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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1995
Federico CA. Gaeta, Foster City, CA (US);
Elaine C Stracker, Vacaville, CA (US);
Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Compounds for treating cancer and other diseases involving telomerase activity are characterized by the following structure: ##STR1## Such compounds include those for which X.sub.1 is oxygen, sulfur, sulfone, or sulfinyl, and R.sub.1 is --Y.sub.n R.sub.6, where n is an integer between 0 and 10 and each Y.sub.n independently is methylene, methine, or quaternary carbon. R.sub.6, is alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, or heteroaralkyl, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, heteroalkylcarbonyl, heteroaralkylcarbonyl, aralkylcarbonyl, arninocarbonyl, alkylarninocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, diarylaminocarbonyl, arylalkylaminocarbonyl, carboxyl, carboxaldehyde, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, sulfo, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, or arylsulfinyl. R.sub.6 can also be a linker selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and heterocycle. R.sub.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, hydroxyl, alkoxyl, aryloxyl, halogen, cyano, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, dialkylamino, diarylamino, arylalkylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, diarylaminocarbonyl, arylalkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, sulfo, alkylsulfonyl, or arylsulfonyl. R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently can be hydrogen, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, heterocycleamino, aralkylamino, dialkylamino, diarylamino, heterocylcealkylamino, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, nitro, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxyl, alkoxyl, lower alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, cyano, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, aralkoxycarbonyl, or heteroaralkyl. R.sub.5 is selected from the group consisting of iminyl, hydroximinyl, alkyliminyl, aryliminyl, aralkyliminyl, alkoximinyl, aryloximinyl, heterocycleiminyl, and cyclic iminyl. Provided, however, that R.sub.5 is not 4-methylphenyliminyl when X.sub.1 is sulfur, n is 1, Y is methylene, R.sub.2 is cyano, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are hydrogen, and R.sub.6 is 4-chlorophenyl.