Halogen In Acid Moiety Patents (Class 560/62)
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Patent number: 5188762Abstract: A mesomorphic compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes a linear or branched alkyl group having 2-16 carbon atoms capable of including one or two non-neighboring methylene groups which can be replaced with ##STR2## and capable of including fluorine substituted for hydrogen; A denotes --A.sub.1 -- or --A.sub.1 --A.sub.2 -- and B denotes --B.sub.1 -- or --B.sub.1 --B.sub.2 -- wherein A.sub.1, A.sub.2, B.sub.1 and B.sub.2 respectively denote ##STR3## wherein Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 respectively denote H, F, Cl, Br, --CH.sub.3, --CN or --CF.sub.3 ; Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 respectively denote ##STR4## Z.sub.3 denotes ##STR5## R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 respectively denote a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-16 carbon atoms including a methylene group which can be replaced with ##STR6## with proviso that it is not adjacent to the silicon atom; p and q are respectively 0 or 1 with proviso that p+q is 0 or 1; and n is an integer of 1-12.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1991Date of Patent: February 23, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Iwaki, Takao Takiguchi, Takeshi Togano, Yoko Yamada, Shinichi Nakamura
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Patent number: 5184847Abstract: Ferrelectric chiral smetic liquid crystal compound are provided which have the formula, for example ##STR1## wherein R is a C.sub.1-20 alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1991Date of Patent: February 9, 1993Assignee: Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiichi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Mogamiya, Ichiro Kawamura
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Patent number: 5183925Abstract: The invention relates to leukotriene-B.sub.4 derivatives of formula I, ##STR1## in which n=1-10,R.sub.1 means radical CH.sub.2 OH, radical COOR.sub.4, radical CONHR.sub.5 or radical CONR.sub.6 R.sub.7,A means a cis, trans or trans, trans--CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH group or tetramethylene group,B means an alkylene group with up to 10 C atoms,D means a direct compound, oxygen, sulfur, a --C.tbd.C group or a --CH.dbd.CR.sub.8 group,B and D together mean a direct bond,R.sub.2 means a hydrogen atom or an acid radical of an organic acid with 1-15 C atoms andR.sub.3 means a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl radical with 1-10 C atoms,a cycloalkyl radical with 3-10 C atoms, an optionally substituted aryl radical with 6-10 C atoms or a 5-6 member heterocyclic radical and if R.sub.4 means a hydrogen atom, their salts with physiologically compatible bases and their cyclodextrin clathrates, process for their production and their pharmaceutical use.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1990Date of Patent: February 2, 1993Assignee: Schering AktiengesellschaftInventors: Josef Heindl, Werner Skuballa, Bernd Buchmann, Wolfgang Frohlich, Rolalnd Ederdt
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Patent number: 5179097Abstract: Novel choline salts of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory carboxylic acids and anti-lipidemic carboxylic acids are described. Additionally, blends of choline salts with the above carboxylic acids are also described. The new salts and compositions offer new therapeutic advantages.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1991Date of Patent: January 12, 1993Inventor: Isaac A. Angres
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Patent number: 5177244Abstract: This invention provides a process and intermediates for preparing 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-7-carboxylic acids.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1992Date of Patent: January 5, 1993Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventor: Christopher R. Schmid
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Patent number: 5167862Abstract: Compounds which may be used as a dopant or host in a ferroelectric chiral smectic liquid crystal mixture. The compounds are characterized in that they are derivates of an X-hydroxy carboxylic acid and contain the chiral unit (I), in which Ro may be alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, formula (II), where b may be 0 to 3 and the phenyl ring may be substituted, and a is 0 or 1. The chiral unit is combined with a range of mesogenic combinations of groups. Lactic acid derivatives are described in detail (i.e. Ro.dbd.methyl) together with various preparative routes, for example the compound formula (III), which has dopant properties in a range of hosts.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1989Date of Patent: December 1, 1992Inventors: Lawrence K. M. Chan, David Coates, Peter A. Gemmell, George W. Gray, David Lacey, Kenneth J. Toyne, Daniel J. S. Young
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Patent number: 5145874Abstract: Provided are cyclic hydrocarbons of Formula I ##STR1## with an aminoalkyl sidechain that are useful for treating phospholipase A2 mediated conditions, diabetes, and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1991Date of Patent: September 8, 1992Assignee: The Upjohn CompanyInventors: Roy A. Johnson, Gordon L. Bundy, Gilbert A. Youngdale, Douglas R. Morton, Donald P. Wallach, deceased, by Vera M. Wallach, legal representative
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Patent number: 5130048Abstract: The subject application discloses a chiral nonracemic composition of the general formula:R.sub.1 --Ar--O--CH.sub.2 --C*HX--C*HY--CH.sub.2 --O--R.sub.2wherein R.sub.1 is an achiral tail of two to sixteen carbons; Ar is an achiral FLC core of at least two rings; * denotes a chiral carbon; X and Y are halogens; and R.sub.2 is one to ten carbon atoms. The --O--CH.sub.2 --C*HX--C*HY--CH.sub.2 --O-- segment comprises the chiral proximal segment of the chiral tail; the proximal segment is selected from the enantiomers 2R,3R-dihalo and 2S,3S-dihalo. R.sub.2 is the distal segment of the chiral tail.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1990Date of Patent: July 14, 1992Assignee: Displaytech, Inc.Inventors: Michael Wand, William N. Thurmes, David Walba
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Patent number: 5128062Abstract: An optically active compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl or alkoxy, R* is an optically active alkyl group, X is alkyl or halogen, Y is a single bond ##STR2## and C* is an asymmetric carbon, is chemically stable and shows or induces large spontaneous polarization and is useful in a chiral liquid crystal composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1990Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignees: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Shogo Kobayashi, Shigeki Ishibashi, Fumiyoshi Urano, Takaaki Negishi
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Patent number: 5124070Abstract: Disclosed are herein optically active ester derivatives represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 represents an optically active alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms optionally substituted by halogen atoms; Y represents --O--, --COO-- or --OCO--; X represents --COO-- or --OCO--; l represents a number of 1 or 2; k and m each represents a number of 0 or 1; n represents a number of 1 to 6), preparation processes therefor, liquid crystal materials containing such ester derivatives as active ingredient, and a light switching element using said liquid crystal materials as liquid crystal element.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1989Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Takayuki Higashii, Isao Kurimoto, Shoji Toda, Masayoshi Minai, Takeshi Tani, Chizu Kawakami, Koichi Fujisawa, Kiyoshi Imamura
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Patent number: 5124353Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein V is an oxygen or a sulphur atom; X and Y, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen or halogen atoms, or optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted arylalkoxy, optionally substituted acyloxy, optionally substituted amino, acylamino, nitro, nitrile, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, or --COR.sup.6 groups; or the groups X and Y, when they are in adjacent positions on the phenyl ring, may join to form a fused ring, either aromatic or aliphatic, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms; and Z is optionally substituted methylene, optionally substituted amino, oxygen or sulphur and when Z is a substituted methylene group, the substituent may join the 2-position of the phenyl ring to form a non-aromatic fused ring; R.sup.1 and R.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1989Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey
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Patent number: 5120869Abstract: A herbicidal compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is O, S(O).sub.n or NR.sup.a where R.sup.a is H or alkyl and n is 0, 1 or 2;R.sup.1 is H or halo;R.sup.2 is N or CR.sup.3 where R.sup.3 is halo or NO.sub.2 ;R.sup.4 is H, halo, NO.sub.2, alkyl, haloalkyl, CN, CO.sub.2 alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, COalkyl, COphenyl, CHO,OH, NH.sub.2, NHCOalkyl or alkoxyR.sup.5 is H, halo or optionally substituted alkyl;R.sup.6 is H, halo or optionally substituted alkyl; provided that at least one of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is halo;R.sup.7 is CN, CHO, COOR.sup.8, CONR.sup.8 R.sup.9, where R.sup.8 is H, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aryl and R.sup.9 is a group R.sup.8, SO.sub.2 alkyl, NR.sup.10 R.sup.11 or N.sup.+ R.sup.10 R.sup.11 R.sup.12 Z.sup.- where Z is an agriculturally acceptable anion e.g. chloride and R.sup.10, R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl. Processes for the preparation of these compounds and compositions containing them are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1989Date of Patent: June 9, 1992Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries plcInventor: David Cartwright
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Patent number: 5116987Abstract: The invention describes a method of synthesizing a compound of the formula ##STR1## in which X=O or NR,Z=an electron-attracting group,R=H, CN or NO.sub.2,R.sub.1 +R.sub.2 +N--C.dbd.X=a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocycle, andR.sub.3 =H, R.sub.4 =OH or R.sub.3 +R.sub.4 =a bond,said method involving intermediates of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sub.5 =H, Br or N(R.sub.1)CXR.sub.2. This method of synthesis does not involve the epoxide derivative of the chroman.The novel compounds of formula (IX) form a further subject of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1991Date of Patent: May 26, 1992Assignee: SanofiInventors: Georges Garcia, Daniel Mettefeu, Richard Roux
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Patent number: 5114613Abstract: An optically active lactic acid derivative represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a linear, branched or cyclic saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; C* represents an asymmetric carbon atom; l is 0 or 1; m is 1 or 2; A represents a group selected from the following groups (a) and (b):(a) hydroxyl group, halogen, benzyloxy group, phenoxy group, toluenesulfonic acid group, acetyloxy group, trifluoroacetyloxy group; ##STR2## (wherein R' is an alkyl group or alkoxy group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, n is 0 or 1, ##STR3## with proviso that when A is selected from the groups in the above group (a), l is 1 and m is 1 or 2; and when A is selected from the groups in the above group (b), m=n=1 when l is 0, or m and n are 0, 1 or 2 and m+n is 1 or 2 when l is 1, and ##STR4##Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1989Date of Patent: May 19, 1992Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuo Yoshinaga, Kazuharu Katagiri, Akira Tsuboyama, Hiroyuki Kitayama, Kenji Shinjo, Chieko Hioki
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Patent number: 5098602Abstract: This invention provides a novel halogen-containing ester compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R is an alkyl group, A is selected from a single bond, --O--, --COO-- and --CO--, both of X and Y are halogen atoms or either one of X and Y is a halogen atom and the other is a hydrogen atom, each of m and n is 0 or 1, m+n=0 or 1, each of k and l is an integer of 1 or more, provide k<l), a liquid crystal composition and a light switching element each containing the above compound as well as a novel fluorophenol compound represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR2## (wherein each of k and l is an integer of 1 or more, provided k<l) as an intermediate for the synthesis of the above ester compound and a method of producing the same.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1989Date of Patent: March 24, 1992Assignee: Nippon Mining Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Hirai, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Isa Nishiyama, Mitsuo Fukumasa, Nobuyuki Shiratori, Akihisa Yokoyama
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Patent number: 5069814Abstract: A benzoic acid derivative having a large positive dielectric anisotropy value and a superior compatibility, reducing the threshold voltage value of the resulting liquid crystal cell and being very effective for broadening the mesomorphic range of the resulting liquid crystal composiiton and reducing the driving voltage, and a liquid crystal composition containing the derivative are provided, which benzoic acid derivative is expressed by the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms and A represents ##STR2##Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1990Date of Patent: December 3, 1991Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Toshiharu Suzuki, Yasuyuki Goto, Kisei Kitano
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Patent number: 5047172Abstract: Novel compounds characterized by increased spontaneous polarization values as one of the important specific features required for ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions, a liquid crystal composition containing the same, and an optical switching element utilizing the composition as a liquid crystal.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1989Date of Patent: September 10, 1991Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Shinichi Saito, Takashi Inukai, Hiromichi Inoue, Kazutoshi Miyazawa, Kouji Ohno, Makoto Ushioda
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Patent number: 5043257Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where X is alkyl or alkoxy each of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or halogen, X' is hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy each of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or halogen, Y and Y' are independently of each other hydrogen or halogen, Z is hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy or alkylthio each of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or halogen, M is a 1-, 2- or 3-valent metal cation, ammonium or an organic ammonium compound, m is 1, 2 or 3 and n is 2 to 10, are suitable for use as image dyes in photographic silver dye bleach materials.The dyes of the invention can also be used to dye textile materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1989Date of Patent: August 27, 1991Assignee: Ilford LimitedInventors: Kurt Baettig, Gerald C. Jan
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Patent number: 5041638Abstract: An alkenoic acid derivative of the formula ##STR1## in which X and Y are identical or different and represent sulfur, sulfoxide, sulfone, an alkylene chain, --SCH.sub.2 --, or oxygen or a direct bond,W represents --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --,o represents a number 1 to 5,A and B are identical or different and represent carboxyl, carboxymethylene, tetrazolyl or tetrazolylmethylene, or --CO.sub.2 R.sup.9 or --CH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 R.sup.9 or --CONR.sup.10 R.sup.11 or nitrilen represents a number 1 to 10,m represents a number 0 to 7,T and Z are identical or different and represent oxygen or a direct bond andR.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.8 are identical or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, cyano or nitro andR.sup.9 is lower alkyl and R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 are hydrogen, lower alkyl, alkylsulfonyl or arylsulfonyl or together are an alkylene chain to form a ringand pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1989Date of Patent: August 20, 1991Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrich Rosentreter, Harold C. Kluender, Trevor S. Abram, Peter Norman, Steven R. Tudhope
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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: 5021453Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and (II): ##STR1## are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1990Date of Patent: June 4, 1991Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Henry Joshua, Kenneth E. Wilson, Michael S. Schwartz, Ta J. Lee, Gerald E. Stokker
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Patent number: 5012017Abstract: A method for preparing substituted phenoxyphenols which are useful in the preparation of herbicidal (phenoxyphenoxy)propionates is disclosed. The process involves the oxidation of substituted phenoxyphenones to the corresponding phenoxyphenyl esters and their conversion to the desired phenoxyphenol. Novel intermediates for the process are similarly disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1989Date of Patent: April 30, 1991Assignee: DowElancoInventors: Jon A. Orvik, Norman R. Pearson, Anthony P. Haag, Timothy J. Adaway, Larry D. Kershner, Andrew S. Kende
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Patent number: 5010105Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and (II): ##STR1## are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1990Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventor: Ta J. Lee
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Patent number: 5008439Abstract: A method for synthesizing 2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)alkanoic acid esters by reacting a hydroxyaromatic ketone derivative with a 2-substituted alkanoic acid ester under basic conditions and thereafter oxidizing the intermediate with subsequent hydrolysis.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1988Date of Patent: April 16, 1991Assignee: Hoechst Celanese CorporationInventors: Varadaraj Elango, Kenneth G. Davenport
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Patent number: 4997591Abstract: The chiral smetic liquid-crystalline compounds of the general formula (I)M.sub.1.sup.* --B--M.sub.2.sup.* (I)solidify on cooling from the liquid-crystalline phase in glassy form, as a result of which they are suitable for materials for displaying and storing information. Such materials may be used in electro-optic data stores or display components which are based on the ferroelectric or electroclinic switching effect in a chiral or chirally doped, smetic liquid-crystalline phase.In the general formula, M.sub.1.sup.*, M.sub.2.sup.* stand for chiral smetogenic groups and --B-- is, as bridging link, a typical bivalent group.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1989Date of Patent: March 5, 1991Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gerd Heppke, Feodor Oestreicher
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Patent number: 4985442Abstract: 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 23, 1989Date of Patent: January 15, 1991Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Douglas G. Batt
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Patent number: 4983629Abstract: 11-Haloprostane derivatives of general Formula I ##STR1## wherein X is F, Cl or Br,R.sub.1 is the residue CH.sub.2 OH or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 means a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, phenacyl or heterocyclic residue,A is a --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 -- or cis--CH.dbd.CH--group,B is a --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 -- or trans--CH.dbd.CH-- or a --C.tbd.C--group,W is an ethylenedioxymethylene group or a hydroxymethylene group,D and E together mean a direct bond orD is a C.sub.1-10 -alkylene group,E is an oxygen or sulfur atom, a direct bond, a --C.tbd.C--bond or a --CR.sub.6 .dbd.CR.sub.7 -group with R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 meaning a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom or an alkyl group,R.sub.4 is a hydroxy group,R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, an aryl or a heterocyclic group, andthe salts thereof with physiologically compatible bases, processes for their preparation, and use thereof as agents inhibiting gastric acid secretion.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1989Date of Patent: January 8, 1991Assignee: Schering AktiengesellschaftInventors: Helmut Vorbruggen, Norbert Schwarz, Olaf Loge, Claus-Steffen Sturzebecher, Walter Elger
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Patent number: 4921632Abstract: Liquid Crystal compounds represented by the following formula are disclosed. ##STR1## wherein R and R' are independently selected from alkyl groups containing 1.about.20 carbon atoms; X is --O--, --O--CO--O-- or direct bond; A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are independently cyclic groups (such as phenylene and biphenylene), said cyclic groups may be substituted with 1.about.4 fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, or 1 or 2 substituent groups selected from the group consisting of cyano, nitro and trifluoromethyl groups; Y is --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --C.tbd.C--, --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.N--, --N.dbd.CH--, --N.dbd.N--, --CH.sub.2 S--, --SCH.sub.2 -- or direct bond; and * represents asymmetric atom providing optical activity.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1988Date of Patent: May 1, 1990Assignees: NEC Corporation, Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toyokazu Nakamura, Yuzi Kato, Shohei Naemura, Chizuka Tani, Masahiro Satoh, Kunikiyo Yoshio, Hiroshi Kishiki, Hiroshi Hoshino
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Patent number: 4913721Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and stereoisomers thereof, wherein V is an oxygen or a sulphur atom; X and Y, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen or halogen atoms, or optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted arylalkoxy, optionally substituted acyloxy, optionally substituted amino, acylamino, nitro, nitrile, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, or --COR.sup.6 groups; or the groups X and Y, when they are in adjacent positions on the phenyl ring, may join to form a fused ring, either aromatic or aliphatic, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms; and Z is optionally substituted methylene, optionally substituted amino, oxygen or sulphur and when Z is a substituted methylene group, the substituent may join the 2-position of the phenyl ring to form a non-aromatic fused ring; R.sup.1 and R.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1988Date of Patent: April 3, 1990Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: John M. Clough, Christopher R. A. Godfrey
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Patent number: 4902334Abstract: A plant metabolism regulating agent comprising as an active ingredient an alpha,beta or beta,gamma-un-saturated carboxylic acid or its derivative. It is useful for controlling the metabolism of a plant, facilitating the growth of a beneficial plant such as cereals by inhibiting the growth of undesirable plants or eradicating them, regulating the growth of a plant and dwarfing a plant.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1984Date of Patent: February 20, 1990Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Shizuo Azuma, Toshiyuki Hiramatsu, Teizo Yamaji, Yataro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 4888050Abstract: Certain novel fluorophenoxy compounds, principally aryloxyfluorophenoxyalkanoic acids and derivatives thereof, are described. More specifically, these novel compounds bear 1 to 4 fluorine substituents on the phenyl ring. These novel compounds exhibit surprising preemergent and postermergent activity when used according to the method of the invention in the control of grassy weeds.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1988Date of Patent: December 19, 1989Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: Richard B. Rogers
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Patent number: 4886619Abstract: Compounds are provided which comprise a fluorocarbon terminal portion and a chiral hydrocarbon terminal portion, said terminal portions being connected by a central core, said compounds having tilted smectic mesophases or having latent tilted smectic mesophases which develop when said compounds having said latent mesophases are in admixture with said compounds having tilted smectic mesophases or said compounds having latent tilted smectic mesophases.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1987Date of Patent: December 12, 1989Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Eugene P. Janulis
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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: 4870104Abstract: 11-Haloprostane derivatives of general formula I ##STR1## wherein X is F, Cl or Br,R.sub.1 is the residue CH.sub.2 OH or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 means a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, phenacyl or heterocyclic residue,A is a --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 -- or cis-CH.dbd.CH-group,B is a --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 -- or trans-CH.dbd.CH-- or a --C.tbd.C-group,W is an ethylenedioxymethylene group or a hydroxymethylene group,D and E together mean a direct bond orD is a C.sub.1-10 -alkylene group,E is an oxygen or sulfur atom, a direct bond, a --C.tbd.C-bond or a --CR.sub.6 .dbd.CR.sub.7 -group with R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 meaning a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom or an alkyl group,R.sub.4 is a hydroxy group,R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, an aryl or a heterocyclic group, andthe salts thereof with physiologically compatible bases, processes for their preparation, and use thereof as agents inhibiting gastric acid secretion.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1986Date of Patent: September 26, 1989Assignee: Schering AktiengesellschaftInventors: Helmut Vorbruggen, Norbert Schwarz, Olaf Loge, Claus-Steffen Sturzebecher, Walter Elger
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Patent number: 4866198Abstract: Novel Calixarene derivatives useful as accelerators in cyanoacrylate adhesive compositions are represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein m+n=4,6 or 8n=an integer greater than or equal to 1/2 (m+n)R.sup.9 is aryl, hydrocarbylaryl, aryloxy, hydrocarbylaryloxy,substituted aryl, substituted hydrocarbylaryl, substituted aryloxy or substituted hydrocarbylaryloxy; or when R.sup.10 is aryl, hydrocarbylaryl,substituted aryl or substituted hydrocarbylaryl, R.sup.9 is hydrocarbyl,hydrocarbyloxy, substituted hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyloxy;R.sup.10 is H, hydrocarbyl, aryl, hydrocarbylaryl, substituted hydrocarbyl, substituted aryl or substituted hydrocarbylaryl;R.sup.11 is H, hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl;provided that neither R.sup.9 or R.sup.11 is substituted with a basic N-containing group.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1987Date of Patent: September 12, 1989Assignee: Loctite CorporationInventor: Stephen J. Harris
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Patent number: 4845264Abstract: A novel phenoxycarboxylic acid of formula (I) is disclosed. The compound is effective as herbicide for eradicating broad-leaved weeds. A combination of the phenoxycarboxylic acid and a N-phosphonomethylglycine or a glufosinate which is known as a herbicide is very effective for eradicating both broad-leaved weeds and narrow-leaved weeds.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1988Date of Patent: July 4, 1989Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Shizuo Azuma, Toshiyuki Hiramatsu, Koji Nakagawa, Yataro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 4808750Abstract: Novel fluorophenoxyphenoxypropionates and derivatives thereof possess herbicidal activity selectively in the presence of broadleaf crops. Preemergent and postemergent applications are contemplated.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1986Date of Patent: February 28, 1989Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Richard B. Rogers, B. Clifford Gerwick, III
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Patent number: 4804777Abstract: Process for the preparation of an aryloxyacetic acid by oxidation of aryloxyethanol of the formula: ##STR1## wherein m represents 1 or 2,n represents the numeral which results from the difference between 6 and m and R either individually or independently of one another represents hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalky, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, aryloxy, halogen, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, carboxyl or nitro, or represents a benzene ring fused to the phenyl ring, in an aqueous alkaline reaction medium at a temperature in the range of 0.degree. C. to the boiling point of the reaction medium in the presence of a catalytic amount of a catalyst comprised of palladium, silver and optionally antimony, and carbon to form the corresponding alkali metal ester and contacting the alkali metal with a mineral acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1987Date of Patent: February 14, 1989Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Charles E. Sumner, Jr., Eric J. Fugate
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Patent number: 4789685Abstract: 9-fluoroprostane derivatives of Formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is CH.sub.2 OH or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or a heterocyclic residue; or R.sub.1 is the residue ##STR3## wherein R.sub.3 is an acid residue or R.sub.2 and A is --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 -- or cis--CH.dbd.CH--,B is --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, trans--CH.dbd.CH-- or --C.tbd.C,W is a free or functionally modified hydroxymethylene group wherein the OH-group can be in the .alpha.- or .beta.- position,D and E jointly are a direct bond orD is straight-chain or branched alkylene or alkenylene of 1-10 carbon atoms which can optionally be substituted by fluorine atoms, and E is oxygen or sulfur, a direct bond, --C.tbd.C-- or --CR.sub.6 .dbd.CR.sub.7 -- wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 differ from each other and each is hydrogen, chlorine, or alkyl,R.sub.4 is a free or functionally modified hydroxy group, andR.sub.5 is hydrogen, an optionally substituted aliphatic group, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1987Date of Patent: December 6, 1988Assignee: Schering AktiengesellschaftInventors: Werner Skuballa, Bernd Raduechel, Norbert Schwarz, Helmut Vorbrueggen, Walter Elger, Olaf Loge, Michael-Harold Town
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Patent number: 4789744Abstract: A process for the effective analytical or preparative resolution of the enantiomers of 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy)propionic acids or the C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl esters thereof which comprises converting a racemic or partially resolved mixture of said 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy)propionic acids or the C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl esters thereof to a pair of diastereomeric terpene esters by reaction with an optically active terpene alcohol and separating the diastereomers of the terpene ester by liquid chromatography with a silica column.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1987Date of Patent: December 6, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: John W. Russell
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Patent number: 4786731Abstract: A method for the chromatographic resolution and analysis of the enantiomers of 2-(phenyl or phenoxy)propionic acids or the C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl esters thereof which comprises converting a racemic or partially resolved mixture of said 2-(phenyl or phenoxy)propionic acids or the C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl esters thereof to a pair of diastereomeric 2-amino-1-alkanol derivatives by reaction with an optically active 2-amino-1-alkanol, and analyzing the diastereomeric mixture by gas chromatography.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1987Date of Patent: November 22, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: John W. Russell
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Patent number: 4786732Abstract: A method for the effective chromatographic resolution and analysis of the enantiomers of 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy)propionic acids which comprises dissolving a 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy)propionic acid in a suitable solvent, injecting the solution into a liquid chromatographic system and eluting the components from the column using an eluent contain R-(-)- or S-(+)-2-pyrrolidinemethanol and an alkanoic acid in a suitable solvent.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1987Date of Patent: November 22, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: John W. Russell
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Patent number: 4766220Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of optically active aryloxyalkanoic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar represents an optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl, phenoxy or pyridyloxy radical, R represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl radical and A represents a --COOR.sub.1, ##STR2## or --CO--Z radical, Z being halogen. It consists in reacting an aqueous or aqueous-organic solution of an optically active alkali metal salt of a 2-halogeno-alkanoic acid with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt of the phenol of the formula Ar-OH at an elevated temperature under a pressure less than the vapor pressure of water at the chosen temperature.It permits the preparation of aryloxyalkanoic acid derivatives with a very high content of the isomer having the D configuration, which can be used as herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1985Date of Patent: August 23, 1988Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc AgrochimieInventor: Georges Gras
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Patent number: 4757155Abstract: A process for the preparation of optically active 2-[4-(2',4'-dihalophenoxy)phenoxy]propionic acids of at least 75 percent enantiomeric excess of the desired optical isomer which comprises contacting a 2-chloropropionic acid or a lower alkyl ester or an alkali metal salt thereof, having an optical purity of greater than 90 percent of the opposite configuration, with from 2 to 10 molar equivalents of a 4-(2',4'-dihalphenoxy)phenol in an aqueous base.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1986Date of Patent: July 12, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: Jimmy J. Tai
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Patent number: 4750931Abstract: Certain novel fluorophenoxy compounds, principally aryloxyfluorophenoxyalkanoic acids and derivatives thereof, are described. More specifically, these novel compounds bear 1 to 4 fluorine substituents on the phenyl ring. These novel compounds exhibit surprising preemergent and postemergent activity when used according to the method of the invention in the control of grassy weeds.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1985Date of Patent: June 14, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: Richard B. Rogers
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Patent number: 4744918Abstract: Liquid crystal phases containing at least one optically active compound of the formula IR.sup.1 --X.sup.1 --CHR.sup.o (CH.sub.2).sub.p X.sup.2 --R.sup.2 Iwherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 independently of one another are each --CO--O-- or --O--CO--, one of X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 may also be --O--, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are each a group --(A.sup.1 --Z).sub.m --(A.sup.2).sub.n -Y, whereinA.sup.1 and A.sup.2 in each case independently of one another are a 1,4-phenylene, pyrimidine-2,5-diyl, pyrazine-2,5-diyl, pyridine-2,5-diyl, 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl, 1,3-dithiane-2,5-diyl or 1,4-bicyclo(2,2,2)-octylene group, it also being possible for this to be monosubstituted or polysubstituted by F, Cl, Br, CN and/or alkyl groups with up to 12 C atoms, and it being possible for 1 or 2 non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups in the alkyl groups to be replaced by O atoms,Z is --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --CH.dbd.N--, --N.dbd.CH--, --N.dbd.N--, --N(O).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1985Date of Patent: May 17, 1988Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Gerd Heppke, Feodor Oestreicher
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Patent number: 4739101Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of fibrates of the formula I according to the mechanism: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents especially a halogen atom (in particular F, Cl or Br, the preferred halogen atom being Cl) or an acetyl, (4-chlorophenyl)hydroxymethyl, 4-chlorobenzoyl or 2-(4-chlorobenzamido)ethyl group and R.sub.2 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group in which the hydrocarbon chain is linear or branched, the reaction V+VI being carried out without a solvent.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1987Date of Patent: April 19, 1988Assignee: Fournier Innovation et SynergieInventors: Jean-Pierre Bourgogne, Roland Sornay
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Patent number: 4731466Abstract: The invention concerns compounds having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 can mean identical or different radicals in any desired position on the benzene ring, namely fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, cyano, or nitro radicals, alkyl radicals having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, cyclo alkyl radicals having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenylsulfonyl and phenoxy radicals and hydrogen;n can mean a number with the value of 1 or 2 andx can mean CH.sub.2, and where n=1, O--CH.sub.2 as well.The named componds show efficiency as fungicides.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1987Date of Patent: March 15, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Gerhard Staiger, Peter Kinzel
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Patent number: 4725683Abstract: Novel intermediates useful in the preparation of fluorophenoxyphenoxypropionates and derivatives thereof which possess herbicidal activity selectively in the presence of broadleaf crops.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1985Date of Patent: February 16, 1988Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Richard B. Rogers, B. Clifford Gerwick, III
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Patent number: 4717417Abstract: New dextrorotatory enantiomers of phenoxy propionic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents a radical of the formula ##STR2## wherein X.sup.1 represents hydrogen or halogen,X.sup.2 represents halogen or trifluoromethyl,X.sup.3 represents halogen or trifluoromethyl,X.sup.4 represents hydrogen or halogen andX.sup.5 represents hydrogen or halogen,Y represents oxygen or the radical SO.sub.m,whereinm represents 0, 1 or 2,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or methyl,n represents 1 or 2 andR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, alkyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkylthio with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro, cyano or alkoxycarbonyl with 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkoxy group, and their use as herbicides.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1986Date of Patent: January 5, 1988Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Koichi Moriya, Uwe Priesnitz, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Ludwig Eue, Robert R. Schmidt