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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
William Alexander Denny, Auckland, NZ;
William Robert Wilson, Auckland, NZ;
David Charles Ware, Auckland, NZ;
Graham John Atwell, Auckland, NZ;
Jared Bruce Milbank, Auckland, NZ;
Ralph James Stevenson, Auckland, NZ;
William Alexander Denny, Auckland, NZ;
William Robert Wilson, Auckland, NZ;
David Charles Ware, Auckland, NZ;
Graham John Atwell, Auckland, NZ;
Jared Bruce Milbank, Auckland, NZ;
Ralph James Stevenson, Auckland, NZ;
Auckland Uniservices Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a class of heterocycles and their metal complexes, and is particularly concerned with the use of these compounds in the preparation of prodrugs or as prodrugs that may be activated under hypoxic conditions by enzymes or by therapeutic ionising radiation, in the treatment of cancer. The invention also relates to the use of these heterocycles and the corresponding metal complexes in the preparation of medicaments and to compositions including the heterocycles or their metal complexes and to methods for preparing these compounds.