Sankyo Company, Limited

Hideki Miyazaki

Norio Nakamura

Yoshio Iizuka

Hiroyuki Koike

Toshio Sada

Kazuhiko Sasagawa

Fusaaki Shimizu

Nobuyuki Ookawa

Takeshi Oshmia

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein: l is 2-4; A and B are oxygen or sulfur; one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents a long chain alkyl, alkylcarbamoyl or aliphatic acyl group and the other of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents a group of formula (III) or (II.sub.f): ##STR2## in which E represents a single bond, a bivalent heterocyclic group or a group of formula --CO--, --COO-- or --CONR.sup.6 --, where R.sup.6 is hydrogen or an imino-protecting group; m is 0-3; n is 0-10; q is 0 or 1; R.sup.4 is optionally protected hydroxy, mercapto group or carboxy; Q is an amino or nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group;

Cyclic ether derivatives and their use

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## [wherein: m is 1-3; A and B are oxygen or sulfur; and one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is C.sub.10 -C.sub.22 alkyl and the other is a group of formula (II). ##STR2## where: n is 2 or 3; and --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 R.sup.5 is an amino group] and salts thereof are effective anti-cancer agents.

Certain tetrahydro-furan or pyran phosphate-ethylene or propylene

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