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Oxidation process for the production of carboxylic acids and alkenes

Patent Number: RE44206
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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An oxidation process for the production of alkenes and carboxylic acids from a feed comprising alkene and/or alkane, carbon monoxide, a molecular oxygen containing gas and optionally water in the presence of an oxidation catalyst in which the level of carbon monoxide is maintained between 1% and 20% by volume of the total feed to the ...

Process for preparing 4-aminodiphenylamines

Patent Number: RE44175
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A process for preparing an optionally substituted 4-aminodiphenylamine comprising reacting an optionally substituted aniline and an optionally substituted nitrobenzene in the presence of water and a base while controlling the water content so as to ensure a molar ratio of water to the base charged of not less than about 4:1 at the start of the coupling reaction and not less than about 0.6:1 at the end of the coupling reaction to produce 4-nitrodiphenylamine and/or 4-nitrosodiphenylamine ...

Pattern correcting method, mask forming method, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Patent Number: 8443310
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A pattern correcting method of an embodiment computes a distribution of pattern coverages on a design layout of a circuit pattern in the vicinity of a position that becomes an error pattern in a case where an on-substrate pattern is formed. Then, an area on the design layout in which a difference in the distribution of the pattern coverages becomes small by adding an addition pattern is set as an addition area. Next, addition pattern candidates to be added to the addition area are ...

Method and apparatus for high acid content feed for making diesel and aviation fuel

Patent Number: 8440875
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method of making a diesel fuel from a renewable feedstock is described. Ammonia or an amine compound is used to neutralize the organic acids in the renewable feedstock. The ammonia or amine compound is removed from the product mixture before the isomerization zone so that it does not affect the isomerization ...

Olefin isomerization and metathesis catalyst

Patent Number: 8440874
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A process for the production of propylene, the process including: contacting ethylene and a hydrocarbon stream comprising 1-butene and 2-butene with a bifunctional isomerization-metathesis catalyst to concurrently isomerizes 1-butene to 2-butene and to form a metathesis product comprising propylene; wherein the bifunctional isomerization-metathesis catalyst comprises: a catalyst compound may include at least one element selected from tungsten, tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, nickel, ...

Process for producing olefins

Patent Number: 8440873
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Process for producing mono-olefins(s) from a feedstock A containing ethanol and propanol, wherein ethanol and propanol are dehydrated into the corresponding same carbon number olefins. The process is performed by 1. reacting feedstock A in a vapor phase dehydration reactor wherein the ethanol and propanol alcohols are converted into a product stream B comprising ethylene, propylene, ethers, water and unconverted alcohols, 2. cooling the product stream B, 3. disengaging the cooled product ...

Process for preparing poly alpha olefins and lubricant basestocks from Fischer-Tropsch liquids

Patent Number: 8440872
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A process for preparing poly alpha olefins from a Fisher-Tropsch product. The process comprising the steps of contacting a C₅-C₁₈fraction of an alpha-olefinic hydrocarbon mixture produced from thermal cracking a C₁₆-C₄₀Fisher-Tropsch product with an oligomerization catalyst under conditions to produce an oligomerized product; and fractionating the oligomerized product to obtain a fractionated product having an average carbon number greater than ...

Tetramer production apparatus and process relating thereto

Patent Number: 8440871
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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One exemplary embodiment can be a tetramer production apparatus. The apparatus can include a fractionation zone and an oxygenate removal zone. The fractionation zone can produce a distillation product including one or more C6 hydrocarbons for producing one or more C12 compounds. The oxygenate removal zone may remove one or more oxygenate compounds from the distillation product passed through the oxygenate removal ...

One-step catalytic conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to liquid fuels

Patent Number: 8440870
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention relates to a method for manufacture of hydrocarbon fuels and oxygenated hydrocarbon fuels such as alkyl substituted tetrahydrofurans such as 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran and mixtures thereof. The method generally entails forming a mixture of reactants that includes carbonaceous material water, a metal catalyst and an acid reacting that mixture in the presence of hydrogen. The reaction is performed at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce a ...

Use of ionic liquids containing tricyanomethide anions as solvents for the extraction of alcohols from aqueous solutions

Patent Number: 8440869
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention relates to a method for the liquid-liquid extraction of alcohols from aqueous solutions using at least one ionic liquid containing a tricyanomethide anion as ...

Manufacture of methanol

Patent Number: 8440868
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An alcohol such as methanol is produced from an alkane such as methane and oxygen in a single step process using a heterogeneous catalyst. The catalyst comprises the chloride salts of copper, potassium, lead and ...

Process for producing ethanol from syngas

Patent Number: 8440867
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention provides a method for producing ethanol, the method comprising establishing an atmosphere containing methanol forming catalyst and ethanol forming catalyst; injecting syngas into the atmosphere at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce methanol; and contacting the produced methanol with additional syngas at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce ethanol. The invention also provides an integrated system for producing methanol and ethanol from syngas, the ...

Process for separating ethanol having low acid

Patent Number: 8440866
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A process for operating a distillation column to separate an ethanol mixture comprising ethanol and acetic acid where the recovered ethanol comprises less than 700 wppm acetic acid. The operating conditions for the column may vary depending on the fed composition. In particular the process provides energy efficient recovery of ethanol with low concentration acetic ...

Process for the manufacture of alkenones

Patent Number: 8440865
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Process for preparing an alkenone, which comprises the following steps: (a) providing a halogenated precursor of the alkenone; and (b) eliminating the hydrogen halide from said precursor to form the alkenone by a thermolysis treatment selected from the group consisting of flash thermolysis, vacuum thermolysis, and thermolysis under stripping with inert ...

Process for producing sec-butylbenzene

Patent Number: 8440864
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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In a process for producing sec-butylbenzene, a C₄olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock comprising isobutene and at least one n-butene is contacted with methanol and/or water in the presence of an acid catalyst to selectively oxygenate isobutene to produce an effluent stream rich in n-butene and containing less isobutene than the feedstock. The effluent stream is then contacted with benzene under alkylation conditions and in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to produce alkylation ...

Preparation of (2R,3R)-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-N,N,2-trimethylpentanamine

Patent Number: 8440863
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of (2R,3R)-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-N,N,2-trimethylpentanamine which is an intermediate for the preparation of the analgesic ...

Process for preparing β-amino-α-hydroxycarboxamides

Patent Number: 8440862
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention is directed to a process for preparing β-amino-α-hydroxycarboxamides. The process works with epoxycarboxamides of the formula 2

which are reacted with ammonia or other ...

Solid forms of an -(phenylmethyl)propanamide derivative and processes of preparation

Patent Number: 8440861
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention relates to solid forms of the anti-epileptic agent lacosamide (I). The invention also relates to mixtures of solid forms of lacosamide. The invention further relates to mixtures of lacosamide enantiomers crystallized in a conglomerate Form and the use thereof in providing enantiomerically enriched lacosamide, preferably lacosamide enriched with the (R)-enantiomer of ...

Process for manufacturing N, N-dialkyl lactamide

Patent Number: 8440860
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A process for manufacturing dialkyl lactamide including reacting lactide and dialkylamine selected from one or more of dimethylamine, diethylamine, and methylethylamine to form a reaction mixture which includes dialkyl lactamide selected from N,N-dimethyl lactamide, N,N-diethyl lactamide, and N,N-methylethyl lactamide, N,N-dialkyl lactoyl lactamide, and dialkylamine, subjecting the reaction mixture to a separation step to form a product stream including N,N-dialkyl lactamide, a first ...

Method for producing bioresourced propionic acid from glycerol

Patent Number: 8440859
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention relates to a method for producing bioresourced propionic acid from glycerol. The invention also relates to a composition comprising more than 85 mass % of bioresourced propionic acid, and to the use of the propionic acid obtained from the method as a solvent, as a food preservative, for producing herbicide or for preparing vinyl ...

Method of making fluorinated alkoxy carboxylic acids and precursors thereof

Patent Number: 8440858
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A method for preparing saturated partially fluorinated alkoxy carboxylic acids or salts thereof by treating a compound: (II), where R_frepresents a fluorinated, linear or branched alkyl residue interruptible by one or more oxygen atoms, n is 0 or 1, with a Z-anion in a reaction medium comprising water and an organic solvent, where the Z-anion is selected from CN—, SCN— and OCN— or combinations thereof. A method of making partially fluorinated ethers of the general formula ...

Sulfonate- or sulfate-capped anti-misting agents

Patent Number: 8440857
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Sulfonate- or sulfate-capped, alkoxylated anti-misting agents having the structures: R((AO)_nX)_m((AO)_nH)_pand R³C(O)NH(CH₂)_zN⁺(CH₃)₂CH₂CHR⁴CH₂SO₃⁻, and to methods of suppressing mist from electrolyte solutions by adding a mist-suppressing amount of one or more of said compounds to electrolyte ...

Method for treating residues from the production of isocyanates

Patent Number: 8440856
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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This invention relates to a process for working up residues from production of isocyanates. This process involves hydrolyzing residues from production of at least one isocyanate with water to form a hydrolysis product, and processing the hydrolysis product within an extruder or a kneader having a heat transfer surface, to form a mixed product containing at least one amine and water. The amine and the water are separated from the mixed product to form an amine/water mixture, which is then ...

Process for the production of acetic acid ethylene and vinyl acetate monomer

Patent Number: 8440855
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An integrated process for the production of acetic acid, ethylene and vinyl acetate monomer comprising the steps of:

(a) evaporating at least part of an ethanol feed stock
(b) producing in a first reaction zone a first product stream comprising acetic acid by oxidative or partly oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol feed stock;
(c) producing in a second reaction zone a second product stream comprising ethylene from an ethanol feed stock;

Antioxidant inflammation modulators: oleanolic acid derivatives with amino acid and other modifications at C-17

Patent Number: 8440854
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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This invention provides, but is not limited to, novel oleanolic acid derivatives having the formula:

wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and ...

Ester compound and use thereof

Patent Number: 8440853
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An ester compound represented by formula (1):

wherein R²represents hydrogen, fluorine, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkoxymethyl, or C1-C4 alkylthiomethyl; and R²represents C₁-C₄alkyl,
has an excellent pest control effect and is therefore useful as an active ingredient of a pest control ...

Method for producing tetraethylenepentamine

Patent Number: 8440852
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention relates to a process for preparing tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) by hydrogenation of diethylenetriaminediacetonitrile (DETDN) over a catalyst. If appropriate, DETDN can also be present as a constituent of an amino nitrile mixture which additionally comprises diethylenetriaminemonoacetonitrile ...

Spatially-defined macrocyclic compounds useful for drug discovery

Patent Number: 8440851
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Novel spatially-defined macrocyclic compounds containing specific conformational control elements are disclosed. Libraries of these macrocycles are then used to select one or more macrocycle species that exhibit a specific interaction with a particular biological target. In particular, compounds according to the invention are disclosed as agonists or antagonists of a mammalian motilin receptor and a mammalian ghrelin ...

Polyarylacetylenes containing siloxane, silane, and carborane moieties

Patent Number: 8440850
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Disclosed herein are the compounds shown below. Each R is an organic group, Cb is a carborane group, and —C₆H₄— is phenylene. The value of each m is a nonnegative integer, q is 0 or 1, with the proviso that if q is 0 then m is 0 or 1, p is a positive integer, r is a positive integer, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 10. Also disclosed are methods of making and crosslinking the ...

Use of nitroaniline derivatives for the production of nitric oxide

Patent Number: 8440849
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present disclosure relates to the use of a nitroaniline derivative of Formula (I) for the production of nitric oxide and for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a disease wherein the administration of nitric oxide is beneficial. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a method for the production of NO irradiating a nitroaniline derivative of Formula (I), a kit comprising a nitroaniline derivative of Formula (I) and a carrier and to a system comprising a source of ...

Polyorganosiloxane composition, cured product of the composition, and method for producing the composition

Patent Number: 8440848
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Disclosed is an organosiloxane composition which can be produced at low cost and is usable for bonding of glasses, metals and resins. The organosiloxane composition can provide a cured product exhibiting excellent heat resistance and cold resistance, while having high strength and high transparency. Specifically disclosed is a polyorganosiloxane composition containing (A) a polyorganosiloxane wherein at least one end of each molecule is modified with a silanol group, and (B) 0.5-4.0 moles ...

Method of converting free fatty acid (FFA) from oil to methyl ester

Patent Number: 8440847
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention provides a method of converting free fatty acid (FFA) from oil to methyl ester, the method includes the steps (a) esterifying the FFA using an acidic catalyst dissolved in an alcohol, (b) separating excess alcohol, solid acid catalyst, water, glycerol, soap and other non-lipid soluble impurities from oil obtained from step (a), (c) neutralizing the oil from step (b), (d) drying the oil from step (c) and (e) transesterifying the oil from step (d) using an alkaline ...

Direct epoxidation process

Patent Number: 8440846
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention is a process for epoxidizing an olefin with hydrogen and oxygen in a solvent comprising acetonitrile in the presence of an quinone-acid salt and a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite and a noble metal. The process results in higher productivity and improved selectivity to propylene oxide from hydrogen and oxygen, as compared to processes that use only a ...

Process for converting polysaccharides in an inorganic molten salt hydrate

Patent Number: 8440845
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A process is disclosed for converting a polysaccharide-containing biomass material to platform chemicals.

The process comprises dissolving the polysaccharides in an inorganic molten salt hydrate, converting the polysaccharides to monosaccharides, and converting the monosaccharides to derivatized (di)anhydro sugars that are easily separable from the inorganic molten salt hydrate.

The derivatized (di)anhydro sugars are useful as fuel additives and fuel ...

Process for the preparation of β-amino alcohol

Patent Number: 8440844
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A high-yielding enantioselective synthesis of the bioactive (S)—N-(5-chlorothiophene-2-sulfonyl)-β,β-diethylalaniol (7.b.2), a Notch-1-sparing γ-secretase inhibitor metabolite (with EC₅₀=28 nM) effective in reduction of Aβ production in vivo, has been realized starting from readily available 3-pentanone. The key steps of the synthesis are proline-catalyzed α-aminooxylation and α-amination of aldehyde; the latter contributing an overall yield of 50-75% and 90-99% ...

2, 2-bipyridine ligand, sensitizing dye and dye sensitized solar cell

Patent Number: 8440843
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A dye sensitized solar cell, comprising a heteroleptic polypyridil complex of Ru, Os or Fe. The donating ligand has an extended conjugated π-system increasing the light absorbance and keeing the LUMO energy level higher than that of the anchoring ligand. A compacting compound whose molecular structure comprises a terminal group, a hydrophobic part and an anchoring group may be co-adsorbed together with the dye on the semi-conductive metal oxide layer of the photoanode, forming a dense ...

Antimicrobial compounds, their synthesis and their use for treatment of mammalian infections

Patent Number: 8440842
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I)

or salts thereof wherein R¹, R², R³, R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, and other variables enumerated under one or more of same are as defined herein. Compounds of Formula I have activity as antimicrobial agents. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating and preventing microbial infections in mammals, for example, a ...

5-pyrrolidinylsulfonyl isatin derivatives

Patent Number: 8440841
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention relates to novel 5-pyrrolidinylsulfonyl isatin derivatives, non-peptidyl Caspase binding Radioligands (CbRs) and CbR-transporter conjugates derived from said isatin derivatives, diagnostic compositions comprising said compounds of the invention and their use for non-invasive diagnostic ...

Dye including an anchoring group in its molecular structure

Patent Number: 8440840
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A dye including an anchoring group in its molecular structure, said anchoring group allowing a covalent coupling of said dye to a surface, for example a surface of a nanoporous semiconductor layer, said anchoring group being represented by formula 1 wherein attachment of said anchoring group within said molecular structure of said dye is at the terminal carbon marked with an asterisk in above formula, wherein G is selected from —COOH, —SO3H, —PO3H2, —BO2H2, —SH, —OH, —NH2, ...

Dinitropyrazole derivatives, their preparation, and energetic compositions comprising them

Patent Number: 8440839
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention provides:

dinitropyrazole derivatives of formula (I)

in which: R═NO₂, NH₂, NF₂, NHOH, OH or NHNH₂and R′═H when R═NH₂, NF₂, NHOH, OH or NHNH₂or R′═H, NH₂or a linear or branched C₁-C₄alkyl group, optionally substituted by at least one hydroxy and/or one fluoro group, when ...

Aryl (1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl) compound and process for production thereof

Patent Number: 8440838
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An aryl (1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl) compound is useful for producing a 3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)phenylsulfide compound (useful, e.g., as an insecticide). Also disclosed is a process for producing the compound. The aryl (1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl) compound is represented by the general formula (1), below, wherein R represents a C1-C6 alkyl group or a cyclic C3-C6 alkyl group; A₁represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a mono(C1-C6 alkyl amino group or a di (C1-C6 alkyl) amino group; ...

2-substituted-ethynylthiazole derivatives and uses of same

Patent Number: 8440837
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention provides 2-substituted-ethynylthiazole derivatives of formula (I):

wherein R¹, R²and X are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using ...

Heterocyclic alkanol derivatives

Patent Number: 8440836
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic alkanol derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds and to their use as biologically active compounds, in particular for controlling harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth ...

Environmentally sensitive fluorophores

Patent Number: 8440835
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention generally relates to environment-sensitive fluorophores, including environment-sensitive fluorophores for reporting protein/protein and peptide/protein interactions. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to compounds and salts thereof, compositions and methods useful in determining biological interactions. In some cases, the compounds of the present invention are environment-sensitive fluorophores that have spectroscopic behavior that may depend on factors ...

1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohol compounds as phosphodiesterase inhibitors

Patent Number: 8440834
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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1-Phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohol compounds are effective as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and may be used to prevent and/or treat certain diseases or ...

Human papilloma virus inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions containing same

Patent Number: 8440833
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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HPV inhibitors of formula (I) in which G₁is —NHCO(CH₂)n-, where n is an integer between 1 and 4, R3 is —CW(CH₂)_m—NR4R5 or —CW(CH₂)_mCH₃or —CN, where W is O, S or NH and m is an integer between 0 and 5, or R3 is one of the following groups: and A is an optionally substituted aryl group and B is an aryl group, preferably a phenyl which is ...

Heterocyclic modulators of cannabinoid receptors

Patent Number: 8440832
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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Heterocyclic compounds which modulate cannabinoid receptors are presented. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of using these compounds as modulators of cannabinoid receptors and processes for synthesizing these compounds are also described ...

Process and intermediates for preparing integrase inhibitors

Patent Number: 8440831
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The invention provides synthetic processes and synthetic intermediates that can be used to prepare 4-oxoquinolone compounds having useful integrase inhibiting ...

Tetrahydro-fused pyridines as histone deacetylase inhibitors

Patent Number: 8440830
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The compounds of formula (I), wherein ring D and ring E together form a fused ring system selected from formula (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and the salts of these compounds are novel, effective inhibitors of histone ...

PI3 kinase/mTOR dual inhibitor

Patent Number: 8440829
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention provides an imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-2-one compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that inhibits both PI3K and mTOR and, therefore, is useful in the treatment of ...