Abstract: The disclosure relates to BAX activators and therapeutic uses relates thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer, such as lung cancer, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound disclosed herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salt to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cross-coupling product of a benzenoid dizonium salt according to the general formula (I), wherein the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, acetyl, and/or diazo groups independently of each, and X represents BF4, Cl, F, SO3CH3, CO2CH3, PF6, ClO2CH3, or CIO4, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a benzenoid amide, which with the exception of the diazo function has the same substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 as the benzenoid diazonium salt of the general formula (I), and hydrolytically cleaving the amide to form an amine or providing a corresponding amine, (b) diazotizing the amine thus obtained or provided with a nitrite, and (c) subsequently reacting the benzenoid diazonium salt with a coupling partner in the presence of a catalyst to form a cross-coupling product, wherein the coupling parter is represented by the general formula (II), R6, R7, and R8 are the same or

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tetralin ER-? agonist compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and use of these compounds to treat a ER-? mediated disease such as nocturia, obstructive uropathy, benign prostatic hypertrophy, obesity, dementia, hypertension, incontinence, colon cancer, prostate cancer, infertility, depression, leukemia, inflammatory bowel disease, and arthritis.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides non-naturally occurring polyphenol compounds that upregulate the expression of Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I). The disclosed compositions and methods can be used for treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and related disease states, including cholesterol or lipid related disorders, such as, e.g., atherosclerosis.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of e.g. the formulas (Ie) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which is useful in a medicine wherein the symbols and substituents have the following meaning—X— is e.g. and Y is e.g. or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters or amides and prodrugs of the above identified compounds can be applied to modulate the in-vitro and in-vivo binding processes mediated by E-, P- or L-selectin binding.

Abstract: The present invention describes processes for the preparation of O-desmethylvenlafaxine and the intermediates cyclohexylbenzylcyanide and tridesmethylvenlafaxine, which may be used as intermediates in preparing O-desmethylvenlafaxine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a series of easily processable poly(ether-imide)s that are organic-soluble and afford low dielectric constants of films, their organic solutions and their manufacturing process. The poly(ether-imide)s is prepared from a dianhydride and a diamine, wherein the diamine is a diamine having tert-butyl group, i.e. 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-(4-aminopheny)-1-(4-aminophenoxy)benzene the present invention is also direction to synthesis of this special diamine.

Abstract: A process for forming a resist pattern comprises the steps of applying on a substrate to form a photosensitive resist layer a photosensitive composition comprising at least one photosensitive compound having, in the molecule, two or more structural units represented by C6R2-6—CHR1—OR7 or C6R2-6—CHR1—COOR7 where R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, at least one of R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is a nitro group, and others are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl, an alkoxy, a phenyl, a naphthyl, and an alkyl in which a part or the entire of hydrogen atoms are substituted by a fluorine atom, and R7 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene or naphthylene group dissolved in an organic solvent, irradiating the resist layer selectively with a radiation ray, and developing a portion irradiated by the ray to form a pattern of the resist layer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel cyclohexyl derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and diseases mediated by an estrogen receptor.

Abstract: A spirofluorenol such as 3?,9?-dimethoxy-5?-hydroxyspiro[(1H-cyclopent[d,e,f]phenanthrene)-1,7?-benzo[c]fluorene] is produced by protecting a hydroxyl group bonded to a particular fluorenone compound such as 3,9-dimethoxy-5-hydroxybenzo[c]fluorene-7-one with “a substituted silyl group in which the sum of carbon atoms of substituents bonded to a silicon atom is 5 to 12”, such as a t-butyldimethylsilyl group, then, reacting the fluorenone compound with a particular organometal compound such as 1-lithiophenanthrene so as to be transformed into a spiro form and, then, removing the protection therefrom. This method makes it possible to efficiently produce the spirofluorenol which is useful as a starting material for producing photochromic compounds.

Abstract: This invention provides estrogen receptor modulators of formula I, having the structure 1

Abstract: A novel method is described for producing 3,3-diarylpropylamines by hyroformylation/hydrocarbonylation and then reductive amination using a transition metal catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a bis(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl) compounds, characterized by nitrating a bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) compound wherein two phenyl groups are bonded to each other directly or through an electron-donating bridging group, sulfoxide group, sulfone group or carbonyl group in an inert solvent using nitric acid under the condition of substantially free from any other acid. According to the process, the target compounds reduced in the content of trinitrates can be produced in high yield and further recrystallizing the compound easily gives in high yield a high-purity products suitable for use as a raw material of producing a heat-resistant polymer and so on because the content of a trinitro-substitued compound in that compound is low.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a bis(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl) compounds, characterized by nitrating a bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) compound wherein two phenyl groups are bonded to each other directly or through an electron-donating bridging group, sulfoxide group, sulfone group or carbonyl group in an inert solvent using nitric acid under the condition of substantially free from any other acid. According to the process, the target compounds reduced in the content of trinitrates can be produced in high yield and further recrystallizing the compound easily gives in high yield a high-purity products suitable for use as a raw material of producing a heat-resistant polymer and so on because the content of a trinitro-substitued compound in that compound is low.

Abstract: A process is provided for preparing 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobiphenyl from 4-hydroxy-biphenyl by nitrating in the position adjacent to the phenolic hydroxyl group in high selectivity and yield, and the nitric acid used as the nitrating reagent is metered into the reaction system in a specific manner.

Abstract: Chelating agents (chelants) of the general structure: wherein: n=2-4 X=—CR1R2—, or whereby at least two of X are of formula III Y=COOH, —PO3H2 or o-hydroxyphenyl R1, R2 and R3 are independently H or C1-C8 alkyls m=1, 2 or 3 and most preferably m=1 Z and Z1 are unsubstituted or substituted C C*=C or CH or N Z1, Z2, Z′1, and Z′2 are independently selected from H (or nothing for Z2 and Z′2 if C* is N) and C1-C10 groups that optionally contain one or more N atoms (optionally attached directly to C*), whereby one of the pairs Z/Z1, Z/Z2 and Z1/Z2 and one of the pairs Z′/Z′1, Z′1/Z′2 and Z′/Z′2 may be connected to form substituted or unsubstituted (hetero)(poly)cyclic structures of less than 20 atoms. C* is either part of an aromatic (hetero)(poly)cyclic structure or linked by a double bond to Z or Z2 and/or Z′ or Z′2.

Abstract: A method of imparting a water repellent surface to a hydrophilic substrate which comprises contacting the substrate with a solution or dispersion of a suitable calixarene in a liquid medium.

Abstract: Provided is a composition which contains a mono- or bis-benzotriazole compound, an N-oxide thereof, or a mixture of at least two of the preceding compounds. Representative bis-benzotriazole compounds include 3,3′-bis-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-5,5′-di-tert-octyl-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diols. Representative mono-benzotriazole compounds include 3-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-5,5′-di-tert-octyl-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diols. These mono- and bis-benzotriazole compounds are useful as stabilizers of degradable polymers against the degradative action of ultraviolet light. Also provided is a method of making these benzotriazole compounds by oxidative dimerization of the corresponding monomeric benzotriazole or by reductive cyclization of the corresponding azo- compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to new antiestrogens of the general formula ##STR1## in which the substituents have the meanings that are explained in more detail in the description.The new compounds are a) pure antiestrogens or b) antiestrogens with partial estrogenic action (tissue-selective estrogens).Based on these properties, the new compounds are suitable for the production of pharmaceutical agents: in the case of a), for example, for the treatment of breast cancer; in the case of b), for example, for hormone replacement therapy.

Abstract: The family of dyes of the invention are fluoresceins and rhodols that are directly substituted on one or more aromatic carbons by fluorine. These fluorine-substituted fluorescent dyes possess greater photostability and have lower sensitivity to pH changes in the physiological range of 6-8 than do non-fluorinated dyes, exhibit less quenching when conjugated to a substance, and possess additional advantages. The dyes of the invention are useful as detectable tracers and for preparing conjugates of organic and inorganic substances.

Abstract: A stilbene compound is disclosed which has the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each stand for hydrogen, an alkyl group or an acyl group and Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 each stand for a monovalent homocyclic aromatic group. The stilbene compound may be incorporated into a photoconducting layer of an electrophotographic photoconductor as a charge transporting material. A process for the production of the stilbene compound is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of producing compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is selected from --OH, --SH, and --NHR.sub.7 ; and the other of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is selected from H, --OH, --SH, --NHR.sub.7, and R.sub.8 ; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently selected from R.sub.8 ; n and m are each independently 3; and each R.sub.5 and each R.sub.6 is independently selected from --OH, --SH, --NHR.sub.7, and R.sub.8 ; and R.sub.8 is as detailed in the specification;in enantiomerically enriched form, comprising reducing a compound of formula II ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.6 are defined as in formula I, in the presence of B-haloisopinocampheylborane.

Abstract: A biphenyl compound having the formula (I) is newly separated into its optical active compound, and useful as an optically separating agent: ##STR1## wherein W, X and Y are each an atom or atomic group selected from among H, F, Cl, Br, I, CH.sub.3, CF.sub.3, OH, OCH.sub.3, NH.sub.2 and N(CH.sub.3).sub.2 and Z is an atom or atomic group selected from among Cl, Br, I, CH.sub.3 and OCH.sub.

Abstract: Biaryl derivatives are produced by coupling an aryl halide in an aqueous alkaline solution in the presence of a palladium catalyst, using formic hydrazide as the reducing agent.

Abstract: Aromatic compounds, such as benzene or biphenyl, are alkylated with an alkylating agent having from one to eight carbons atoms, such as propylene, in the presence of an acidic mordenite zeolite catalyst under conditions sufficient to produce a mixture of substituted aromatic compounds enriched in the linear alkylated isomers, such as p-diisopropylbenzene or p,p'-di(isopropyl)biphenyl, respectively. The novel acidic mordenite catalyst is characterized by its silica/alumina molar ratio, its porosity, and a Symmetry Index. The p,p'-disubstituted isomers of aromatic compounds are useful as monomers in the preparation of thermotropic, liquid crystal polymers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of producing 2,2-bis(3-nitro-4-hydroxphenyl)hexafluoropropane, which comprises (a) preparing 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane and a lower fatty acid; and (b) allowing the 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane to react with nitric acid in the lower fatty acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a generally applicable process for the hydroxylation of electrophilic aromatic compounds, according to which the electrophilic aromatic compounds are reacted with organic hydroperoxides in the presence of bases.

Abstract: Polycyclic aromatic compounds, such as biphenyl, are alkylated with an alkylating agent, such as propylene, in the presence of an acidic mordenite zeolite catalyst under conditions sufficient to produce a mixture of substituted polycyclic aromatic compounds enriched in the para alkylated isomers, such as p,p'-di(isopropyl)biphenyl. The novel acidic mordenite catalyst is characterized by its silica/alumina molar ratio, its porosity, and a Symmetry Index. The p,p'-disubstituted isomers of polycyclic aromatic compounds are useful as monomers in the preparation of thermotropic, liquid crystal polymers.

Abstract: Nitro-isopropenyldiphenyl ethers are provided which can serve as a useful source of known monomer intermediates or as intermediates for the preparation of nitro-haloisopropyl substituted diphenyl ethers. The latter have been discovered to act as facile alkylating agents with phenols providing nitro-p-hydroxyphenylisopropyl substituted diphenyl ethers. When the latter compounds are reduced there are obtained the corresponding amino-p-hydroxyphenylisopropyl substituted diphenyl ethers.The polymerization of this last class of compounds with acid halides provides polyamide-esters. The polymers can be used in the manufacture of such articles as tubing, hose, bellows hose, and the like.

Abstract: 2,6-Dihydrocarbyl-4-(nitroaryl)phenols are prepared by reacting (1) a nitroaromatic compound bearing a displaceable substituent selected from nitro and phenylsulfonyl on a ring carbon which is adjacent to, or separated by two ring atoms from, the ring carbon bearing the nitro substituent with (2) a 2,6-dihydrocarbylphenol selected from 2,6-di-t-butyl- , 2,6-di-t-amyl-, 2-t-butyl-6-isopropyl-, and 2,6-diphenylphenols having a replaceable hydrogen in the 4-position in an inert solvent and in the presence of a strong base. The preferred nitroaromatic compounds are 1,2- and 1,4-dinitrobenzenes, 1-nitro-2-phenylsulfonylbenzenes, and 1-nitro-4-phenylsulfonylbenzenes; and a preferred phenol is 2,6-di-t-butylphenol.

Abstract: New polyhalogenoaromatic compounds of Formula I ##STR1## wherein Y and Z are each independently alkyl, alkoxy or alkanoyl each of 1 to 12 C atoms, --COOR.sup.1, --O--CO--R.sup.1, CN, NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2 or OH;Q is one or two identical or different radicals selected from Ph, Cy, 1,4-bicyclo[2,2,2]octylene or 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl;X.sup.1 to X.sup.4 are each independently H, F, Cl or Br;R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1 to 4 C atoms, Ph--R.sup.2 or Cy--R.sup.2 ;R.sup.2 is alkyl or alkoxy each of 1-12 C atoms or CN;Ph is 1,4-phenylene; and Cy is 1,4-cyclohexylene,can be used as components of liquid-crystal dielectrics.

Abstract: 4-(2-Trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenyl)phenols are prepared by reacting a 3-trifluoromethyl-1-nitrobenzene having a replaceable hydrogen in the 4-position with a phenol having a replaceable hydrogen in the 4-position in an inert solvent and in the presence of a strong base. The 3-trifluoromethyl-1-nitrobenzene and phenol may be substituted or unsubstituted, and preferred phenols include phenol and 2,6-dialkylphenols.

Abstract: 4-(3-Trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenyl)phenols are prepared by reacting a 2-trifluoromethyl-1-nitrobenzene having a replaceable hydrogen in the 4-position with a phenol having a replaceable hydrogen in the 4-position in an inert solvent and in the presence of a strong base. The 2-trifluoromethyl-1-nitrobenzene and phenol may be substituted or unsubstituted, and preferred phenols include phenol and 2,6-dialkylphenols.

Abstract: 4-(2,4-Dinitrophenyl)phenols are prepared by reacting a 1,3-dinitrobenzene having a replaceable hydrogen in the 4-position with a phenol having a replaceable hydrogen in the 4-position in an inert solvent and in the presence of a strong base. The 1,3-dinitrobenzene and phenol may be substituted or unsubstituted, and preferred phenols include phenol and 2,6-dialkylphenols.

Abstract: A method of preventing scale formation and adhesion onto the surfaces of a polymerization vessel and auxilliary equipment used in polymerization of vinyl chloride monomer, wherein the surfaces are coated prior to polymerization with a coating agent having the concurrent properties of (a) one or more functional groups having the ability to chelate, (b) one or more functional groups having the ability to inhibit action of free radicals, and (c) substantial insolubility to vinyl chloride monomer and insoluble to water. The concurrent presences of these functional characteristics syngergistically act to prevent scale adhesion onto the surfaces after substantial numbers of repeated polymerization charges.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process comprising reacting a compound having the general structural Formula II: ##STR1## with a compound having the general Formula III: ##STR2## in the presence of a basic catalyst while dissolved in an organic solvent to yield an aldehyde having the structural Formula I: ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different radicals selected from the group consisting of tertiary alkyl radicals having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different radicals selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl radicals containing from 5 to 12 carbon atoms, phenyl and substituted phenyl radicals or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 with the carbon atom to which they are joined may form a cycloalkyl ring of from 5 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sub.5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl radicals containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkyl radical containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel compounds useful in photographic products and processes comprising triarylmethane dyes possessing in their triaryl structure a 4'-oxo-1'-naphthylidene (or a 4'-oxo-1'-phenylidene) moiety and a phenyl moiety substituted in the ortho-position to the central carbon atom with the group ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group or a phenyl group, unsubstituted or substituted with a solubilizing group and Y is an electron-withdrawing group.

Abstract: A process for killing internal parasites of warm blooded animals which process comprises treating the infected animal with an effective amount of a composition comprising as active ingredient a compound of the general formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkanoyl, lower alkenoyl, aroyl or CH.sub.2 COOR.sup.4 wherein R.sup.4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; B, C and D, which may be the same or different, are halogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, lower alkenyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, or COR.sup.5 wherein R.sup.5 is hydroxy, lower alkoxy or NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 wherein R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen or lower alkyl; A, E, X, Y and Z, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, halogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, lower alkenyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, or COR.sup.5 wherein R.

Abstract: A 2-aminomethyl phenol derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 which may be the same or different are each a hydrogen atom or a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5 and a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof are disclosed. Also disclosed is a process for preparing such derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.

Abstract: Novel 9-phenyl 5,6-dimethyl-nona-2,4,6,8-tetraenoic acid, tetraenal or tetraenol derivatives useful as anti-tumor agents.

Abstract: A process has been invented for the preparation of dihydric substituted phenols which comprises reacting a solution, which is essentially anhydrous and free from hydrogen peroxide, of a percarboxylic acid in an inert organic solvent with a monohydric substituted phenol, which is derived from benzene, naphthalene or anthracene and still contains at least one free hydrogen atom in the aromatic nucleus, at temperatures from about -20.degree. C. to about 120.degree. C.The dihydric substituted phenols obtained according to the invention are known, important industrial intermediate products used in the fields of photography, dyestuffs and plastics, as well as in the scent and flavoring areas.

Abstract: The active constituents of these medicaments are compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## in which R represents a sulfur or oxygen atom or a >SO or >SO.sub.2 radical or even a ##STR2## IN WHICH R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 which can be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl, aryl, alkyl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl possibly halogenated or a heterocyclic radical, said radicals being substituted or unsubstituted, while R' and R", which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a metal such as an alkali or alkaline-earth metal or magnesium, or the ammonium ion or an alkyl radical, an aliphatic or aromatic acyl radical or a heterocyclic radical, which radicals may be substituted or unsubstituted. The process enables the products to be prepared in sufficiently pure form for therapeutic use. .beta.-naphthol is reacted with a suitable aldehyde in an acetic medium, in the presence of hydrochloric acid added dropwise at between 5.degree. and 10.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel biologically active tricyclic compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## and salts thereof, IN WHICHR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 stand for hydroge, alkyl or alkenyl, an optionally substituted aralkyl group or an acyl group orR.sub.1 + r.sub.2 together with the nitrogen atom represent a heterocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring, andX and Y stand for hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy of 1-6 carbon atoms, nitro, trifluoromethyl or an acyloxy group,Which compounds have valuable biological activities, particularly anorectic activity.

Abstract: Haloloweralkyl ethynylbenzene compounds and their derivatives which are useful for the treatment for the relief of inflammation, pain and fever.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for use in the practice of animal husbandry which comprises the oral administration to non-ruminant animals of an iodonium salt. Solid or liquid compositions of said iodonium salts for use in the said method are also disclosed. Certain of the iodonium sats used in the said method are novel compounds.