Banyu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd

Tetsuya Aoyama

Yoshikazu Iwasawa

Toshihiko Satoh

Kumiko Kawakami

Sachie Arai

Yoshiaki Monden

Substituted amide derivatives

The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3 and Ar.sup.4 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; X and Y represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a -- (wherein R.sup.a is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group) or --NR.sup.b -- (wherein R.sup.b is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), or X and Y together represent a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a lower alkylcarbamoyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower hydroxyalkyl group, a lower fluoroalkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.6 is a lower alkyl group; and R.sup.7 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, provided that when one of X and Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a group of the formula --NR.sup.b --, the other is a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a --, its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester, and an antitumor agent containing it as an active ingredient.

N,N-disubstituted amic acid derivatives

Cyclic amic acid derivatives

The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3 and Ar.sup.4 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; X and Y represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a -- (wherein R.sup.a is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group) or --NR.sup.b -- (wherein R.sup.b is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), or X and Y together represent a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a lower alkylcarbamoyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower hydroxyalkyl group, a lower fluoroalkyl group or a lower alkoxy group, R.sup.6 is a lower alkyl group, and R.sup.7 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, provided that when one of X and Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a group of the formula --NR.sup.b --, the other is a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a --, its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester, and an antitumor agent containing it as an active ingredient.

N, n-disubstituted amic acid derivatives

The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.3 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; Q represents a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.m -- (m is an integer of from 1 to 6) or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --W--(CH.sub.2).sub.p -- (W is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; n and p are a integer of from 0 to 3); R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, an aryl or heteroaromatic ring group which may be substituted; R.sup.2, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a lower alkylcarbamoyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower hydroxyalkyl group, a lower fluoroalkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.5 represents a lower alkyl group; and R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester, and an antitumor agent containing it as an active ingredient.

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Tsukuba, Japan

Tetsuya Aoyama