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Pharmaceutical compounds comprising polyamines substituted with electron-affinic groups and method of application thereof

US6255495A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2000
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07F15/0093
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A compound comprising and diamine containing from 2-4 electron-affinic radiosensitizing functional groups or a salt thereof is provided. In a preferred embodiment the compound has the formula ##STR1## wherein A comprises a carbon carbon having from about 2-10 carbon in the chain, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are H, or T, T is ##STR2## wherein A' comprises a carbon chain having from about 1-8 carbon in the chain, is R.sup.5 is H, lower alkyl, and halo, and R.sup.6 is H, lower alkyl, halo or nitro, provided that at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, and at least one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is T. Intermediates for, pharmaceutical compositions containing, methods for making and methods for using such compounds to radiosensitize and kill hypoxic tumor cells are also provided.

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