The present invention aims to provide a novel compound having a high mPTP-opening inhibitory activity and/or a useful therapeutic effect on various diseases. An aspect of the present invention relates to a mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP)-opening inhibitor, a medicament or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by formula (I), wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 are the same as defined in the specification and the claims, a stereoisomer thereof, a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof, as an active ingredient. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (Ia), wherein R.sup.1a, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 are the same as defined in the specification and the claims, a stereoisomer thereof, a prodrug thereof, or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.

The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of ATP citrate lyase (ACLY), compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Disclosed are compounds of formula (I):

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and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. Methods of treating neurological or psychiatric disease and disorders in a subject in need are also disclosed.

Disclosed are compounds of formula (I):

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and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. Methods of treating neurological or psychiatric disease and disorders in a subject in need are also disclosed.

An enzyme-mediated method for the production of Amberketal and Amberketal homologues, the products of said method, and uses of said products.

Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.

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Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.

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The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for metathesizing a first alkenyl or alkynyl group with a second alkenyl or alkynyl group, the composition comprising a ruthenium metathesis catalyst and a photoredox catalyst that is activated by visible light.

The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which may be used as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, viral infections and/or autoimmune diseases.

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The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which may be used as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, viral infections and/or autoimmune diseases.

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