Plural Rings In Alcohol Moiety Patents (Class 560/255)
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Patent number: 5032314Abstract: A compound capable of shortening the response time of liquid crystal display elements and a composition containing the same are provided, which compound is expressed by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a linear or branched chain alkyl group or alkoxy group, each of 1C-18C; Ar represents ##STR2## wherein X represents H, halogen atom, cyano group or methyl; A represents --COO-- or --CH.sub.2 O--; R.sup.2 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, A C.sub.2 -C.sub.18 alkanoyl, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.18 alkoxycarbonyl or a C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 2-alkoxypropanoyl; C having a symbol * attached thereonto represents asymmetric carbon atom; and when R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1988Date of Patent: July 16, 1991Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Makoto Ushioda, Shinichi Saito, Kouji Ohno, Kazutoshi Miyazawa, Hiromichi Inoue
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Patent number: 5030765Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel tetrahydronaphthalene and indane derivatives of the formula ##STR1## useful as for combatting dermatoses as well as neoplasmas.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1990Date of Patent: July 9, 1991Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Michael Klaus, Peter Loeliger, Peter Mohr, Ekkehard Weiss
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Patent number: 5030764Abstract: Novel styryl-tetrahydronaphthalene and indane derivatives useful for treating neoplasms and dermatoses.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1990Date of Patent: July 9, 1991Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Michael Klaus, Peter Loeliger, Peter Mohr, Ekkehard Weiss
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Patent number: 5025017Abstract: Seco-mevinic acid derivatives are provided which has the structure ##STR1## including all stereoisomers thereof, wherein Z is ##STR2## R is H, alkali metal or lower alkyl, R.sup.1 is H, lower alkyl, aryl, lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl or heterocyclic; R.sup.2 is lower alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl, and X is O or NR.sup.5 wherein R.sup.5 is H or lower alkyl, and are HMG CoA reductase inhibitors and thus are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents and in treating atherosclerosis. New intermediates for preparing the above seco-mevinic acid derivatives are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1989Date of Patent: June 18, 1991Assignee: E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.Inventor: Donald S. Karanewsky
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Patent number: 5013475Abstract: An optically active ester compound useful as a component of a ferroelectric liquid crystal composition is represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R is C.sub.1-18 alkyl or C.sub.1-18 alkoxyl; R' is C.sub.1-18 alkyl or C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1989Date of Patent: May 7, 1991Assignee: Adeka Argus Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Shibata, Masaki Kimura, Norio Kurosawa
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Patent number: 5008446Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is ##STR2## where A is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, phenyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 -aralkyl and l is 0 or 1, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, m is 1, 2 or 3 and Y is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1989Date of Patent: April 16, 1991Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Guenter Schulz, Hubert Sauter
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Patent number: 5004817Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: M is an alkali or alkaline-earth metal or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl group;X is a group selected from --CH.sub.2 --, --CO--, --CH.sub.2 --CO--, --CH(CH.sub.3)--CO--,p is 0 or 1;Ar is a simple or condensed aromatic ring or Ar represents two or more aromatic nuclei bonded either by a simple bond or by an --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --SO--, --CO--, --CS--, or --NH-- group;y is H or CH.sub.3 ;m is 1 when Y=--CH.sub.3, or an integer from 1 to 5 (including both values) when Y=H; n is a number ranging from 1 to 500 (including both values); andZ is H; a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl; benzyl; glycidyl; acetyl; allyl; --CO--NH--R or --CO--NH--R.sub.1 --NCO group.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1989Date of Patent: April 2, 1991Assignee: Montefibre, S.p.A.Inventors: Catia Bastioli, Salvatore Garlisi, Dario Fornara, Vittorio Bellotti
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Patent number: 4997848Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R represents hydrogen, methyl of hydroxy; X represents an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, or heterocyclic group; A represents a single bond, or an alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene or alkadienylene group; Y represents hydrogen, or an aryl, cycloalkyl or heterocyclic group] have valuable antihypercholesteremic activities and may be used in the treatment of disorders arising from a blood cholesterol imbalance in humans and other animals.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1988Date of Patent: March 5, 1991Assignee: Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Masaaki Kurabayashi, Hiroshi Kogen, Hiroshi Kadokawa, Hideshi Kurihara, Kazuo Hasegawa, Masao Kuroda
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Patent number: 4961875Abstract: A liquid crystalline, optically active compound useful as a component of various liquid crystal compositions, a liquid crystal composition containing the same and a light switching element using the liquid crystal composition are provided, which liquid crystalline, optically active compound is expressed by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is 1-18C alkyl or alkoxy, R.sup.2 is 2-18C alkyl or 1-18C alkoxy, A is ##STR2## wherein X is halogen or CN, m is 0 to 12, and * indicates an asymmetric carbon atom.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1988Date of Patent: October 9, 1990Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Kouji Ohno, Hiromichi Inoue, Shinichi Saito, Kazutoshi Miyazawa, Makoto Ushioda
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Patent number: 4959349Abstract: Indane derivatives useful as fragrance-imparting components are disclosed. The represented indane derivatives by the formula (I), ##STR1## wherein ring A is a benzene or cyclohexane ring and R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, or an alkanoyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, provided that when ring A is benzene, R.sup.1 is a group other than hydrogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1990Date of Patent: September 25, 1990Assignee: KAO CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Ohnuma, Yoshiaki Fujikura, Manabu Fujita, Nao Toi
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Patent number: 4956109Abstract: Herein disclosed is a lubricating oil comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of esterified products obtained by reacting: (A) a compound selected from the group consisting of alcohols represented by the following general formula (I), alcohols represented by the following general formula (II) and hydrogenated derivatives thereof; with (B) a fatty acid having not less than 6 carbon atoms or a mixture of the fatty acid with a rosin selected from the group consisting of rosin, hydrogenated rosins, disproportionated rosins and polymerized rosins: ##STR1## in the general formulas (I) and (II), X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and n is an integer ranging from 0 to 10. The lubricating oil is used as rolling mill oils, hydraulic oils cutting-grinding oils, lubricating oils for metal plastic working and those for internal combustion engines.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1989Date of Patent: September 11, 1990Assignees: The Nisshin Oil Mills, Ltd., Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Keiichi Tanikawa, Higaki Yuzo
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Patent number: 4940696Abstract: A benzonaphthalene compound has the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents ##STR2## or (ii) --CH.sub.2 OH; R.sub.6 represents ##STR3## or OR.sub.7 wherein R.sub.7 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-20 carbon atoms, monohydroxyalkyl or polyhydroxyalkyl, r' or r" represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl or a residue of an amino acid or a sugar, or together form a heterocycle; R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-15 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-4 carbon atoms or a cycloaliphatic radical; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic radical, a thiocycloaliphatic radical or --O--Si(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --R.sub.8 wherein R.sub.8 represents lower alkyl; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy or lower acyloxy.This compound is useful in the topical and systemic treatment of dermatologic diseases and in the treatment of the degeneration of conjunctive tissues.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1987Date of Patent: July 10, 1990Assignee: Centre International de Recherches Dermatologioues (CIRD)Inventors: Braham Shroot, Jacques Eustache, Jean-Michel Bernardon
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Patent number: 4933475Abstract: Compounds having the formula ##STR1## R.sub.1 is hydrogen, benzyl or alkanoyl, X is C.sub.2-4 alkylene; andZ-W is alkyl, phenylalkyl or pyridylalkyl which can have an oxygen atom as part of the alkyl chain and their use as CNS agents, antidiarrheals and antiemetics. Processes for their preparation and intermediates therefor are described.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1989Date of Patent: June 12, 1990Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Johnson, Lawrence S. Melvin, Jr.
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Patent number: 4918236Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxy, nitro; cyano; C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 haloalkyl, or R.sup.a SO.sub.m -wherein m is 0 or 2 and R.sup.a is C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are alkylene having 2 to 5 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together are oxo; R.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.6 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together are alkylene having 2 to 5 carbon atoms; R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently are (1) hydrogen; (2) halogen; (3) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (4) C.sub.1 - C.sub.4 alkoxy; (5) trifluoromethoxy; (6) cyano; (7) nitro; (8) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl; (9) R.sup.b SO.sub.n -wherein n is the integer 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.b is (a) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (b) C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1986Date of Patent: April 17, 1990Assignee: ICI Americas Inc.Inventors: Christopher G. Knudsen, William J. Michaely
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Patent number: 4918219Abstract: Novel purine derivatives are described as agents for treating autoimmune diseases as well as a method of manufacture and pharmaceutical compositions as well as novel intermediates in the manufacture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1989Date of Patent: April 17, 1990Assignee: Warner-Lambert CompanyInventors: Jagadish C. Sircar, Charles F. Schwender, Mark J. Suto
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Patent number: 4902820Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of .alpha.-acyloxycarbonyl compounds by contacting the corresponding .alpha.-dicarbonyl compound with an acyl iodide, which can be employed in an essentially pure form or generated in solution from hydrogen iodide and a carboxylic acid anhydride.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1989Date of Patent: February 20, 1990Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Joseph R. Zoeller
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Patent number: 4898944Abstract: Precursors for the preparation of fiber-reactive triphendioxazine dyestuffs correspond to the general formulas: ##STR1## in which Y' is a vinyl, a beta-hydroxyethyl or an ethyl group which contains in the beta-position a substituent which can be eliminated by an alkali;T is an optionally substituted alkyl (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1988Date of Patent: February 6, 1990Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gunther Schwaiger, Hartmut Springer, Walter Helmling
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Patent number: 4897420Abstract: Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein l is an integer of 0 to 18, X is hydrogen, an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a carboxylic acyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and Y is a phenylene, a cycloalkylene having 3 to 7 carbon atoms or a group of the formula: ##STR2## in which m is an integer of 0 to 3, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each is an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, are novel compounds, possess circulatory disturbance-improving activity and inhibitory activity of the generation and release of SRS-A, and used for prophylactic or therapy of ischemic diseases such as cerebral apoplexy or allergic diseases.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1988Date of Patent: January 30, 1990Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masazumi Watanabe, Isuke Imada
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Patent number: 4882439Abstract: Total synthesis of steroids with substitution in the 2,3, 6, 11 or 17 positions comprising the step of cyclization of a compound having the formula ##STR1## or analogues thereof, where X represents .dbd.O, ##STR2## or .beta.-substituted ##STR3## Y represents .dbd.O, .beta.-oriented ##STR4## or .beta.-orientated OH, R' and R.sup.2 may be the same or different and R' represents alkyl or aryl and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1986Date of Patent: November 21, 1989Assignee: The University of SheffieldInventor: David N. Jones
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Patent number: 4874891Abstract: Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable esters thereof, wherein rings A and B are selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## wherein x represents an aromatic ring, or the presence or absence of 0, 1, or 2 conjugated or unconjugated .pi. bond(s), andwherein x represents the presence or absence of 0, 1, or 2 conjugated or unconjugated .pi. bond(s), andwherein a non-aromatic .pi. bond, if present, may optionally be converted to an epoxide;and wherein the dotted line represents the presence or absence of a .pi. bond,and wherein:R.sup.1 is H, acyl(1-6), or alkyl(1-6);R.sup.2 is H, alkyl(1.varies.6), 2-propynyl, or allenyl;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is each independently H or OR.sup.5, wherein R.sup.5 is H, acyl(1-6), or alkyl(1-6); andwherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is each independently H, alkyl(1-6) or is --C.tbd.CR.sub.3, --CH.dbd.CHR.sub.3, or --CH.dbd.C.dbd.CHR.sub.3, wherein R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of H, halo, CF.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1986Date of Patent: October 17, 1989Assignee: Washington UniversityInventors: Douglas F. Covey, Ricahrd J. Auchus
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Patent number: 4871470Abstract: Cyclohexane derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by O, --CO--O-- or --OCO--,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 each independently of one another are trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or unsubstituted or fluorine-substituted 1,4-phenylene, and one of the groups A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 can also be a single bond,X is --CN, halogen, OH, --COOR.sup.1, --OOCR.sup.1, --COR.sup.1, --OR.sup.1 or R.sup.1 andR.sup.1 is an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which one or two CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by O, but excluding direct links between two O atoms,with the proviso that, in the case of X=CN, A.sup.2 is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or fluorine-substituted, 1,4-phenylene, are suitable as components of liquid-crystalline phases.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1987Date of Patent: October 3, 1989Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Andreas Wachtler, Joachim Krause, Rudolf Eidenschink, Georg Weber
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Patent number: 4870205Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where A is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, phenyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 -aralkyl and l is 0 or 1, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, m is 1, 2 or 3 and Y is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1987Date of Patent: September 26, 1989Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Guenter Schulz, Hubert Sauter
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Patent number: 4866189Abstract: There is provided a novel and efficient stereoselective total synthesis of epipodoplyllotoxin and related epipodophyllotoxin compounds of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each are independently hydrogen or (lower)-alkoxy, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, taken together, is methylenedioxy; R.sup.4 and R.sup.6 each are independently hydrogen or (lower)alkoxy; and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or a phenol-protecting group; or an acid addition salt thereof. The present invention also provides novel intermediates and processes for the preparation of said intermediates, which are then converted into known antineoplastic agents.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1988Date of Patent: September 12, 1989Assignee: Bristol-Myers CompanyInventors: Dolatrai M. Vyas, Paul M. Skonezny
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Patent number: 4853151Abstract: Dispirotetradecanes of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently of each other alkyl containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms wherein one or more non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups may also be replaced by --O--, --CO--, --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --O--COO-- and/or --CH.dbd.CH-- (trans), one of the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 also being H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, NO.sub.2, NCS,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are each independently of each other trans-1,4-cyclohexylene wherein one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups may be replaced by --O-- and/or --S--, or 1,4-phenylene wherein one or more CH groups may also be replaced by N, with it also being possible optionally for A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 to be substituted laterally or axially by F, Cl, CN, CH.sub.3,Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are each independently of each other --C--O--, --O--CO--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 -- or a single bond,m and n are each 0, 1 or 2,(m+n) 0, 1 or 2,X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3 and X.sup.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1987Date of Patent: August 1, 1989Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankfter HaftungInventors: Fritz Vogtle, Wolfgang Calaminus
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Patent number: 4833164Abstract: 2-Substituted-1-naphthols are 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors which make them useful in the treatment of inflammation, obstructive lung diseases and/or psoriasis. Useful 2-substituent groups are alkyls, alkenyls, alkynyls, cycloalkyls, cycloalkenyls, the groups CH.sub.2 --C.tbd.C--(CH.sub.2).sub.m R.sup.5 and CH.dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n R.sup.5 (where m is 1-4, n is 0-3 and R.sup.5 includes phenyl, COOR.sup.9, where R.sup.9 is H or alkyl of 1-4 carbons, AR.sup.6 (where A is a methylene chain and R.sup.6 is a variety of groups including Cl, Br, I, CHO, CN, COOR.sup.9, NH.sub.2, SC(NH)NH.sub.2, phenyl, P(O)(OR.sup.9).sub.2, etc.), and CHR.sup.7 R.sup.21 (where R.sup.7 is a variety of aromatic and heterocyclic groups and R.sup.21 is H, optionally substituted phenyl and a variety of heterocyclic groups).Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1986Date of Patent: May 23, 1989Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Douglas G. Batt
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Patent number: 4829090Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I)ArCH.sub.2 R.sup.1 (I)or a monomethyl or a monoethyl ether thereof (the compound of formula (I) including these ethers may contain no more than 30 carbon atoms in total); ethers, esters thereof; acid addition salts thereof; wherein Ar is a chrysene or substituted chrysene ring system; R.sup.1 contains not more than eight carbon atoms and is a group ##STR1## wherein m is 0 or 1;R.sup.5 is hydrogen;R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy;R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 alkyl; ##STR2## is a five- or six-membered saturated carbocyclic ring; R.sup.10 is hydrogen, methyl or hydroxymethyl;R.sup.11, R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or methyl;R.sup.14 is hydrogen, methyl, hydroxy, or hydroxymethyl.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1987Date of Patent: May 9, 1989Assignee: Burroughs Wellcome Co.Inventor: Kenneth W. Bair
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Patent number: 4825006Abstract: A process for producing vitamin A represented by the formula ##STR1## which comprises treating a compound represented by the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 represents an aryl group which may be substituted, R.sup.21 and R.sup.22 each represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkanoyl group, R.sup.3 represents an acetal-type protective group for a hydroxyl group, and X represents a halogen atom, with a base; and novel intermediate compounds useful for the above process.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1985Date of Patent: April 25, 1989Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junzo Otera, Tadakatsu Mandai, Mikio Kawada
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Patent number: 4820331Abstract: Cyclohexenone derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## where R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, cyclopropyl, phenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkoxyalkyl, R.sup.1 is hydrogen, tetrahydropyran-2-yl, benzoyl or unsubstituted or halo-substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkanoyl, and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, and phytophysiologically tolerable salts thereof, and their use for regulating plant growth.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1987Date of Patent: April 11, 1989Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Keil, Ulrich Schirmer, Dieter Kolassa, Juergen Kast, Wilhelm Rademacher, Johann Jung
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Patent number: 4791233Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I)ArCH.sub.2 R.sup.1 (I)or a monomethyl or monoethyl ether thereof (the compound of formula (I) including these ethers may contain no more than 30 carbon atoms in total); ethers, esters, thereof; acid addition salts thereof; wherein Ar is a C.sub.15-18 fused tetracarbocyclic ring system containing 3 or 4 aromatic rings or a C.sub.17-22 fused pentacarbocyclic ring system containing 4, or 5 aromatic rings, or a substituted derivative thereof; the ring system Ar should be planar or deviate only slightly from planarity. Thus, the ring system contains a maximum of two non-aromatic carbon atoms which may be in the same ring, in which case they are adjacent, or in different rings;Ar is not perylene, fluoranthene, chrysene, pyrene, or triphenylene;R.sup.1 contains not more than eight carbon atoms and is a group ##STR1## wherein m is 0 or 1;R.sup.5 is hydrogen;R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1988Date of Patent: December 13, 1988Assignee: Burroughs Wellcome Co.Inventor: Kenneth W. Bair
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Patent number: 4791232Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I)ArCH.sub.2 R.sup.1 (I)or a monomethyl or monoethyl ether thereof (the compound of formula (I) including these ethers may contain no more than 30 carbon atoms in total); ethers, esters, thereof; acid addition salts thereof; wherein Ar is a C.sub.15-18 fused tetracarbocyclic ring system containing 3 or 4 aromatic rings or a C.sub.17-22 fused pentacarbocyclic ring system containing 4, or 5 aromatic rings, or a substituted derivative thereof; the ring system Ar should be planar or deviate only slightly from planarity. Thus, the ring system contains a maximum of two non-aromatic carbon atoms which may be in the same ring, in which case they are adjacent, or in different rings;Ar is not perylene, fluoranthene, chrysene, pyrene, or triphenylene;R.sup.1 contains not more than eight carbon atoms and is a group ##STR1## wherein m is 0 or 1; R.sup.5 is hydrogen;R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1988Date of Patent: December 13, 1988Assignee: Burroughs Wellcome Co.Inventor: Kenneth W. Bair
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Patent number: 4785004Abstract: Novel asymmetric thioethers of the formula ##STR1## in which the general symbols have the following meanings: R.sup.0 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1-7 -alkanoyl,R.sup.1 represents C.sub.1-3 -alkyl which may be substituted by one or more halogen atoms having an atomic number of at most 17,R.sup.2 represents an aliphatic radical having from 5 to 15 carbon atoms,A represents ethylene, a single bond or vinylene,B.sup.1 represents C.sub.1-7 -alkylene or phenylene,B.sup.2 represents a single bond, ethylene or phenylene, andM represents an aromatic radical of the partial formula ##STR2## in which the symbols have the following meanings: R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 -alkyl,X represents NH, O, S or if R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, a single bond,one of the symbols R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represents hydrogen and the other represents the group --CO--R.sup.6, orR.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together represent the radical --CO--C(R.sup.6).dbd.C(R.sup.7)--or--CO--C(R.sup.7).dbd.C(R.sup.6)--orR.sup.4 R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1986Date of Patent: November 15, 1988Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Andreas Von Sprecher, Werner Breitenstein, Andreas Beck, Robert W. Lang, Konrad Oertle
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Patent number: 4767447Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is halogen; C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl; C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxy; trifluoromethoxy or difluoromethoxy; nitro; cyano; C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 haloalkyl; R.sup.a SO.sub.n -- wherein n is 0 or 2 and R.sup.a is C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl, trifluoromethyl or difluoromethyl;R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 alkylene;R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; orR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together are C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 alkylene;R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently are (1) hydrogen; (2) halogen; (3) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (4) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; (5) trifluoromethoxy; (6) cyano; (7) nitro; (8) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl; (9) R.sup.b SO.sub.n -- wherein n is the integer 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.b is (a) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (b) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl substituted with halogen or cyano; (c) phenyl; or (d) benzyl; (10) --NR.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1986Date of Patent: August 30, 1988Assignee: Stauffer Chemical CompanyInventors: David L. Lee, William J. Michaely
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Patent number: 4760061Abstract: Mono- or bis-complex esters or ethers of a phenol derivative of the formulaNU--A--X--R.sup.1wherein NU is a defined mono- or bis-phenolic nucleus including a hydroxyphenyl-hydroxynaphthyl; hydroxyphenyl-hydroxyindanyl, hydroxyphenyl-hydroxybenzothienyl or di-hydroxyphenyl-ethylene or vinylene nucleus; whereinA is alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene which may be interrupted by phenylene or other linkages, whereinR.sup.1 is hydrogen, or alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, halogenoalkyl, aryl or arylalkyl, or R.sup.1 is joined to R.sup.2, and wherein X is --CONR.sup.2 --, --CSNR.sup.2 --, --NR.sup.12 CO--, --NR.sup.12 CS--, --NR.sup.12 CONR.sup.2 --, ##STR1## --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.2 -- or --CO--, or, when R.sup.1 is not hydrogen, is --NR.sup.12 COO--, --S--, --SO-- or --SO.sub.2 --, whereinR.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form alkylene; whereinR.sup.12 is hydrogen or alkyl, and whereinR.sup.22 is hydrogen, cyano or nitro; or a salt thereof when appropriate.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1985Date of Patent: July 26, 1988Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Philip N. Edwards, Brian S. Tait
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Patent number: 4744812Abstract: Substituted diphenyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## where Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2 and Z.sub.3 are hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylmercapto, haloalkylmercapto, alkylsulfinyl, haloalkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl or haloalkylsulfonyl, Z.sub.4 is hydrogen, cyano, alkyl, alkoxy, acetoxy or alkylmercapto, Y is hydrogen, halogen, cyano or nitro, X is oxygen, sulfur, sulfinyl or sulfonyl, and A is hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl ##STR2## and can also be sulfonyl ##STR3## when X is oxygen, and, when Z.sub.4 is alkoxy or alkylmercapto, can also be a methylene chain --(CH.sub.2).sub.m -- by which the radicals Z.sub.4 --CH--X-- are bonded to form a ring, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or n-propyl, R.sub.2 is cyano, methoxy, ethoxy or ##STR4## where B is OH, ONa, O--alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenoxy, --NH.sub.2, --NH--alkyl or --N(alkyl).sub.2, n is 1, 2 or 3, R.sub.3 and R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1985Date of Patent: May 17, 1988Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Adolf Parg, Bruno Wuerzer, Gerhard Hamprecht
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Patent number: 4731468Abstract: The present invention relates to new aglycons which correspond to the general formula: ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.5, which can be identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom or a group OH, OMetal or OR.sub.4, R.sub.4 being a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl group,R represents a hydrogen atom or a group COCH.sub.2 R', R' being hydrogen or an alkyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy or aryl group,R.sub.6 and R.sub.7, which are always different, represent either a hydrogen atom or an OH group, andR.sub.8 represents a hydrogen atom or the group CH.sub.3 CO--.Application to the preparation of antibiotics and antitumoral agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1984Date of Patent: March 15, 1988Assignee: Laboratoires Hoechst S.A.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Gesson, Martine Mondon, Abdallah A. Abdallah, Jean-Claude Jacquesy, Patricia Petit nee Monpontet
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Patent number: 4717729Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Ar is a triphenylene or substituted triphenylene ring system;R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1-3 alkylene moiety;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group;R.sup.3 is a hydroxy C.sub.1-6 alkyl group;R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and are hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or hydroxy C.sub.1-6 alkyl, esters thereof derived from condensation of carboxylic acids and hydroxyl groups of R.sup.3, R.sup.4, and R.sup.5 ;Acid addition salts thereof, which have been found useful for the treatment of tumors in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1985Date of Patent: January 5, 1988Assignee: Burroughs Wellcome Co.Inventor: Kenneth W. Bair
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Patent number: 4715882Abstract: The invention relates to certain substituted phenoxypropionaldehyde derivatives, formulations of said derivatives and the use thereof for preemergence or postemergence control of noxious plants, i.e., weeds.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1986Date of Patent: December 29, 1987Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventor: Muppala S. Raju
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Patent number: 4714774Abstract: A benzoic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 stands for a lower alkyl group, R.sup.2 stands for an optionally protected carboxyl group and X stands for a halogen or a salt thereof, has excellent antiasthmatic and antiinflammatory activities and therefore is useful as an antiasthmatic or antiinflammatory agent for a mammalian animal.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1985Date of Patent: December 22, 1987Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Nohara, Yoshitaka Maki
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4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenone, process for production thereof, pharmaceutical composition comprising it
Patent number: 4711895Abstract: A 4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenone represented by the following formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, A represents a hydrogen atom and B represents a hydroxyl group, or A and B are bonded to each other to represent a bond, R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a protective group for a hydroxyl group, provided that R.sup.2 is not a 2-octenyl, 8-acetoxy-2-octenyl or 2,5-octadienyl group. The compounds of formula (I) in which A is hydrogen and B is hydroxyl group are prepared by subjecting a 5-unsubstituted cyclopentenone and an aldehyde to aldol condensation reaction. The compounds of formula (I) in which A and B form a bond is prepared by subjecting the compounds of the formula (I) in which A is hydrogen and B is hydroxyl group to dehydration.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1985Date of Patent: December 8, 1987Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Atsuo Hazato, Satsohi Sugiura, Seizi Kurozumi, Ryoji Noyori -
Patent number: 4709081Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 stands for hydrogen or the group COR.sup.2, whereinR.sup.2 stands for a straight or branched chained alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms optionally substituted with phenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or m-phenoxy-benzyl, cycloalkyl having 3 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with one or more straight or branched chained alkyl or alkenyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl or naphthyl.The compounds of formula (I) are prepared according to the invention by(a) reacting esters of formula (II) ##STR2## wherein X stands for chlorine or bromine andR.sup.2 has the same meanings as defined above with a phenol alkali metal salt and(b) if desired converting the diphenyl ethers so obtained to a specific compound of formula (I), m-phenoxybenzyl alcohol by the hydrolysis of the ester group.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1985Date of Patent: November 24, 1987Assignee: Chinoin Gyogyszer es Vegyeszeti Termekek Gyara R.T.Inventors: Gergely Heja, Dezso Korbonits, Endre Palosi, Pal Kiss, Csaba Gonczi, Ida Szvoboda nee Kanzel, Ede Marvanyos, Judit Kun, Maria Szomor nee Wundele, Gabor Szabo, Tamas Kallay, Laszlo Ledniczky
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Patent number: 4707295Abstract: Bicyclooctane derivatives of the formula IR.sup.1 --A.sup.1 --A.sup.2 --R.sup.2 IwhereinR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are each an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which it is also possible for one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups to be replaced by O atoms and/or CO groups and/or --O13 CO groups and/or --CO--O groups and/or --CH.dbd.CH-- groups, one of the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 being also --A.sup.3 --R.sup.3,A.sup.1 is a 1,4-cyclohexylene group which is unsubstituted or substituted in the 1-position and/or 2-position and/or 3-position and/or 4-position by alkyl which has in each case 1-5 C atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted or fluorinated, and in which it is also possible for one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups to be replaced by one or two different groupings from the group --O--, --CO--, --CH.dbd.CH--, --S--, --SO-- or --SO.sub.2 --, or is substituted by F, Cl, Br, CN and/or CHO,A.sup.2 is a 1,4-bicyclo[2.2.2] octylene group,--A.sup.3 --R.sup.3 is --Cy--R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1986Date of Patent: November 17, 1987Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Ludwig Pohl, Bernhard Scheuble, Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Peter Fuss
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Patent number: 4684671Abstract: There is provided an energy beam curable resin composition which comprises as an essential component a cationically polymerizable substance and an effective amount of an onium salt of a Lewis acid represented the following formula (I). ##STR1## [where X is a sulfonio group represented by the following formula (II)]. ##STR2## (where at least one of R.sub.1 -R.sub.10 is (A) a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 aliphatic group having at least one hydroxyl group or (B) a C.sub.3 -C.sub.19 aliphatic group having a group of --OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O--).Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1986Date of Patent: August 4, 1987Assignee: Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Kazuhiko Morio, Hisashi Murase, Kazuo Ohkawa
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Patent number: 4670581Abstract: New biphenyl compounds and a process for producing them are provided. These new compounds have an acyloxy group in the 2- or 4-position of the biphenyl and an acyl hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkenyl or vinyl group in the 4'-position of the biphenyl or, alternatively a hydroxyl group in the 2- or 4-position of the biphenyl and an acyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkenyl or vinyl group in the 4'-position of the biphenyl. These compounds can be produced easily from 2- or 4-acyloxybiphenyl compounds.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1984Date of Patent: June 2, 1987Assignee: Sugai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Teiichi Tanigaki
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Patent number: 4668792Abstract: Substituted [1,1'-biphenyl]-3-ylmethyl compounds carrying leaving groups are intermediates to insecticidal esters.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1983Date of Patent: May 26, 1987Assignee: FMC CorporationInventor: Ernest L. Plummer
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Patent number: 4659372Abstract: 2-Aryl-1,3-cyclohexanedione enol ester compounds exhibit outstanding miticidal, mite ovicidal and herbicidal activity.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1983Date of Patent: April 21, 1987Assignee: Union Carbide CorporationInventor: Thomas N. Wheeler
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Patent number: 4658044Abstract: Compounds of formula (C) ##STR1## where either R.sup.D represents a hydroxymethyl group and R.sup.E represents a hydroxyl group or R.sup.D represents a protected hydroxymethyl group and R.sup.E represents a protected hydroxyl group or R.sup.E represents a hydroxyl group and R.sup.D represents an ethenyl group and R.sup.F represents a hydroxyl or protected hydroxyl group or a leaving group with the proviso that either R.sup.D represents a protected hydroxymethyl group and R.sup.E represents a protected hydroxyl group or R.sup.F represents a protected hydroxyl group, which compounds are of use as intermediates in the preparation of compounds having antiviral activity.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1985Date of Patent: April 14, 1987Assignee: Glaxo Group LimitedInventor: Paul Ravenscroft
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Patent number: 4658071Abstract: An olefinically unsaturated compound, in particular a very pure cis-isomer of an alkenylhydroxy compound of the formulaCH.sub.3 (CH.sub.2).sub.m --CH.dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --OR (I),where R is hydrogen or a protective group which can virtually be eliminated, m is from 1 to 12 and n is from 1 to 10, is obtained by catalytic partial hydrogenation of the corresponding acetylene derivative over a supported catalyst which contains from 0.05 to 5% by weight of palladium and from 0.05 to 15% by weight of zinc and/or cadmium.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1985Date of Patent: April 14, 1987Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Walter Seufert, Norbert Goetz, Rainer Becker, Volker Schwendemann
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Patent number: 4640708Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.5 is a bicyclic aryl or nitrogen-containing heteroaryl ring system such as naphthyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl or tetrahydroisoquinolyl, optionally substituted by a wide variety of groups;R.sup.4 and R.sup.1 are preferably hydrogen but may be other groups andR.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are selected from alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl and alkynyl, show high general grass-killing activity with good selectivity to many broad-leaf crops and in some instances selectivity to small-grain cereals. Processes for the preparation of compounds of formula I, intermediates in the preparation of compounds I and the herbicidal properties of compounds I are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1984Date of Patent: February 3, 1987Assignee: ICI Australia LimitedInventors: Graham J. Bird, Graeme J. Farquharson, Keith G. Watson
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Patent number: 4639267Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the formula I and isomers thereof ##STR1## wherein: n is an integer selected from 2 to 4;m is zero or an integer selected from 1 to 3;X, which may be the same or different, are independently selected from halogen, alkyl, alkoxy and alkylthio;R.sup.1 is selected from hydrogen, acyl and an inorganic or organic cation;R.sup.2 is selected from alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl and haloalkynyl;R.sup.3 is selected from alkyl, fluoroalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and phenyl; andR.sup.4 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, cyano and alkoxycarbonyl.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1985Date of Patent: January 27, 1987Assignee: ICI Australia LimitedInventors: Graeme J. Farquharson, Keith G. Watson, Graham J. Bird
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Patent number: 4616082Abstract: New hydroquinone ether compounds of formula I are described: ##STR1## wherein p is 1 or 2 and Q is 0 or 1, provided that p+q is 1 or 2, R is a residue of formula II ##STR2## and R.sub.o, R.sub.oo, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, Q, n and k are as defined in the specification,The new compounds are useful e.g. as stabilizers in photographic material.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1985Date of Patent: October 7, 1986Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AGInventor: Frederick H. Howell