Acyclic Patents (Class 564/159)
  • Patent number: 4536600
    Abstract: Novel polyoxyalkylenepolyacrylamide compounds useful as adhesives are disclosed. These novel compounds are prepared by mixing and reacting di- and tri-functional polyoxyalkylenepolyamines with an acrylate such as metharylic acid or methylmethacrylate at an elevated temperature and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest L. Yeakey, Lewis W. Watts, Jr.
  • 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: 4525586
    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), methano (C-6a,9), and an additional (olefinic) valence bond (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-methano)-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: September 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Paul A. Aristoff
  • Patent number: 4518532
    Abstract: N-[4-(3-Aminopropyl)aminobutyl]-2-(.omega.-guanidino-fatty acid-amido)-2-substituted-ethanamides represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein Y represents --(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.CH or ##STR2## R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may have a hydroxyl group as substituent, or a benzyl group, and n is an integer of from 1 to 8, provided that when Y is ##STR3## and n is 4, R represents the groups other than the hydrogen atom; a salt thereof having antitumor activity in experimental animal tumors and a process for the preparation thereof is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Zaidan Hojin Biseibutsu Kagaku Kenkyu Kai
    Inventors: Hamao Umezawa, Tomio Takeuchi, Shinichi Kondo, Hironobu Iinuma, Daishiro Ikeda, Teruya Nakamura, Akio Fujii
  • Patent number: 4515959
    Abstract: Herbicidal and fungicidal compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is (a) a phenyl group optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms, cyano groups, alkoxy groups, methylene- or ethylene-dioxy groups, alkyl groups, or haloalkyl groups (e.g. trifluoromethyl groups); or (b) a heteroaromatic group optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups, haloalkyl groups or halogen atoms X is a 5-membered heteroaromatic radical linked by a ring nitrogen atom to the carbon atom bearing Y, and optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups, and Y is a CN group; a --CSNH.sub.2 group; a --CO.sub.2 R.sup.4 group wherein R.sup.4 is an esterifying radical, for example an alkyl radical; or an amide group --CONR.sup.5 R.sup.6 wherein each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 may be a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical (e.g. an alkyl radical of 1 to 6 carbon atoms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Ian T. Kay, Robert A. Noon
  • Patent number: 4505997
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel ionic compounds which can be incorporated in polymers whose monomer units include at least one hetroatom, particularly oxygen or nitrogen adapted to form bonds of the donor-acceptor type with the cation of the ionic compound, the solid solutions obtained being utilizable to form the electrolyte of an electrochemical generator. These ionic compounds are represented by the formula(C.sub.n X.sub.2n+1 Y).sub.2 N.sup.-,M.sup.+in which : X is a halogen, n varies from 1 to 4, Y is a CO or SO.sub.2 group and M is an alkali metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignees: Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la Recherche (ANVAR), Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine
    Inventors: Michel B. Armand, Fouzia El Kadiri Cherkaoui el Moursli
  • 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: 4490557
    Abstract: Ethylidene bisformamide is prepared by reacting, at elevated temperatures, dry acetaldehyde and formamide in the presence of an acidic catalyst and an ammonia scavenger such as acetic anhydride. The bisformamide is recovered as a bottoms products of high speed low residence time distillation techniques, e.g., wiped film evaporation. The resulting ethylidene bisformamide may be cracked to N-vinylformamide, which monomer is useful in the preparation of active polymers and copolymers, including poly(vinylformamide) which can be hydrolyzed to poly(vinylamine) salts by contact with acid. These amine salts can then be converted to the free amines, which are precursors of polymeric dyes and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Dynapol
    Inventors: Daniel J. Dawson, Kenneth M. Otteson
  • 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: 4473694
    Abstract: Process for the synthesis of hindered polysubstituted .alpha.-amino acetamides which comprises first reacting an .alpha.-haloacetamide with a base to form an intermediate .alpha.-lactam which in turn is reacted with a primary or secondary amine. The product thus obtained can comprise a multifunctional compound having one or more hindered amino moieties. These compounds are highly effective as UV stabilizers in a variety of plastics, especially the alpha monoolefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventor: John T. Lai
  • Patent number: 4439619
    Abstract: Fluorinated alkenylene diamine compounds are inhibitors of ornithine decarboxylase enzyme in vivo and have the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.a represents hydrogen or R.sub.2, where R.sub.2 is as defined below;R.sub.b represents hydrogen or, when R.sub.a is hydrogen, R.sub.2, where R.sub.2 is as defined below;R.sub.c represents hydrogen or --COR.sub.3, where R.sub.3 is as defined below;R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 --C.sub.6 alkyl;each R.sub.2, independently, represents C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 alkylcarbonyl, phenylcarbonyl, phenyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl) carbonyl, or an aminocarboxylic acid residue derived by removal of an hydroxy group from a carboxy moiety of an L-aminocarboxylic acid;R.sub.3 represents hydroxy, or, when R.sub.a and R.sub.b are both hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, --NR.sub.4 R.sub.5, where R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are as defined below, or an aminocarboxylic acid residue derived by removal of an hydrogen atom from the amino moiety of an L-aminocarboxylic acid;R.sub.4 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Merrell Toraude et Compagnie
    Inventors: Philippe Bey, Fritz Gerhart, Michel Jung
  • Patent number: 4438278
    Abstract: Compounds useful in making crosslinkable polymers having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl; R.sup.1 is cyano or ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 is alkyl; Z is --X--R.sup.3 --X--or ##STR3## wherein each --X-- is --O-- or --NR.sup.4 --, provided at least one --X-- is --NR.sup.4 -- wherein R.sup.4 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.3 is divalent hydrocarbon and D.sub.1 and D.sub.2 together are the carbon atoms necessary to complete a 5 to 7 membered ring. These compounds can be homopolymerized or copolymerized with each other or with other polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomers to give crosslinkable polymers. Such polymers can be purified by conventional purification techniques such as dialysis, diafiltration, ultrafiltration without losing their capability of crosslinking. The resulting purified polymers are particularly useful in photographic materials as gelatin extenders, binders or polymeric color couplers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ignazio S. Ponticello, Kenneth R. Hollister, Richard C. Tuites
  • Patent number: 4430346
    Abstract: The novel compound represented by the general formula (I) ##STR1## (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkanoyl group of 1 to 14 carbon atoms, or an arylcarbonyl group), and an acid addition salt thereof [on condition that when R is a hydrogen atom, the hydrochloride exhibits an optical rotation of [.alpha.].sub.D.sup.22 -1.degree. .+-.2.degree. (c, 2 water)] has antitumor activity in experimental animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Company
    Inventors: Hamao Umezawa, Tomio Takeuchi, Shinichi Kondo, Hironobu Iinuma, Daishiro Ikeda, Teruya Nakamura, Akio Fujii
  • Patent number: 4424353
    Abstract: New amidine/isocyanate adducts are particularly useful as catalysts for hardening epoxy resins, in particular pulverulent coating compositions based on epoxy resins. New bicyclic amidines are excellent starting materials for manufacturing these amidine/isocyanate adducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf-Volker Meyer, Hans J. Kreuder, Eckhard de Cleur
  • Patent number: 4423067
    Abstract: Carbacyclin derivatives of Formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is OR.sub.2, wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, a heterocyclic residue, or NHR.sub.3, wherein R.sub.3 is an acid residue or hydrogen;X is oxygen;A is --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, trans--CH.dbd.CH--, or --C.tbd.C--;W is free or functionally modified hydroxymethylene or free or functionally modified ##STR2## wherein the OH-group can be in the .alpha.- or .beta.-position; D is a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic group of 1-10 carbon atoms, which can optionally be substituted by fluorine atoms, 1,2-methylene, 1,1-trimethylene;E is --C.tbd.C-- or --CR.sub.6 .dbd.CR.sub.7 -- wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are hydrogen or alkyl of 1-5 carbon atoms;R.sub.4 is an aliphatic group, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, or a heterocyclic group;R.sub.5 is free or functionally modified hydroxy and,when R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Schering Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Skuballa, Bernd Raduchel, Norbert Schwarz, Helmut Vorbruggen, Jorge Casals-Stenzel, Ekkehard Schillinger, Michael H. Town
  • 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: 4418077
    Abstract: Fluorinated aminobutyric acid and diaminobutane compounds in vivo are inhibitors of gamma-aminobutyric acid transaminase and have the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: Y represents hydrogen or fluorine;Z represents --CH.sub.2 NR.sub.1 R.sub.2, where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined below, or --COR.sub.3 where R.sub.3 is as defined below;R.sub.a represents hydrogen or R.sub.4, where R.sub.4 is as defined below;R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or phenyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl);R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, phenyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl) or, when R.sub.a is hydrogen, R.sub.4, where R.sub.4 is as defined below;R.sub.3 represents hydroxy, or when R.sub.a is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, --NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, where R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are as defined below, or an aminocarboxylic acid residue derived by removal of an hydrogen atom from the amino moiety of an L-aminocarboxylic acid;each R.sub.4, independently, represents C.sub.2 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: Merrell Toraude et Compagnie
    Inventors: Philippe Bey, Fritz Gerhart, Michel Jung, Daniel Schirlin
  • Patent number: 4416899
    Abstract: A new antibiotic BMG162-aF2 having the formula ##STR1## can be obtained by cultivating a BMG162-aF2-producing strain belonging to the genus Bacillus in a culture medium to produce and accumulate the said BMG162-aF2 and then recovering it from the culture medium. The antibiotic BMG162-aF2 thus obtained or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used for the treatment of a transplanted tumor in warmblooded animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: Zaidan Hojin Biseibutsu Kagaku Kenkyu Kai
    Inventors: Hamao Umezawa, Tomio Takeuchi, Hiroshi Naganawa, Hironobu Iinuma, Setsuko Kunimoto
  • Patent number: 4401516
    Abstract: Acetamidoethylene is isolated from acetamidoethylene-containing mixtures by distillation with enhanced efficiency when a high-boiling liquid, especially glycerol, is added to the mixtures prior to or during said distillation. This invention is particularly effective at separating acetamidoethylene from mixtures additionally containing acetamide, especially preparation products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Assignee: Dynapol Shareholders Liquidating Trust
    Inventor: David P. Matzinger
  • Patent number: 4393237
    Abstract: Novel polyoxyalkylenepolyacrylamide compounds useful as adhesives are disclosed. These novel compounds are prepared by mixing and reacting di- and tri-functional polyoxyalkylenepolyamines with an acrylate such as methacrylic acid or methylmethacrylate at an elevated temperature and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest L. Yeakey, Lewis W. Watts, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4370498
    Abstract: .alpha.-Ketocarboxylic acid N-acylamides of the formulaR.sup.1 --CO--CO--NH--CO--R.sup.2in whichR.sup.1 is an optionally substituted aliphatic radical with up to 12 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl radical with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted heterocyclic radical, andR.sup.2 is an optionally substituted aliphatic radical with up to 8 carbon atoms or an optionally substituted phenyl radical,are prepared by reacting an acyl cyanide of the formulaR.sup.1 --CO--CNwith a carboxylic acid anhydride of the formulaR.sup.2 --CO--O--CO--R.sup.2in the presence of a strong acid, and then adding water to the reaction mixture. The products can be used directly in the synthesis of known herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Bonse, Heinz U. Blank
  • Patent number: 4353834
    Abstract: Biodegradable non-ionic surface-active agents containing carbonate groups can be prepared by reacting hydrophilic polyoxyalkylene glycols derived from the same or different alkylene oxides with hydrophobic amides or sulfonamides. The compositions of the invention contain both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups in the molecule making them suitable for use as surface-active agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: BASF Wyandotte Corporation
    Inventor: William K. Langdon
  • Patent number: 4352760
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel substituted heptadeca-5,9- and 5,10-dienoic acid and similar fatty acid compounds which are derivatives of certain prostaglandins and are potent thromboxane A.sub.2 inhibitors. By virtue of this pharmacological property, they represent useful pharmacological agents for a wide variety of purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Kirk M. Maxey
  • 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: 4330323
    Abstract: The compounds of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents a dichloromethyl or trichloromethyl group, X.sub.1 represents a chlorine or fluorine atom, X.sub.2 represents a chlorine or fluorine atom, X.sub.3 represents a hydrogen, chlorine or fluorine atom, R.sub.2 represents an amino group NH.sub.2 or a ##STR2## group, in which R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, arylalkyl, arylhaloalkyl, cycloalkyl, halocycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl or aryl group, this latter being unsubstituted or substituted by one or two halogen atoms or by an alkyl, alkoxy, nitro or haloalkyl group are antidotes against herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: PCUK Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann
    Inventors: Bernard S. J. M. Gorny, Jean-Paul Brun, Gerard E. M. Boutemy, Michel L. Devif
  • Patent number: 4323704
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is methylene, ethylene or ethylidene; R.sub.1 is --C.tbd.CH or --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 ; R.sub.2 is hydrogen or COR wherein R is hydroxy, a straight or branched alkoxy group of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, --NR.sub.4 R.sub.5 wherein each of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is hydrogen or a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 is hydrogen, a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, benzyl or p-hydroxybenzyl; R.sub.a is hydrogen, ##STR3## alkylcarbonyl wherein the alkyl moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is straight or branched, alkoxycarbonyl wherein the alkoxy moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is straight or branched or ##STR4## wherein R.sub.7 is selected from hydrogen, a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, benzyl and p-hydroxybenzyl; and R.sub.b has the same meaning as defined for R.sub.a except R.sub.b is not ##STR5## and R.sub.a and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Merrell Toraude et Compagnie
    Inventors: Brian W. Metcalf, Michel Jung, Charles Danzin
  • Patent number: 4313956
    Abstract: Novel, transient prodrug forms of the phenolic dihydroxy sympathomimetic amines have (i) the structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is O, S or NR.sup.5 ; n is 1 or 2; R.sup.1 is the monodehydroxylated residue of a phenolic, nuclear dihydroxy natural sympathetic or sympathomimetic amine when n is 1, and the didehydroxylated residue of a phenolic, nuclear dihydroxy natural sympathetic or sympathomimetic amine when n is 2; R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: INTERx Research Corp.
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Bodor, Kenneth B. Sloan, Stefano A. Pogany
  • Patent number: 4311706
    Abstract: Novel, transient prodrug forms of dopa and dopamine have (i) the structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, R.sup.3 -CO- and ##STR2## wherein X is O, S or NR.sup.6 ; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or --COOR.sup.8 ; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or OR; R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: INTERx Research Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Bodor, Kenneth B. Sloan, Stefano A. Pogany
  • Patent number: 4310472
    Abstract: This invention relates to adducts of salts of polymerizable tertiary amines with acrylic compounds illustrated by acrylamide and acrylonitrile; to polymers and copolymers containing said adducts and to processes for preparing them. This invention also relates to the use of said polymers and copolymers, particularly in the clarification of turbid waters by flocculation or flotation of oil and/or suspended solids. In the preferred embodiment, the quaternary adduct monomer is: ##STR1## where X is an anion, preferably halide such as chloride or carboxylate such as acetate; and polymers and copolymers containing units thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1982
    Assignee: Petrolite Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf S. Buriks, Allen R. Fauke, David W. Griffiths
  • Patent number: 4277395
    Abstract: Compounds of the following general formula are irreversible inhibitors of pancreatic elastase: ##STR1## wherein M is hydroxy, lower alkoxy, benzyloxy or --NY.sub.1 Y.sub.2 wherein each of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R is CF.sub.3, CHF.sub.2 or CH.sub.2 F; R.sub.1 is straight or branched lower alkyl; R.sub.2 is defined the same as R.sub.1 or is benzyl; R.sub.30 is CHO, carbobenzoxy, tert-butoxycarbonyl, benzoyl or lower alkanoyl; X is pro, ala or leu and Y and Z together form a single bond; or Y-X is ala-pro, ala-ala or ala-leu and Z forms a single bond; and Z-Y-X is ala-ala-pro, ala-ala-ala or pro-ala-leu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Assignee: Richardson-Merrell Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Bey, Brian W. Metcalf, Jeffrey S. Wiseman
  • Patent number: 4267374
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is methylene, ethylene or ethylidene; R.sub.1 is --C.tbd.CH or --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 ; R.sub.2 is hydrogen or COR wherein R is hydroxy, a straight or branched alkoxy group of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, --NR.sub.4 R.sub.5 wherein each of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is hydrogen or a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 is hydrogen, a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, benzyl or p-hydroxybenzyl; R.sub.a is hydrogen, ##STR3## alkylcarbonyl wherein the alkyl moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is straight or branched, alkoxycarbonyl wherein the alkoxy moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is straight or branched or ##STR4## wherein R.sub.7 is selected from hydrogen, a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, benzyl and p-hydroxybenzyl; and R.sub.b has the same meaning as defined for R.sub.a except R.sub.b is not ##STR5## and R.sub.a and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Merrell Toraude et Compagnie
    Inventors: Brian W. Metcalf, Michel Jung, Charles Danzin
  • Patent number: 4247712
    Abstract: There is disclosed methods and compositions for inhibiting or preventing the growth of microorganisms in aqueous systems wherein the growth is inhibited or prevented by the presence of an effective amount of a 2-chloro-3-oxobutyramide derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignees: Givaudan Corporation, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Harold A. Brandman, Milton Manowitz, David L. Coffen
  • Patent number: 4242276
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of .beta.-isobutyrylaminocrotonic acid amide by reacting .beta.-aminocrotonic acid amide with dimethylketene in the liquid or gaseous state without the application of external heat at temperatures in the range of from room temperature to 70.degree. C. The dispersion medium used is an organic solvent having a boiling point above 40.degree. C. that may contain up to 0.1 mole of water and 0.2 to 2 moles of a carboxylic acid having 1 to 4 carbon atoms per mole of .beta.-aminocrotonic acid amide. If the dimethylketene is added undiluted the reaction is carried out in the absence of oxygen and in the presence of a protective gas atmosphere. The .beta.-isobutyrylaminocrotonic acid amide is obtained in the form of two stereoisomers (Z- and E-forms), which differ as regards their melting point and their solubility in organic solvents. On heating to 40.degree. C., the E-form is converted into the Z-form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: Consortium fur Elektrochemische Industrie GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Schilling