Nitro Bonded To Carbon In Acid Moiety Patents (Class 560/20)
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Patent number: 5709719Abstract: A poly(oxyalkylene) ester of a substituted polyphenylether having the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is amino, aminomethyl, cyano, nitro, N-alkylamino or N-alkylaminomethyl wherein the alkyl group contains about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, or N,N-dialkylamino or N,N-dialkylaminomethyl wherein each alkyl group independently contains about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms and each R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 is independently selected in each --O--CHR.sub.1 -CHR.sub.2 - unit; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl having about 1 to about 100 carbon atoms, phenyl, aralkyl having about 7 to about 100 carbon atoms or alkaryl having about 7 to about 100 carbon atoms; x is an integer from about 1 to about 10, y is an integer from 0 to about 10; and z is an integer from about 1 to about 100.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1996Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Chevron Chemical CompanyInventor: Richard E. Cherpeck
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Patent number: 5703269Abstract: The preparation of aromatic olefins from haloaromatics and olefins (Heck reaction) is carried out in the presence of palladium complexes as catalysts, which complexes contain heterocyclic carbenes as ligands.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Jakob Fischer, Martina Elison, Christian Kocher
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Patent number: 5693617Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for reducing the rate of degradation of proteins in an animal comprising contacting cells of the animal with certain proteasome inhibitors. The structure of the inhibitors are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1995Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: ProScript, Inc.Inventors: Ross L. Stein, Yu-Ting Ma, Stephen Brand
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Patent number: 5663461Abstract: A process for producing geranylgeraniol is provided, which comprising the steps of subjecting a mixture of at least one ester derivative wherein one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in the molecule are in cis form represented by the general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R represents an aromatic group which can be substituted with at least one substituent, or a higher aliphatic group having from 7 to 25 carbon atoms, and wavy lines, respectively, represent a state where each carbon-carbon double bond can be present in cis or trans form, and an ester derivative of the general formula (2): ##STR2## wherein R is as defined above, to crystallization to obtain the ester derivative of the formula (2) selectively, and hydrolyzing the thus obtained ester derivative.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1995Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiki Mori, Junko Sato, Takashi Fukumoto, Kozo Nakao, Yoshin Tamai
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Patent number: 5635608Abstract: The invention relates to caged compounds for the study of biological processes, where the caged compound has a photoremoveable .alpha.-carboxy-substituted o-nitrobenzyl group. Covalent attachment of the substituted o-nitrobenzyl to a parent compound yields a caged compound with biological and/or physical properties that are significantly altered from the original properties of the parent compound. Illumination of the caged compounds to cleave the photoremoveable group yields the parent compound with its original properties restored.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1994Date of Patent: June 3, 1997Assignee: Molecular Probes, Inc.Inventors: Richard P. Haugland, Kyle R. Gee
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Patent number: 5622532Abstract: Polylactone aromatic esters having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrocarbyl group having a sufficient number of carbon atoms to render the compound soluble in hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline or diesel fuel range;R.sub.2 is an alkylene group of about 2 to 5 carbon atoms;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently hydrogen, hydroxy, nitro, amino, N-alkylamino having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, or N,N-dialkylamino having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in each alkyl group, provided that R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may not both be hydrogen;and x is an integer from 1 to 25.The polylactone aromatic esters of formula I are useful as fuel additives for the prevention and control of engine deposits.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1996Date of Patent: April 22, 1997Assignee: Chevron Chemical CompanyInventor: Richard E. Cherpeck
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Patent number: 5618320Abstract: Aromatic esters of polyalkylphenoxyalkanols having the formula: ##STR1## or a fuel soluble salt thereof, wherein R is hydroxy, nitro or --(CH.sub.2).sub.x --NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, wherein R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and x is 0 or 1;R.sub.1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, nitro or --NR.sub.7 R.sub.8, wherein R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; andR.sub.4 is a polyalkyl group having an average molecular weight in the range of about 450 to 5,000.The compounds of formula I are useful as fuel additives for the prevention and control of engine deposits.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1996Date of Patent: April 8, 1997Assignee: Chevron Chemical CompanyInventor: Richard E. Cherpeck
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Patent number: 5608101Abstract: Substituted aryl or heteroaryl in particular benzoyl bicycloalkane-diones and related compounds, intermediates therefor, synthesis thereof, and the use of said diones for the control of weeds.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1995Date of Patent: March 4, 1997Inventors: Shy-Fuh Lee, Takashi Nishizaka, Kenichi Komatsubara
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Patent number: 5576455Abstract: A process for the preparation of 2-chloro-4,5-difluorobenzoic acid and 2,4,5-trifluorobenzoic acid as well as synthetic intermediates useful in and prepared according thereto, comprising reacting a nitrobenzene having the formula ##STR1## wherein X is chloro or fluoro, with an appropriate carbanion to form a compound having the formula ##STR2## wherein one of Y and Z is chloro and the other is nitro, and R is a radical selected from the group consisting of --CCl.sub.3, --CH.sub.2 NO.sub.2, --CH(NO.sub.2)R.sup.1, --CH(CO.sub.2 R.sup.1).sub.2, --CH(C(O)R.sup.2).sub.2, --CH(CN)CO.sub.2 R.sup.1, --CH(CO.sub.2 R.sup.1)COR.sup.2 and --COR.sup.2 where R.sup.1 is alkyl or arylalkyl and R.sup.2 is alkyl, aryl or arylalkyl and, where appearing more than once in such a radical, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different at each occurrence.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Xiu C. Wang, Panos Kalaritis, Michelle L. Chang
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Patent number: 5569774Abstract: Chlorine-substituted olefins I ##STR1## (R.sup.1 =organic radical; R.sup.2 =--CN, --CO--R.sup.3, --CO--S--R.sup.3, --CO--O--R.sup.3 --CO--N(R.sup.4,R.sup.5); R.sup.3 =organic radical; R.sup.4, R.sup.5 =H, organic radical)are prepared by reacting oxiranes II ##STR2## in the presence of a carboxamide (IIIa) or of a lactam (IIIb) in liquid phase with a chlorinating agent (IV). The products I are important intermediates for dyes, drugs and crop protection agents.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1994Date of Patent: October 29, 1996Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bernd Schaefer, Irene Troetsch-Schaller
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Patent number: 5550246Abstract: Synthetic calicheamicin mimics employ alternative activation triggers and trigger cites and include tithers for conjugation to DNA targeting systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1994Date of Patent: August 27, 1996Assignee: The Scripps Research InstituteInventors: K. C. Nicolaou, Emmanuel N. Pitsinos
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Patent number: 5536868Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 bind to the opioid receptors: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a group of the formula ##STR2## where W is --(CH.sub.2).sub.a -- (where a is 0, 1, or 2), --O--, --NH--, --S--, --SO--, or --SO.sub.2 --, and Ar is phenyl, phenyl-alkyl, phenyl substituted with 1-3 halo, nitro, lower alkyl, hydroxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, and/or hydroxy-lower alkyl groups, and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4;R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently H, lower alkyl, or ##STR3## where X is H, OH, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy, and p is 0, 1, 2, or 3; R.sub.4 is ##STR4## where m is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and R is 1-3 halo, nitro, lower alkyl, hydroxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, and/or hydroxy-lower alkyl groups;R.sub.5 is cycloalkyl, bicycloalkyl, or tricycloalkyl; andR.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, and R.sub.9 are each independently H or lower alkyl.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1995Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Assignee: Chiron CorporationInventors: Simon Ng, Robert L. Warne, Ronald N. Zuckermann, Eric J. Martin, Reyna J. Simon
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Patent number: 5536874Abstract: There is provided a process for preparing an arylacetic acid or arylpropionic acid divative from an arylcarbinol which comprises the step of subjecting said arylcarbinol to suitable carbonylation conditions for a sufficient period of time and under suitable pressure and temperature to form said acid derivative, with the proviso that said carbonylation conditions include conducting the reaction in a two-phase system wherein one phase is an aqueous medium which contains (1) a catalyst which is a water-soluble metal complex consisting essentially of a Group VIII metal and a hydrophilic ligand such as palladium complexed with trisulfonated triphenylphosphine, and (2) optionally an acid, and wherein the second phase comprises said arylcarbinol.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1994Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Assignee: Hoechst Celanese CorporationInventors: Roger A. Sheldon, Leendert Maat, Georgios Papadogianakis
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Patent number: 5530026Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel anticancer agents having potent antineoplastic activity without systemic toxicity and mutagenicity. The novel anticancer agents of the present invention are derivatives of formula I: ##STR1## wherein: A is O or NH; andB is an aryl group selected from the group consisting of phenyl, indane, fluorene, indazole, indole, and pyridine, the aryl group being substituted with at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1-16 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more OH or SH, lower alkoxy, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, lower alkylthio, nitro, cyano, lower alkene, lower alkyne, OH, SH, carboxy lower alkyl, carboxy lower alkyl esters, amino, N-lower alkyl, N,N-dilower alkyl and halogen;or a prodrug thereof, with the provisos that when A is NH and B is phenyl:a) B is substituted with at least one substituent other than hydrogen;b) B is not:1) mono-substituted in the 4 position with C.sub.1-2 alkyl, tert-butyl or n-butyl, halogen, OH, carboxy C.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1995Date of Patent: June 25, 1996Assignee: Universite LavalInventors: Rene C. Gaudreault, Patrick Poyet
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Patent number: 5516934Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a process for economically producing mono-p-nitrobenzyl malonate while recovering the excessive malonic acid and treating the by-product. The process of the present invention for producing mono-p-nitrobenzyl malonate comprises reacting p-nitrobenzyl-alcohol with malonic acid in an organic solvent, which may contain di-p-nitrobenzyl malonate if necessary, cooling the reaction mixture thus obtained to 35.degree. to 100.degree. C., separating the malonic acid thus precipitated and treating the reaction mixture with a basic aqueous solution at 35.degree. to 80.degree. C. The di-p-nitrobenzyl malonate formed as the by-product is effectively utilized by hydrolyzing or reacting with malonic acid to thereby give mono-p-nitrobenzyl malonate.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1995Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Kunikata
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Patent number: 5484463Abstract: Poly(oxyalkylene) hydroxy and amino aromatic carbamates having the formula: ##STR1## or a fuel-soluble salt thereof; wherein X is hydroxy or amino;R is hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, lower alkoxy having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, nitro, amino, N-alkylamino wherein the alkyl group contains 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or N,N-dialkylamino wherein each alkyl group independently contains 1 to 6 carbon atoms;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;R.sub.5 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, phenyl, aralkyl or alkaryl having 7 to 36 carbon atoms, or an acyl group having the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 is alkyl having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, phenyl, or aralkyl or alkaryl having 7 to 36 carbon atoms;and n is an integer from 5 to 100.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1994Date of Patent: January 16, 1996Assignee: Chevron Chemical CompanyInventor: Richard E. Cherpeck
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Patent number: 5472978Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein Q represents optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl, indolyl, benzothiophenyl, benzofuranyl, benzyl or indazolyl; Z represents O, S or NR.sup.8 ; X and Y are H or are together .dbd.O; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are H; optionally substituted C.sub.1-6 alkyl; optionally substituted phenyl(C.sub.1-4 alkyl); COR.sup.c ; CO.sub.2 R.sup.c ; CONR.sup.c R.sup.d ; CONR.sup.c COOR.sup.d ; or SO.sub.2 R.sup.c ; R.sup.3 is H or C.sub.1-6 alkyl, R.sup.4 is H , C.sub.1-6 alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl; and R.sup.5 represents optionally substituted phenyl; are tachykinin antagonists. They and compositions thereof are useful in therapy.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1993Date of Patent: December 5, 1995Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.Inventors: Raymond Baker, Angus M. MacLeod, Kevin J. Merchant, Christopher J. Swain
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Patent number: 5470960Abstract: A phenylalanine-glycine derivative of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a residue of an antitumor substance, or a salt or ester thereof, a process for preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same are described.The novel conjugate of the phenylalanine-glycine derivative and the antitumor substance exhibits superior antitumor activity in comparison with the case wherein an antitumor substance is administered singly or as a mixture with phenylalanine.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1995Date of Patent: November 28, 1995Assignee: Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Niimura, Takako Kawabe, Takao Ando, Kenichi Saito
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Patent number: 5461045Abstract: A fused benzeneoxyacetic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## is (i) ##STR3## (ii) ##STR4## (iii) ##STR5## or (iv) ##STR6## A is (i) ##STR7## or (ii) ##STR8## R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or phenyl;R.sup.3 is(i) C.sub.1-15 alkyl,(ii) C.sub.1-8 alkyl substituted by one or two of benzene, C.sub.4-7 cycloalkane or 4-7 ring-membered monocyclic ring which contains one nitrogen atom or(iii) C.sub.10-15 condensed tricyclic ring;e is 3-5;f is 1-3;p is 0-4;q is 0-2;s is 0-3With the proviso that, ring(s) in R.sup.3 may be substituted by one to three of C.sub.1-4 alkyl, .sub.1-4 alkoxy, halogen atom, nitro or trihalomethyl. And, when D--B is the formula (iii) or (iv), --(CH2)p- or .dbd.CH--(CH2)s- is attached at the position of a or b on the ring.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1992Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Hamanaka, Kanji Takahashi, Hidekado Tokumoto
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Patent number: 5451573Abstract: Substituted cyclohexane derivatives for the treatment of diseases Esters of cyclohexane derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which A--B, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, Y and Z have the meanings indicated, for use as inhibitors of the glucose-6-phosphatase system of the liver in mammals are described. The compounds are suitable for the production of pharmaceutical preparations.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1993Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Horst Hemmerle, Peter Schindler, Roland Utz, Robert Rippel, Andreas Herling
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Patent number: 5449809Abstract: Acetylene derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## where U, V and W are hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl or alkoxy,A is alkylidene, alkoxymethylidene, alkylthiomethylidene or alkoximino,B is OH, alkoxy or alkylamino andR is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, CF.sub.3, alkyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, heterocyclyl, hetaryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylethynyl, hetaryl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, aryloxyalkyl, hetaryloxyalkyl, arylamino-alkyl, arylthiomethyl, hetarylthiomethyl, C(O)R.sup.1, C(O)NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, C(S)NR.sup.4 R.sup.5, C(O)SR.sup.6, C(S)OR.sup.7, C(S)SR.sup.8, CH(OH)R.sup.9, CH(OR.sup.10)R.sup.11, SiR.sup.12 R.sup.13 R.sup.14, SnR.sup.15 R.sup.16 R.sup.17, C(OR)R.sup.18 or C(.dbd.N--OR.sup.19)R.sup.20 andR.sup.1 -R.sup.17, R.sup.19 and R.sup.20 are hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, hetaryl, arylalkyl or hetarylalkyl and R.sup.18 is OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or aryl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, and fungicides containing these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1993Date of Patent: September 12, 1995Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Horst Wingert, Beate Hellendahl, Reinhard Kirstgen, Hubert Sauter, Eberhard Ammermann, Gisela Lorenz
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Patent number: 5442089Abstract: This invention provides synthetic routes for novel single isomers of monocarbamate diols and their polymerization to provide novel polyesters, polyurethanes, polycarbonates, and the like having pendant carbamate groups on the polymer chain. Devices using some of these novel polymers which demonstrate nonlinear optical activity are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1993Date of Patent: August 15, 1995Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Smarajit Mitra, Cecil V. Francis
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Patent number: 5420160Abstract: There are described new 1-alkoxyhexatriene-2-carboxylates of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R represents substituted phenyl,and a plurality of processes for their preparation.The new 1-alkoxyhexytriene-2-carboxylates are used as pesticides.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1994Date of Patent: May 30, 1995Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Herbert Gayer, Peter Gerdes, Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne, Stefan Dutzmann
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Patent number: 5414108Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a process for the preparation of carboxylic acids and derivatives of them of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R means hydrogen, or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl or a (C.sub.1-5 alkoxy)carbonyl group,R.sub.1 is as defined in claim 1,R.sub.7 stands for hydrogen or a C.sub.1-7 alkyl group andR.sub.8 means hydrogen or a carboxyl group.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1992Date of Patent: May 9, 1995Assignee: Biogal GyogyszergrarInventors: Gyorgy Toth, Janos Balint, Klara Elek nee Herczik, Zsuzsanna Moricz nee Garai, Eva Mudra nee Kantor
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Patent number: 5413614Abstract: Mannich condensation products prepared by the condensation of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sub.1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl; R.sub.5 is hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, aralkyl, alkaryl, or an acyl group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 is alkyl, phenyl, aralkyl or alkaryl; and n is an integer from 5 to 100;with an aldehyde and a nitrogen base selected from ammonia, lower alkylamine, a polyamine and mixtures thereof.The Mannich condensation products and their fuel soluble salts are useful as fuel additives for the prevention and control of engine deposits.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1994Date of Patent: May 9, 1995Assignee: Chevron Chemical CompanyInventor: Richard E. Cherpeck
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Patent number: 5399747Abstract: A new process for preparing aryl-substituted aliphatic carboxylic acids is provided. Aryl-substituted aliphatic ether or thioether compound is reacted with carbon monoxide in aqueous conditions at a temperature between about 25.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C. An acid such as hydrochloric acid may be added. As catalyst, a mixture of palladium or a palladium compound and a copper compound with at least one acid-stable ligand are present.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1994Date of Patent: March 21, 1995Assignee: Albemarle CorporationInventors: Kannappan Chockalingam, Tse-Chong Wu
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Patent number: 5395827Abstract: The present invention pertains to antagonists of excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter receptor antagonists, their method of preparation as well as compositions containing them which have the general formula: ##STR1## wherein n and m independently are 0, 1, 2, or 3; R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and R.sub.2 ; R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, halomethyl, nitro, amino, alkoxy, hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 lower alkyl, C.sub.7 to C.sub.12 higher alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, wherein if R.sub.2 is hydrogen, R.sub.1 is not hydrogen; R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 lower alkyl; the stereoisomers thereof in their resolved or racemic form, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.Inventors: Waclaw J. Rzeszotarski, Suzanne R. Ellenberger, Maria E. Guzewska, John W. Ferkany, Gregory S. Hamilton, Raymond J. Patch, Edward W. Karbon, Jr
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Patent number: 5391571Abstract: The compounds of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is alkyl of 4 or more carbon atoms, cycloalkyl, 1-adamantyl, 2-adamantyl, 3-noradamantyl, 3-methyl-1-adamantyl, 1-fluorenyl, 9-fluorenyl, cycloalkylalkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, alkyl, alkoxy, halo, nitro, cyano or trifluoromethyl, phenylalkyl or substituted phenylalkyl, where the substituent on the benzene ring is alkyl, alkoxy, halo, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl or phenyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl or R.sup.1 taken with R.sup.2 and the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocyclic moiety of the formula: ##STR2## wherein ##STR3## in which R.sup.7 is hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxy, alkanoyloxy, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl, in which the substituent is alkyl, alkoxy, halo, nitro, cyano, haloalkyl, perhaloalkyl or dialkylaminoalkyl; R.sup.8 is hydrogen or alkyl or R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 taken together are polymethylene; R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1993Date of Patent: February 21, 1995Assignee: American Home Products CorporationInventors: Richard E. Mewshaw, Thomas J. Commons, Donald P. Strike
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Patent number: 5360924Abstract: Process for preparing aromatic olefins of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 -R.sup.3 are hydrogen, alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8) , alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.5), phenyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, --OH, --NO.sub.2, --CN, --CHO, --COalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) , --COphenyl, --COOalkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) , --OCOalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), --NHCOalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) , --CF.sub.3, --NH.sub.2, --NH--alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) or --N(alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)).sub.2 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), phenyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, --OH, --NO.sub.2, --CN, --CHO or --OCOalkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) , and X is, inter alia, alkenyl(C.sub.2 -C.sub.12) or cycloalkenyl(C.sub.4 -C.sub.8) or the group ##STR2## in which R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen or methyl, and Y is --phenyl, --CN, --COOH, --COOalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), --COOphenyl, ##STR3## --CON (phenyl).sub.2, --COalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), --COphenyl, --Oalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12) , --Ophenyl or the radical ##STR4## in which R.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1994Date of Patent: November 1, 1994Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Matthias Beller, Hartmut Fischer, Heinz Strutz
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Patent number: 5359122Abstract: The preparation of 3-arylacrylic acids and their derivatives I ##STR1## where Ar is aryl which can additionally have substituents which do not react with ketene and are stable under the conditions of the reaction described below, andR.sup.1 is hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, ammonium or C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl,comprises a first stage in which a dialkyl acetal of an aromatic aldehyde of the formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, is reacted with ketene of the formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.C.dbd.O in the presence of catalytic amounts of a protic or Lewis acid to give a 3-arylpropionic acid derivative of the formula III ##STR3## and a second stage in which this intermediate III is reacted in the presence of acid or base and, in the case where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, additionally with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkanol to give the final product I.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1994Date of Patent: October 25, 1994Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Huellmann, Josef Gnad, Rainer Becker
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Patent number: 5350872Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a process for the preparation of carboxylic acids and derivatives of them of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R means hydrogen, or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl or a (C.sub.1-5 alkoxy)carbonyl group,R.sub.1 is as defined in claim 1,R.sub.7 stands for hydrogen or a C.sub.1-7 alkyl group andR.sub.8 means hydrogen or a carboxyl group,by reacting a 1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione derivative of the general formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.9 stands for a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group or a phenyl group, optionally monosubstituted by halogen andR.sub.10 stands for hydrogen or a C.sub.1-5 alkyl group orR.sub.9 and R.sub.10 together form a pentamethylene group,and an aldehyde or ketone of the general formula ##STR3## in the presence of formic acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1993Date of Patent: September 27, 1994Assignee: Biogal GyogyszergrarInventors: Gyorgy Toth, Janos Balint, Klara Elek nee Herczik, Zsuzsanna Moricz nee Garai, Eva Mudra nee Kantor
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Patent number: 5322959Abstract: A new process for preparing aryl substituted aliphatic carboxylic acid esters is provided. A 1-aryl substituted aliphatic halo compound is reacted with carbon monoxide in the presence of an alcohol in anhydrous conditions at a temperature between about 25.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C. An excess of several moles of anhydrous alcohol is preferred. An acid such as hydrochloric acid may also be added. As catalyst, a mixture of palladium or a palladium compound and a copper compound with at least one acid-stable ligand are present.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1993Date of Patent: June 21, 1994Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventor: Tse-Chong Wu
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Patent number: 5321044Abstract: 15,16-Seco-19-nor progestins are provided which display elevated progestational activity with a minimum of ancillary hormonal activity. Processes for the preparation of the novel progestins are provided as are methods of use. A preferred method of use is in the suppression of ovulation in the human female.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1992Date of Patent: June 14, 1994Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Richard H. Peters, Masato Tanabe
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Patent number: 5319122Abstract: This invention relates to a novel process for preparing benzylformimidates which are useful in the production of certain carbapenem antibiotics. The process of this invention provides a means of producing a high-yield, high-purity product.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1992Date of Patent: June 7, 1994Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventor: Joel J. Friedman
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Patent number: 5315029Abstract: A new process for preparing alkyl esters of ibuprofen is provided. A 1-halo-1-(4-isobutylphenyl)ethane is reacted with carbon monoxide in the presence of an anhydrous alcohol at a temperature between about 10.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C. An excess of several moles of alcohol is preferred. An acid such as trifluoroacetic acid is also added. As catalyst, a palladium compound and at least one acid-stable ligand over palladium are present; however, an excess of ligand over palladium is advantageous.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1993Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventor: Kannappan Chockalingam
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Patent number: 5315026Abstract: A catalytic process for preparing aryl substituted aliphatic carboxylic acid esters is disclosed. A 1-aryl substituted olefinic compound is reacted with carbon monoxide in the presence of an alcohol in anhydrous conditions at a temperature between about 25.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C. An excess of several moles of anhydrous alcohol is preferred. An acid such as hydrochloric acid may also be added. As catalyst, a mixture of a palladium compound and a copper compound is used with at least one acid-stable cyclic phosphine having the formula: ##STR1## where R' is the same or different than R" and is alkyl or aryl, said aryl, either substituted or unsubstituted, and Ar' is phenyl, naphthyl, substituted phenyl or substituted naphthyl and n is an integer from 3 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1993Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventor: Tse-Chong Wu
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Patent number: 5315030Abstract: A new process for preparing aliphatic carboxylic acid esters is provided. A substituted aliphatic ether or thioether compound is reacted with carbon monoxide in the presence of an alcohol in anhydrous conditions at a temperature between about 25.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C. An excess of several moles of anhydrous alcohol is preferred. An acid such as hydrochloric acid may also be added. As catalyst, a mixture of palladium or a palladium compound and a copper compound with at least one acid-stable ligand are present.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1993Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventors: Kannappan Chockalingam, Tse-Chong Wu
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Patent number: 5315028Abstract: A new process for preparing aryl substituted aliphatic carboxylic acid esters is provided. A 1-aryl substituted olefinic compound is reacted with carbon monoxide in the presence of an alcohol in anhydrous conditions at a temperature between about 25.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C. An excess of several moles of anhydrous alcohol is preferred. An acid such as hydrochloric acid may also be added. As catalyst, a mixture of a palladium compound and a copper compound with at least one acid-stable ligand are present.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1993Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventor: Tse-Chong Wu
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Patent number: 5312999Abstract: Propoxybenzene derivatives represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein Ra represents a nitro group, an amino group which may have a protecting group or an --NHCH.dbd.C(COO--C.sub.1-6 -Alkyl).sub.2 group, Rb represents a hydrogen atom, a protecting group for the hydroxyl group or a substituted sulfonyl group and Xa and Xb, which may be the same or different, each represents a halogen atom, and processes for preparation thereof are disclosed. These derivatives are useful in preparing antibacterial agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1992Date of Patent: May 17, 1994Assignee: Daiichi Seiyaku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Fujiwara, Tutomu Ebata
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Patent number: 5304659Abstract: A process for the preparation of a polycyclic dye of Formula (1): ##STR1## by reacting a compound of Formula (2): ##STR2## with a benzofuranone of the Formula (3): ##STR3## wherein: Ring A is unsubstituted or is substituted by from one to three groups;Ring B is unsubstituted, apart from the nitro group, or is substituted by one or two further groups;R is H, optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl; andZ is an oxyammonium group, and certain novel compounds of Formula (2) are disclosed.The process provides a convenient route to polycyclic dyes which are useful for the coloration of synthetic textile materials particularly polyesters.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1993Date of Patent: April 19, 1994Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventor: David J. Milner
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Patent number: 5296591Abstract: The trifluoromethylketone derivatives (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have a human leukocyte elastase inhibiting activity and are useful as human leukocyte elastase inhibitors for treating or preventing degenerative diseases. The trifluoromethylketone derivatives (I) have the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl which has one or two substituents selected from carboxy, esterified carboxy and di-C.sub.1-6 alkylcarbamoyl; phenyl(C.sub.1-6) alkyl, the phenyl moiety of which may have halogen or nitro or amino substituents and the alkyl moiety of which may have carboxy or esterified carboxy substituents; halo-phenyl; morpholino; or morpholino(C.sub.1-6) alkyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each C.sub.1-6 alkyl,X is -- or --NH--, andY is ##STR2## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1991Date of Patent: March 22, 1994Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Hemmi, Ichiro Shima, Keisuke Imai, Hirokazu Tanaka
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Patent number: 5283352Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 7, 1992Date of Patent: February 1, 1994Assignee: Orion-yhtyma OyInventors: 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
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Patent number: 5254716Abstract: This invention relates to intermediates and processes thereto, for the preparation of 5,6-dihydropyrro[2,3-d]pyrimidines which are useful for the treatment of susceptible neoplasmsType: GrantFiled: October 15, 1992Date of Patent: October 19, 1993Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Charles J. Barnett, Thomas M. Wilson
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Patent number: 5254720Abstract: A new process for preparing aryl substituted aliphatic carboxylic acids or then alkyl esters is provided. A 1-aryl substituted olefin is reacted with carbon monoxide in the presence of water or an alcohol at a temperature between about 25.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C. An excess of several moles of water or alcohol is preferred. An acid such as hydrochloric acid may also be added. As catalyst, a mixture of a palladium compound and a copper compound with at least one acid-stable ligand are present.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1992Date of Patent: October 19, 1993Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventor: Tse-Chong Wu
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Patent number: 5246933Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenoxy, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, cyano, nitro, amino, NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, hydroxy, acylamino, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.6, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl or benzyloxy, the phenyl group or phenyl moiety of the benzyl group being optionally substituted; or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 when taken together form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R.sup.6 and R.sup.8 are hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl; R.sup.7 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl; and n is 0, 1 or 2: and compositions thereof, are useful for killing or controlling nematodes.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1992Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Michael D. Turnbull, John Finney
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Patent number: 5237089Abstract: N-substituted 3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimides and their intermediates of the general formula I ##STR1## where A is --NO.sub.2, --NH.sub.2 or ##STR2## corresponding to the compounds Ia, Ib and Ic, B is --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --CHR.sup.1 --, --CH.sub.2 --CHR.sup.1 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd., --CH.dbd.CR.sup.1 -- or --CH.dbd.CR.sup.1 --CH.dbd., R.sup.1 being --H, --Cl, --Br or --CH.sub.3, D is ##STR3## or .dbd.C<, depending on the terminal group B, X is --H, --Cl or --Br, Y is --H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 -alkyl, --Cl, --Br, --CN, --CONH.sub.2 or --CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, where R.sup.2 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.5 - or C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylmercapto-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, propargyl, benzyl, .alpha.-phenylethyl, .alpha.-phenylpropyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl which is monosubstituted, disubstituted or trisubstituted by F or Cl, or CH.sub.3 -substituted or Cl-substituted allyl, and Z is --COOR.sup.2, --CONR.sup.3 R.sup.4, ##STR4## or --COR.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1992Date of Patent: August 17, 1993Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Plath, Karl Eicken, Norbert Goetz, Jochen Wild, Norbert Meyer, Bruno Wuerzer
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Patent number: 5216022Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be the same or different, are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1-6 carbons, cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbons, alkenyl of 2-6 carbons, or together represent methylene groups --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --where n is a whole number from 1 to 6, provided that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are not both hydrogen;R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, which may be the same or different, are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, nitro or --S(O).sub.n R.sub.7 where n is 0, 1 or 2 and R.sub.7 is an optionally substituted alkyl of 1-12 carbons atoms; and both Ar substituents are optionally substituted heteroaromatic rings or one Ar is such heteroaromatic ring and the other is optionally substituted phenyl, the optional substitution for Ar being halogen, nitro or --S(O).sub.n R.sub.7 where n and R.sub.7 have the value given above. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1991Date of Patent: June 1, 1993Assignee: Cortech, Inc.Inventors: Jozef Oleksyszyn, Gary P. Kirschenheuter
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Patent number: 5214141Abstract: The present invention relates to an azomethine compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a 5- or 6-membered cyclic amino group, R represents an aromatic group, and Ar represents an aromatic group having an aliphatic amino group in the para-position. The azomethine compounds disclosed are useful yellow dyes for photography, for various optical filters, for ink jet, for heat transfer printing, and for printing.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1991Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masuji Motoki, Naoki Saito, Takayoshi Kamio, Mitsugu Tanaka, Seiji Ichijima
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Patent number: 5189063Abstract: Pesticidal substituted acrylic esters of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents alkyl, or represents unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl,R.sup.2 represents dialkylamino, or represents a radical --Z--R.sup.3,R.sup.3 represents alkyl, or represents unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl,Z represents oxygen or sulphur,A represents ##STR2## where n represents a number from 0 to 6,R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 in each case independently of one another represent alkyl, or together represent an alkylene chain having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, andR.sup.6 represents alkyl, or represents a radical ##STR3## where R.sup.7 represents alkyl, alkoxy or dialkylamino,B represents the group CH--R.sup.8 or, whereR.sup.9 represents unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl or hetaryl, andR and Q independently of one another represent hydrogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl or alkoxy.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1990Date of Patent: February 23, 1993Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Alexander Klausener, Herbert Gayer, Wolfgang Kramer, Dieter Berg, Wilhelm Brandes, Gerd Hanssler, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
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Patent number: 5166377Abstract: The invention concerns novel 4-phenyl-1,3-dioxan-5-ylalkenoic acid derivatives of the formula I having cis relative stereochemistry at positions 4 and 5 of the dioxane ring and wherein Ra and Rb are variously hydrogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkenyl, and optionally substituted aryl or arylalkyl, Rc is hydroxy, alkoxy or alkanesulphonamido, n is 1 or 2, A is ethylene or vinylene, Y is (2-5C)polymethylene optionally substituted by alkyl, and benzene ring B is optionally substituted phenyl, or, when Rc is hydroxy, a salt thereof. The acid derivatives antagonize one or more of the actions of thromboxane A.sub.2 (TXA.sub.2) and are expected to be of value in those disease conditions in which TXA.sub.2 is involved. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing an acid derivative of formula I, and processes for their chemical production.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1988Date of Patent: November 24, 1992Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Andrew G. Brewster, Peter W. R. Caulkett