Combination of benzoquinazoline antifolates and protecting...

Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Designated organic active ingredient containing – Heterocyclic carbon compounds containing a hetero ring...

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C514S267000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06579877

ABSTRACT:

The present invention relates to novel combinations of non-competitive folic acid analogues with protecting agents, and to methods of treatment using these combinations.
European Patent Application 0505640 provides a method for improving the therapeutic utility of GAR-transformylase inhibitors and other antifolates by co-administering a folate binding protein binding agent to the host undergoing treatment.
Thymidylate synthase is an enzyme catalysing the terminal step in the de novo synthesis of thymidylate required for DNA synthesis. It has been postulated that inhibitors of this enzyme may be expected to have anti-tumour activity and it has been reported (Jones et al, J. Med. Chem. 1986, 29, 468) that the in-vivo antitumour activity of N
10
-propargyl-5,8-dideazafolic acid arises solely from its inhibitory effect on this enzyme.
PCT publication WO/91/19700 discloses the compound of the formula (I)
or a salt thereof, wherein the dotted line represents a single or double bond.
R
1
is C
1-4
alkyl or amino optionally substituted by a C
1-4
alkyl C
1-5
alkanoyl or benzyl group;
R
2
, R
3
, R
4
and R
5
are the same or different and each is selected from hydrogen, phenyl, halo, nitro.
a group S(O)
n
R
8
wherein n is the integer 0, 1 or 2 and R
8
is halo or is C
1-4
alkyl or a group NR
9
R
10
wherein R
9
and R
10
are both hydrogen,
a group NR
11
R
12
wherein R
11
and R
12
are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C
1-4
alkyl.
a group OR
13
wherein R
13
is hydrogen or C
1-4
alkyl optionally substituted by halo;
a C
1-4
aliphatic group optionally substituted by a group OR
14
or NR
14
R
15
wherein R
14
and R
15
are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C
1-4
alkyl:
or two of R
2
to R
5
are linked together to form a benzo group.
or one of R
2
to R
5
is a group —X—Y—R
16
wherein X is CH
2
, NR
17
, CO or S(O)
m
and m is 0, 1 or 2 and R
17
is hydrogen or a C
1-4
aliphatic group and Y is CH
2
, O, NR
17
′ or S(O)
m′
wherein m′ is 0, 1 or 2 and R
17
is hydrogen or a C
1-4
aliphatic group provided that X and Y are only the same when each is CH
2
, or —X—Y— is a group —O—. —NR
17
—, —CH═CH— or —N═N— wherein R
17
is as hereinbefore defined, R
16
is a C
1-4
aliphatic group or a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring optionally substituted by a group R
18
at a position at least one carbon atom removed from that linked to Y, the 5- or 6-membered ring being optionally further substituted by a halo atom; and R
18
is halo, C
1-4
alkoxy, nitro, nitrile, C
1-4
alkyl optionally substituted by halo, halo or a group COR
19
wherein R
19
is hydroxy, C
1-4
alkoxy or C
1-6
alkyl optionally substituted by one or two carboxyl groups or C
1-12
esters thereof or R
19
is a group NR
20
R
21
wherein R
20
and R
21
are the same or different and each is hydrogen or C
1-4
alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or R
19
is an amino acid group or an ester thereof in which the first nitrogen atom of the amino acid group may be linked to the 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring to form a further 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring or R
19
is an C
2-3
alkylene croup linked to the 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring to form a further 5- or 6-membered ring;
R
6
and R
7
are the same or different and each is hydrogen, C
1-4
alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C
1-4
alkoxy or together form a benzo group;
provided that at least one of R
2
to R
7
is other than hydrogen and that R
4
is not methoxy when R
1
is hydroxy or methyl is an inhibitor of the enzyme thymidylate synthase and has anti-tumour activity.
By the term halo is meant fluoro, bromo, chloro and iodo.
By the term C
1-4
aliphatic group is meant a C
1-4
alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group.
By the term amino acid group is meant naturally occurring amino acids.
Preferred amino acid groups include glycine, glutamic acid and polyglutamic acid groups.
When the amino acid group is linked to the 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring, this is via a carbon atom of the aromatic ring adjacent to carbon to which COR
19
is attached.
Preferably the dotted line is a double bond.
Suitable substituents for the aromatic ring R
16
include halo, C
1-4
alkyl and C
1-4
alkoxy each optionally substituted by one to five halo atoms. Most suitably there are one or two substituents selected from fluoro, chloro, methyl, trifluoromethyl and methoxy, and preferably fluoro, or no substituents on the aromatic ring. In one preferred embodiment, —X—Y—R
16
is a group
wherein R
18
is as hereinbefore defined and preferably a group COR
19
as hereinbefore defined and R
22
is hydrogen or fluoro.
In a further preferred embodiment X—Y—R
16
is a group
wherein H
2
NR
19a
is a glutamic or polyglutamic acid group and Z is CH
2
, S or O.
Suitably, R
1
is an amino group optionally substituted by one or two methyl or ethyl groups or R
1
is a methyl or ethyl group. Preferably R
1
is an amino or methyl group.
Suitably, at most only three, and preferably at most only two, of R
2
to R
5
are other than hydrogen and each is independently selected from hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, nitro, C
1-3
alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C
1-2
alkoxy, C
1-3
alkoxy, amino optionally substituted by one or two methyl or ethyl groups, or a group S(O)
n
R
23
wherein n is 0, 1 or 2 and R
23
is a C
1-4
alkyl group or an amino group optionally substituted by one or two methyl or ethyl groups, or one of R
2
to R
5
is a group —X—Y—R
24
where R
24
is a group
wherein R
18
, R
19a
, R
22
and Z are as hereinbefore defined. In one preferred embodiment R
18
is nitro or a group
wherein R
25
, R
26
and R
27
are the same or different and each is hydrogen or a C
1-4
alkyl group and t is an integer from 0 to 6. Preferably R
25
, R
26
and R
27
are hydrogen and t is 0. Preferably Z is CH
2
or S.
Preferably one of R
2
to R
5
is a group —X—Y—R
24
as hereinbefore defined. Preferably R
3
is a group —X—Y—R
24
.
Suitably R
6
and R
7
are the same or different and each is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or methyl substituted by bromo, hydroxy or methoxy. Preferably R
7
is hydrogen and R
6
is methyl.
Preferably —X—Y— is a group —SO
2
NR
17
— or CH
2
NR
17
wherein R
17
is as hereinbefore defined.
Suitably R
17
is hydrogen or a C
1-4
alkyl or alkenyl group and preferably R
17
is hydrogen or methyl.
A further group of compounds of the formula I is that of the formula (II)
or a salt thereof, wherein R
1
, R
6
, R
7
and the dotted line are as hereinbefore defined and R
28
to R
31
are the same or different and each is selected from hydrogen, halo, nitro, a group S(O)
n
R
8
, a group NR
11
R
12
, a group OR
13
, or a C
1-4
aliphatic group optionally substituted by a group OR
14
or NR
14
R
15
wherein R
8
, R
11
, R
12
, R
13
, R
14
and R
15
hereinbefore defined, provided that R
28
to R
31
are not all hydrogen and that R
30
is not methoxy wherein R
1
is hydroxy or methyl.
A preferred group of compounds of the formula (I) is that of the formula (III):
or a salt thereof, wherein R
1
, R
6
and R
7
are as hereinbefore defined and R
32
to R
35
are the same or different and one is a group X—Y—R
16
and the others are the same or different and each is selected from hydrogen, halo, nitro, a group S(O)
n
R
8
, a group NR
11
R
12
a group OR
13
or a C
1-4
aliphatic group optionally substituted by a group OR
14
or NR
14
R
15
, wherein X, Y, R
8
, R
11
, R
12
, R
13
, R
14
, R
15
and R
16
are as hereinbefore defined.
A further preferred group of compounds of the formula (I) is that of the formula (IV):
wherein R
1
, R
6
, R
7
and R
32
to R
32
are as hereinbefore defined.
Preferably R
33
is a group X—Y—R
16
as hereinbefore defined.
Preferred compounds of the formula (I) include:
3-Amino-9-bromobenzo[f]quinazolin-1(2H)-one
3-Amino-9-ethynylbenzo[f]quinazolin-1(2H)-one
N-(4-((3-Amino-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-oxobenzo[f]quinazolin-9-yl)sulfonamido)benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid
N-(4-((1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-3-methyl-1-oxobenzo[f]quinazolin-9-yl)-sulfonamido)benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid
N-(4-((1,2-Dihydro-3-m

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Combination of benzoquinazoline antifolates and protecting... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Combination of benzoquinazoline antifolates and protecting..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Combination of benzoquinazoline antifolates and protecting... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3121187

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.