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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
May. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jun Li, Hamden, CT (US);
Chuan-Sheng Niu, Cheshire, CT (US);
Xiuyan Li, New Haven, CT (US);
Terrence W Doyle, Killingworth, CT (US);
Shu-Hui Chen, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., New Haven, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514353 ; 546306 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel prodrug forms of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase inhibitors 3-aminopyridine-2-carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (3-AP) 3-amino-4-methylpyridine-2-carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (3-AMP) which have increased water solubility, bioavailablity and resistance to in vivo acetylation of their amino functions. Novel compounds according to the present invention relate to those of the formula: ##STR1## where R.sup.4 is H or CH.sub.3 and