Therapeutic drug monitoring of A77 1726, the active metabolite of leflunomide: serum concentrations predict response to treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

…, M Janssen, JP Yska, R Keuper… - Annals of the …, 2005 - ard.bmj.com
Background: Leflunomide is the prodrug of the disease modifying antirheumatic metabolite
A77 1726. More than 50% of patients withdraw from leflunomide treatment within one year …

Efficient preparation of substituted 5, 6, 7, 8‐tetrahydroquinolines and octahydroacridine derivatives

D Sielemann, R Keuper, N Risch - Journal für praktische …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction of the enamine 4 with different β‐amino ketone hydrochlorides 3a–e affords the
diketones 5a–e which can be cyclized to the corresponding mono‐and disubstituted …

Synthesis of porphyrin dimers using a Heck-type coupling reaction with bisacrylates

N Risch, R Gauler, R Keuper - Tetrahedron letters, 1999 - Elsevier
The Heck-type crosscoupling reaction in DMF under phase-transfer conditions of zinc (II)-
monobromo-deuteroporphyrin-dimethylester (1) and several bifunctional α, β-unsaturated …

Novel iminium compounds from N-alkylanilinium perchlorates and aldehydes and their unexpected (domino type) reactions

U Westerwelle, R Keuper, N Risch - The Journal of Organic …, 1995 - ACS Publications
Our investigations into the chemistry of preformed iminium salts* 1 have led us to look for
appropriate iminium systems with an aliphatic or aromatic fragment substituted for one of the …

A Versatile Domino Synthesis Affording Novel S‐and U‐Shaped Terpyridines.–Synthesis, Properties and Crystal Structure

R Keuper, N Risch, U Flörke, HJ Haupt - Liebigs Annalen, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The development of a simple and general method for the preparation of multifunctional
terpyridines is described. The treatment of the ketones 1a–g with ternary iminium salts …

Synthesis of Novel Functionalized Bi‐and Oligopyridines

D Sielemann, R Keuper, N Risch - European Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
An annelation reaction is presented in which 1, 3‐cyclohexanedione (1) and Mannich bases
6a, b are used for the preparation of functionalized bipyridines 12a, 13a, 14a and …

Facile synthesis of polycyclic pyridines, bipyridines, and oligopyridines

R Keuper, N Risch - Liebigs Annalen, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The preparation of polycyclic heterocycles with one or more nitrogen atoms and different
binding angles by a domino reaction is described. These compounds (4–6, 8a–b) are …

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Pyridines and 3,3′‐Bridged Bipyridines Using 1,x‐Cyclohexanediones

R Keuper, N Risch - European journal of organic chemistry, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
A one‐pot reaction using 1, x‐cyclohexanediones, a Mannich base (or its hydrochloride),
and ammonium acetate delivers novel pyridines or 3, 3′‐bridged bipyridine compounds 8 …

[BOOK][B] Comparison of the Energy Method With the Accelerometer Method of Computing Drag Coefficients From Flight Data

TL Keller, RF Keuper - 1945 - books.google.com
A comparison was made between the energy and the accelerometer methods of computing
drag coefficients from flight tests of the P-51B and the P-39N airplanes. The energy method …

Preparation, characterization and selective reactions of novel [1, 3] diazetidine‐2, 4‐diones (uretdiones)—a new route to generate asymmetric substituted …

…, U Westerwelle, J Kiene, R Keuper - Journal für praktische …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The selective cyclodimerization of monomeric diisocyanates like IPDI 4 and TDI 5 yields [1,
3] diazetidine‐2, 4‐diones (uretdiones). On this basis, a new method for the selective …