Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## possesses antihypertensive activity. Also provided are methods for the preparation of the compounds as well as pharmaceutical formulations and methods for their use as antihypertensive agents.

Abstract: The invention concerns the novel compounds dialkyl 2-(3-fluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-2-methylmalonate IIIa and dialkyl 2-(3-fluoro-4-aminophenyl)-2-methylmalonate IVa useful as intermediates in an improved process for making 2-(2-fluoro-4-biphenylyl)propionic acid, known as flurbiprofen, having the formula ##STR1## and ester thereof. It has anti-inflammatory activity which is about 240 times that of aspirin and analgesic activity which is about 180 times that of aspirin in standard laboratory tests. However, despite this high activity, the toxicity (LD.sub.50) is only 1.2 to 2.4 times greater than that of aspirin in standard laboratory tests.Also within the invention is a novel method of making the above intermediates and analogs thereof useful to prepare corresponding biaryl compounds which have pharmaceutical uses.

Abstract: Substituted acetate compounds represented by the formula ##STR1## which are useful as pesticides and pesticidal composition containing the substituted acetate compounds as active ingredients, as well as processes for preparing the compounds and the compositions are disclosed.

Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 4-[(cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl substituted)amino, alkylamino or alkenylamino]phenyl compounds, salts and derivatives of these such as cycloalkylamino, cycloalkenylamino, cycloalkyl-alkylamino, cycloalkyl-alkenylamino, cycloalkenyl-alkylamino, and cycloalkyl-cycloalkylamino phenyl compounds and derivatives and suitable salts of these; these compounds are useful as hypolipidemic and antiatherosclerotic agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain ring-fluorinated 4-(hexadecyl-amino) N-substituted benzamide compounds as hypolipidemic and antiatherosclerotic agents together with their pharmacologically acceptable acid-addition and cationic salts. The amino functions of the benzamide groups are selected from the groups consisting of loweralkanesulfonylamino, phenylsulfonylamino, loweralkanoylamino, benzoylamino and carboxyalkylamino.

Abstract: Azo dyestuffs, insoluble in water, are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein A represents the residue of a diazotizable benzene component carrying at least two substituents or the residue of a diazotizable heterocyclic component, R represents alkyl, B represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, and X represents hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, acylamino, benzoylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, phenoxycarbonylamino, alkylsulfonylamino or phenylsulfonylamino, the dyestuff molecule being free of groups causing water solubility by formation of ions. These dyestuffs can be used for dyeing of hydrophobic fibers, in particular polyester fibers. Affinity is excellent and there are obtained bright, full-bodied shades very fast to wet tests, sublimation, abrasion and light.

Abstract: This invention relates to phosphorus containing compounds which are useful as herbicides.Additionally, they demonstrate tolerance towards desired crops, e.g., cotton, soybeans and sugarbeets.

Abstract: New optically active bis phosphine compounds which are usful in optically active catalysts. Such catalysts are particularly useful in catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation.

Abstract: There are disclosed herein derivatives of bisfunctionalized compounds, wherein said compounds have been formed by the introduction of a nitro group and a hydroxyl group in the form of an ester into a conjugated diene molecule by treatment of said conjugated dienes with nitric acid in the presence of a carboxylic acid anhydride. The novel compounds produced by this process are useful as bactericides, fungicides and valuable organic synthesis intermediates.

Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 4-(polyfluoroalkylamino)phenyl compounds useful as hypolipidemic and antiatherosclerotic agents.

Abstract: The invention is m-phenoxybenzyl esters of 2-haloalkyl(oxy-, thio-, sulfinyl-, or sulfonyl)phenylalkanoic acids which are useful insecticidal and acaricidal agents.

Abstract: Organic compounds having a substituent represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein M is alkali metal or ammonium are useful complexing agents for metal and/or alkaline earth metal ions.

Abstract: The invention is 2-haloalkyl(oxy-, thio-, sulfinyl-, or sulfonyl)phenylalkanoic acids which are useful intermediates in the preparation of insecticides of m-phenoxybenzyl and .alpha.-cyano-m-phenoxybenzyl esters.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition with high negative dielectric anisotropy, which is capable of exhibiting a high dynamic light scattering effect and of inducing similar characteristics into mixtures of the liquid crystal and another nematic liquid crystal and which derives an advantage from a larger mesomorphic temperature range, which comprises at least one compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents NO.sub.2, bromine or cyano; R.sub.1 is an alkyl or alkoxy group and R.sub.2 is an alkyl group.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl of one to eight carbon atoms, inclusive, are formulated into pharmaceutical compositions suitable for oral or parenteral administration which are used as agents to prophylactically inhibit the allergic manifestations of a sensitized mammal.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions having hypolipidaemic and/or hypoglycaemic activity, contain a substituted (4-carboxyphenoxy) phenyl alkane derivative.

Abstract: 2-Hydroxy-3-alkylsulfoxypropyl-1 esters of arene polycarboxylic acids.

Abstract: A novel substituted-arylacetic acid ester of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each hydrogen or a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, cyano, nitro, methylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanoyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanoyloxy, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxycarbonyl group, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, taken together, may form methylenedioxy, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkylene or butadienylene (--CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--) ring; R.sub.3 is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, propargyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl or cyclopropylmethyl group; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or a halogen atom, methyl or ethyl group; R.sub.5 is allyl, propargyl, 3-butenyl, 3-butynyl, phenyl or benzyl group; and A is oxygen or sulfur atom or --CH.dbd.CH-- group, which possesses various useful insecticidal and acaricidal activities and can be prepared by reacting a substituted-arylacetic acid of the formula; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.

Abstract: Phenoxycarboxylic acid aryloxy(thio)carbonylaminomethyl ester compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is phenyl, substituted phenyl, benzyl, substituted benzyl, naphthyl or substituted naphthyl,R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms,R.sup.3 is phenyl or substituted phenyl,X is oxygen or sulfur, andn is 0, 1 or 2 exhibit outstanding plant growth regulant properties.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel carbamoylation method for the preparation of steroid phenolic N-disubstituted carbamate esters, and novel compounds in said method. Phenolic carbamate esters are useful for various purposes, for instance as pharmaceuticals, e.g. antitumor agents, as biocides, e.g. pesticides, and intermediates for preparing such useful compounds.

Abstract: Indole-carboxylic acid compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is lower alkyl or alkoxy radical or halogen;R.sub.2 is halogen; lower alkyl or alkoxy radical; orR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 can together also form an alkylene bridge containing 3 to 5 carbon atoms, which can optionally contain one or more double bonds; and, but less preferably, when R.sub.1 is a lower alkyl or alkoxy radical, R.sub.2 can also be a hydrogen atom, and physiologically compatible salts and esters thereof,Are outstandingly effective as blood sugar-lowering agents.

Abstract: Novel substituted .alpha.-aryloxycarboxylic acid esters and their preparation are described. The novel compounds are useful for the control of pests.

Abstract: 4-(3-Nitrophenyl)pyridine, an intermediate useful in the preparation of 1-(lower-alkyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(4-pyridyl)-3-quinolinecarboxylates, which are useful as antibacterial agents, is prepared by reacting 3-nitrobenzaldehyde with two molar equivalents of di-(lower-alkyl) oxalacetate (II) in the presence of a catalytic condensing agent, preferably piperidine and/or its acetate, to produce tetra-(lower-alkyl) 3-(3-nitrophenyl)-1,5-pentanedione-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylate (III), reacting III with ammonia to produce tetra-(lower-alkyl) 1,4-dihydro-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-2,3,5,6-pyridinetetracarboxylate (IV), oxidizing IV to produce tetra-(lower-alkyl) 4-(3-nitrophenyl)-2,3,5,6-pyridinetetracarboxylate (V), hydrolyzing V to produce 4-(3-nitrophenyl)-2,3,5,6-pyridinetetracarboxylic acid (VI) and decarboxylating VI to produce 4-(3-nitrophenyl)pyridine (VI). Intermediates III, IV, V and VI are novel.

Abstract: The compounds are 3-((3-substituted amino-2-hydroxypropoxy)-phenyl)-6-hydrazino pyridazines which have .beta.-adrenergic blocking and vasodilator activity.

Abstract: The invention provides novel 5- and 6-benzoxazolyl alkanoic acids, optionally substituted in the 2-position, and derivatives thereof which possess anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic and analgesic activity. Also provided is a process for preparing such compounds by cyclizing an appropriately substituted o-aminophenol and, if necessary, converting the resultant benzoxazole to the desired compound.