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Pyromellitic diimides

CA 1137488 A · Owner: Merck & Co. Inc. · Inventors: Fisher, Michael H.; Linn, Bruce O.; Bochis, Richard J.

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Novel Pyromellitic Diimides ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, Novel substituted pyromellitic diimides are disclosed wherein the compounds are assymetrically substituted with a variety of substituent groups. Processes for the preparation of such compounds are also disclosed. The novel assymetrically substituted pyromellitic diimides are useful for administration to ruminant animals to increase feed efficiency, shift volatile fatty acid production in the ruminants from acetate with an increase in the more energetically efficient propionate and butyrate and to suppress methane formation in the rumen. Composition and methods of treatment utilizing said compounds as the active ingredient thereof are …

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  • Granted December 14, 1982. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 14, 1999.
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FiledOctober 12, 1979
GrantedDecember 14, 1982
Term endedDecember 14, 1999
Patent numberCA 1137488 A
Classification (IPC)C07D487/04 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedOct 12, 1979Patent grantedDec 14, 1982Term endedDec 14, 1999

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