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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1993
Motohiro Arasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Ishitsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Isami Kuruma, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Miwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Chikako Murasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Shimma, Kanagawa, JP;
Isao Umeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to N.sup.4 -(substituted-oxycarbonyl)-5'-deoxy-5-fluorocytidine derivatives which are useful as an agent for treating tumors, pharmaceutical compositions including the same, a method of treating tumors and a method of preparing N.sup.4 -(substituted-oxycarbonyl)-5'-deoxy-5-fluorocytidine derivatives for treating tumors. Compounds of formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched hydrocarbon radical wherein the number of carbon atoms in the longest straight chain of this hydrocarbon radical ranges from three to seven, or is a radical of the formula --(CH.sub.2)n--.sup.Y wherein Y is a cyclohexyl radical, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy radical or a phenyl radical and wherein when Y is a cyclohexyl radical n is an integer from 0 to 4, and when Y is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy radical or a phenyl radical n is an integer from 2 to 4, and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a radical easily hydrolyzable under physiological conditions, or a hydrate or solvate thereof. Compounds of formula (I) are useful in the treatment of tumors.