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1-fluoro, 4-fluoro, and 1,4-difluoro anthracycline anticancer antibiotics

US4697005A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 1985
Grant dateSep 29, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07H15/252
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Compounds represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or hydroxyl, one of X and Y is fluorine and the other is hydrogen or both X and Y are fluorine, and Su is a hydrogen atom or a sugar moiety; where Su is a sugar moiety, the compounds are useful anticancer antibiotics; pharmaceutical preparations containing the antibiotics and a method for inhibiting the growth of mammalian tumors are also disclosed.

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