Abstract: Anthracycline glycosides useful as antitumor agents of formula XV: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, one of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, the other of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group and X is a hydrogen atom or a trifluoro acetyl group.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 1990
Date of Patent:
August 11, 1992
Assignee:
Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.
Inventors:
Francesco Angelucci, Sergio Penco, Ermes Vanotti, Federico Arcamone