Takeda Chemical Industries, Inc.

Hiroshi Shimadzu

Naoto Hashimoto

Koichi Matsumura

Osamu Miyashita

Toshio Miyawaki

Hirotomo Masuya

Marvin A Motsenbocker

There is disclosed a novel phenothiazine derivative of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and are a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group and at least one of them has as a substituent a group which can react with amino group, thiol group or carboxyl group, and X.sup.- is a counter ion of the phenazathionium. Their production and the intermediates used in the production are also disclosed. The compound (I) is a derivative of methylene blue and is applicable to photodynamic therapy of cancer or immunoassays utilizing chemiluminescence.

Phenothiazine derivatives, their production and use

This invention relates to 9-thiomaytansinoid compounds represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or acyl derived from a carboxylic acid, X is chlorine or hydrogen, Y is hydrogen, lower alkylsulfonyl, or alkyl or aralkyl which are unsubstituted or substituted, and methods of producing the same. The compounds are useful as antitumor, antiprotozoal and antifungal agents.

9-Thiomaytansinoids and their pharmaceutical compositions and use

New derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## (wherein X is O or NH; R.sub.1 is --OH which may optionally be etherified or esterified, etherified mercapto or --NH.sub.2 which may optionally be substituted; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, respectively, mean H, lower alkyl or ##STR2## and Y is an esterified or amidated carboxyl group, or CN). These derivatives are produced, by fluorination of corresponding 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2,4-dioxopyrimidine compounds and can be converted into 5-fluorouracil derivatives under hydrolytic conditions. The new derivatives are able to prolong the lives of animals having carcinomas or have antiviral activity.

Uracil derivatives and production thereof

New compounds of the formula ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 represents a lower alkyl group: and ##STR2## represents an alkylidene radical in which at least one of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is a lower alkyl which may optionally be substituted by phenyl, phenyl or a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring including S, N or O, and the remainder, if any, is hydrogen; or a cycloalkylidene radical of up to six carbon atoms, to which a benzene ring may optionally be fused). These compounds are produced by reacting the corresponding 6-acyloxy compounds with a compound of the formula ##STR3## The new compounds have antiviral activity and are useful to prolong the life spans of tumor-bearing animals.

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