Plural Rings Containing Patents (Class 568/49)
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Patent number: 9200105Abstract: Provided are a naphthalene formaldehyde resin obtained by reacting a compound (A) represented by formula (1) and formaldehyde (B) in a molar ratio, (A):(B), of 1:1 to 1:20 in the presence of an acidic catalyst, and a deacetalized naphthalene formaldehyde resin and a modified naphthalene formaldehyde resin derived therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Naoya Uchiyama, Go Higashihara, Masatoshi Echigo
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Patent number: 8980124Abstract: Aromatic compounds having a perfluoroalkyl group and a gelling agent for gelling an organic liquid which is composed of any one of them. This gelling agent can gel many kinds of organic liquids by adding a small amount thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: National University Corporation Yamaguchi UniversityInventors: Hiroaki Okamoto, Yuki Morita
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Publication number: 20150034887Abstract: A novel photochromic compound which develops a color of a neutral tint (double peak characteristic) and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability. Like a compound represented by the following formula (20), the photochromic compound having a group (methylthio group in the following formula 20) which has a sulfur atom bonded to the 7-position carbon atom is a photochromic compound having high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinobu Izumi, Yasutomo Shimizu, Junji Momoda
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Publication number: 20140225050Abstract: A chromene compound which has a sulfur-containing substituent represented by the following formula (2) at the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom of an indeno (2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure and is excellent in photochromic properties and stability at a high temperature. (In the above formula, ring X is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group, haloalkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, heterocyclic group containing a ring member nitrogen atom and bonded to the ring X bonded thereto via the nitrogen atom, halogen atom, aryloxy group or aryl group, and “a” is an integer of 0 to 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Shinobu Izumi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
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Publication number: 20140154527Abstract: A chromene compound having a short fading half period, especially, a short fading half period even at a low temperature in a general-purpose polymer solid matrix. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1). wherein R1 is a hydroxyl group or the like, R2 and R3 are each an aryl group or the like, C* is a spiro carbon atom, a spiro ring A represented by the following formula is a saturated hydrocarbon ring having 4 to 12 ring member carbon atoms or the like, and at least one ring member carbon atom constituting the ring A is a group represented by the following formula (4), and X is a divalent group such as arylene group, wherein R7 and R8 are each a cycloalkyl group or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinobu Izumi, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Yusuke Daikoku, Mitsuyoshi Sando
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Publication number: 20140034884Abstract: A chromene compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has little initial coloration, high double peak characteristic and high color development sensitivity, rarely experiences the reduction of color optical density though it has high fading speed, is excellent in the durability of photochromic properties and can dissolve in a monomer composition which will become a substrate for optical articles in a high concentration, and a photochromic curable composition comprising the chromene compound and polymerizable monomers. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Shinobu Izumi
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Publication number: 20140030529Abstract: A chromene compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability and a photochromic curable composition comprising the chromene compound and polymerizable monomers. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1). (wherein R1 is an aryl group or heteroaryl group, and R2 is a sulfur-containing substituent selected from the group consisting of thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group and heteroarylthio group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Shinobu Izumi
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Publication number: 20130338390Abstract: A compound having the structure: wherein bond ? is present or absent, wherein when bond ? is absent, then R1 is ?O or S(CH2)1-3-phenyl and when bond ? is present, then R1 is H, wherein the phenyl is substituted or unsubstituted; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are independently H or OR11 wherein each occurrence of R11 is independently H, methyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, phosphate, sulfate, sulfonic ester, or ester; when ? is absent and R1 is ?O, then R10 is other than OH; and when ? is absent and R1 is S(CH2)1-3-phenyl, then R10 is other than OCH3, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkInventor: Scott Alan Snyder
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Patent number: 8530512Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods of using of the compounds as anti-infective and anthelminitc agents. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides the following compound of Formula III: wherein: R1 is not H when R2 is H and R2 is not H when R1 is H, further wherein R1 is OH or CH(2n+1)O, wherein n is 1-10; R2 is OH or CH(2n+1)O, where n is 1-10; W is alkyl, phenyl, halophenyl, pyridyl, piperidyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, including unsubstituted and substituted aromatic heterocycles; and L is an optional linker or linking group selected from O, S, NH, CF2, or CH2, and x=0 or 1, i.e., if x=0, no linking group is present and when x=0, W is not phenyl.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Inventors: Aaron P. Monte, M. Shahjahan Kabir, Marc A. Rott, William R. Schwan, James M. Cook, III, Jennifer A. Miskowski, Ranjit Verma, Leah Defoe
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Publication number: 20120130117Abstract: Disclosed is a photo-acid generator having high developing properties, a cationic polymerization initiator having high curing properties, and a resist composition and a cationically polymerizable composition containing the photo-acid generator and the cationic polymerization initiator, respectively. Specifically, disclosed is an aromatic sulfonium salt compound of general formula (I) and a photo-acid generator, a cationic polymerization initiator, a resist composition, and a cationically polymerizable composition containing the compound. In formula (I), R1 to R19 are each hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, optionally hydroxyl-substituted C1-C18 alkyl, optionally hydroxyl-substituted C1-C18 alkoxy, optionally hydroxyl-substituted C1-C18 thioalkoxy, etc.; An? is a monovalent anion; at least one of R1 to R19 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, hydroxyl-substituted C1-C12 ester group, hydroxyl-substituted C1-C18 alkoxy, and hydroxyl-substituted C1-C18 thioalkoxy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshie Makabe, Yuta Okuyama
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Publication number: 20120121934Abstract: A photochromic chromene compound which develops a color of a neutral tint, has high color optical density, a high fading speed and high durability, and has an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure represented by the following formula as the basic skeleton, wherein a sulfur-containing substituent selected from thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group and heteroarylthio group is bonded to the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi
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Publication number: 20110207967Abstract: Using a combination of Kumada, Suzuki and Biellmann chemistry, various menaquinones can synthesised rapidly and with stereochemical integrity offering a new way of preparing these vitamin K2 components for the pharmaceutical market. In one embodiment a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) is defined including a step in which (i) a compound of formula (II) is reacted formula (III) wherein R is an alkyl group; LG is a leaving group; m is an integer from 0 to 8; n is an integer of from 0 to 9; and X is hydrogen, halide, hydroxyl or protected hydroxyl; in the presence of a copper, nickel or palladium catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Lars Skattebol, Inger Aukrust, Marcel Sandberg
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Publication number: 20110195194Abstract: A UV radiation curable composition includes a cationic photoinitiator according to Formula (I) or (II): wherein R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of an aryl group and a heteroaryl group, with the proviso that R1, R2 and R3 are each substituted by at least one substituent including at least one cationically polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of an alkenyl ether, an epoxide and an oxetane; and P and Q independently represent the necessary atoms to form a substituted or unsubstituted 5 or 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, with the proviso that at least one of P, Q and L is substituted by at least one substituent including at least one cationically polymerizable group, selected from the group consisting of an alkenyl ether, an epoxide and an oxetane; and L represents a group selected from the group consisting of a direct bond, O, S, SO, SO2, CR5R6, C(?O), S(?O), C(NR8) and NR7.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2009Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NVInventor: Johan Loccufier
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Publication number: 20110092578Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods of using of the compounds as anti-infective and anthelminitc agents. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides the following compound of Formula III: wherein: R1 is not H when R2 is H and R2 is not H when R1 is H, further wherein R1 is OH or CH(2n+1)O, wherein n is 1-10; R2 is OH or CH(2n+1)O, where n is 1-10; W is alkyl, phenyl, halophenyl, pyridyl, piperidyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, including unsubstituted and substituted aromatic heterocycles; and L is an optional linker or linking group selected from O, S, NH, CF2, or CH2, and x=0 or 1, i.e., if x=0, no linking group is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Aaron P. Monte, M. Shahjahan Kabir, Marc A. Rott, William R. Schwan, James M. Cook, III, Jennifer A. Miskowski
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Publication number: 20110065196Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming an ion of formula (I) comprising the steps of: (i) reacting a compound of the formula (IIa); with a biopolymer, BP, having at least one group capable of reacting with M to form a covalent linkage, to provide a biopolymer derivative of the formula (IIIa); and (ii) cleaving the C—X bond between X and the ?-carbon atom of the derivative of formula (IIIa) to form the ion of formula (I); where: (IV) is a carbon atom bearing a single positive charge or a single negative charge; and X is a group comprising a thioether sulphur atom bound directly to the ?-carbon which is capable of being cleaved from the ?-carbon atom to form an ion of formula (I). The biopolymer derivatives of the invention have enhanced ionisability with respect to free biopolymer (BP) enabling improved analysis of the biopolymer using mass spectrometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2006Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Mikhail Shchepinov, Pablo Bernad
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Publication number: 20100247462Abstract: Processes for synthesizing resveratrol-based oligomers are provided. In addition, resveratrol-based oligomer compounds free of plant extract are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Scott Alan Snyder, Steven P. Breazzano, Audrey G. Ross, Yunqing Lin, Alexandros L. Zografos
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Publication number: 20100087563Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), wherein L1, L2, L3 and L4 independently of one another are hydrogen or an organic substituent; R is for example C1-C20alkyl, C5-C12cycloalkyl, C2-C20alkenyl, substituted C1-C20alkyl; X is O, S, NRa or NCORa; Ra is for example hydrogen or C1-C20alkyl; and Y is an inorganic or organic anion; are suitable as photolatent acid generators.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2007Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Pascal Hayoz, Jean-Luc Birbaum, Stephan Ilg
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Patent number: 7642368Abstract: A method for producing a triarylsulfonium salt having a structure that only one of the three arobatic rings of the three aromatic rings on the cationic portion is different from the other two aromatic groups, and which is useful, for example, as an acid-generating agent for a resist or a photo cationic polymerization initiator, by reacting a diaryl sulfoxide and an aryl Grignard reagent RMgX??[2] in the presence of an activator with high affinity for oxygen of 3 to 7.5 equivalents relative to the above diaryl sulfoxide, and then reacting the resultant reaction mixture with a strong acid HA1??[3].Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Motoshige Sumino, Kazuhito Fukasawa, Shigeaki Imazeki, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20090090891Abstract: Aromatic compounds having a perfluoroalkyl group and a gelling agent for gelling an organic liquid which is composed of any one of them. This gelling agent can gel many kinds of organic liquids by adding a small amount thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Hiroaki Okamoto, Yuki Morita
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Publication number: 20080138635Abstract: There is provided a conjugated molecule that is useful as a conductive path in an electronic device. The conjugated molecule includes at least one p/n junction so as to provide a direction to electron flow and one end alligator clip group which allows for self-orientation of the molecule during assembly in a device, resulting in an asymmetric structure of the molecule. The conjugated molecule may be used in diodes, molecular switches, transistors, and in the manufacture of memory devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2005Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Zhikuan Chen, Chun Huang, Jianshu Yang, Sean O'Shea, Kian Ping Loh
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Patent number: 7375252Abstract: This invention is in the area of methods and compositions for the inhibition of the expression of VCAM-1 and, in particular, for the treatment of diseases mediated by VCAM-1, including cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: AtheroGenics, Inc.Inventor: Charles Q. Meng
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Publication number: 20080108823Abstract: Disclosed is an efficient and widely-applicable method for commercially producing a thioether compound or a thiol compound which is useful as a pharmaceutical compound or a production intermediate of it. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a thioether compound represented by the general formula [I] below or a salt thereof. This method is characterized in that a compound represented by the following general formula [III]:[III] (wherein X represents a bromine atom, a chlorine atom or a trifluoromethylsulfonyloxy group, and ring A represents an aryl group or a heteroaryl ring group) or a salt thereof is reacted with a thiol compound represented by the following general formula [II]:[II] or a salt thereof in the presence of a palladium compound such as Pd2(dba)3, a base such as i-Pr2NEt and a phosphorus compound represented by the following formula [AA].Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2005Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Takahiro Itoh, Toshiaki Mase, Atsushi Akao
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Patent number: 7217841Abstract: Elastomers which have excellent stability to prevent oxidative, thermal, dynamic, light-induced and/or ozone-induced degradation comprise, as stabilizers, at least one compound of the formula I [R—S(?O)m—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2]n—N(R1)2-n—R2, ??(I) in which R is C4–C20alkyl, hydroxyl-substituted C4–C20alkyl; phenyl, benzyl, ?-methylbenzyl, ?,?-dimethylbenzyl, cyclohexyl or —(CH2)qCOOR3, and, if m is 0, R may additionally be and, if n is 1 and R4 is hydrogen, R may additionally be R2—R1N—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—S(?O)m—(CH2)x— or R2—R1N—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—S(?O)m—CH2—CH2—(O—CH2—CH2)y—, R1 is hydrogen, cyclohexyl or C3–C12alkyl, R2 is R3 is C1-C18alkyl, R4 is hydrogen or —CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—S(?O)m—R, X is C1–C8alkyl, Y is C1–C8alkyl, m is 0 or 1, n is 1 or 2, q is 1 or 2, x is from 2 to 6, and y is 1 or 2. The compounds of the formula I are also suitable as stabilizers for elastomers to prevent contact discoloration of substrates coming into contact with elastomers.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2004Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Hans-Rudolf Meier, Gerrit Knobloch, Samuel Evans
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Patent number: 6479519Abstract: The invention is directed to physiologically active compounds of formula (I): wherein: R1 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; X1, X2 and X6 independently represent N or CR10; and one of X3, X4 and X5 represents CR11 and the others independently represents N or CR10; where R10 is hydrogen, amino, halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio, lower alkylsulphinyl, lower alkylsulphonyl, nitro or trifluoromethyl; and R11 represents a group —L1—Ar1—L2—Y; and the corresponding N-oxides, and their prodrugs; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of such compounds and their N-oxides and prodrugs. Such compounds have valuable pharmaceutical properties, in particular the ability to regulate the interaction of VCAM-1 and fibronectin with the integrin VLA-4 (&agr;4&bgr;1).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Aventis Pharma LimitedInventors: Peter Charles Astles, David Edward Clark, Alan John Collis, Paul Joseph Cox, Paul Robert Eastwood, Neil Victor Harris, Justine Yeun Quai Lai, Andrew David Morley, Barry Porter
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Method for making unsymmetrically substituted fluorenyl compounds for nonlinear optical applications
Patent number: 6379590Abstract: A new method for producing unsymmetrically substituted fluorenyl compounds, one step of which is the preparation of 2,7-disubstituted fluoren-9-one derivatives via the nucleophilic substitution of a compound of the formula D wherein A′ is selected from the group consisting of —Br, —Cl, —F, —NO2, and —CN; A is selected from the group consisting of —NO2, —CN, —CO2R, —C(O)R, —SO2R, —SO2RF, —C(CN)═C(CN)2 and —CH═C(CN)2; RF is —CpF2p+1, p=from about 0 to about 10; R is an straight, branched or cyclic aliphatic alkyl group having about 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aromatic group such as phenyl or naphthyl; and is a carbonyl or a protected carbonyl such as a ketal or thio-ketal such as wherein R′ is —CrH2r+1; R″ is —(CH2)r—; and r is independently 2 or 3, with a nucleophilic reagent in the presence of an aprotic solventType: GrantFiled: December 2, 1994Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.Inventors: Chengjiu Wu, Jianhui Shan -
Patent number: 6080587Abstract: Methods for rapidly generating large rationally designed libraries of structurally-diverse small molecular weight compounds using a multicombinatorial approach.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1998Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Michael Raymond Pavia, Harold Vernon Meyers
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Patent number: 6072054Abstract: Cyclic aryl ethers, thioethers or amines, and methods for synthesis are disclosed. These cyclic aryl compounds are synthesized by combining a first dinucleophile with a substituted benzene metallized electron-withdrawing complex, having halo or nitro substituen groups, to form a linear bimetallized aryl compound. The linear bimetallized aryl compound is then reacted with a second dinucleophile to form a cyclic bimetallized aryl compound. The metallized electron-withdrawing moieties are then removed from said cyclic bimetallized aryl compound by photolytic demetallation to form a cyclic aryl compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: X.sub.1 and X.sub.3 are the same or different and each is a alkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocyclic or aromatic group having up to 6 conjugated rings, optionally substituted;X.sub.2 is benzenen.sub.1 and n.sub.3 are the same or different and each is O, S or N; andn.sub.4 is H or lower alkyl.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1999Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: University of WinnipegInventors: Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Christine R. de Denus, Leslie J. May
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Patent number: 6040274Abstract: 2- Aroylcyclohexanediones I ##STR1## where X, Y=O or S;Ar=phenyl or heteroaryl in each case having 1-4 substituents: halogen, cyano, nitro, --N.dbd.N--Ph, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, --N(R.sup.9)--COR.sup.10, --N(R.sup.9)--SO.sub.2 --R.sup.11, --SO.sub.2 --N(R.sup.9)R.sup.10, --S(O).sub.m --R.sup.8 or opt. subst. C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy;two adjacent C atoms of the phenyl or heteroaryl ring can also be bridged by means of a chain --C(R.sup.12).dbd.C(R.sup.13)--C(R.sup.14).dbd.C(R.sup.15)--, --Z.sup.1 --C(R.sup.12).dbd.N--, --Z.sup.1 --N.dbd.C(R.sup.12)--, --Z.sub.1 --C(R.sup.12).dbd.C(R.sup.13)--, --Z.sup.1 --C(R.sup.12).dbd.C(R.sup.13)--C(R.sup.14,R.sup.15)--, --Z.sup.1 --C (R.sup.12,R.sup.13)--C(R.sup.14,R.sup.15)--, --Z.sup.1 --C(R.sup.12,R.sup.13)--C(R.sup.14 R.sup.15)--Z.sup.2 --, --C(R.sup.12,R.sup.13)--Z.sup.1 --C(R.sup.14,R.sup.15)--C(R.sup.16,R.sup.17)--, --Z.sup.1 --N(R.sup.20)--Z.sup.2 --, --Z.sup.1 --Z.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1997Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jurgen Kast, Marcus Vossen, Wolfgang von Deyn, Stefan Engel, Regina Luise Hill, Uwe Kardorff, Martina Otten, Peter Plath, Helmut Walter, Karl-Otto Westphalen, Ulf Misslitz
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Patent number: 5998667Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted biphenyloxazolines of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -halogenoalkylthio andR.sup.2 represents hydrogen, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a halogen-substituted 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring,X represents hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1998Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reinhard Lantzsch, Albrecht Marhold, Christoph Erdelen
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Patent number: 5945561Abstract: Certain novel substituted (5,6)-dihydroanthracenyl compounds of the general formula ##STR1## wherein A, n, p, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are as defined in the specification exhibit retinoid-like properties and are particularly useful in the prevention of post-surgical adhesions.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: John E. Starrett, Jr., Kenneth M. Tramposch, Xina Nair, Peter R. Reczek, Anna Ericsson, Anne Marinier, Alain Martel, Fred C. Zusi
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Patent number: 5840724Abstract: This invention is directed to the pharmaceutical use of phenyl compounds, which are linked to an aryl moiety by various linkages, for inhibiting tumor necrosis factor. The invention is also directed to the compounds, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. Furthermore, this invention is directed to the pharmaceutical use of the compounds for inhibiting cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1997Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer LimitedInventors: Garry Fenton, Andrew David Morley, Malcolm Norman Palfreyman, Andrew James Ratcliffe, Brian William Sharp, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Sukanthini Thurairatnam, Bernard Yvon Jack Vacher
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Patent number: 5824824Abstract: The invention provides a novel sulfonium salt having at least one acid labile group attached to a phenyl group in a molecule and a C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkylsulfonate or arylsulfonate anion whose alkyl or aryl has as a substituent an electron withdrawing group such as fluorine and nitro group. The novel sulfonium salt is effective for increasing the dissolution contrast between exposed and unexposed areas. Upon exposure, it generates a substituted alkyl or arylsulfonic acid which is a weak acid, minimizing the influence of side reaction and deactivation during PEB step. The sulfonium salt is useful in a chemically amplified positive resist composition which lends itself to fine patterning and features high resolution.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1996Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignees: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.Inventors: Yoichi Osawa, Satoshi Watanabe, Kaysuya Takemura, Shigehiro Nagura, Akinobu Tanaka, Yoshio Kawai
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Patent number: 5679696Abstract: This invention is directed to the pharmaceutical use of phenyl compounds, which are linked to an aryl moiety by various linkages, for inhibiting tumor necrosis factor. The invention is also directed to the compounds, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. Furthermore, this invention is directed to the pharmaceutical use of the compounds for inhibiting cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer LimitedInventors: Garry Fenton, Andrew David Morley, Malcolm Norman Palfreyman, Andrew James Ratcliffe, Brian William Sharp, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Sukanthini Thurairatnam, Bernard Yvon Jack Vacher
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Patent number: 5639887Abstract: Compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are herein described, A is a straight or branched (C.sub.2 -C.sub.12)alkyl or a phenyl moiety and B is a moiety of the formula: ##STR2## The compounds are effective in potentiating the activity of chemotherapeutic anti-cancer agents by increasing the sensitivity of multi-drug resistant cells to such chemotherapeutic agents.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1995Date of Patent: June 17, 1997Assignee: American Cyanamid CompanyInventors: Dennis Powell, Rolf Paul, William A. Hallett, Dan M. Berger, Minu D. Dutia
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Patent number: 5633409Abstract: Trifluoromethanesulfonic and p-toluenesulfonic acid bis- or tris(p-tert-butoxyphenyl)sulfonium salts are novel. They are prepared from bis(p-tert-butoxyphenyl)sulfoxide which is also novel. A chemically amplified positive resist composition which contains the sulfonium salt as a photo-acid generator is highly sensitive to deep-UV rays, electron beams and X-rays, can be developed with alkaline aqueous solution to form a pattern, and is thus suitable for use in a fine patterning technique.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1995Date of Patent: May 27, 1997Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Youichi Ohsawa, Toshinobu Ishihara, Kazumasa Maruyama, Yoshihumi Takeda, Junji Shimada, Fujio Yagihashi, Katsuya Takemura
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Patent number: 5520709Abstract: Alkyl ethers of sulfur containing hydroxyl-derived aromatics have been found to be effective as high-performance synthetic lubricant base stocks with superior catalytic thermal/oxidative stabilities, excellent antiwear and load-carrying properties, as exemplified by bisphenol sulfide (BPS) based products. These ethers are also highly useful in fuel compositions.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1994Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Liwen Wei, Andrew G. Horodysky, Andrew Jeng, Ross A. Kremer
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Patent number: 5476860Abstract: Diaromatic compounds, characterized in that they correspond to the following general formula: ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 is --CH.sub.3, --CH.sub.2 OH, --COR.sub.8 or --CH.sub.2 OCOR.sub.9, R.sub.8 is H, OH, --OR.sub.10, --N(rr') or alkyl, R.sub.10 is alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl, r and r' being H, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, etc., r and r' together form a heterocycle, R.sub.9 is alkyl, alkenyl or a sugar residue, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are --OR.sub.11 or --OCOR.sub.11, R.sub.11 is H, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, R.sub.3 in addition being H, R.sub.4 is H, OH, alkyl, alkoxy, F, Cl or --CF.sub.3, R.sub.5 and R.sub.7 are H, OH, alkoxy, .alpha.-substituted alkyl or .alpha.,.alpha.'-disubstituted alkyl, etc., R.sub.6 is H, OH, alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, etc., R.sub.5 and R.sub.7 cannot simultaneously be OH or alkoxy and R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 cannot simultaneously be H, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 or R.sub.6 and R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1993Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: Centre International de Recherches Dermatologiques (CIRD Galderma)Inventor: Jean-Michel Bernardon
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Patent number: 5426232Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or phenyl or benzyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by F, Cl, Br, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy or di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl)amino.The compounds are suitable as .pi.-acceptors and electrical semiconductors, and they can be used for antistatic finishing of objects.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1993Date of Patent: June 20, 1995Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventor: John Zambounis
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Patent number: 5395766Abstract: The present invention provides an optically active trans-2-aryl-1-cyclohexanol derivative represented by the following general formula (I). ##STR1## The compounds can be obtained by transesterifiation reaction of the following compound (II) as a starting material with lipase. ##STR2## The optically active trans-2-aryl-1-cyclohexanol derivative can be used as an asymmetric source of asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction or a starting material of physiological active materials.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1992Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki Koizumi, Naoyuki Yoshida, Teruyo Sugiura, Kazutoshi Miyazawa
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Patent number: 5362915Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is --CH.sub.3 or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 fluorines;X is O or S(O).sub.s where s=0 to 2;R.sub.2 is C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 cyclic alkyl, optionally substituted by one to three methyl groups or one ethyl group; --CH.sub.2 -cyclopentyl, --CH.sub.2 -cyclopropyl, 3-tetrahydrofuranyl, C.sub.1-7 alkyl, CH.sub.3 or CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 substituted by one to three fluorines;--(CH.sub.2).sub.n COO(CH.sub.2).sub.g CH.sub.3, or (CH.sub.2).sub.n O(CH.sub.2).sub.g CH.sub.3, wherein n is 2 to 4 and g is 0 to 2;R.sub.3 represents a moiety of formula (a); ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each represent hydrogen or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 together represent a bond;B represents >C.dbd.O, >C.dbd.S or >CH--R.sub.6 wherein R.sub.6 represents H, OH, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy or C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1992Date of Patent: November 8, 1994Assignees: SmithKline Beecham Pharma GmbH, SmithKline Beecham CorporationInventors: Harald Maschler, Siegfried B. Christensen, IV
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Patent number: 5354511Abstract: Compounds having non-linear optical activity of the general formula ##STR1## wherein D and A are electron donor and acceptor groups, respectively, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are aromatic bridging groups, X and Y are preferably groups capable of partaking in polymerization reactions are suitable for use in polymer-based light modulator devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1992Date of Patent: October 11, 1994Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.Inventors: Chengjiu Wu, Jianhui Shan, Ajay Nahata
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Patent number: 5302757Abstract: A composition of matter including an onium salt and a method of forming images. The onium salt has a chromophore which absorbs ultraviolet radiation, an S, Se, As, N or P atom which is free of substituents exhibiting a higher energy occupied molecular orbital than the chromophore; an insulating group which links the chromophore to the S, Se, As, N or P atom of the salt and substantially prevents .pi. resonance from the chromophore through the S, Se, As, N or P atom; and an anion. The onium salt is capable of forming a Bronsted acid upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation in the presence of a proton source. In the method of forming images, the onium salt is exposed to ultraviolet radiation in the presence of a proton source, to convert said onium salt to a Bronsted acid.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1992Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Franklin D. Saeva
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Patent number: 5288742Abstract: The invention concerns .alpha.,.alpha.-dialkylbenzyl derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 is phenyl or naphthyl, or a 10-membered bicyclic heterocyclic moiety containing one or two nitrogen heteroatoms and optionally containing a further heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur;A.sup.1 is a direct link to X.sup.1 or is (1-3C)alkylene;X.sup.1 is oxy, thio, sulphinyl or sulphonyl;the phenylene group may optionally bear one or two substituents R.sup.3 ;each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, is (1-4C)alkyl, (2-4C)alkenyl, (2-4C)alkynyl, fluoro-(1-4C)alkyl, phenyl or phenyl-(1-4C)alkyl, provided that both of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not methyl or fluoromethyl; andQ is cyano, amino, nitro, formyl, (1-4C)alkoxy, thiazolyl or (2-4C)alkanoyl;or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof;processes for their manufacture; pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1992Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignees: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, ICI PharmaInventors: Philip N. Edwards, David Waterson
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Patent number: 5225606Abstract: This invention relates to the alk-1-enyl ether reaction product of a hydroxylated compound and an alk-1-enyloxy oxirane containing from 0 to 95% alkyl epoxide.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1991Date of Patent: July 6, 1993Assignee: Isp Investments Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey S. Plotkin, Kolazi S. Narayanan, Paul D. Taylor
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Patent number: 5225472Abstract: A method and composition for decreasing the viscosity of mercaptan terminated polymers. The method involves adding thiol terminated trithio-orthoformate polycondensates to the mercaptan terminated polymer to achieve desired decreases in viscosities without adversely affecting other physical properties. The polycondensates have the formula(HS--R--S--).sub.2 CH--S--R'--S[--CH(--S--R"--S).sub.2 --].sub.n (H).sub.xwherein R, R', and R" are alkylene, arylene, alkylene thioether, or alkylene ether, either the same or different; n is 0-10; and x is n+1.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1992Date of Patent: July 6, 1993Assignee: Courtaulds Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Randy Cameron, Jonathan Zook
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Patent number: 5225601Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure: Diphenylheteroalkyl derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where A and R.sup.1 -R.sup.6 have the meanings specified in the description, and the preparation thereof are described.The substances are suitable for controlling diseases and as cosmetic agents.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1991Date of Patent: July 6, 1993Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bernd Janssen, Hans-Heiner Wuest
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Patent number: 5220037Abstract: Novel sulfonium salts useful as photoinitiators for cationic polymerization and for producing relief patterns and relief images have the general formula (I) ##STR1## where A.sup..crclbar. is a non-nucleophilic counterion,x is 1, 2 or 3,R is a hydrocarbon radicalR' is arylene or substituted arylene, andR" is ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each alkyl or monohalogenated or polyhalogenated alkyl orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or alkyl, and R.sup.3 is phenyl, alkenyl or cycloalkenyl, orR.sup.1 is hydrogen, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 form ethylenically unsaturated ring, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, and R.sup.3 is alkoxy orR.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each alkoxy, aryloxy or substituted aryloxy.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1992Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Reinhold Schwalm, Andreas Boettcher
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Patent number: 5214070Abstract: The invention concerns a diaryl ether cycloalkane of the formula I, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 is optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl; X.sup.1 is oxy, thio, sulphinyl or sulphonyl;Ar.sup.2 is optionally substituted phenylene, or a 6-membered heterocyclene moiety containing up to three nitrogen atoms;R.sup.1 is (1-6C)alkyl, (3-6C)alkenyl, (3-6C)alkynyl, cyano-(1-4C)alkyl or (2-4C)alkanoyl, or optionally substituted benzoyl; andR.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together form a (3-6C)alkylene group which defines an optionally substituted ring having 4 to 7 ring atoms.The invention also concerns processes for the manufacture of a diaryl ether cycloalkane of the formula I, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing said cycloalkane. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1991Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignees: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, ICI PharmaInventors: Thomas G. C. Bird, Philip N. Edwards
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Patent number: 5214069Abstract: The invention concerns a compound of the formula I, ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 is optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl;A.sup.1 is (1-6C)alkylene, (3-6C)alkenylene, (3-6C)alkynylene or cyclo(3-6C)alkylene;Ar.sup.2 is optionally substituted phenylene, or a 6 membered heterocyclene moiety containing up to three nitrogen atoms;R.sup.1 is hydrogen, (1-6C)alkyl, (3-6C)alkenyl, (3-6C)alkynyl, cyano-(1-4C)alkyl or (2-4C)alkanoyl, or optionally substituted benzoyl; wherein R.sup.2 is hydrogen, (1-6C)alkyl, (2-6C)alkenyl, (2-6C)alkynyl or substituted (1-4C)alkyl; and whereinR.sup.3 is hydroxy-(1-4C)alkyl, mercapto-(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy-(1-4C)alkyl, (3-4C)alkenyloxy-(1-4C)alkyl, (3-4C)alkynyloxy-(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy-(2-4C)alkoxy-(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkylthio-(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkylsulphinyl-(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkylsulphonyl-(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxycarbonyl-(1-4C)alkyl, (2-4C)alkanoyl-(1-4C)alkyl, (2-4C)alkanoyloxy-(1-4C)alkyl or cyano-(1-4C)alkyl; or R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1992Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignees: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, ICI PharmaInventor: Jean-Marc M. M. Girodeau
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Patent number: 5152826Abstract: An herbicide compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxy, nitro; cyano; C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 haloalkyl, or R.sup.a SO.sub.n -- wherein n is 0 or 2 and R.sup.a is C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl;R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are alkylene having 2 to 5 carbon atoms;R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; orR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together are oxo;R.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.6 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; orR.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together are alkylene having 2 to 5 carbon atoms;R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently are (1) hydrogen; (2) halogen; (3) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (4) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; (5) trifluoromethoxy; (6) cyano; (7) nitro; (8) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl; (9) R.sup.b SO.sub.n --wherein n is the integer 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.b is (a) C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; (b) C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1991Date of Patent: October 6, 1992Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventor: Christopher G. Knudsen