoxylation of at least 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Vincent Stone, Francis Bergiers, Thierry Randoux, Christian Lucot
  • Patent number: 7507859
    Abstract: The present invention describes a synthetic non-viral vector composition for gene therapy and the use of such compositions for in vitro, ex vivo and/or in vivo transfer of genetic material. The invention proposes a pharmaceutical composition containing 1) a non-cationic amphiphilic molecule or macromolecule and its use for delivery of nucleic acids or 2) a cationic amphiphilic molecule or macromolecule that transforms from a cationic entity to an anionic, neutral, or zwitterionic entity by a chemical, photochemical, or biological reaction and its use for delivery of nucleic acids. Moreover this invention describes the use of these non-viral vector compositions in conjunction with a surface to mediate the delivery of nucleic acids. An additional embodiment is the formation of a hydrogel with these compositions and the use of this hydrogel for the delivery of genetic material. A further embodiment of this invention is the use of a change in ionic strength for the delivery of genetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Fifth Base LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. Grinstaff, Philippe Barthelemy, Carla Prata, Louis Moreau
  • Patent number: 7501062
    Abstract: A process for permeation enhanced reactive extraction of levulinic acid from a liquid aqueous phase comprising levulinic acid, wherein the levulinic acid from the aqueous phase is brought into contact with a liquid alcohol phase at esterification conditions in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 50 to 250° C., the aqueous phase and the alcohol phase being separated from each other by a membrane, and an aqueous stream depleted in levulinic acid and an alcohol stream comprising ester of levulinic acid are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Johannes Leendert Willem Cornelis Den Boestert, Johannes Pieter Haan, Arian Nijmeijer
  • Publication number: 20090062562
    Abstract: The invention encompasses processes for the synthesis of (S)-(+)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid, (S)-Pregabalin, and intermediates of (S)-Pregabalin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Kansal, Brijnath P. Chaurasia, V. Govardhan Rao, Anand Prakash Tiwari
  • Publication number: 20090060930
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for causing the selective targeting and killing of tumor cells. The present invention describes prophylactic or therapeutic cancer vaccines based on purified TAA proteins or TAA-derived synthetic peptides altered by chemical, enzymatic or chemo-enzymatic methods to introduce ?Gal epitopes or ?Gal glycomimetic epitopes, in order to allow for enhanced opsonization of the antigen by natural anti-?Gal antibodies to stimulate TAA capture and presentation, thereby inducing a humoral and cellular immune response to the TAA expressed by a tumor. The animal's immune system thus is stimulated to produce tumor specific cytotoxic cells and antibodies which will attack and kill tumor cells present in the animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Mario R. Mautino, Nicholas N. Vahanian, Won-Bin Young, Gabriela Rossi, Charles J. Link, Firoz Jaipuri
  • Patent number: 7495123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the efficient preparation of enantiomerically enriched beta amino acid derivatives wherein the amino group is unprotected. The product chiral beta amino acid derivatives are useful in the asymmetric synthesis of biologically active molecules. The process comprises an enantioselective hydrogenation of an amine-unprotected prochiral beta-amino acrylic acid or derivative thereof in the presence of a rhodium metal precursor complexed with a chiral mono- or bisphosphine ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignees: Solvias AG, Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Xiao, Yongkui Sun, Thorsten Rosner, Nelo R. Rivera, Shane W. Krska, Andrew M. Clausen, Joseph D. Armstrong, III, Felix Spindler, Christophe Malan
  • Patent number: 7491748
    Abstract: A carboxylic acid derivative of formula (I): wherein R1 is —COOH, —COOR6, etc.; A is a single bond, alkylene, etc.; R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, etc.; B is a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring; Q is alkylnene-Cyc2, etc.; D is a linking chain; and R3 is alkyl, a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring, or a non-toxic salt thereof. The compound of formula (I) binds to PGE2 receptor, especially subtypes EP3 and/or EP4 and show the antagonizing activity, are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases induced pain, itch, urticaria, allergy, urinary frequency, urinary disturbance, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kousuke Tani, Masaki Asada, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masami Narita, Mikio Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7488755
    Abstract: The use of R(+)-2-amino-3-hydroxypropanoic acid derivatives, nitrogen substituted by a (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C6)alkenyl, 3-oxo(C5-C6)alkyl, 3-oxo(C4-C6)alken-2-yl, phenyl(C1-C6)alkyl, phenyl(C2-C6)alkenyl, gem-diphenyl(C1-C6)alkyl, gem-diphenyl(C2-C6)alkenyl, (C1-C6)alcanoyl, optionally N-substituted alanyl, optionally N,N?-disubstituted lysinoyl, phenyl(C1-C6)alkylydene or gem-diphenyl(C1-C6)alkylidene group, and of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for preparation of medicaments intended for the treatment of CNS diseases due to reduced glycinergic transmission, particularly for the treatment of autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease, is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Clarence-Smith, Jean-Marie Georges Contreras, Laurence Nathalie Deyon, Camille Georges Wermuth
  • Patent number: 7468454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing amino-functional polyurethane prepolymers by a) preparing an NCO-functional polyurethane prepolymer by reacting an excess of one or more di- and/or polyisocyanates with at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having a functionality of at least 1.5, b) reacting the free NCO groups of the resulting polyurethane prepolymer with at least one compound containing one or more silanol groups to obtain the corresponding silylurethanes, and then c) converting the silylurethanes to amino-functional polyurethane prepolymers by hydrolysis and/or alcoholysis with decarboxylation. The present invention also relates coatings, adhesives, sealants, casting compounds or moldings obtained from these amino-functional polyurethene prepolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventor: Michael Mager