Abstract: N-[N-(Tetrahydropyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidinylmethyl) aminomethylbenzoyl]glutamic acid derivatives are antineoplastic agents with an effect on one or more enzymes which utilize metabolic derivatives of folic acid. The compounds can be prepared by allowing a protected aminomethylbenzoylglutamic acid derivative to react with 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-formylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine, reducing the intermediate Schiff base, and subjecting the intermediate to catalytic hydrogenation. A typical embodiment is (S,S) N-[N-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-5,6,7,8- tetrahydropyrido-[2,3-d]pyrimidin-6-ylmethyl)-4-aminomethylbenzoyl]-glutam ic acid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 31, 1988
Date of Patent:
October 3, 1989
Assignees:
The Trustees of Princeton University, Eli Lilly and Company
Inventors:
Edward C. Taylor, James M. Hamby, Chuan Shih