The invention relates to a method of inhibiting loss of muscle mass or muscle function in a subject in need thereof, or a method of treating miofibers ex vivo, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a 18-20 member bi-polycyclic compound to the subject or to the miofibers.

The invention relates to a method of inhibiting loss of muscle mass or muscle function in a subject in need thereof, or a method of treating miofibers ex vivo, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a 18-20 member bi-polycyclic compound to the subject or to the miofibers.

The present invention provides a process of producing a trifluoromcthoxylated aryl or trifluoromothoxylated heteroaryl having the structure:

##STR00001## wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl, each with or without substitution; and R.sub.1 is H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(aryl), -(heteroaryl), -(alkylaryl), -(alkylheteroaryl), NH-(alkyl), N(alkyl).sub.2, NH-(alkenyl), NH-(alkynyl) NH-(aryl), NH-(heteroaryl), O-(alkyl), O-(alkenyl), O-(alkynyl), O-(aryl), O-(heteroaryl), S-(alkyl), S-(alkenyl), S-(alkynyl), S-(aryl), or S-(heteroaryl), comprising: (a) reacting a compound having the structure:

##STR00002## with a trifluoromethylating agent in the presence of a base in a first suitable solvent under conditions to produce a compound having the structure:

##STR00003##

and (b) maintaining the compound produced in step (a) in a second suitable solvent under conditions sufficient to produce the trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluormethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure:

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The present invention provides a process of producing a trifluoromcthoxylated aryl or trifluoromothoxylated heteroaryl having the structure:

##STR00001## wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl, each with or without substitution; and R.sub.1 is H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(aryl), -(heteroaryl), -(alkylaryl), -(alkylheteroaryl), NH-(alkyl), N(alkyl).sub.2, NH-(alkenyl), NH-(alkynyl) NH-(aryl), NH-(heteroaryl), O-(alkyl), O-(alkenyl), O-(alkynyl), O-(aryl), O-(heteroaryl), S-(alkyl), S-(alkenyl), S-(alkynyl), S-(aryl), or S-(heteroaryl), comprising: (a) reacting a compound having the structure:

##STR00002## with a trifluoromethylating agent in the presence of a base in a first suitable solvent under conditions to produce a compound having the structure:

##STR00003##

and (b) maintaining the compound produced in step (a) in a second suitable solvent under conditions sufficient to produce the trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluormethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure:

##STR00004##

The invention relates to processes for the synthesis of benzodiazepine derivatives of Formula I:

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The invention relates to processes for the synthesis of benzodiazepine derivatives of Formula I:

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The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of (R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, 1-(5-chloro-[1,1-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanone, and intermediates thereof, which are useful in the preparation of inhibitors of TPH1 for the treatment of, for example, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, inflammatory, metabolic, low bone mass diseases, serotonin syndrome, and cancer.

The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of (R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, 1-(5-chloro-[1,1-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanone, and intermediates thereof, which are useful in the preparation of inhibitors of TPH1 for the treatment of, for example, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, inflammatory, metabolic, low bone mass diseases, serotonin syndrome, and cancer.

This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, pesticidal compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such pesticidal compositions against such pests. These pesticidal compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (Formula One).

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This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, pesticidal compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such pesticidal compositions against such pests. These pesticidal compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (Formula One).

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