Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.

Karl Bernauer

Janos Borgulya

Hans Bruderer

Karlheinz Pfoertner

Gerhard Zurcher

Helmut Link

Harro Stohler

Mose Da Prada

Fernand Schneider

Marc Montavon

Erika Bohni

Hermann Bretschneider

Hans Schmid

Kraft Hohenlohe-Oehringen

Hans Schmid, Deceased

By Maria Schmid-Suter, Heir

By Jeannette Wawrla-Schmid, Heir

By Ernst Schmid-Gautschi, Heir

Gerhard Z Urcher

By Mary Baumann-Schmid, Heir

Mos E Da Prada

Mose DaPrada

Gunter Weis

Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein. the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure. Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds: the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.

Catechol derivatives

Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure. Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds: the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.

Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure.

Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure. Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds; the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.

Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adensoylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuornal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure. Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds; the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.

The novel phenethylamine derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each signify hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl, hydroxy or nitro, with the proviso that at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is different from hydrogen, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each signify lower alkyl, n signifies the number 1, 2, 3 or 4 and B signifies the group --CO-- or --CHOH--, and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts have interesting analgesic and antidepressant properties. These substances can be manufactured according to various methods which are known per se and can be used as medicaments in the form of pharmaceutical preparation.

Phenethylamine derivatives

Imidazolidine derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is oxygen or imino and R is one of the groups ##STR2## their preparation, use as antiandrogenically or schistosomicidally active agents, and corresponding pharmaceutical preparations, are described.

Carbamoyl alkylene phenyl ureas

Imidazolidine derivatives

Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, independently, are hydrogen, halogen or lower alkyl; R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, independently, are hydrogen or lower alkyl; R.sup.8 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or formyl; R.sup.9 and R.sup.10, independently, are methyl or trifluoromethyl; and n is 0 (zero) or, when both R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are lower alkyl, n is 0 (zero) or 1, prepared, inter alia, from p-aminobenzaldehydes which may be N-alkyl substituted, are described. The compounds of formula I are orally active antidiabetic agents.

5-[p-(Substituted)phenyl]-2,2-dialkyl-4-phenyl-3-oxazoline

Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, independently, are hydrogen, halogen or lower alkyl; R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, independently, are hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 alkyl; R.sup.8 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or formyl; R.sup.9 and R.sup.10, independently, are methyl or trifluoromethyl; and n is 0 (zero) or, when both R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are lower alkyl, n is 0 (zero) or 1, prepared, inter alia, from p-aminobenzaldehydes which may be N-alkyl substituted, are described. The compounds of formula I are orally active antidiabetic agents.

Oxazolines

Imidazolidine derivatives, as well as processes for their preparation, which have antiandrogenic and schistosomicidal activity.

Antiandrogenic and schistosomicidal imidazolidine derivatives

Pyrrolidine derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are as hereinafter described, prepared inter alia from the corresponding pyrrolines, are described. The compounds are useful as analgesic agents.

Pyrrolidine derivatives

Compounds represented by the formula ##SPC1##

Pyrrolidines

The present disclosure relates to intermediates 2,2,3-endo-trimethyl-7-anti-amino-norbornanes and N-substituted analogs thereof. In particular the aforesaid compounds have a conventional protective group on the amino moiety and also hydroxymethyl or p-toluenesulfonyl oxymethyl groups in the 3-position.

Intermediates for preparation of

Compounds represented by the formula ##SPC1## Wherein

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