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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Mark A. Ashwell, Carlisle, MA (US);
Manish Tandon, Framingham, MA (US);
Jean-marc Lapierre, Pelham, NH (US);
Syed M. Ali, North Andover, MA (US);
David Vensel, Boston, MA (US);
Chiang J. LI, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mark A. Ashwell, Carlisle, MA (US);
Manish Tandon, Framingham, MA (US);
Jean-Marc Lapierre, Pelham, NH (US);
Syed M. Ali, North Andover, MA (US);
David Vensel, Boston, MA (US);
Chiang J. Li, Cambridge, MA (US);
ArQule, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides novel tricyclic spiro-oxathiine naphthoquinone derivatives, a synthetic method for making the derivatives, and the use of the derivatives to induce cell death and/or to inhibit proliferation of cancer or precancerous cells. The naphthoquinone derivatives of the present invention are related to the compound known as β-lapachone (3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-naphtho(1,2-b)pyran-5,6-dione).