摘要:
LDL receptor gene expression promoters containing a 1,2,4-triazine derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is optionally substituted phenyl or heterocycle; R.sup.2 is optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl, aralkyl, 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocycle, alkyl, or alkenyl; X is O, S or NR.sup.4 ; R.sup.3 is optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl, aralkyl, 5- to 6-membered aromatic heterocycle, alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkenyl, provided that when X is NR.sup.4, then it may form an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocycle, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which can increase the expression dose (the amount of mRNA) of LDL receptor gene, and thus increase the amount of LDL receptor, and reduce the serum cholesterol level, and are useful in the treatment of hyperlipidemia.
摘要:
A process for producing racemic or optically active threo- or erythro-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine which comprises phthaloylating the amine group of a racemic or optically active threo- or erythro-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine derivative to yield a racemic or optically active threo- or erythro-N-phthaloyl-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine derivative and removing the phthaloyl group from the racemic or optically active threo- or erythro-N-phthaloyl-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-serine to yield the racemic or optically active threo- or erythro-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine.
摘要:
A process for producing an optically active threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine represented by the formula ##STR1## which is useful as a remedy for peripheral orthostatic hypotension or as an antidepressant, which process comprises treating threo-3-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)serine or an N-carbobenzoxy derivative thereof represented by the formula ##STR2## wherein A represents a hydrogen atom or a carbobenzoxy group, with a Lewis acid to form threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine or an N-carbobenzoxy derivative thereof represented by the formula ##STR3## wherein A is as defined above, and, if A is a carbobenzoxy group, catalytically reducing the resulting compound of formula [2]; a racemic or optically active threo-N-carbobenzoxy-3-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)serine represented by the formula ##STR4## which is a novel compound useful as an intermediate in the above synthesis; and a process for producing said novel compound.
摘要:
Improved process for the production of optical aCTIVE (D- or L-) threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)serine, which comprises subjecting racemic threo-3-(3,4-dibenzyloxyphenyl)-N-carbobenzyloxyserine to optical resolution by using as a resolving reagent an optical active amino alcohol derivative, and then subjecting the resulting optical active (D- or L-) threo-3-(3,4-dibenzyloxyphenyl)-N-carbobenzyloxyserine to hydrogenolysis.
摘要:
A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R1—X— indicates that 1 to 4 R1—X— groups are present which may be the same or different, the ring A is a saturated or unsaturated 5-membered heterocyclic ring, X is a single bond, a group represented by the formula: —N(R3)—, —O— or —S—, or the like. R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or the like, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or the like, and R3 is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or the like; a prodrug of said compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound or prodrug is a useful compound as a therapeutic agent for diseases for which Rho kinase is responsible.
摘要:
There is provided a composition for inhibiting the production or secretion of tumor necrosis factor effective for the treatment of cachexia, septic shock, multiple organ failure, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, Behcet disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), graft versus host disease (GvHD), malaria, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), meningitis, hepatitis and Type II diabetes mellitus. The composition comprises a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of formula (1).
摘要:
A process for selective production of a threo-epoxy compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a lower alkyl group, which comprises reacting a ketone compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein Ar, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each as defined above with a sulfur methylide of the formula: ##STR3## wherein A is a lower alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group and B is a lower alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a di(lower)-alkylamino group in an aqueous organic solvent.
摘要:
Aminonaphthacene derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is either one of the following groups: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group of the formula: --COR.sup.7, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each a lower alkoxy group or, when taken together, represent an ethylenedioxy group or an oxo group, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are both hydrogen atoms or either one of them is a hydrogen atom and the other is a group of the formula: --COR.sup.7, R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a group of the formula: --OCOR.sup.7 and R.sup.7 is a lower alkyl group, a halo(lower)alkyl group, a phenyl group or a halophenyl group, which are useful as anti-microbial and/or anti-tumor agents, or as intermediates in their production.
摘要:
A process for preparing an optically active cis-1,3-dibenzylhexahydro-1H-furo[3,4-d]imidazole-2,4-dione of the formula: ##STR1## wherein an asterisk (*) indicates an asymmetric carbon, Bzl represents a benzyl group and the 3a- and 6a-positions take the cis-configuration, which comprises reducing selectively an optically active cis-imidazolidinedicarboxylic acid monoester of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group and Bzl is as defined above with a reducing agent at either one of the carboxyl group and the alkoxycarbonyl group in the said monoester, followed by cyclization, the said monoester being the one obtainable by hydrolysis of a cis-imidazolidinedicarboxylic acid diester of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R and Bzl are each as defined above with an enzymatic material having a capability of hydrolyzing the ester group in the said diester.
摘要:
This invention relates to a process for the optical resolution of DL-.alpha.-methyl-.beta.-acylthiopropionic acids of the formula [I], ##STR1## wherein R is a lower alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, phenyl or substituted phenyl bearing methyl or chloro radical; a method for the racemization of an optically active .alpha.-methyl-.beta.-acylthiopropionic acid of the formula [Ia], ##STR2## wherein R is as defined above; and a process for the synthesis of captopril of the formula [II], ##STR3## using the D-acid [Ia] as an intermediate.The optically active .alpha.-methyl-.beta.-acylthiopropionic acids are useful as intermediates for the production of medicines, for example, captopril or its congeners.