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4-Hydroxy-3-pyrrolin-2-ones and treatment of circulatory disorders therewith

US4925868A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 1987
Grant dateMay 15, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D513/04
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is sulfur or optionally substituted imino group; Y is a bond, oxygen, phenylene, phenyleneoxy, or oxyphenyleneoxy; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; R.sup.2 is optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; and R.sup.1 may form, together with the imino-nitrogen atom as X, a nitrogen-containing 5- to 7-membered ring, production and use thereof. The compound (I) of the present invention has an anti-oxidation activity and activities of preventing or improving functional disorders due to biologically active oxygen species, thus being useful as a pharmaceutical agent for prophylaxis and therapy of disorders in the circulatory system.

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