Amide Patents (Class 562/455)
  • Patent number: 4786755
    Abstract: The present invention provides various novel diphenic acid monoamide compounds, novel pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof, as well as novel methods of synthesis therefor. The novel diphenic acid monoamides of the present invention are leukotriene antagonists, 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors, and mediator release inhibitors providing activity useful for treating asthma, allergies, cardiovascular diseases, migraines, and immunoinflammatory conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: John S. Kiely, Suchin Huang
  • Patent number: 4736056
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing a malonic acid derivative compound of formula (i) depicted herein in high yield and high purity by reacting a malonic acid derivative compound of formula (ii) depicted herein with an alkylating agent of formula (iii) depicted herein in the presence of a solvent and a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Inventors: Oliver W. Smith, Russell J. Outcalt
  • Patent number: 4731480
    Abstract: A process for preparing 2-acyl-3,4-dialkoxyanilines is described. The 2-acyl-3,4-dialkoxyanilines are useful intermediates in the preparation of 5,6-dialkoxy-4-alkyl-2(1H)-quinazolinones. The substituted quinazolinones are active as cardiotonic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Conley, Donald L. Barton
  • Patent number: 4721797
    Abstract: N-acyl-N-alkyl-2,6-dialkyl-3-chloroanilines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is methyl or ethyl, R.sub.2 is alkoxymethyl, chloromethyl or 2-tetrahydrofuryl, R.sub.3 is alkoxymethyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl and R.sub.4 is hydrogen or methyl and, if R.sub.3 is carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl, R.sub.4 is also 2-alkoxyethyl and 2-alkoxypropyl, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, together with the carbon atom to which both radicals are attached, may also form a 2-oxotetrahydro-3-furyl radical or a 2-oxo-5-methyltetrahydro-3-furyl radical, are prepared by reacting a 2,6-dialkylaniline of the formula ##STR2## with a halide of the formula ##STR3## wherein X is chlorine or bromine, to give an N-alkyl-2,6-dialkylaniline of the formula ##STR4## then converting said compound by further reaction with an acylating agent of the formulaX.sub.1 --CO--R.sub.2wherein X.sub.1 is chlorine, bromine or -O-CO-R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eckhardt, Hans Suess
  • Patent number: 4710515
    Abstract: Novel compounds which are 2,6-di-tertiary-butylphenols substituted in the 4 position by an acylaminophenyl group, which acylaminophenyl group is substituted by a moiety which includes a carboxyl group, are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene biosynthesis and as antiallergic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Riker Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan R. Kirk, Robert A. Scherrer
  • Patent number: 4703110
    Abstract: The application discloses certain benzoic acid compounds, the same being more adequately described as benzoic acid derivatives having a para substituent which is a substituted phenyl radical attached to the benzoic acid in the para position by any one of a variety of linking groups, representative compounds being p-(3,4-diisopropylphenylcarbamoyl) benzoic acid and p-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthylcarbamoyl)benzoic acid, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, method of treating therewith, method of diagnosis therewith, and method for the preparation thereof. The compounds and compositions are useful for diagnosis of leukemia types, the treatment of dermatological disorders, and as differentiation-inducing agents for neoplastic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Koichi Shudo
    Inventor: Koichi Shudo
  • Patent number: 4667055
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula: ##STR1## are antagonists of leukotrienes of C.sub.4, D.sub.4 E.sub.4 and the slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis.As such, these compounds will be useful as anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gillard, Joshua Rokach, Patrice C. Belanger
  • Patent number: 4661630
    Abstract: Described herein are novel carboxylic acid amide compounds or carboximide compounds represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Z represents either the monoamido radical of an aromatic or cycloaliphatic ortho dicarboxylic acid or the amide of the corresponding anhydride, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts; processes for the production thereof; and medicines containing the same. The novel compounds are useful as treating, preventing and improving agents for diseases attended with cerebral dysfunction as well as various symptoms caused by the said diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuji Harigaya, Hiroo Ogura, Mitsuo Mihara, Motosuke Yamanaka, Kiyomi Yamatsu
  • Patent number: 4638078
    Abstract: The invention is a compound which comprises an amido alkenoic acid or a water-soluble salt thereof and and arylcyclobutene moiety, wherein the cyclobutene moiety is fused to the aryl radical, and wherein the amide nitrogen is connected to the aryl radical of the arylcyclobutenyl moiety by a direct bond or a bridging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Robert A. Kirchhoff
  • Patent number: 4634777
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein A and B are both hydrogen, or one of A and B is a group (G) of the formula: ##STR2## and the other is a group R.sup.5 wherein R.sup.1 is an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, both of them being optionally substituted, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are both hydrogen or together form a single chemical bond,R.sup.2 and R.sup.2 ' are independently hydrogen, halogen, nitro, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, andR.sup.3 and R.sup.3 ' are independently carboxy or its functional derivative, with the proviso that (a) when A and B are both hydrogen, then R.sup.2 and R.sup.2 ' cannot be both hydrogen,and, where applicable, pharmaceuticably acceptable salts thereof are hyaluronidase inhibitors, and useful as anti-allergic agent and anti-ulcerous agent. Among the compound (I'), those wherein when one of A and B is the group (G) and the other is the group R.sup.5 wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together form a single chemical bond, R.sup.1 is unsubstituted aryl and R.sup.2 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Satoh, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Hisao Kakegawa, Yoshiko Kato, Juichi Riku, Junji Yoshinaga, Yoshifumi Kanamoto
  • Patent number: 4628110
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the following general formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Aristoff
  • Patent number: 4622379
    Abstract: A composition comprising an aromatic copolyester-carbonate having flexural modulus, flexural yield and secondary transition temperature improvement over a corresponding aromatic polycarbonate effective amount of ester units of the structure ##STR1## or mixtures of the above two structures wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are alkyl of one to six carbon atoms, inclusive, cycloalkyl of four to seven carbon atoms, inclusive, phenyl, one to three alkyl substituted phenyl each alkyl having one to three carbon atoms, inclusive, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 taken together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a ring of four to six carbon atoms, inclusive, or carbazole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Niles R. Rosenquist
  • Patent number: 4602023
    Abstract: The present invention provides various novel diphenic acid monoamide compounds, novel pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof, as well as novel methods of synthesis therefor. The novel diphenic acid monoamides of the present invention are leukotriene antagonists, 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors, and mediator release inhibitors providing activity useful for treating asthma, allergies, cardiovascular diseases, migraines, and immunoinflammatory conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: John S. Kiely, Suchin Huang
  • Patent number: 4596826
    Abstract: Described herein are novel carboxylic acid amide compounds or carboximide compounds represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of the formula (1) or (2): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen atom or methyl group, respectively; Xs, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halo, or alkyl halide group, respectively, and n represents an integer of 0 to 2, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts; process for the production thereof; and medicines containing the same. The novel compounds are useful as treating, preventing and improving agents for diseases attended with cerebral dysfunction as well as various symptoms caused by the said diseases. Further, the compounds are useful for the improvement of neurosis of the stomach; and treatment and prevention for various constipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuji Harigaya, Hiroo Ogura, Mitsuo Mihara, Motosuke Yamanaka, Kiyomi Yamatsu
  • Patent number: 4588823
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the following general formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Aristoff
  • Patent number: 4587356
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for producing a nuclear substituted cinnamoylanthranilic acid compound.Illustrative of the process is the reaction of 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde with 2-carboxymalonanilic acid in an inert solvent medium in the presence of a molar excess of piperidine to provide a high purity intermediate salt precipitate, and the salt is treated with an acidic reagent to yeild N-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxycinnamoyl)anthranilic acid product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinji Iizuka, Tetsuhide Kamijo, Ryoji Yamamoto, Hiromu Harada
  • Patent number: 4568752
    Abstract: Recording material for color photography, which contains, in at least one silver halide emulsion layer, at least one yellow coupler of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3 and X.sub.4 are radicals detachable during the coupling reaction and Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylmercapto, --CN, --COOH, carbalkoxy, --NH.sub.2, --NHR.sub.5, --NR.sub.5 R.sub.6 or --NHCOR.sub.5, in which R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are alkyl or phenyl, Z is a divalent bridge member and r is 1 or 2.Photographic colored images with excellent spectral absorption characteristics and good resistance to light, heat and moisture are obtained by exposing the recording material image-wise and developing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy AG
    Inventor: Mario Fryberg
  • Patent number: 4536346
    Abstract: This disclosure describes novel substituted aralkanamidobenzoic acids and analogs thereof. These compounds are useful pharmaceutical agents for ameliorating atherosclerosis by inhibiting the formation and development of atherosclerotic lesions in the arterial wall of mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Shepherd, Janis Upeslacis
  • Patent number: 4533749
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the following general formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Paul A. Aristoff, John C. Sih
  • Patent number: 4528392
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is OR.sup.2, SR.sup.2, N(R.sup.2).sub.2 or halo;W is --CH.sub.2 --, ##STR2## Y is --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 S--, --SCH.sub.2 --, ##STR3## m is 0-6; n is 0-6;p is 1-3;A is O or S;B is OR.sup.2, SR.sup.2 or N(R.sup.2).sub.2 ;R.sup.1 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy or halo;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or loweralkyl;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Kenneth L. Kees
  • Patent number: 4503072
    Abstract: Compounds of general structural formula: ##STR1## wherein Q is: ##STR2## or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, C.sub.1-3 alkyl esters or .alpha.-monoglyceride when Q is a dihydroxy acid are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents for the treatment of atherosclerosis, familial hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipemia and like diseases. They also have useful antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Hoffman, Ta-Jyh Lee, Robert L. Smith, Alvin K. Willard
  • Patent number: 4490555
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the following general formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: John C. Sih
  • Patent number: 4487961
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the following general formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Aristoff
  • Patent number: 4487960
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the following formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Chiu-Hong Lin
  • Patent number: 4486598
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the following general formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Aristoff
  • Patent number: 4486597
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for producing a nuclear substituted cinnamoylanthranilic acid compound.Illustrative of the process is the reaction of 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde with 2-carboxymalonanilic acid in an inert solvent medium in the presence of piperidine to provide an intermediate salt precipitate, and the salt is treated with an acidic reagent to yield N-(3,4-dimethoxycinnamoyl)anthranilic acid product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinji Iizuka, Tetsuhide Kamino, Ryoji Yamamoto, Hiromu Harada
  • Patent number: 4448729
    Abstract: The compounds ##STR1## wherein each X is, independently, --O-- or --NR.sub.5, in which R.sub.5 is hydrogen or alkyl; R is alkyl, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, hydroxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino or alkanoylamino and when m or n is O, R.sub.2 is hydroxymethyl, aminomethyl, alkylaminomethyl, dialkylaminomethyl or alkanoylaminomethyl; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, --CN, --CONH.sub.2 or --CO.sub.2 M in which M is hydrogen, alkyl or ##STR2## in which p is an integer from 2 to 6 and R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are, independently, hydrogen or alkyl; R.sub.4 is --NH.sub.2, --NHCOR.sub.8 in which R.sub.8 is alkyl, --NHCOCO.sub.2 Z or --NHCOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 Z in which Z is hydrogen or alkyl; m and n are 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 such that when n is from 1 to 4, m is 0 or 1 and when m is from 1 to 4, n is 0 or 1; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are leucotriene antagonists useful as antiallergy agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Dieter H. Klaubert, Anthony F. Kreft, III, Stanley C. Bell
  • Patent number: 4447428
    Abstract: Prostanoid compounds are described having the formula: ##STR1## where A is a cyclopentane ring, which is substituted by oxo and/or hydroxy or etherified hydroxy and may be saturated or unsaturated; X is --CH.dbd.CH--or --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --; R is alkyl having a terminal --COOH or ester group; and Y is amino or substituted amino, particularly heterocyclic amino.The compounds have bronchodilator activity and/or inhibit blood platelet aggregation.The preparation and pharmaceutical formulation of the compounds is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Eric W. Collington, Harry Finch, Roger F. Newton
  • Patent number: 4442117
    Abstract: There are described novel homoserine derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## which possess valuable microbicidal properties. In the formula: Ar is substituted phenyl or naphthyl; R.sub.1 is C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl optionally interrupted by oxygen or sulfur, 2-furyl, 2-tetrahydrofuryl, 1H-1,2,4-triazolylmethyl, 1-imidazolylmethyl, 1-pyrazolylmethyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl or cyclopropyl, each of which is optionally substituted by halogen; R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; and B is halogen or an ester, thioester, sulfonic acid ester or sulfonic acid amide group. Additionally, where B is halogen, R.sub.1 may be halomethyl. The novel derivatives can be used for combating microorganisms harmful to plants, particularly for combating phytopathogenic fungi, and they have for practical requirements a very favorable curative and protective action for protecting cultivating plants, without the plants being impaired as a result of undesirable secondary effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Walter Kunz, Wolfgang Eckhardt, Adolf Hubele, Peter Riebli
  • Patent number: 4420632
    Abstract: The present specification provides novel analogs of carbacyclin (CBA.sub.2), 6a-carba-prostacyclin (6a-carba-PGI.sub.2), which have pronounced prostacyclin-like pharmacological activity, e.g., as platelet antiaggregatory agents. Specifically the novel chemical analogs of CBA.sub.2 are those substituted by fluoro (C-5), alkyl (C-9), interphenylene (C-5), and methano (C-6a,9). Further provided are benzindene analogs of CBA.sub.2 and substituted forms thereof, i.e., 9-deoxy-2',9-methano (or 2',9-metheno)-3-oxa-4,5,6-trinor-3,7-(1',3'-interphenylene)-PGF.sub.1 compounds. Also provided are a variety of novel chemical intermediates, e.g., substituted bicyclo[3.3.0]octane intermediates, and chemical process utilizing such intermediates which are useful in the preparation of the novel CBA.sub.2 analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Aristoff
  • Patent number: 4409213
    Abstract: Prostanoid compounds are described having the formula: ##STR1## where A is a cyclopentane ring, which is substituted by oxo and/or hydroxy or etherified hydroxy and may be saturated or unsaturated; X is --CH.dbd.CH-- or --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --; R is alkyl having a terminal --COOH or ester group; and Y is amino or substituted amino, particularly heterocyclic amino.The compounds have bronchodilator activity and/or inhibit blood platelet aggregation.The preparation and pharmaceutical formulation of the compounds is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Eric W. Collington, Harry Finch, Roger F. Newton, Christopher J. Wallis
  • Patent number: 4405358
    Abstract: Aralkylaniline derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## where R is alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cyanoalkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio or alkynylthio or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, Y is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy or haloalkyl, A is unsubstituted or substituted alkylene, Z is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, aryloxy, halogen, a C.sub.4 H.sub.4 -chain which is fused to the benzene radical to form an unsubstituted or substituted naphthyl radical, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, thiocyanato, cyano, ##STR2## R' and R" each, independently of one another, being hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, cycloalkyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, and n is an integer from 1 to 4, and herbicides containing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Schirmer, Wolfgang Rohr, Bruno Wuerzer
  • Patent number: 4382954
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R.sup.1 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl; R.sup.2 is lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl or --CH.sub.2 X wherein X is halogen, hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio or a furanyl ring; and Z is hydroxyl, lower alkoxy or --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl possess fungicidal activity. Moreover, some of the compounds of this invention also possess herbicidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: David C. K. Chan
  • Patent number: 4377536
    Abstract: Novel compositions comprising unsaturated polyhemi-amic acid compositions and processes for their preparation are disclosed herein. These new compositions are primarily derivatives of anhydride-terminated aromatic polyimides from which they are prepared by amidation to provide unsaturated amide groups having terminal --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 groups as hemi-amic acid groups or their derivatives. These new compositions are more tractable than the original anhydride-terminated polyimides and can be converted at appropriate lower temperatures to crosslinked, insoluble, infusible polymers without by-product formation thereby extending greatly the applications for which the aromatic polyimides can be employed. Also included are monomeric compounds containing unsaturated amide groups derived from monomeric tetracarboxylic dianhydrides. These are particularly useful as crosslinking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignee: Plastics Engineering Company
    Inventors: Phillip A. Waitkus, Gaetano F. D'Alelio
  • Patent number: 4371547
    Abstract: 2-Benzylideneglutaraldehydes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently are hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of halo, lower-alkyl, phenyl, carboxy, lower-alkoxycarbonyl, phenoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, hydroxysulfonyl, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, lower-alkoxy and phenoxy, a method of use thereof as disinfectants, disinfectant compositions comprising them, and 2,6-dialkoxy-3-(.alpha.-alkoxybenzyl)tetrahydropyrans of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are as defined above and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently are alkyl of one to four carbon atoms, which are intermediates for their preparation are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Munzenmaier, Heinz Eggensperger, Helmut H. Ehlers, Wolfgang Beilfuss, Lothar Bucklers, Hans-Peter Harke
  • Patent number: 4349690
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel 9-deoxy-9-methylene-6-keto-PGE derivatives which are useful for platelet aggregation inhibition and gastric cyctoprotection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Gordon L. Bundy
  • Patent number: 4339594
    Abstract: Phenylacetic acid and the simple derivatives thereof are prepared by catalytic hydrogenation of mandelic acid and its appropriate derivatives in the presence of a noble metal catalyst in aqueous solution which is free from mineral acid, especially free from hydrochloric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Spielmann, Georg Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 4338316
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to 9.beta.-aryloxy prostane derivatives, for example 16-(3-chlorophenoxy)-11.alpha.,15.alpha.-dihydroxy-16-methyl-9.beta.-pheno xy-18,19,20-trinor-5-cis,13-trans-prostadienoic acid, which possess high activity as abortifacients, cervical softeners, inducers of parturition or inhibitors of gastric acid production in mammals. These properties are typical of prostaglandin analogues of the E series, but chemically the new 9.beta.-aryloxy prostane derivatives are prostaglandin F series analogues and are therefore more stable than the E series analogues previously used for the above purposes. The new derivatives are manufactured by known analogy processes, and are formulated in conventional manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventor: Peter R. Marsham
  • Patent number: 4338457
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions of matter and novel processes for preparing these compositions of matter. Moreover, there are provided novel methods by which certain of these novel compositions of matter are employed for pharmacologically useful purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Aristoff
  • Patent number: 4337270
    Abstract: Novel anthranilic acid derivatives of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom, an alkoxyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms or a nitro group, n is an integer of 1-2, Y is an alkoxyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms, m is an integer of 2-3, Z is --COCH.dbd.CH-- or --CO--, R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which derivatives and salts possess a strong antiallergic action and are thus useful as therapeutically active agents for diseases caused by allergies, such as asthma, hay fever, urticaria and atopic dermatitis; an antiallergic composition comprising the same; and a method of alleviating diseases caused by allergies using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Assignee: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kanji Noda, Akira Nakagawa, Toshiharu Motomura, Masayoshi Tsuji, Hidetoshi Amano, Hiroyuki Ide
  • Patent number: 4328230
    Abstract: There are described compounds of formula I, ##STR1## in which R.sub.5 to R.sub.8 may be a variety of substituents, or an adjacent pair of R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 form a chain--COCH.dbd.C(COOH)NRh--,or one of R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 form a group of formula II, ##STR2## in which Ra, Rb and Rc have the same significances as R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8,X is an optionally interrupted or substituted hydrocarbon chain,Rg and Rh, which may be the same or different are each alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl-alkyl, alkanoyl, benzoyl or phenylalkanoyl,or Rg and R.sub.8 and/or Rh and Rc in formula II, together form a chain --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, and n is 2, 3 or 4.There are also described processes for making the compounds and pharmaceutical, e.g. anti-allergic, compositions containing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Assignee: Fisons Limited
    Inventors: Roger C. Brown, Hugh Cairns, Anthony R. Payne
  • Patent number: 4322439
    Abstract: The invention relates to .omega.-[2-(N-lower alkyl-benzamido)-phenyl]-alkanoic acids, their use and preparation, and medicaments containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: BYK Gulden Lomberg Chemische Fabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Klemm, Uwe Kruger, Erich Rapp, Horst Wolf, Ekkehard Kraas
  • Patent number: 4307112
    Abstract: 9-deoxy-9A-methylene-isosteres of PGI.sub.2, including processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions containing same, are disclosed. The compounds are useful as therapeutic agents, for example as anti-aggregating agents, disaggregating agents, and as vasodilators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.
    Inventors: Carmelo Gandolfi, Carlo Passarotti, William Fava, Angelo Fumagalli, Franco Faustini, Roberto Ceserani
  • Patent number: 4306076
    Abstract: The present specification provides novel analogs of carbacyclin (CBA.sub.2), 6a-carba-prostacyclin (6a-carba-PGI.sub.2), which have pronounced prostacyclin-like pharmacological activity, e.g., as platelet anti-aggregatory agents. Specifically the novel chemical analogs of CBA.sub.2 are those substituted by fluoro (C-5), alkyl (C-9), interphenylene (C-5), and methano (C-6a,9). Further provided are benzindene analogs of CBA.sub.2 and substituted forms thereof, i.e., 9-deoxy-2',9-methano (or 2',9-metheno)-3-oxa-4,5,6-trinor-3,7-(1',3'-interphenylene)-PGF.sub.1 compounds. Also provided are a variety of novel chemical intermediates, e.g., substituted bicyclo[3.3.0]octane intermediates, and chemical process utilizing such intermediates which are useful in the preparation of the novel CBA.sub.2 analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Norman A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 4306075
    Abstract: The present specification provides novel analogs of carbacyclin (CBA.sub.2), 6a-carba-prostacyclin (6a-carba-PGI.sub.2), which have pronounced prostacyclin-like pharmacological activity, e.g., as platelet antiaggregatory agents. Specifically the novel chemical analogs of CBA.sub.2 are those substituted by fluoro (C-5), alkyl (C-9), interphenylene (C-5), and methano (C-6a,9). Further provided are benzindene analogs of CBA.sub.2 and substituted forms thereof, i.e., 9-deoxy-2',9-methano (or 2',9-metheno)-3-oxa-4,5,6-trinor-3,7-(1',3'-interphenylene)-PGF.sub.1 compounds. Also provided are a variety of novel chemical intermediates, e.g., substituted bicyclo[3.3.0]octane intermediates, and chemical process utilizing such intermediates which are useful in the preparation of the novel CBA.sub.2 analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Aristoff
  • Patent number: 4304728
    Abstract: Compounds are described of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is COOR.sup.5, CONHR.sup.5, cyano, 5-tetrazolyl or R.sup.6, where R.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-8 alkyl and R.sup.6 is phenyl or naphthyl, the phenyl or naphthyl group being optionally substituted by one or more group selected from halogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, hydroxy, benzyloxy, nitro, trifluoromethyl, carboxyl, C.sub.1-4 alkylsulphinyl, C.sub.1-4 alkylsulphonyl, N(R.sup.5).sub.2, NHCOR.sup.5 and SR.sup.5 ; R.sup.2 is R.sup.6 or --CH.dbd.CH--R.sup.6 when R.sup.1 is COOR.sup.5, CONHR.sup.5, cyano or 5-tetrazolyl, or R.sup.2 is --CH.dbd.CH--R.sup.6 when R.sup.1 is R.sup.6 ; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, halogen, hydroxy or --OCH.sub.2 R.sup.6 ; and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or halogen; and salts thereof. The compounds have pharmaceutical properties and in particular are useful in the treatment of immediate hypersensitivity conditions such as asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: Lilly Industries Limited
    Inventors: Barry P. Clark, William J. Ross, Alec Todd
  • Patent number: 4291169
    Abstract: Certain ureides of substituted naphthoic acids and salts useful as inhibitors of connective tissue destruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Ransom B. Conrow, Seymour Bernstein
  • Patent number: 4275076
    Abstract: Certain ureides of substituted naphthoic acids and salts useful as inhibitors of connective tissue destruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Ransom B. Conrow, Seymour Bernstein
  • Patent number: 4273664
    Abstract: Rust-inhibiting compounds, especially for aqueous systems such as tool-lubricating emulsions for machine tools and which consist of amine salts of a number of monoaminoalkylene dicarboxylic acids are disclosed.These rust-inhibitors are used in combination with water and an alkanolamine.Examples and test results are given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Snamprogetti S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ernesto Brandolese
  • Patent number: 4271188
    Abstract: Compounds having hypolipidaemic activity which are substituted aralkylanilines, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: Beecham Group Limited
    Inventor: Richard M. Hindley