The present application is directed to compounds of Formula (I)-(VIII): ##STR00001## compositions comprising these compounds and their uses, for example as medicaments and/or diagnostics.

Described herein are compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, of the following formula:

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The compounds are useful for treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

The present invention relates to novel ophthalmic devices comprising polymerized compounds comprising a photoactive unit, said polymerized compounds, and special monomer compounds being particularly suitable for compositions and ophthalmic devices.

Described herein are compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, of the following formula: ##STR00001## The compounds are useful for treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Curatives and their resulting thermosets and other crosslinked polymers can reduce thermal expansion mismatch between an encapsulant and objects that are encapsulated. This can be accomplished by incorporating a negative CTE moiety into the thermoset resin or polymer backbone. The negative CTE moiety can be a thermal contractile unit that shrinks as a result of thermally induced conversion from a twist-boat to chair or cis/trans isomerization upon heating. Beyond CTE matching, other potential uses for these crosslinked polymers and thermosets include passive energy generation, energy absorption at high strain rates, mechanophores, actuators, and piezoelectric applications.

Curatives and their resulting thermosets and other crosslinked polymers can reduce thermal expansion mismatch between an encapsulant and objects that are encapsulated. This can be accomplished by incorporating a negative CTE moiety into the thermoset resin or polymer backbone. The negative CTE moiety can be a thermal contractile unit that shrinks as a result of thermally induced conversion from a twist-boat to chair or cis/trans isomerization upon heating. Beyond CTE matching, other potential uses for these crosslinked polymers and thermosets include passive energy generation, energy absorption at high strain rates, mechanophores, actuators, and piezoelectric applications.

The present invention relates to a preparation method of chiral primary amine. The chiral primary amine is prepared through a one-pot method that under the action of a ruthenium-chiral diphosphine catalyst, a simple ketone and an ammonium salt RCOONH.sub.4 have reductive amination by adding hydrogen and then are heated and hydrolyzed by adding acid. The present invention has the advantages of good substrate universality, high reaction efficiency and the like

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Curatives and their resulting thermosets and other crosslinked polymers can reduce thermal expansion mismatch between an encapsulant and objects that are encapsulated. This can be accomplished by incorporating a negative CTE moiety into the thermoset resin or polymer backbone. The negative CTE moiety can be a thermal contractile unit that shrinks as a result of thermally induced conversion from a twist-boat to chair or cis/trans isomerization upon heating. Beyond CTE matching, other potential uses for these crosslinked polymers and thermosets include passive energy generation, energy absorption at high strain rates, mechanophores, actuators, and piezoelectric applications.

Functionalized benzocycloheptenes are one of the most important classes of bicyclic framework that have been investi-gated in different areas of biological activities. The claimed invention provides preparations of benzocycloheptene analogues, inhibitors of PI3K and MK2, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds of Formula I, II, III, IV, V and VI may be used as anti type 2 diabetes, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antiepileptic, anticancer, antiulcer, CNS-stimulant, and CNS-depressant. These benzocycloheptene derivatives are useful in treatment of PI3K and MK2 related disorders.

The present disclosure is concerned with benzoannulene compounds that are capable of inhibiting a viral infection and methods of treating viral infections such as, for example, chikungunya, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, dengue, influenza, and zika, using these compounds. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.