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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Mugio Nishizawa, Tokushima, JP;
Yoshiyasu Fukuyama, Tokushima, JP;
Hiroshi Imagawa, Tokushima, JP;
Glytech Inc., Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a new bis(tetrahydrofuran) compound having an excellent neurotrophic factor activity-enhancing effect, and a process for producing the same. The bis(tetrahydrofuran) compound of the present invention is represented by formula (1): wherein Rand Rare the same or different, and represent a Calkyl group, a Calkoxy group, an aryl Calkoxy group, a Calkenyloxy group, or an aryl Calkenyloxy group, or Rand Rtogether represent ═O or ═CH; Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a group —CH—O—R; Rrepresents a Calkyl group, a Calkylcarbonyl group, or an aryl Calkyl group that may have a substituent on an aryl ring; and a carbon-carbon bond between 'a' and 'b' represents a single bond or a double bond. The bis(tetrahydrofuran) compound has an excellent neurotrophic factor activity-enhancing effect.