Patent number: 5478854
Abstract: R.sup.g is C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, or a radical of the formula --W--R.sup.x in which W is a bond, C.sub.2-6 alkenediyl, or --(CH.sub.2).sub.t --, in which t is one to six; and R.sup.x is naphthyl, phenyl, or heteroaryl, and furthermore R.sup.x can be optionally substituted with one to three same or different C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, halogen or --CF.sub.3 groups;R.sup.2 is --OCOR, H, OH, --OR, --OSO.sub.2 R, --OCONR.sup.o R, --OCONHR, --OCOO(CH.sub.2).sub.t R, or --OCOOR; andR and R.sup.o are independently C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.3-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, or phenyl, optionally substituted with one to three same or different C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, halogen or --CF.sub.3 groups.Further provided by this invention are pharmaceutical formulations and intermediates for the the preparation of deoxy taxols of formula I. A method of treating mammalian tumors using a compound of formula I is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 10, 1994
Date of Patent:
December 26, 1995
Assignee:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Inventors:
Vittorio Farina, Shu-Hui Chen, David Langley, Mark D. Wittman, Joydeep Kant, Dolatrai M. Vyas
