Sankyo Company, Limited

Atsusuke Terada

Yoshio Iizuka

Kazuyuki Wachi

Kenji Fujibayashi

Kazuo Hasegawa

Keiichi Tabata

Eiichi Misaka

Hachio Miyazawa

Shunji Naruto

Shigeru Tanaka

Takeshi Oshima

Keiichi Matsuda

Tetsuo Miyadera

Yoshiya Amemiya

Masaharu Fukami

Toshiharu Kamioka

Syunji Naruto

Kazue Hasegawa

Hachio Miyazwa

Ryuji Tachikawa

A process for preparing a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocyclic ring which is unsubstituted or substituted and is a 5-membered or 6-membered N-heterocycle which optionally has a further heteroatom which is oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur; E is methylene; ring A is a unsubstituted or unsubstituted aryl ring, or a substituted or an unsubstituted heteroaryl ring; R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together are a group of the formula --(CR.sup.a R.sup.b).sub.m --C(.dbd.Y)-- (IV), wherein each of R.sup.a and R.sup.b is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, provided that there are not more than three alkyl groups in the formula (IV), m is 1, 2, or 3, and Y is two hydrogens or an oxygen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; which process comprises reacting an acid of the formula (II) ##STR2## with an amine of the following formula (III) ##STR3##

Process for preparing analgesic compounds

Described herein are of formula (I): ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents as well having anti-ulcer and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory activities.

Use of imidazopyrazole derivatives as analgesics and anti-inflammatory

Described herein are compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## �in which: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, arylalkenyl, aryl, aromatic heterocyclic, cyano or halogen; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, aralkyl or acyl; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, arylalkenyl, aryl or aromatic heterocyclic!; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents as well having anti-ulcer and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory activities.

Use of imidazopyrazole derivatives as analgesics anti-inflammatory agents

Optically active thiomorpholine derivatives

Described herein are compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents as well having anti-ulcer and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory activities.

A process for preparing a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocycle; E represents methylene, sulfur, oxygen or imino group optionally substituted with C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or aralkyl; ring A is aryl or heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together represent a group of formula (IV):

Analgesic compounds of the formula (I); ##STR1## in which, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocycle; E represents oxygen or an imino group optionally substituted with C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or aralkyl; ring A is an aryl or heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together represent a group of formula (IV):

Analgesic compounds, their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## [in which: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, arylalkenyl, aryl, aromatic heterocyclic, cyano or halogen; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, aralkyl or acyl; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, arylalkenyl, aryl or aromatic heterocyclic]; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents as well having anti-ulcer and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory activities.

Analgesic compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which, R.sup.1 R.sup.2 each represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5-6-membered N-heterocyclic ring optionally having a further O, N, or S heteroatom; E represents methylene; ring A is an unsubstituted or substituted benzene or naphthalene; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together represent a group of formula (IV):

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents as well having anti-ulcer and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory activities.

Analgesic compounds are of the general formula (I): ##STR1## in which, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocycle; E represents methylene, sulfur, oxygen or imino group optionally substituted with C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or aralkyl; ring A is aryl or heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together represent a group of formula (IV):

Analgesic thiomorpholins their preparation, and pharmaceutical

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein n is 0 or 1, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or alkyl, one of A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 is --Z--Y and the other is --W--COOH, where W and Z are alkenylene or alkylene and Y is imidazolyl or pyridyl, and the broken lines represent two single bonds or one single bond and one double bond) and their salts, esters and amides have the ability to inhibit the synthesis of thromboxane A.sub.2 and hence are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of thrombotic conditions. They may be prepared by introducing an imidazolyl or pyridyl group into the corresponding compound in which Y is replaced by an active group or atom.

Thianaphthene derivatives

Cycloalkylidenemethylphenylacetic acid derivatives of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl and n is an integer from 1 to 3) are prepared by reacting a benzaldehyde acid compound of formula (II): ##STR2## with an enamine derivative of formula (III): ##STR3## (wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are various organic groups) and then hydrolizing the product. The use of the acid of formula (II) rather than its corresponding ester enables the reaction to be effected with a good yield and under moderate and economical reaction conditions.

Process for preparing anti-inflammatory

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R represents hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group) have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and immuno-regulatory activities. The compounds exist in the form of cis- and trans-isomers with respect to the cyclohexyl ring, as well as a number of optical isomers.

Phenylalkanoic acid derivatives and their use

Compounds of formula: ##STR1## (wherein R represents hydrogen or methyl, &gt;A--B-- represents a &gt;CH--CH.sub.2 -- or &gt;C.dbd.CH-- group; &gt;C--Z represents a &gt;C.dbd.O or &gt;CH--OH group; and n represents 1 or 2) and ophthalmically acceptable salts and esters thereof are useful as ophthalmic anti-inflammatory agents.

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Atsusuke Terada