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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7355048 | Process for preparing 1-(6-methylpyridin-3-yl)-2-[4- (methylsulphonyl)phenyl]ethanone A four-step process for preparing 1-(6-methylpyridin-3-yl)-2-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]ethanone of the formula: starting from 2-methyl-5-ethylpyridine. 1-(6-Methylpyridin-3yl)-2-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]ethanone is an inte... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7253192 | Phenyl derivatives comprising an acetylene group This invention is concerned with compounds of the formula I: wherein one of R5, R6 and R7 is and X1, X2 | 08/07/2007 |
| 7151107 | Use of benzoylalkyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridines The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula for the preparation of medicines designed for the treatment of neuronal and cerebral disorders. The invention also relates to the compounds of form... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144893 | 4-aryl quinols and analogs thereof as therapeutic agents The present invention pertains to compounds of the formula (1) which are, inter alia, antiproliferative agents, anticancer agents, antimycobacterial agents, antituberculosis agents, and/or thioredoxin/thioredoxin reductase inhibitor: wherein: Q is ═O or ═N—S(... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145015 | Benzocycloheptenes, process for their production, pharmaceutical preparations that contain that latter as well as their use for the production of pharmaceutical agents Benzocycloheptenes of formula (I), in which R1, R2 and Y have the meanings that indicated herein, exhibit selective estrogenic activity on bones and are suitable for the production of pharmaceutical agents, especially for prophylaxis and therap... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141673 | 1-(6-methylpyridine-3-yl)-2-[4-(methylsulphonyl) phenyl] ethanone and method for its preparation A starting product for the preparation of COX-2 inhibitors, notably the compound 1-(6-methylpyridine-3-yl)-2-[(4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]ethanone of the formula (I): A method for making the compound. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7038103 | Solution phase biopolymer synthesis Multifunctional liquid phase carriers (LPCs) and methods of using LPCs for the preparation of biopolymers are provided. The LPCs are highly symmetrical compounds that possess more than two points of attachment for biopolymer synthesis. The LPCs have the formula Sp(X... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6949656 | Cyclic amine derivatives and use thereof A composition for use as an antiobestic agent and preventive or therapeutic agent for diabetes, containing a compound of the formula (I): wherein, A is substituted aryl or substituted heteroaryl with one or more group(... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6831106 | Vitamin D analogues The present invention relates to novel triaromatic compounds having the general formula (I): as well as to a method for preparing them and to their use in pharmaceutical compositions intended for use in human or veteri... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6790853 | Contraception method using competitive progesterone antagonists and novel compounds useful therein Competitive progesterone antagonists, including two novel steroids, viz., 11β,19-[4-(cyanophenyl)-o-phenylene]-17β-hydroxy-17α-(3-hydroxyprop-1(Z)-enyl)-4-androsten-3-one and 11β,19-[4-(3-pyridinyl)-o-phenylene]-17β-hydroxy-17α-(3-hydroxyprop-1(Z)-enyl)-4-andr... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6749988 | Amine compounds, resist compositions and patterning process Novel amine compounds having a nitrogen-containing cyclic structure and a hydrating group such as a hydroxy, ether, ester, carbonyl, carbonate group or lactone ring are useful for use in resist compositions for preventing a resist film from thinning and also for enh... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6747048 | Pyridine-based thyroid receptor ligands Novel pyridine-based thyroid receptor ligands are provided which have the general formula I wherein: X is oxygen (—O—), sulfur (—S—), sulfoxide (—S(O)—), sulfonyl (—SO2—), CR8... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6649623 | Cyclic amine derivatives and use thereof A composition for use as an antiobestic agent and preventive or therapeutic agent for diabetes, containing a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein, A is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is O, S, NR wherei... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6608074 | Contraception method using competitive progesterone antagonists and novel compounds useful therein Competitive progesterone antagonists, including two novel steroids, viz., 11ଲ,19-[4-(cyanophenyl)-o-phenylene]-17ଲ-hydroxy-17-(3-hy droxyprop-1(Z)-enyl)-4-androsten-3-one and 11ଲ,19-[4-(3-pyridinyl)-o-phenylene]-17ଲ-hydroxy-1... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6600078 | Liquid phase catalytic hydrogenation process to convert aldehydes to the corresponding alcohols A heterogeneous liquid-phase process for the hydrogenation of aldehydes of Formula (I) and (III) to the corresponding alcohols of Formula (II) and (IV) which process comprises contacting alcoholic or aqueous-alcoholic solution of aldehydes and hydrogen ga... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6579881 | Indoles A 1,4-substituted cyclic amine derivative represented by the following formula or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein A, B, C, D, T, Y, and Z each represent a methine or a nitrogen linkage; R1, R2, R3 | 06/17/2003 |
| 6503917 | 2,4,6-trisubstituted pyridines with estrogenic activity and methods for the solid phase synthesis thereof The present invention relates to novel substituted pyridine compounds of Formula (I) ##STR1## wherein the moiety Z, R1, R2 and R3 are as herein defined, having estrogenic activity, to processes for their preparation, to a ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6486327 | Method for producing hydroxymethylpyridines The invention relates to a method for producing hydroxymethylpyridines from the corresponding vinylpyridines by means of ozonisation in an alcohol as solvent and by means of hydrogenation of the peroxide-containing solution produced thereby, in the presen... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6420565 | Process for making 2, 5-substituted pyridine 2-lithio-5-halopyridine is formed as a predominant component of a reaction mixture by reacting BuLi with 2,5-dihalopyridine in a non-coordinating solvent.... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6388086 | Process for production of 3-(3-pyridyl)-1-propanol derivatives A process for producing a 3-(3-pyridyl)-1-propanol derivative of use as a pharmaceutical intermediate expediently with an inexpensive material is provided. The process is concerned with a 3-(3-pyridyl)-1-propanol derivative (3): ##STR1## in the formu... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6358965 | Use of benzoylalkyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridines The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula ##STR1## for the preparation of medicines designed for the treatment of neuronal and cerebral disorders. The invention also relates to the compounds of formula: ##STR2## a process for their preparat... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6340688 | Contraception method using competitive progesterone antagonists and novel compounds useful therein Competitive progesterone antagonists, including two novel steroids, viz., 11ଲ,19-[4-(cyanophenyl)-o-phenylene]-17ଲ-hydroxy-17-(3-hy droxyprop-1(Z)-enyl)-4-androsten-3-one and 11ଲ,19-[4-(3-pyridinyl)-o-phenylene]-17ଲ-hydroxy-1... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6337305 | Substituted 2-benz(o)ylpyridines, their preparation and their use as herbicides Substituted 2-benz(o)ylpyridines I ##STR1## and salts thereof where n=0, 1; X=CO, CH2, CH(C1 -C4 -alkyl), CH--OH, CH--CN, CH-halogen, C(halogen)2, CH--CONH2, CH--CO--O(C1 -C4 -alkyl),... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6281231 | 2,6-dichloro-4-pyridinemethanol derivatives and agricultural chemicals The object is to provide a novel compound, with which there is little possibility of phytotoxicity for crop plants, and which is greatly effective in controlling various plant diseases caused by viruses pathogenic to plants, by bacteria, and by molds, and... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6201158 | Process for making intermediate aldehydes The present invention relates to a process for making propargylic alcohols by zinc-mediated catalytic, asymmetric addition of acetylenes to aldehydes. The compounds are represented by formula I: ##STR1##... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6147082 | Chalcones having antiproliferative activity The invention relates to a novel class of compounds that have structures related to certain naturally occurring or synthetic chalcones. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods for treating certain dis... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6103911 | Process for reduction of (2R)-4-oxoazetidinone-2-carboxylic acid The present invention relates to a process for the reduction of an azetidinone-carboxylic acid to an azetidine-alcohol.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6037505 | Enantioselective oxazaborolidine catalysts The anantoselective borane reduction of prochiral ketones to optically pure alcohols is effectively achieved by performing the reduction in the precence of catalytic amounts of the new and valuable oxazaborolidine compounds of formulas (I) and (II). The c... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6022974 | Process for the production of 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-pyridine A process for the production of 2-chloro-5-chloromethylpyridine of the formula: ##STR1## starting from 6-hydroxynicotinic acid of the formula: ##STR2## In this way 6-hydroxynicotinic acid is reacted with an acid chloride to 6-hydroxynicotin... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5990314 | Pharmaceutical pyridine compounds This invention relates to a compound of formula I ##STR1## These compounds are leukotriene antagonists and as such can be used in treating various diseases associated with leukotrienes.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5990119 | 1,4,4-(trisubstituted)cyclohexane monomers and related compounds Novel compounds of formula I are described herein. These compounds inhibit the production of Tumor Necrosis Factor and are useful in the treatment of disease states mediated or exacerbated by TNF production; these compounds are also useful in the mediatio... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5977105 | Compounds A compound of formula I, ##STR1## wherein--X represents (CH2)n O, (CH2)n S or C2 alkylene; n represents 1 or 2; Ar1 represents indanyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, naphthyl or phenyl, which la... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5925645 | 2-aryl-substituted pyridines The 2-aryl-substituted pyridines are prepared by reacting pyridylaldehydes with organometallic compounds and then selectively reducing the products. The 2-aryl-substituted pyridines are suitable as active compounds in medicaments, in particular in medicam... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5919937 | Process for phosphodiesterase IV inhibitors The invention encompasses a novel process for the formation of enantiomerically enriched mixtures of compounds of Formula I, which are useful precursors in the synthesis of phosphodiestersae IV inhibitors.... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5891883 | 4,4-(disubstituted)cyclohexan-1-ols monomers and related compounds The present invention relates to 4,4(disubstituted)cyclohexan-1-ol monomers and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and their use in treating allergic and inflammatory diseases and for inhibiting the production of Tu... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5872117 | 1,2-ethanediol derivative and salt thereof, process for producing the same, and cerebral function-improving agent comprising the same This invention relates to a 1,2-ethanediol derivative and a salt thereof, a process for producing the same, and a cerebral function-improving agent comprising the same. The cerebral function-improving agent of this invention is useful for treating cerebro... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5859295 | Canavanine analogs and their use as chemotherapeutic agents This invention relates to canvanine analogs, their pharmaceutical compositions, and a method for treatment of cancer, particularly pancreatic cancer.... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5808124 | O- or S-substituted dihydronaphthalene derivatives having retinoid and/or retinoid antagonist-like biological activity Compounds of the formula ##STR1## where the symbols have the meaning described in the application, have retinoid-like or retinoid antagonist-like biological activity.... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5783522 | Substituted 2-phenylpyridines Substituted 2-phenylpyridines I ##STR1## R1,R3 =H, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy, OH, haloalkoxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, haloalkylcarbonyloxy, SH, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, haloalkylthio,... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5756497 | Tocolytic oxytocin receptor antagonists This invention relates to certain novel benzoxazinone compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as oxytocin receptor antagonists. One application of these compounds is in the treatment of preterm labor in mammals, especially humans... | 05/26/1998 |