Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer and autoimmune diseases. Compositions comprise a sirtuin inhibitory compound that decreases the activity of a sirtuin, such as SIRT1 or Sir2. Exemplary methods comprise contacting a cell or a molecule with a sirtuin inhibitory compound that decreases the activity of a sirtuin and thereby reduces the life span of a cell, kills the cell or renders it susceptible to certain cell stresses including radiation and chemotherapy. Other methods include treating pathogens expressing a sirtuin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the preparation of optically pure(R)-5-(2-aminopropyl)-2-methoxybenzenesulphonamide, which is an intermediate in the synthesis of tamsulosin.

Abstract: ?,?-Unsaturated sulfides, sulfones, sulfoxides and sulfonamides according to Formula I: wherein Ar1, Ar2, X, n, * and R are as defined herein, are prepared by dehydration of ?-hydroxy sulfides, sulfones, sulfoxides or sulfonamides.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of ameliorating or reducing the extent of ischemic injury, reperfusion injury, and myocardial infarction, by administering an inhibitor of histone deacetylase enzyme (HDAC) or an inhibitor of DNA methyltransferase enzyme (DNMT).

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): and salts, solvates, and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of a clinical condition for which a selective ?2-adrenoreceptor agonist is indicated, for example asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 to R12, P, X, Q and n are as defined as in formula I, or salts, solvates or solvated salts thereof, processes for their preparation and to new intermediates used in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical formulations containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: wherein Ar1, Ar2, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the subject compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of the 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme. The present invention further relates to the use of inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme for the treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome and other diseases and conditions that are mediated by excessive glucocorticoid action.

Abstract: Biomacromolecules such as proteins are inactivated by hydrophobic ANSA derivatives of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are hydrophobic or affinity groups and R3 is selected from the group consisting of aminoacyl groups and peptidyl groups upon nitrosation. ANSA derivatives can be designed to selectively kill tumor cells and various pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds represented by Structural Formula I, which can bind to CCR9 receptors and block the binding of a ligand (e.g., TECK) to the receptors. The invention also relates to a method of inhibiting a function of CCR9, and to the use compounds represented by Structural Formula I in research, therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (1) and to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, compositions containing and the uses of, such derivatives. The compounds according to the present invention are useful in numerous diseases, disorders and conditions, in particular inflammatory, allergic and respiratory diseases, disorders and conditions.

Abstract: Methods for preparing substituted phenylsulfonamide compounds of the following structure are provided: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1-R7 are defined herein. Also provided are methods for preparing compounds of the following structure: wherein, R9, m, n, p, r, and s are defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 6-amino(aza)indane compound of the formula (I) Wherein Ar is phenyl or an aromatic 5- or 6-membered C-bound heteroaromatic radical, wherein Ar may carry 1 radical R6 and wherein Ar may also carry I or 2 radicals Rb; X is N or CH; E is CR6R7 or NR3; R1 is C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkylmethyl, C3-C4-alkenyl, fluorinated C1-C4-alkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkylmethyl, fluorinated C3-C4-alkenyl, formyl or C1-C3-alkylcarbonyl; R1a is H or R1a and R2 or R1a and R2a together are (CH2)n with n being 1, 2, 3 or 4; R2 and R2a each independently are H, CH3, CH2F, CHF2 or CF3; R3 is H or C,-C4-alkyl; and the physiologically tolerated acid addition salts of these compounds.

Abstract: A method of preparation of (R)-(?)-5-(2-aminopropyl)-2-methoxybenzenesulfonamide of formula I and its use for production tamsulosin. A protective group is introduced to N-[(1R)-2(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-methylethyl]-N-[(1R)-1-phenylethyl)]amine and the resulting amide of formula IX is chlorosulfonated and the resulting sulfochloride is converted to a sulfonamide of formula X, from which the compound of formula I is obtained by hydrogenation.

Abstract: The present application describes deuterium-enriched tamsulosin, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.

Abstract: Novel isonitrile compounds represented by the general formula F-A-NC, their method of manufacture, a marine fouling organism larva fluorescent marker having at least one of these compounds as an active ingredient, and a method of detecting this marine fouling organism larva using this marker. F in the aforesaid general formula represents a fluorescent functional group, and A represents a linking chain.

Abstract: The present invention provides an AP-1 activation inhibitor, NF-kappa B activation inhibitor, inflammatory cytokine production inhibitor, matrix metalloprotease production inhibitor, inflammatory cell adhesion molecule expression inhibitor, anti-inflammatory agent, antirheumatic agent, immunosuppressant, cancer metastasis inhibitor, remedy for arteriosclerosis and antiviral agent which contain the benzene derivative of the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of sulfonamides which are aspartyl protease inhibitors. In one embodiment, this invention relates to a novel class of HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting HIV-1 and HIV-2 protease activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as anti-viral agents against the HIV-1 and HIV-2 viruses. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of HIV aspartyl protease using the compounds of this invention and methods for screening compounds for anti-HIV activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), to a process for their manufacture, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in therapy, in particular their use in the prophylaxis and treatment of respiratory diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), to a process for their manufacture, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in therapy, in particular their use in the prophylaxis and treatment of respiratory diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), to a process for their manufacture, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in therapy, in particular their use in the prophylaxis and treatment of respiratory diseases.

Abstract: The invention includes an improved process for producing tamsulosin comprising reacting 5-(2-aminopropyl)-2-methoxybenzenesulfonamide with 2-(o-ethoxyphenoxy)ethyl bromide in an organic phosphite solvent to obtain tamsulosin. Optically pure (R)-5-(2-aminopropyl)-2-methoxybenzenesulfonamide can be employed to produce optically pure (R)-tamsulosin product. The organic phosphite solvent utilized in the reaction can include tri-alkyl phosphites such as triethyl phosphite, trimethyl phosphite, and tributyl phosphite. Additionally, processes for producing tamsulosin having a low concentration of by-product contaminants, such as 5-((R)-2-{Bis-[2-(2-ethoxyphenoxy)ethyl]amino}-propyl)-2-methoxybenzenesulfonamide, and the use of such by-products to monitor the chemical purity of tamsulosin, are provided.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I).

Abstract: The invention relates to 4-{(1R)-2-[(6-{2-[(2,6-dichlorobenzyl)oxy]ethoxy}hexyl)amino]-1-hydroxyethyl}-2-(hydroxymethyl)phenol; and salts and solvates thereof, including those which are pharmaceutically acceptable, along with formulations thereof, combinations thereof, and methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of mammals by administering such compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to sulphonamide derivatives of formula (I), where RC is optionally substituted 4-6-membered heterocyclic ring containing one or more N atoms, or RC forms together with the phenyl ring to which it is attached a benzodioxolyl group, or RC is —NR1R2, RA is a group having the formula RB is hydrogen or alkyl. The invention also relates to the use of derivatives of formula (I) as inhibitors for collagen receptor integrins and a process for preparing sulphonamides of formula (I).

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) wherein the variables X1, X2, B, D, R1 to R7 including R3?, p, y, q, and z, are as defined or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, enantiomer, racemate, diastereomer or mixtures thereof, useful for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of obesity and Related Diseases is disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are: a compound represented by formula (I): (wherein ring A and ring D each represent a cyclic group which may have a substituent(s); E and G each represent a bond or a spacer having 1 to 8 atoms in its main chain; L represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents amino which may have a substituent(s), or a heterocyclic group which contains at least one nitrogen atom and which may have a substituent(s); n represents 0 to 3, in which when n is 2 or more, a plurality of ring A's may be the same or different from one another); a salt thereof; an N-oxide form thereof; a solvate thereof, a prodrug thereof; and a medicament which includes those. The compound represented by formula (I) is capable of binding S1P receptors (in particular, EDG-1 and/or EDG-6), and useful for preventing and/or treating rejection in transplantation, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel benzene compounds presented by the following formulas, and analogs thereof, that exert an ACC activity-inhibiting effect that is effective in the treatment of obesity, hyperlipemia, fatty liver, hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, diabetes, diabetic complications (diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic macroangiopathy, hypertension, arteriosclerosis), hypertension, and arteriosclerosis.

Abstract: N-aryl arylsulfonamide derivatives are bradykinin B1 antagonists or inverse agonists useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for the synthesis of intermediates useful in the preparation of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to certain aryl alkyl sulfonamides and derivatives thereof which, inter alia, inhibit osteoclast survival, formation, and/or activity; and/or inhibit bone resorption, and more particularly to compounds of the formula: wherein: Ar1 is independently C5-20aryl (e.g., biphenyl, phenanthryl, fluorenyl, or carbazolyl, most preferably biphenyl), and is optionally substituted; RN is independently —H, acyl, C5-20aryl-C1-7alkyl, C3-20heterocyclyl, or C1-7alkyl, and is optionally substituted; Ralk is a C2-10alkylene group, and is optionally substituted; and Q is independently —H or an organic group having from 1 to 30 atoms selected from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine (e.g., an oxy-type group, an amine-type group, etc.); and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, amides, esters, ethers, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof.

Abstract: Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I), to a process for their manufacture, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in therapy, in particular their use in the prophylaxis and treatment of respiratory diseases

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing an optically pure compound having formula 1 or its salts. The method includes: reacting (R)-2-(4-methoxy-3-aminosulfonyl-phenyl)-1 -methylethylamine or its salts with a compound selected from the group consisting of chloroacetic acid, bromoacetic acid, fluoroacetic acid, iodoacetic acid, ?-halogenoacetic acid anhydride, and ?-halogenoacetyl halide in the presence of a base or an acylating agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for the manufacture of enantiomerically pure R-(+) or S-(+)-5-(2-amino-propyl)-2-methoxybenzene sulfonamide by resolution of (R,S)-5-(2-aminopropyl)-2-methoxybenzene sulfonamide with D-(?) or L-(+)-tartaric acid to form a mixture of diastereomeric salts, separating the diastereomeric salts by kinetic resolution in a mixture of solvent systems of the kind such as herein described, in the specified time and temperature range to provide said R-(?)-5-(2-aminopropyl)-2-methoxybenzene sulfonamide or S-(+)-5-(2-aminopropyl)-2-methoxybenzenesulfonamide with excellent chiral purity more than 99.9%.

Abstract: In the present invention, the process for the preparation of tamsulosin hydrochloride and subsequent purification with thermal crystallisation to provide essentially pure tamsulosin hydrochloride is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention refers to new indanyl sulphonamide compounds with general formula (I), as well as to their preparation procedure, their application as medicine and the pharmaceuticals composition which they are made up of. The new compounds of formula I show affinity for 5-HT6 receptors and are, therefore, effective for treating diseases mediated by these receptors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of sulfonamides which are aspartyl protease inhibitors. In one embodiment, this invention relates to a novel class of HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting HIV-1 and HIV-2 protease activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as anti-viral agents against the HIV-1 and HIV-2 viruses. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of HIV aspartyl protease using the compounds of this invention and methods for screening compounds for anti-HIV activity.

Abstract: The invention provides novel ?2 adrenergic receptor agonist compounds. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat diseases associated with ?2 adrenergic receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, p, q, Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using compounds of formula I.

Abstract: This invention relates an inhibitory modulator of AQP4 protein regarding its transmembrane water transport properties, wherein the modulator selectively binds to the AQP4 protein, and inhibits AQP4 mediated water transport.

Abstract: Methods for preparing substituted phenylsulfonamide compounds of the following structure are provided: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1-R7 are defined herein. Also provided are methods for preparing compounds of the following structure: wherein, R9, m, n, p, r, and s are defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention features calcilytic compounds. “Calcilytic compounds” refer to compounds able to inhibit calcium receptor activity. Also described are the use of calcilytic compounds to inhibit calcium receptor activity and/or achieve a beneficial effect in a patient; and techniques which can be used to obtain additional calcilytic compounds.

Abstract: A compound of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or hydrates or prodrugs thereof, wherein Formula (I) has the structure: is provided, wherein R1-R7 are defined herein. These compounds are useful in medicaments for treating a disease selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer's Disease, amyloid angiopathy, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, systemic amyloidosis, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis of the Dutch type, inclusion body myositis, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Down's syndrome, in a subject.

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds, their salts and compositions related thereto having activity against mammalian factor Xa are disclosed. The compounds are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: A process for preparing an optically active biaryl compound the formula (4): which comprises reacting an aromatic sulfonic acid ester compound of the formula (1): with an organic boron compound of the formula (2): at 70° C. or below in the presence of a nickel catalyst and a base. The biaryl compounds produced using this process possess a high optical purity and are useful as intermediates for medicaments, agrochemicals, etc.

Abstract: Processes for preparing sulfonamide trifluoroalkyl substituted alcohol compounds are provided. Desirably, the compounds are heterocyclic sulfonamide trifluoroalkyl substituted alcohol compounds or phenyl sulfonamide trifluoroalkyl substituted alcohol compounds.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein Ar is an aromatic ring assembly group which may be substituted or a fused aromatic group which may be substituted; X is (i) a bond, (ii) —S—, —SO— or —SO2—, (iii) C1-6 alkylene, C2-6 alkenylene or C2-6 alkynylene, etc.

Abstract: Compounds having the general formula I are useful for inhibiting serine protease enzymes, such as Tissue Factor VIIa, factor Xa, thrombin and kallikrein and have improved permeability properties.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula I: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein the variables RN, R1, R2, R3, RP and RC are defined herein. These compounds are useful in treating Alzheimer's disease and other similar diseases. These compounds include inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme that are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other diseases characterized by deposition of A beta peptide in a mammal. The compounds of the invention are useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment to reduce A beta peptide formation.