Patent ID: 7462361
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: A01N,A61P,C07C

Abstract:
1. An N,N-dihaloamino acid of the formula (IV) or a derivative thereof; wherein Hal is halogen selected from the group consisting of chloro and bromo; R R R n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3; Y is hydrogen, lower alkyl or —NH Z is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and X is —CONH said derivative being selected from the group consisting of pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters with lower alkanols, and lower alkanoyl derivatives of the —NH 2 group attached to the carbon atom to which the substituent X is attached; wherein the N,N-dihaloamino acid is selected from the group consisting of N,N-dichloro-2,2-dimethyltaurine; N,N-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetramethyltaurine; N,N-dibromo-2,2-dimethyltaurine; N,N-dibromo-1,1,2,2-tetramethyltaurine; N,N-dichloro-2-methyltaurine; and N,N-dichloro-3,3-dimethylhomotaurine.