Ciba-geigy Corporation

Albert Hartmann

Gerhard Baschang

Lajos Tarcsay

Jaroslav Stanek

Oskar Wacker

Roland Gisler

Felix M Dietrich

Bruno Kamber

Peter Sieber

Bruno Fechtig

Bernhard Riniker

Werner Rittel

Bohumir Lukas

Peter Wirz

Bohumir Lucas

Hans Hirt

Salts of aminosulfonic acid derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently of the others an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 7 to 21 carbon atoms,

Aminosulfonic acid derivatives and processes for their preparation

Cephalin derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents, independently of the other, hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl or free or protected carboxy, R.sup.4 represents hydrogen or an aliphatic, aromatic, aromatic-aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical, W represents hydrogen and Z represents a 1,2-dihydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl or hydroxymethyl group in which at least one hydroxy group is esterified by an aliphatic C.sub.6-30 -carboxylic acid or etherified by an aliphatic C.sub.6-30 -alcohol and in which the other hydroxy group, if present, is free, esterified by an aliphatic C.sub.2-30 -carboxylic acid or etherified by an aliphatic C.sub.1-30 -alcohol, or W represents hydroxymethyl or a hydroxymethyl group that is esterified by an aliphatic C.sub.6-30 -alcohol and Z represents a hydroxymethyl group that is esterified by an aliphatic C.sub.6-30 -carboxylic acid or etherified by an aliphatic C.sub.6-30 -alcohol, and their salts are suitable for the prophylaxis and treatment of virus infections in warm-blooded animals.

Phosphorus compounds, processes for their manufacture, and their use

Described are phosphatidyl compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents C.sub.3-14 -alkanoyl, benzoyl, the acyl radical of an .alpha.-aminocarboxylic acid that is other than glycine, L-alanine and derivatives thereof having a substituted amino group, and of which the .alpha.-amino group may be substituted by lower alkanoyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or by benzyloxycarbonyl, or the acyl radical of a .beta.-aminocarboxylic acid or an .alpha.- or .beta.-hydroxycarboxylic acid,

Phosphatidyl compounds, processes for their manufacture, and their use

There are described sugar derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## that have immuno-stimulating action and that contain as inventive element at least one radical A.sup.1 or A.sup.2. These radicals A.sup.1 and A.sup.2, which may be constituents of the radicals R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.4, R.sup.6, R.sup.9, R.sup.10 or R.sup.12 according to formula I, are defined as follows:

Acylated sugar derivatives, processes for their manufacture, and their

The invention relates to lipopeptides of the formula I, ##STR1## in which each of R.sub.a.sup.1 and R.sub.b.sup.1, independently of the other, represents an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic-aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 7 to 21 carbon atoms that is optionally substituted by oxygen functions, or

Novel peptide derivatives

The invention relates to novel antigen derivatives comprising an antigen and at least one muramylpeptide covalently bonded thereto, if appropriate via a spacer, to pharmaceutical preparations which contain such compounds and to their use as a vaccine. The novel antigen derivatives produce a pronounced increase in the immuno-response to the antigen, and in particular also a cell-medicated immunity under clinically acceptable conditions of administration.

Antigen derivatives and processes for their preparation

The compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which each of R.sup.1, R.sup.4 and R.sup.6, independently of the others, represents hydrogen or lower alkanoyl, R.sup.2 represents C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, hydroxymethyl or phenyl, R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.5 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 -alkyl, R.sup.7 represents C.sub.1-3 -alkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, mercapto or methylthio, R.sup.8 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl, X represents oxygen or the group NH, Y represents C.sub.1-4 -alkylidene, and each of R.sup.9 and R.sup.10, independently of the other, represents C.sub.11-17 -alkyl or C.sub.11-17 -alkenyl, and their salts, have an immunostimulating activeity.

Muramyl peptides and processes for their manufacture

The invention relates to novel antigen derivatives comprising an antigen and at least one muramyl-peptide covalently bonded thereto, if appropriate via a spacer, to pharmaceutical preparations which contain such compounds and to their use as a vaccine. The novel antigen derivatives produce a pronounced increase in the immuno-response to the antigen, and in particular also a cell-medicated immunity under clinically acceptable conditions of administration.

The present invention relates to new lipopeptides and in particular to compounds of either of the formulae ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic or mixed aliphatic-cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical which has 11-21 C atoms and which is also optionally substituted by oxygen functions, R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or the radical R.sub.1 --CO--O--CH.sub.2 --, where R.sub.1 has the same meaning, R.sub.1 ' is a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of at least 9 C atoms, which is optionally substituted at one of the C atoms non adjacent to the sulfur atom by a free hydroxyl group or a hydroxyl group esterified with a monobasic carboxylic acid and which is optionally interrupted in the C atoms chain by one or more oxygen atoms, and which hydrocarbon is optionally substituted by a maximum of 2 cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radicals having 5-8 ring C atoms, or R.sub.1 ' is the radical --CO--R.sub.1 ', wherein R.sub.1 ' represents a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic or mixed aliphatic-cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 11-21 C-atoms and which is optionally interrupted in the C atoms chain by oxygen atoms, and X represents an amino acid with free esterified or amidated carboxyl group, or an amino acid sequence of 2-10 aliphatic amino acids, the terminal carboxyl group of which is free or in the ester or amide form, the amino acids being naturals ones in the case of compounds of formula (1).

Peptide derivatives

There are described hexopyranose compounds of the formula I and salts thereof having immunomodulatory action, which can be used, for example, in the form of pharmaceutical preparations, and also together with antibiotics, and processes for their manufacture. ##STR1## The variables are as described in the disclosure. The invention relates to the above-mentioned compounds as immunomodulators, especially as immunostimulants, their use as pharmacologically active substances, especially their use as immunomodulators, particularly as immunostimulants, and their use for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations, and to pharmaceutical preparations containing these compounds.

Phosphoryl compounds, pharmaceutical preparations containing such

The invention relates to pharmaceutical preparations that contain an antibiotic and a muramylpeptide of the formula I or a salt thereof, to processes for their manufacture and to a method for increasing the antibiotic effectiveness of antibiotics. ##STR1## In the formula I, X represents carbonyl or carbonyloxy, R.sub.1 represents optionally substituted alkyl or aryl, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 represent hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sub.5 represents hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl, or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 together represent also C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkylene, R.sub.7 represents hydrogen or free, esterified or amidated carboxyl, one of the radicals A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represents a radical of the formula II and the other of the radicals A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represents optionally substituted or functionally modified hydroxy or amino. ##STR2## In the formula II, T represents NH or O, Y represents an optionally substituted alkylene group that can also be interrupted by oxycarbonyl or iminocarbonyl, W represents hydrogen and Z represents an optionally esterified or etherified 1,2-dihydroxyethyl or 2-hydroxyethyl group, or W and Z represent an optionally esterified or etherified hydroxymethyl group.

Antibiotic preparations having increased effectiveness, processes for

Phosphorylmuramyl peptides of the formula ##STR1## are immuno-potentiating. In the formula, R.sub.1 represents optionally substituted alkyl or aryl, R.sub.2, R.sub.4, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 represent, for example, hydrogen, R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sub.5 represents, for example, hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, amino-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, aryl or aralkyl, or nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl or heterocyclyl-lower alkyl, and one of the radicals A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represents a radical of the formula (II) ##STR2## In the formula (II), T represents NH or O, Y represents an optionally substituted alkylene group, which may also be interrupted by one or two oxycarbonyl and/or iminocarbonyl groups, and W represents an aliphatic radical or a cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl radical having more than 6 carbon atoms. The other of the radicals A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 represents free or etherified hydroxy, amino, lower alkylamino or aminocarbonyl-lower alkylamino.

Novel phosphorylmuramyl peptides and processes for the manufacture

Described are derivatives of pyranoses of the formula I, manufacturing processes and intermediates, and their use as medicaments. ##STR1## The pyranose moiety in the compounds of the formula I is derived especially from D-glucose, but alternatively from D-galactose or D-mannose. Characteristic of the compounds of the formula I is the lower alkyl or phenyl-lower alkyl radical R.sub.8, which carries an oxycarbonyl, mercaptocarbonyl or aminocarbonyl group, which is bonded to an aliphatic, cycloaliphaticaliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical R.sub.0, each of which is optionally substituted and which may be interrupted by oxycarbonyl, mercaptocarbonyl and/or iminocarbonyl and which, like the remaining radicals of the formula I, is defined in patent claim 1.

Derivatives of aldohexoses, intermediates, processes for their

The invention relates to muramyl peptide compounds, especially of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents, for example, alkyl or phenyl,

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