The invention provides substituted imidazole carboxamides and related compounds, compositions containing such compounds, medical kits, and methods for using such compounds and compositions to treat a medical disorder, e.g., cancer, lysosomal storage disorder, neurodegenerative disorder, inflammatory disorder, in a patient.

A drug containing, as an active ingredient, a compound having an antagonistic activity against an EP.sub.2 receptor in the prevention and/or treatment of a disease associated with the activation of an EP.sub.2 receptor, of formula (I-A):

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wherein all symbols have the same meanings as those described in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

A drug containing, as an active ingredient, a compound having an antagonistic activity against an EP.sub.2 receptor in the prevention and/or treatment of a disease associated with the activation of an EP.sub.2 receptor, of formula (I-A):

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wherein all symbols have the same meanings as those described in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

A method for a high yield production of a difluoromethyl-substituted aromatic heterocyclic compound having a partial structure represented by formula (II), which includes reacting an N-oxido aromatic heterocyclic compound having a partial structure represented by formula (I) with tetrafluoroethylene in a solvent selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent, an ester solvent, and an ether solvent.

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A method for a high yield production of a difluoromethyl-substituted aromatic heterocyclic compound having a partial structure represented by formula (II), which includes reacting an N-oxido aromatic heterocyclic compound having a partial structure represented by formula (I) with tetrafluoroethylene in a solvent selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent, an ester solvent, and an ether solvent.

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Provided herein are compounds that are useful in treating cancer.

Provided herein are compounds that inhibit histone lysine demethylase (KDM) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and prodrugs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating or preventing diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases, e.g., cancer). In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are represented by formulas (I) and (II).

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Provided herein are compounds that inhibit histone lysine demethylase (KDM) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and prodrugs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating or preventing diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases, e.g., cancer). In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are represented by formulas (I) and (II).

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The present invention relates to novel ACSS2 inhibitors having activity as anti-cancer therapy, treatment of alcoholism, and viral infection (e.g., CMV), composition and methods of preparation thereof, and uses thereof for treating viral infection, alcoholism, alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), obesity/weight gain, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, inflammatory/autoimmune conditions and cancer, including metastatic cancer, advanced cancer, and dmg resistant cancer of various types.

The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following compounds having Formula (I): ##STR00001## where the substituents R, R.sup.1-R.sup.5, k, m, n, and q are as defined herein. These compounds are used in the treatment of cancer, immunologic disorders, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, or inflammatory disorders, infectious disease, or for providing immunosuppression for transplanted organs or tissues.