Abstract: Disclosed is a novel diamine compound comprising a structure in which diphenyl sulfide in a molecule is bonded through an amide bond to a phenyl ring substituted with an amine group. A polyimide film prepared by polymerizing the novel diamine compound exhibits improved mechanical and thermal properties and an enhanced refractive index.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and, more specifically, to a method for preparing lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, capable of simply and economically preparing lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, which is a lithium salt to be used in an electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, in a high yield and with high purity. According to the present invention, the novel method for preparing lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide can resolve the problem of a conventional technique by reacting a bis(chlorosulfonyl)imide compound, which is a starting material, with a fluorination reagent, and then immediately treating the same with an alkali reagent without purification or concentration, and has an effect of enabling lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide to be simply and economically prepared in a high yield and with high purity.

Abstract: Provided is a method the enables easy production of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide suitable for a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium ion secondary battery, etc. The method for producing a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide alkali metal salt according to the present invention comprises reacting bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide with an alkali metal compound in a reaction solution containing an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent includes at least one organic solvent (A) selected from the group consisting of carbonate solvents, cyclic ether solvents, linear ether solvents having two or more oxygen atoms in the molecule, cyclic ester solvents, sulfolane solvents, N,N-dimethyl formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and N-methyl oxazolidinone.

Abstract: The present invention refers to an amorphous form of a thiocolchicine derivative, IDN 5404, to a process for producing it and to pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The amorphous form is characterized by the XRPD pattern, DSC profile and/or TG/DTA profile.

Abstract: A precursor for labeling therapeutic agents for liver cancer and a method for manufacturing the same are revealed. The chemical structure of the precursor has a ligand linked to complex compounds of radioisotopes. Moreover, the chemical structure of the precursor further includes a specific functional group soluble in Lipiodol or having properties of Lipiodol. Thus the radioisotopes attached to the precursor are allowed to retain in hepatic tissues of patients with liver cancer for internal radiation therapy of liver cancer.

Abstract: Aniline derivatives represented by formula (8) and formula (9): The aniline derivatives can be used as insecticides.

Abstract: A compound of the general formula X—[NR—CO—Ar—CO—(CH?CH)n—(CH2)2-L]m (I) in which X represents a polymer; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, aryl or alkyl-aryl group; Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted heteroaryl or aryl group; n represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4; L represents a leaving group; and m represents an integer of from 1 to 8. The compounds find use in the conjugation of biological molecules.

Abstract: Disclosed are modulators of the human relaxin receptor 1, for example, of formula (I), wherein A, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, that are useful in treating mammalian relaxin receptor 1 mediated facets of human health, e.g., cardiovascular disease. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least one compound of the disclosure, and a method for therapeutic intervention in a facet of mammalian health that is mediated by a human relaxin receptor 1.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds, specifically pyrimidin-4,6-dicarboxylic acid amide derivatives, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds. Also provided are methods for treating a mammal having malaria, or killing or inhibiting the growth of a Plasmodium species, comprising administering to said mammal or contacting said Plasmodium species with, an effective amount of a pyrimidin-4,6-dicarboxylic acid amide derivative.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an aromatic amide derivative represented by Formula (4), the method including a process in which an aromatic amide derivative represented by Formula (1) and a haloalkyl compound represented by Formula (3) are reacted with each other in the presence of a base and a metal or metal salt. In the formulae, each of X and Y represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like. A represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a group represented by Formula (2), or the like. Each of G1 and G2 represents an oxygen atom or the like. Q1 represents a phenyl group or the like. R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like. Z1 represents a haloalkyl group or the like. Xa represents an iodine atom or the like. m represents a number of from 1 to 4, n1 represents a number from 1 to 5, and n2 represents a number of from 1 to 4.

Abstract: Provided are dithiol mucolytic agents. These agents increase the liquefaction of mucus in a patient with excessive mucus or mucus with increased viscoelastic, cohesive, or adhesive properties. Also provided are a variety of methods of treatment using these inventive mucolytic agents.

Abstract: Compounds and methods for use in detecting gabapentin in a sample suspected of containing gabapentin are disclosed. Gabapentin derivatives are used to produce gabapentin conjugates. A gabapentin-immunogenic carrier conjugate may be used as an immunogen for the preparation of an anti-gabapentin antibody. A gabapentin-detectable label may be used in a signal producing system in gabapentin assays.

Abstract: A perfluoropolyether thiol compound comprises a perfluoropolyether segment, at least one mercapto group (—SH), and at least one intervening divalent carbonylimino moiety (—C(?O)—NR—, wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl). The compound can be produced, for example, by a ring-opening reaction of thiolactones with perfluoropolyether-substituted, primary or secondary amines. The compound can be used, for example, as a polymerization chain transfer agent, as an intermediate for the preparation of functional group-containing fluorochemical derivatives such as disulfides, and as a fluorinated surface treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides water-soluble, polymer derivatives having a thiol-selective terminus suitable for selective coupling to thiol groups, such as those contained in the cysteine residues of proteins, as well as methods for preparing the water-soluble, polymer derivatives having a thiol-selective terminus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I): wherein: —R represents —OH or —NH2; —A1 represents a divalent alkylene radical, straight or branched, having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms; —A2 represents a divalent alkylene radical, straight or branched, having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; —X1 and X2 represent, independently of each other, —NH— or ?O—; —A3 represents a divalent alkylene radical, straight or branched, having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; —Z represents a hydrogen or a group of formula (A?): wherein A1, A3 and R are as defined above in formula (I), for the preparation of a polymer chosen among polyurethane, polyester and polyamide.

Abstract: Disclosed are certain partially fluorinated amide compounds and composite materials containing the compounds. Also disclosed are methods for making the composite materials.

Abstract: Methods and materials relate to degradable detergents. The degradable detergents have degradable linkages that are cleaved when subjected to elevated temperature and/or reduced pressure. The detergents are compatible with spectrometric analysis, such as mass spectrometry. The surfactant comprises at least one fluorinated alkyl moiety and at least one cleavable moiety, wherein the surfactant degrades into a plurality of volatile degradation products when injected into a mass spectrometer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or its salts or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof wherein X1, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are defined as set forth in the specification. The compounds are useful as potassium ion channel inhibitors.

Abstract: Provided is a novel plant growth regulator. The disclosed plant growth regulator comprises flubendiamide as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are defined as set forth in the specification. The compounds are agonists of neurotrophin (such as nerve growth factor) receptors.

Abstract: Cystine analogs that improve the solubility of L-cystine in urine for treatment of cystinuria and which have the structure: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrugs thereof, wherein each R and R? pair are independently selected from (i) or (ii); (i) R and R? are independently selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alcohol, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic, and substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, or (ii) R and R? together form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring structure, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl ring structure; X is hydrogen, or an alkyl; and Y is O or S.

Abstract: The invention is directed to latent reactive and polymerizable derivatives of fluorescent stilbene-based compounds. The compounds can be used to provide articles with a fluorescence property, such as medical devices (e.g., catheters). The fluorescent compounds can be used in association with polymers, or can be incorporated into polymers, and the polymers used in a coating composition on the article surface. The compounds allow for visual or machine inspection of coating properties such as uniformity of coverage.

Abstract: Compositions and methods of treating or preventing disease or injury to a human patient or biological material undergoing ischemic or hypoxic conditions.

Abstract: A pest control agent containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1), wherein A represents a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or the like, K represents a non-metal atom group necessary for forming a cyclic linking group derived from a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring, in combination with A and two carbon atoms to which A bonds, X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like, n represents an integer of from 0 to 4, T represents —C(?G1)-Q1 (wherein G1 and G2 represent an oxygen atom or the like, Q1 represents a phenyl group which may have a substituent, a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, or the like), or the like, Q2 represents a phenyl group or the like, G3 represents an oxygen atom or the like, and R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, or a group represented by -L-D, or the like (provided that at least either R1 or R2 represents a group represented by -L-D); as an active ingredient exhibits an excellent effect.

Abstract: The invention concerns a methionine-derived peptidomimetic represented by the following general formula (II): R?X—C(O)—NH— with X=alkyl or alkyloxy (C1-C4); R??H The invention also concerns a composition for preventing or fighting cutaneous disorders associated to a mitochondrial dysfunction, and the use of a methionine-derived peptidomimetic as a cosmetic agent for protecting and/or stimulating the mitochondria of cutaneous cells.

Abstract: To provide a method for recovering a precious metal from a solution containing precious metal ions, an extracting agent or adsorbent used therefor, and a back-extracting agent or desorbent. An extracting agent or adsorbent in which precious metal ions are extracted or adsorbed, is brought into contact with a back-extracting agent or desorbent containing a sulfur-containing amino acid derivative represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 is a methyl group, an ethyl group, a vinyl group, a C3-8 linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group, or a C6-14 aromatic hydrocarbon group, R2's are each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a vinyl group, a C3-8 linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group or a C6-14 aromatic hydrocarbon group, and n is 0 or 1, to obtain a solution containing the precious metal ions, which is subjected to a reduction treatment to obtain a precious metal.

Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (1): The compound can be used as insecticides.

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) their use as calcium receptor-active compounds for the prophylaxis, treatment or amelioration of physiological disorders or diseases associated with disturbances of CaSR activity, such as hyperparathyroidism, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of treating diseases with said compounds.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for treating anxiety disorder, particularly to a pharmaceutical composition comprising N-acetyl-L-cysteine or its derivatives for treating anxiety disorder such as post traumatic stress disorder or phobia. In accordance with the present disclosure, N-acetyl-L-cysteine can block the renewal of fear memories for a sustained period of time when it was administered during or after an exposure therapy to treat post traumatic stress disorder or phobia.

Abstract: Compounds useful as nutritional supplements, antioxidants, heavy metal chelators and/or as intermediates for producing other related compounds with like uses have a formula: where R1 is an aromatic backbone and R2 is a sulfur containing ligand.

Abstract: This invention provides the compound having the structure wherein n is 1-10; X is C—R11 or N, wherein R11 is H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO2R7, NO2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO—R7, wherein R7 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or aryl; Z is R2 is H or NR3R4, wherein R3 and R4 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, or C3-C8 cycloalkyl; R5 is OH or SH; and R6, R12, R13, and R14 are each independently H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO2R15, NO2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO—R15, wherein R15 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or aryl, or a salt of the compound, which is useful in the treatment of tumors.

Abstract: Disclosed are inhibitors of retroviral growth of formula (I), that are useful in treatment of retroviral infections such as HIV. Also disclosed are a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least one compound or salt of the invention, a method for inactivating a virus, a method for dissociating a metal ion from a zinc finger-containing protein, and a method for inhibiting the transmission of a virus.

Abstract: The present invention provides water-soluble, polymer derivatives having a thiol-selective terminus suitable for selective coupling to thiol groups, such as those contained in the cysteine residues of proteins, as well as methods for preparing the water-soluble, polymer derivatives having a thiol-selective terminus.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound that is a CETP activity inhibitor. The compound can increase HDL and at the same time decrease LDL through selective inhibition of CETP activity, the invention also provides for the use of the compound to prevent or treat atherosclerosis or hyperlipidemia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the substituents are as described herein, and their use in medicine, in particular as opioid agonists.

Abstract: Compounds useful as nutritional supplements, antioxidants, heavy metal chelators and/or as intermediates for producing other related compounds with like uses have a formula: where R1 is an aromatic backbone and R2 is a psulfur containing ligand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), where X, Y, T and Z are each as defined in claim 1, to its preparation and to its use.

Abstract: Provided are small-molecule Trp-p8 modulators, including Trp-p8 agonists and Trp-p8 antagonists, and compositions comprising small-molecule Trp-p8 agonists as well as methods for identifying and characterizing novel small-molecule Trp-p8 modulators and methods for decreasing viability and/or inhibiting growth of Trp-p8 expressing cells, methods for activating Trp-p8-mediated cation influx, methods for stimulating apoptosis and/or necrosis, and related methods for the treatment of diseases, including cancers such as lung, breast, colon, and/or prostate cancers as well as other diseases, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, that are associated with Trp-p8 expression.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound having Formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient: [wherein, R1 is, for example, a C6-C10 aryl group which may be substituted with one group or more than one group selected from substituent group ?; R2 is, for example, a C6-C10 aryl group which may be substituted with one group or more than one group selected from substituent group ?; and X is, for example, a hydroxyl group or a C1-C6 alkoxy group].

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound comprising a moiety of formula (I) as a reagent for protecting a thiol group in a thiol compound wherein X, X? and Y are as defined herein. The protecting group methodology of the present invention allows straightforward and selective protection of thiol groups. Cleaving of the thiol group to regenerate the thiol functional group is also facile and controllable. The present invention further provides an analogous protecting group methodology directed to protection of disulfide groups.

Abstract: This invention provides the compound having the structure wherein n is 1-10; X is C—R11 or N; wherein R11 is H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO2R7, NO2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO—R7, wherein R7 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or aryl; Z is R2 is H or NR3R4, wherein R3 and R4 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, or C3-C8 cycloalkyl; R5 is OH or SH; and R6, R12, R13, and R14 are each independently H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO2R15, NO2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO—R15, wherein R15 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or aryl, or a salt of the compound, which is useful in the treatment of tumors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of modified malonate derivatives. The modified malonate compounds can be used to treat cancer. The modified malonate compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: This invention provides the compound having the structure wherein n is 1-10; X is C—R11 or N, wherein R11 is H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO2R7, NO2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO—R7, wherein R7 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or aryl; Z is R2 is H or NR3R4, wherein R3 and R4 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, or C3-C8 cycloalkyl; R5 is OH or SH; and R6, R12, R13, and R14 are each independently H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO2R15, NO2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO—R15 wherein R15 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or aryl, or a salt of the compound, which is useful in the treatment of tumors.

Abstract: The invention concerns a methionine-derived peptidomimetic represented by the following general formula (II): R=X—C(O)—NH— with X=alkyl or alkyloxy (C1-C4); R?=H The invention also concerns a composition for preventing or fighting cutaneous disorders associated to a mitochondrial dysfunction, and the use of a methionine-derived peptidomimetic as a cosmetic agent for protecting and/or stimulating the mitochondria of cutaneous cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a fluorisulfonylimide salt, which enables reducing the impurity content and continuous operation for a long time, and a fluorosulfonyl imide salt. The fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention has a K content of 10,000 ppm or less. The method for producing a fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention is that after a fluorination reaction of chlorosulfonyl imde or a salt thereof, the reaction solution is brought into contact with an aqueous alkaline solution so as to remove impurities. The fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention, in which various impirities are reduced to extremely low levels, is useful as an electrolyte used in a lithium secondary battery, a capacitor or the like, an ionic liquid, or an intermediate for a sulfonyl imide salt, and the like. It is expected that use of the fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention as an electrolyte leads to a high-performance electrochemical device.

Abstract: Provided herein are organoselenium compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of treatment, prevention, or amelioration of a variety of medical disorders using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions provided herein.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a compound represented by the general formula (1) exhibiting a high insecticidal effect and an insecticide comprising the compound as an active ingredient. The compound represented by the general formula (1) and an insecticide comprising the compound as an active ingredient, wherein, in the formula, A1, A2, A3 and A4 each represent a carbon atom or the like; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or the like; G1 and G2 represent an oxygen atom or the like; Xs each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or the like; n represents an integer of 0 to 4; Q1 represents a substituted phenyl group, a substituted heterocyclic group or the like; Q2 represents a substituted phenyl group, a substituted heterocyclic group or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pH sensitive particle, a method of preparation thereof, and a use thereof. More particularly, the invention provides a pH sensitive metal nanoparticle and its use for medical treatment utilizing cell necrosis during photothermal therapy. The pH sensitive metal nanoparticle based on this invention consists of a pH sensitive ligand compound whose charge changes depending on the pH of the metal nanoparticle. The particle can be collected in cells, such as cancer cells which present an abnormal pH environment. The pH sensitive metal nanoparticle based on this invention can induce cell death through a photothermal procedure after aggregation. Therefore, the invention enables medical treatment using cell necrosis for e.g. cancer treatment.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds containing single amino acids, peptides, or derivatives thereof which are selectively delivered to the mitochondria of a cell. Compounds of the invention exhibit antioxidant activity thereby reducing reactive oxygen species in cells. These compounds are useful for inhibiting oxidative stress-induced cell injury or death both in vivo and ex vivo. In addition, methods for the synthesis of these compounds are disclosed.

Abstract: A perfluoropolyether thiol compound comprises a perfluoropolyether segment, at least one mercapto group (—SH), and at least one intervening divalent carbonylimino moiety (—C(?O)—NR—, wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl). The compound can be produced, for example, by a ring-opening reaction of thiolactones with perfluoropolyether-substituted, primary or secondary amines. The compound can be used, for example, as a polymerization chain transfer agent, as an intermediate for the preparation of functional group-containing fluorochemical derivatives such as disulfides, and as a fluorinated surface treatment.