Nitrogen mustard prodrugs with novel lipophilic protecting groups, and processes for their production
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Dec 21, 1999
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Jul 16, 1997
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Jan 19, 1995
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The invention provides compounds of formula (I) and (II) wherein X and Y are independently chlorine, bromine, iodine, a mesyl group CH.sub.3 SO.sub.3 or a tosyl group OSO.sub.2 phenyl (wherein phenyl is optionally substituted by 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 substituents independently selected from C.sub.1-4 alkyl, halogen, cyano or nitro; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently 1 to 4 optional substituents; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are each independently --O-- or --NH--; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, t-butyl or allyl; Z.sup.3 is a hydrocarbyl group such as carboxyethyl, optionally containing heteroatoms, and physiologically acceptable derivatives thereof. The compounds can be converted in situ into nitrogen mustard agents by the actions of enzymes such as carboxypeptidase or nitroreductase and are useful for the treatment of cancer. ##STR1##
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