Eisai Company, Limited

Atsumi Iijima

Norihiro Ueda

Tatsuo Watanabe

Yoshihiko Kotake

Kyosuke Kitoh

Jun Niijima

Takeshi Nagasu

Nozomu Koyanagi

Hiroshi Yoshino

Kentaro Yoshimatsu

Kappei Tsukahara

Makoto Asada

Toshimi Okada

Hiroyuki Sugumi

Hirovuki Sugumi

Sulfonamide compounds of formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## exhibit excellent antitumor activity and low toxicity.

Pyrimidinyl or pyridinyl sulfonamide substituted compounds

Sulfonamide compounds of the formula or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group, hydroxyl group, nitro group, phenoxy group, cyano group, acetyl group, amino group or a protected amino group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be the same or different from each other and each is a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, lower alkyl group or lower alkoxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.7 may be the same or different from each other and each is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 may be the same or different from each other and each is a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, lower alkoxy group, amino group or amino group substituted with a lower alkyl or a phenyl group; A is .dbd.CH--; B is .dbd.CH--; and E is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## in which Q is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and R.sup.11 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an amino group which may be substituted with a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a 2-thienyl group, a 2-furyl group, phenyl group or a phenyl group having from 1 to 3 substituents, said substituents being the same or different from one another and selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group, hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, esterified carboxyl group, amidated carboxyl group, lower alkylthio group and phenoxy group; and (b) a phenyl group or a phenyl group having from 1 to 3 substituents.

Sulfonamide phenyl substituted compounds

Sulfonamide derivatives of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein preferably R.sup.1 represents a lower alkoxy group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 may be the same or different from one another and each represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or lower alkyl group, A and B may be the same or different from each other and each represent .dbd.N-- or .dbd.CH--, E represents an aromatic 6-membered cyclic group, which may have 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms in the ring, and be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents which may be the same or different from one another with the proviso that a combination of R.sup.1 which is a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl group, nitro group or amino group which may be protected, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 which are each a hydrogen atom, A and B which are each .dbd.CH-- and E which is a phenyl group which may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents G which may be the same or different from one another is excluded, or pharmacologically acceptance salts of them, have an excellent antitumo-activity.

Sulfonamide derivatives

Sulfonamide derivatives of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein preferably R.sup.1 represents a lower alkoxy group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 may be the same or different from one another and each represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or lower alkyl group, A and B may be the same or different from each other and each represent .dbd.N-- or .dbd.CH--, E represents an aromatic 6-membered cyclic group, which may have 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms in the ring, and be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents which may be the same or different from one another with the proviso that a combination of R.sup.1 which is a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl group, nitro group or amino group which may be protected, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 which are each a hydrogen atom, A and B which are each .dbd.CH-- and E which is a phenyl group which may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents G which may be the same or different from one another is excluded, or pharmacologically acceptable salts of them, have an excellent antitumor activity.

Pyridine carboxamide compounds which have useful as pharmaceutical

Sulfonamide derivatives of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein preferably R.sup.1 represents a lower alkoxy group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 may be the same or different from one another and each represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or lower alkyl group, A and B may be the same or different from each other and each represent .dbd.N-- or .dbd.CH--, E represents an aromatic 6-membered cyclic group, which may have 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms in the ring, and be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents which may be the same or different from one another with the proviso that a combination of R.sup.1 which is a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl group, nitro group or amino group which may be protected, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 which are each a hydrogen atom, A and B which are each .dbd.CH-- and E which is a phenyl group which may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents G which may be the same or different from one another is excluded, or pharmacologically acceptance salts of them, have an excellent antitumor activity.

Sulfonamide derivatives of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein preferably R.sup.1 represents a lower alkoxy group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are as defined in the specification, A and B may be the same or different from each other and each represents .dbd.N-- or .dbd.CH--, E represents an aromatic 6-membered cyclic group, which may have 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms in the ring, and may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents which may be the same or different from one another with the proviso that a combination of R.sup.1 which is a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl group, nitro group or amino group which may be protected, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 which are each a hydrogen atom, A and B which are each .dbd.CH-- and E which is a phenyl group which may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents G which may be the same or different from one another is excluded, or pharmacologically acceptance salts of them.

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