Tanabe Seiyaku Company, Limited

Tanabe Seivaku Co., Ltd.

Yoshihisa Arai

Kenji Tsujihara

Masakatsu Ozeki

Osamu Ohtsuki

Tadashi Nakatani

Mikio Takeda

Tamio Morikawa

Novel organic platinum complex of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 is hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl agroup, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkanoyl group, amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing hetero-monocyclic group, or an oxygen-containing hetero-monocyclic group, Alk is a lower alkylene group, X is carbonyl or sulfonyl group, n is 1 or 2, which has excellent anti-tumor activity against various tumors and is useful as an anti-tumor agent, and a process for the preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing said compound.

Novel Organic platinum complex and process for the preparation thereof

Novel organic platinum complex of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkanoyl group, a mono- or di-lower alkylamino group, a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing hetero-monocyclic group, an oxygen-containing hetero-monocyclic group, or a group of the formula:

Novel organic platinum complex and process for the preparation thereof

A nitrosourea compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is lower alkyl and R.sup.2 is lower alkyl or lower alkoxy-lower alkyl, which may be prepared by nitrosation of a compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same as defined above. Said nitrosourea compound is useful as an anti-tumor or anti-leukemic agent.

Nitrosourea derivative and process for preparing same

A nitrosourea compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alicyclic group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenyl substituted with one to substituents selected from halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy and nitro, or a heteromonocyclic group selected from oxiranyl, tetrahydrofuryl, 1,3-dioxolanyl, 1,4-dioxanyl, morpholino, tetrahydro-S,S-dioxo-thienyl, furyl, thienyl and pyridyl; R.sup.2 is aldopentofuranosyl, aldo-pentopyranosyl, aldo-hexopyranosyl or O-aldo-hexopyranosyl-(1.fwdarw.4)-aldo-hexopyranosyl; and A is a single bond or straight or branched alkylene having one to 3 carbon atoms, is prepared by nitrosation of a compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and A are the same as above. Said nitrosourea compound is useful as an anti-tumor or anti-leukemic agent however, effectiveness in human beings has not yet been demonstrated.

Novel nitrosourea compounds and process for preparing the same

A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy-methoxy or 2-hydroxy-ethoxy, R.sup.2 is aldo-pentofuranosyl, aldo-pentopyranosyl, aldohexopyranosyl or O-aldo-hexopyranosyl-(1.fwdarw.4)-aldo-hexopyranosyl, and A is straight or branched alkylene of one to four carbon atoms, said alkylene being substituted with from 0 to at least one lower alkoxy group, is disclosed. A new intermediate used in the preparation of this compound is also disclosed. The end products are useful for inhibiting the growth of malignant tumor cells in warm-blooded animals; especially Leukemia and Ejrlich ascites carcinoma. Effectiveness on human beings has not yet been demonstrated.

A nitrosourea compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl of one to six carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl of one to six carbon atoms, alkenyl of three to five carbon atoms or alkynyl of three to five carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is aldopentofuranosyl, aldo-pentopyranosyl, aldo-hexopyranosyl, O-aldo-hexopyranosyl-(1.fwdarw.4)-aldo-hexopyranosyl or a group of the formula: --CH.sub.2 (CHOH).sub.n CH.sub.2 OH, and wherein n is zero or an integer of one to four. A method of preparation is disclosed whereby said nitrosourea compound is prepared by the nitrosation of a compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same as above. Said nitrosourea compound is useful as an anti-tumor or anti-leukemic agent.

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