Bristol-myers Squibb Compnay

Bristol-myers Company

Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.

Vittorio Farina

Shu-Hui Chen

Dolatrai M Vyas

Joydeep Kant

Stephen R Baker

John F Kadow

Chester Sapino, Jr

Gregory P Roth

Robert A Holton

David R Langley

Terrence W Doyle

Mark D Wittman

Yasutsugu Ueda

Henry S Wong

Daniel A Benigni

Amarendra B Mikkilineni

Paul R Brodfuehrer

Sheila I Hauck

The present invention provides paclitaxel derivatives of formula I ##STR1## and pharmaceutical compositions.

6,7-modified paclitaxels

##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is --COR.sup.z in which R.sup.z is RO-- or R;

Deoxy taxols

The present invention provides paclitaxel derivatives of formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is --COR.sup.z in which R.sup.Z is RO-- or R;

The present invention relates to 10-desacetoxytaxol and derivatives thereof, which are useful as antitumor agents. These compounds have the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen, hydroxy or a protected hydroxy group; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, a protected hydroxy group, methyl, --SH, --NH.sub.2, or --NR.sub.8 R.sub.9 ; R.sub.5 is R.sub.10, or --OR.sub.10 ; R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl; and R.sub.10 is alkoxy, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynl, or aryl.

10-desacetoxytaxol derivatives

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of (3R, 4S)-3-hydroxy-4-phenyl-2-azetidinone derivatives which are useful intermediates in the synthesis of taxol from baccatin III, said process comprises reacting an acyloxyacetyl halide with an imine derived from L-threonine; and to compounds of formula (III) which are produced in said process: ##STR1## wherein Ar is phenyl; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, an acyl radical of a carboxylic acid, or a carbonic acid ester radical; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a carboxy protecting group; and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a hydroxy protecting group.

Asymmetric synthesis of taxol side chain

This invention relates to a fluorinated taxol of formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is --COR.sup.z in which R.sup.z is RO-- or R;

Fluoro taxols

The present invention is directed to novel taxol derivatives useful as anti-tumor agents. Also provided by this invention is pharmaceutical formulations and methods of treating mammalian tumors with the compounds of this invention.

Phosphonooxy and carbonate derivatives of taxol

An antitumor compound of formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is --COR.sup.z in which R.sup.z is t-butyloxy, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with one to three same or different C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, halogen or --CF.sub.3 groups;

7,8-cyclopropataxanes

The present invention relates to 10-desacetoxy-11,12-dihydrotaxol-10,12(18)-diene derivatives which are useful as antitumor agents and as intermediates for the preparation of 10-desacetoxytaxol. Also disclosed is a novel process for the preparation of 10-desacetoxytaxol which comprises treating hydroxy protected 10-deacetyltaxol with 1,1,2-trifluoro-2-chlorotriethylamine followed by catalytic hydrogenation.

Taxol derivatives

This invention relates to a novel process for making a cephem of formula II from 2-(3-amino-2-oxo-azetidin-1-yl)-2,3-butadienoate of formula I. In another aspect, this invention is concerned with a process of further converting a compound of formula II into an antibacterial cephem of formula III. ##STR1## In formulae I, II and III, R.sup.1 is hydrogen, a conventional amino protecting group or an acyl group; R.sup.2 is an aromatic heterocyclic or aryl group; R.sup.3 is a conventional carboxy protecting group or --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3 taken together forms a physiologically hydrolyzable ester; and R.sup.4 is a group selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, cyclic C.sub.3-6 alkyl, and aryl; and n is 0 or 2.

Processes for making cephems from allenylazetidinone derivatives

This invention relates to a novel process for making a cephem of formula II from a 2-(3-amino-2-oxo-azetidin-1-yl)-2,3-butadienoate intermediate of formula I using an organo-copper reagent. In another aspect, this invention is concerned with said intermediate. ##STR1## In the compounds of Scheme (A), R.sup.1 is a conventional amino protecting group or an acyl group; R.sup.2 is an aromatic heterocyclic or aryl group; R.sup.3 is a conventional carboxy protecting group or --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3 taken together forms a physiologically hydrolyzable ester; and R.sup.4 is a group selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, cyclic C.sub.3-6 alkyl, and aryl; and n is 0 or 2. This invention also relates to an intermediate represented by formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and n are as defined above.

A novel process utilizing adenosine deaminase to selectively produce .beta.-(D)-2',3'-dideoxyinosine in high yields from an .alpha.,.beta.-anomeric mixture. .beta.-(D)-2',3'-Dideoxyinosine so produced is useful as an antiviral and antibiotic agent.

Dideoxyinosine by enzymatic deamination of dideoxyadenosine

There is disclosed a process for the production of certain 3-hydrocarbyl-3-cephem derivatives wherein the hydrocarbyl group is selected from 1-alkenyl and conjugated and unconjugated 1-polyalkenyl, 1-alkynl, carbocyclic and heterocyclic aryl, and carbocyclic and heterocyclic arylmethyl and, in the case of the 1-alkenyl and conjugated 1-polyalkenyl derivatives, with substantially complete stereospecificity, by coupling a 3-triflyloxy cephem with a hydrocarbyltributylstannane in the presence of bis(dibenzylideneacetonyl)-palladium, a phosphine, and a metal halide such as, for example, zinc chloride. The 3-unsaturated alkyl-3-cephem derivatives so-produced are useful as broad-spectrum antibacterial agents.

3-Unsaturated alkyl cephems from 3-triflyl cephems

There is disclosed a process for the production of certain 2-allyl- and 3-butenyl-3-cephem derivatives by coupling a 3-chloromethyl-3-cephem with a hydrocarbyltributystannane in the presence of bis(dibenzylideneacetonyl)-palladium and a phosphine. The 3-allyl- and 3-butenyl-3-cephem derivatives so-produced are useful as broad-spectrum antibacterial agents.

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