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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Farmitalia Carlo Ebra S.r.l., Milan, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07J / ; C07J / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514177 ; 2603973 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to new 6-substituted 1.2.beta.methylenandrost-4-ene-3,17-diones of the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydrogen and the other is halogen, amino or azido, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, taken together, form a .dbd.CH.sub.2 or .dbd.O group, and, when one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is amino, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are useful in therapy, in particular as anti-cancer agents.