Funai Yakuhin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

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Funai Kakuhin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Tomohisa Miyamoto

Bompei Yasui

Setsuro Fujii

Masahiro Kawasaki

Kazuko Ando

Iwao Hashimoto

Naoki Umeda

Mitsuo Nakamura

Mitsuru Hirohashi

Yoshitaka Sako

Katsuyuki Hiraoka

Masatoshi Shiga

Yoichiro Kawai

Yoneichi Sawai

Yuji Mino

2'-Deoxy-3',5'-di-O-alkylcarbonyl-5-fluorouridine derivatives possessing strong anti-tumor activity with weak toxicity and represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R stands for an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a halogen atom, m for zero or an integer of 1-3, and n for an integer of 1-14, with the proviso that when m is 2 or 3, R's may be the same or different and that when m is 2 and the adjacent two R's are alkoxy groups, the two alkyl moieties of the alkoxy groups may be combined to form together with the two adjacent oxa bridging members an alkylenedioxy group as a whole. These derivatives are prepared by acylating a 2'-deoxy-3',5'-di-O-alkylcarbonyl-5-fluorouridine with corresponding benzoyl halides and are useful as active ingredients for anti-tumor agents, especially for oral administration.

2'-Deoxy-3',5'-di-O-alkylcarbonyl-5-fluorouridine derivatives, a process

New ester derivatives of alkoxybenzoyldeoxyfluorouridine of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R stands for an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m for 1 or 2, and n for 3 or 4 with the proviso that when m is 2, the adjacent two R's may be combined to form an alkylenedioxy group as a whole. These derivatives are prepared by acylating a 2'-deoxy-3',5'-di-O-alkylcarbonyl-5-fluorouridine with corresponding benzoyl halides and are useful as active ingredients for anti-tumor agents, especially for oral administration.

Ester derivatives of alkoxybenzoyldeoxyfluorouridine

New ester derivatives of deoxyfluorouridine of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R and R.sup.40, may be identical or different, and may be hydrogen, halogen or methyl and n is 3 or 4. These derivatives are prepared by acylating a 2'-deoxy-3',5'-di-O-alkylcarbonyl-5-fluorouridine with corresponding benzoyl halides and are useful as active ingredients for anti-tumor agents, especially for oral administeration.

Ester derivatives of deoxyfluorouridine

A process for the preparation of 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(4-benzylpiperidino)-1-propanol (i.e. ifenprodil) and acid-addition salts thereof, characterized by brominating 4'-hydroxypropiophenone in a single or mixed solvent selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol and a saturated aliphatic ether, removing hydrogen bromide formed in the course of the bromination, adding 4-benzylpyridine to the reaction mixture, heating the reaction mixture under reflux in a single or mixed solvent selected from the group consisting of methanol and ethanol, and then subjecting the resultant reaction mixture to catalytic reduction to form 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(4-benzylpiperidino)-1-propanol hydrobromide in the reaction mixture. The end product (i.e. ifenprodil) can be obtained according to this process in a high yield of about 80% within 14 hours from the starting material in a single reaction container throughout the process, without introducing a protective benzyl group into the starting material prior to the bromination.

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