EP2089395A2 - Nouveaux dérivés d'isocarbostyryl alcaloïde - Google Patents

Nouveaux dérivés d'isocarbostyryl alcaloïde

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EP2089395A2
EP2089395A2 EP07821273A EP07821273A EP2089395A2 EP 2089395 A2 EP2089395 A2 EP 2089395A2 EP 07821273 A EP07821273 A EP 07821273A EP 07821273 A EP07821273 A EP 07821273A EP 2089395 A2 EP2089395 A2 EP 2089395A2
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Laurent Ingrassia
Lise Wlodarczak
Stéphanie THOMAS
Eric Van Quaquebeke
Laurent Van Den Hove
Robert Kiss
Francis Darro
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  • the present invention relates to novel isocarbostyril alkaloid derivatives having a pharmacological activity, in particular an anti-proliferative and anti-migratory activities.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for the preparation of said compounds.
  • the invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of said compounds and to the use of said compounds as a medicament and/or for the (preparation of a medicament for the) treatment of diseases associated with cell proliferation, and even in particular in the treatment of cancer.
  • Lycoricidine (7- deoxynarciclasine) and narciclasine (lycoricidinol) were isolated from the bulbs of Lycoris radiate in 1967 (Ceriotti G, Nature. 213(76): 595-6, 1967; Okamoto T et al. Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo): 16(9): 1860-4, 1968).
  • pancratistatin was purified from the bulbs of Pancratium littorale (Pettit GR et al., J. Nat. Prod. 47(6): 1018-20, 1984; Pettit GR et al., J. Nat. Prod. 49(6): 995-1002, 1986).
  • chemotherapeutic agents currently used in the clinic for the treatment of cancer aim to take advantage of cell division itself and gain much of their selectivity from the fact that cancer cells divide more rapidly than their normal counterparts.
  • life duration of cancer cells is longer than that of normal cells in the tissue of which the cancer arose.
  • a major problem with the above cited cytotoxic molecules reside in their lack of specificity: normal cells are themselves being injured. As a consequence, these drugs share in common an elevated toxicity. Therefore, there is nowadays a need for a new generation of molecules that target with more selectivity tumor cells.
  • cell migration plays an essential role in various biological processes, including cancer, throughout the life of most organisms. For instance, during development, defects in cell migration are responsible for severe congenital defects and disease. Cell migration is a highly complex process that is mediated by the actin-myosin cytoskeleton as well as microtubules and, in some cells, the intermediate filament system. Cell migration plays a key role in the development of cancer. Indeed, three main characteristics of cancer cells involve their ability to proliferate aggressively in an uncontrolled manner, their increased resistance to death-inducing stimuli and, third, their capacity to leave their primary tissue or organ and migrate towards new sites, leading to the development of metastasis.
  • the present invention relates to compounds of the formula I or II, stereoisomers, tautomers, racemates, prodrugs, metabolites thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof,
  • R 1 is selected from hydrogen or a group selected from hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, Het 1 , Het 2 , alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, amino, cycloalkyloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, formylamino, Het 1 alkyl, Het 2 alkyl, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, or saccharyl, each group being optional
  • R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyl, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, cycloalkyloxy, alkylthio, formylamino, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, aryloxy, or saccharyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from
  • R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, cycloalkyloxy, alkylthio, formylamino, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, or saccharyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfato, arylalkyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, cycloalkyloxy, alkylthio, formylamino, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, alkylaminoal
  • R 5 is hydrogen or a group selected from alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, cycloalkyl, Het 1 alkyl, Het 2 alkyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, or cycloalkylalkyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, aryl, aralkyl, Het 1 , Het 2 , cycloalkyl, carboxyl, oxo, cyano, nitro, amino, aminoalkyl, alky
  • R 6 is hydrogen, oxo or thioxo
  • R 7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl or a group selected from alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, aryloxy, sulfato, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, alkylaminoalkyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyloxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, alkeny
  • the invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound according to the invention.
  • the invention further provides for the use of a compound according to the invention for the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer, and/or for preventing, treating and/or alleviating complications and/or symptoms and/or inflammatory responses associated therewith.
  • the invention also provides a method for treating cancer using a medicament comprising at least one compound of formula I or Il as described above as an active ingredient, such that the cancer is treated.
  • kits for use in treating cancer and related disorders in an individual in need thereof comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of formula I or II, optionally, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I or II, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, racemate, metabolite, pro- or predrug, salt, hydrate, or solvate thereof, wherein
  • R 1 is hydrogen or a group selected from hydroxyl, C-
  • arylthio formylamino Het 1 Ci -6 alkyl, Het 2 Ci- 6 alkyl, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, or saccharyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, d- 6 alkyl, haloCi_ 6 alkyl, d- 6 alkoxy, haloCi. 6 alkoxy, d- 6 alkylcarbonyl, C 5 . 8 aryl, C 5 . 8 aryld. 6 alkyl, Het 1 , Het 2 , C 3 . 8 cycloalkyl, carboxyl, oxo, cyano, nitro, amino, aminod.
  • R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, d_ 6 alkylcarbonyloxy, C 5 . 8 arylcarbonyloxy, amino, Ci- 6 alkylamino, C 5 . 8 arylamino, d_ 6 alkylaminocarbonyloxy, Cs-sarylaminocarbonyloxy, Ci- 6 alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Cs-sarylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino,
  • R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, Ci_ 6 alkylcarbonyloxy, C 5 . 8 arylcarbonyloxy, amino, Ci- 6 alkylamino, C 5 . 8 arylamino, d-ealkylaminocarbonyloxy, Cs-sarylaminocarbonyloxy, Ci- 6 alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Cs-sarylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino,
  • scycloalkyloxy Ci_ 6 alkylthio, formylamino, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 Ci_ 6 alkoxy, Het 2 Ci_ 6 alkoxy, or saccharyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, Ci_ 6 alkyl, haloCi_ 6 alkyl, Ci_ 6 alkoxy, haloCi_ 6 alkoxy, Ci_ 6 alkylcarbonyl, C 5 . 8 aryl, C 5 - 8 aryld- 6 alkyl, Het 1 , Het 2 , C 3 .
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, Ci_ 6 alkylcarbonyloxy, Ci_ 6 alkoxy, C 5 . 8 aryloxy, sulfato, arylCi. 6 alkoxy, C 5 . 8 arylcarbonyloxy, amino, Ci_ 6 alkylamino, C 5 . 8 arylamino, Ci_ 6 alkylaminocarbonyloxy, C 5 .
  • R 5 is hydrogen or a group selected from d_ 6 alkyl, d-ealkoxycarbonyd- ⁇ alkyl, C 5 . saryloxycarbonyld- ⁇ alkyl, C 5 . 8 aryl, C 5 . 8 aryld_ 6 alkyl, C 2 . 6 alkenyl, C 2 . 6 alkynyl, d. 6 alkylaminod. 6 alkyl, Ci- 6 alkylcarbonyl, C 3 .
  • aryld_ 6 alkyl Het 1 , Het 2 , C 3 . 8 cycloalkyl, carboxyl, oxo, cyano, nitro, amino, aminod_ 6 alkyl, Ci_ 6 alkylamino, C 2 . 6 alkenylamino, C 5 . 8 arylamino, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, d_ 6 alkylaminosulfonyl, Ci- 6 alkylcarbonylamino, d. 6 alkyloxyaminoC 2 .
  • R 6 is hydrogen, oxo, or thioxo
  • R 7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl or a group selected from C-
  • R 8 arylsulfonyl, C 2 . 6 alkenylcarbonyloxy, O-R 8 -O-R 9 , or saccharyl wherein is R 8 is Ci_ 6 alkylene or C 2 . 6 alkenylene and R 9 is selected from hydrogen, Ci- 6 alkyl, C 5 .
  • alkyl by itself or as part of another substituent refers to a hydrocarbyl radical of Formula C n H 2n+I wherein n is a number greater than or equal to 1.
  • alkyl groups of this invention comprise from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, still more preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms, in particular 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
  • Alkyl groups may be linear or branched, and may be substituted as indicated herein.
  • Ci_ 4 alkyl means an alkyl of one to four carbon atoms.
  • alkyl groups are methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, 1-methylethyl, n-butyl, 1- methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1 ,1-dimethylethyl, n-pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3- methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, 1-ethylpropyl, n-hexyl, 1 ,1 -dimethyl propyl, 1 ,2-dimethylpropyl, 1- methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, 4-methylpentyl, 1 ,1-dimethylbutyl, 1 ,2-dimethylbutyl, 1
  • CrC 6 alkyl includes all linear and branched alkyl groups with between 1 and 6 carbon atoms, and thus includes methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, butyl and its isomers (e.g. n-butyl, i-butyl and t-butyl); pentyl and its isomers, hexyl and its isomers.
  • optionally substituted alkyl refers to an alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more substituents (for example 1 to 4 substituents, for example 1 , 2, 3, or 4 substituents) at any available point of attachment.
  • substituents include halogen, hydroxyl, carbonyl, nitro, amino, oximes, imines, azido, hydrazino, cyano, alkyl, aryl, Het 2 , cycloalkyl, acyl, alkylamino, alkoxy, thiol, alkylthio, carboxylic acid, acylamino, alkyl esters, carbamates, thioamido, urea, sulphonamido, and the like.
  • alkyl When the term “alkyl” is used as a suffix following another term, as in “hydroxyalkyl,” this is intended to refer to an alkyl group, as defined above, being substituted with one or two (preferably one) substituent(s) selected from the other, specifically-named group, also as defined herein.
  • hydroxyalkyl refers to a -R a -OH group wherein R a is alkylene as defined herein.
  • hydroxyalkyl includes hydroxym ethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 1-(hydroxymethyl)-2- methylpropyl, 1-(hydroxymethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl, 3,4-dihydroxybutyl, 1-m ethyl- 1-hydroxyethyl, 2- hydroxy-2-methylpropyl, 1-hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxybutyl, 3- hydroxybutyl, 4-hydroxybutyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, 2,3-dihydroxybutyl, 2-(hydroxymethyl)-3- hydroxypropyl, and so forth.
  • Alkoxyalkyl or “alkyloxyalkyl” refers to an alkyl group substituted with one to two of OR b , wherein R b is alkoxy as defined below.
  • aralkyl or “arylalkyl” refers to a substituted alkyl group as defined above wherein at least one of the alkyl substituents is an aryl as defined below, such as benzyl also abbreviated “bn” or "PhCH 2 -” which is a methyl group substituted by a phenyl.
  • Het 2 alkyl refers to a substituted alkyl group as defined above, wherein at least one of the alkyl substituents is a heteroaryl (Het 2 ) as defined below such as pyridinyl.
  • cycloalkyl group is a cyclic alkyl group, that is to say, a monovalent, saturated, or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group having 1 , 2, or 3 cyclic structures. Cycloalkyl includes all saturated or partially saturated (containing 1 or 2 double bonds) hydrocarbon groups containing
  • Cycloalkyl groups may comprise 3 or more carbon atoms in the ring and generally, according to this invention comprise from 3 to 10, more preferably from 3 to 8 carbon atoms still more preferably from 3 to 6 carbon atoms.
  • the further rings of multi-ring cycloalkyls may be either fused, bridged, and/or joined through one or more spiro atoms.
  • cycloalkyl groups are: cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl, cyclononyl, and cyclodecyl with cyclopropyl being particularly preferred.
  • An "optionally substituted cycloalkyl” refers to a cycloalkyl having optionally one or more substituents (for example 1 to 3 substituents, for example 1 , 2, 3, or 4 substituents), selected from those defined above for substituted alkyl.
  • substituents for example 1 to 3 substituents, for example 1 , 2, 3, or 4 substituents
  • alkyl groups as defined are divalent, i.e., with two single bonds for attachment to two other groups, they are termed "alkylene" groups.
  • connectivity to the molecular structure of which it forms part may be through a common carbon atom or different carbon atom, preferably a common carbon atom.
  • a C 3 alkylene group may be for example MDH 2 CH 2 CH 2 -*, *- CH(-CH 2 CH 3 )-* or *-CH 2 CH(-CH 3 )-*.
  • alkylene groups includes methylene, ethylene, methylmethylene, trimethylene, propylene, tetramethylene, ethylethylene, 1 ,2- dimethylethylene, pentamethylene, and hexamethylene.
  • alkenyl groups as defined above and alkynyl groups as defined above, respectively are divalent radicals having single bonds for attachment to two other groups, they are termed "alkenylene” and "alkynylene” respectively.
  • alkenyl refers to an unsaturated hydrocarbyl group, which may be linear, branched, or cyclic, comprising one or more carbon-carbon double bonds. Alkenyl groups thus comprise two or more carbon atoms, preferably between 2 and 20 carbon atoms, more preferably between 2 and 10 carbon atoms, still more preferably between 2 and 8 carbon atoms, for example, between 2 and 6 carbon atoms.
  • alkenyl groups are ethenyl, propenyl, 1-butenyl, 2- butenyl, 3-butenyl, 2-methylpropenyl, 1-pentenyl, 2-pentenyl, 3-pentenyl, 4-pentenyl, 1-methyl-1- butenyl, 2-methyl-1-butenyl, 3-methyl-1-butenyl, 1-methyl-2-butenyl, 2-methyl-2-butenyl, 3-methyl- 2-butenyl, 1-methyl-3-butenyl, 2-methyl-3-butenyl, 3-methyl-3-butenyl, 1 ,1-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1 ,2- dimethyl-1 -propenyl, 1 ,2-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1-ethyl-1-propenyl, 1-ethyl-2-propenyl, 1-hexenyl, 2- hexenyl, 3-hexenyl, 4-hexenyl, 5-hexenyl, 1-methyl
  • An optionally substituted alkenyl refers to an alkenyl having optionally one or more substituents (for example 1 , 2, or 3 substituents, or 1 to 2 substituents), selected from those defined above for substituted alkyl.
  • substituents for example 1 , 2, or 3 substituents, or 1 to 2 substituents
  • cycloalkenyl groups may be considered to be a subset of homocyclic rings discussed hereinafter.
  • alkynyl refers to a class of monovalent unsaturated hydrocarbyl groups, wherein the unsaturation arises from the presence of one or more carbon- carbon triple bonds.
  • Alkynyl groups typically, and preferably, have the same number of carbon atoms as described above in relation to alkenyl groups. Examples alkynyl groups are ethynyl, 2- propynyl, 2-butynyl, 3-butynyl, 2-pentynyl and its isomers, 2-hexynyl and its isomers, 2-heptynyl and its isomers, 2-octynyl and its isomers, and the like.
  • An optionally substituted alkynyl refers to an alkynyl having optionally one or more substituents (for example 1 to 4 substituents, or 1 to 2 substituents), selected from those defined above for substituted alkyl.
  • substituents for example 1 to 4 substituents, or 1 to 2 substituents
  • cycloalkynyl groups may be considered to be a subset of homocyclic rings discussed hereinafter.
  • Het 1 or "heterocyclyl” alone or in combination, is defined as a saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic, bicyclic, or polycyclic heterocycle having preferably 3 to 12 ring members, more preferably 5 to 10 ring members, and more preferably 5 to 6 ring members, which contains one or more heteroatom ring members selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, and which is optionally substituted on one or more carbon atoms by alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, hydroxyl, oxo, optionally mono- or disubstituted amino, nitro, cyano, haloalkyl, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkyl, optionally mono- or disubstituted aminocarbonyl, methylthio, methylsulfonyl, aryl, and a saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic heterocycle having 3 to 12 ring members which contains one or more heteroatom ring members selected from nitrogen,
  • heterocyclic groups include aziridinyl, oxiranyl, thiiranyl, piperidinyl, azetidinyl, imidazolinyl, imidazolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, isoxazolinyl, oxazolidinyl, isoxazolidinyl, thiazolidinyl, isothiazolidinyl, piperidinyl, succinimidyl, 3H-indolyl, indolinyl, isoindolinyl, chromenyl, isochromanyl, xanthenyl, 2H-pyrrolyl, 1-pyrrolinyl, 2-pyrrolinyl, 3-pyrrolinyl, pyrrolidinyl, 4H- quinolizinyl, 4aH-carbazolyl, 2-oxopiperazinyl, piperazinyl, homopiperazinyl, 2-pyrazolinyl, 3- pyraze
  • aryl refers to a polyunsaturated, aromatic hydrocarbyl group having a single ring (i.e. phenyl) or multiple aromatic rings fused together (e.g. naphthalene or anthracene), or linked covalently, typically containing 5 to 8 atoms; wherein at least one ring is aromatic.
  • the aromatic ring may optionally include one to three additional rings (either cycloalkyl, Het 1 , or Het 2 ) fused thereto.
  • Aryl is also intended to include the partially hydrogenated derivatives of the carbocyclic systems enumerated herein.
  • Non-limiting examples of aryl comprise phenyl, biphenylyl, biphenylenyl, 5- or 6-tetralinyl, 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, or 8-azulenyl, 1- or 2-naphthyl, 1-, 2-, or 3- indenyl, 1-, 2-, or 9-anthryl, 1- 2-, 3-, A-, or 5-acenaphtylenyl, 3-, A-, or 5-acenaphtenyl, 1-, 2-, 3-, A- , or 10-phenanthryl, 1- or 2-pentalenyl, 1 , 2-, 3-, or 4-fluorenyl, 4- or 5-indanyl, 5-, 6-, 7-, or 8- tetrahydronaphthyl, 1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthyl, 1 ,4-dihydronaphthyl, dibenzo[a,d]cylcohe
  • the aryl ring can optionally be substituted by one or more substituents.
  • An "optionally substituted aryl” refers to an aryl having optionally one or more substituents (for example 1 to 5 substituents, for example 1 , 2, 3, or 4) at any available point of attachment.
  • Non-limiting examples of such substituents are selected from halogen, hydroxyl, oxo, nitro, amino, hydrazine, aminocarbonyl, azido, cyano, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkylamino, alkoxy, -SO 2 -NH 2 , aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, alkyloxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, heteroarylalkyl, alkylsulfonamido, heterocyclyl, alkylcarbonylaminoalkyl, aryloxy, alkylcarbonyl, acyl, arylcarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylsulfoxide, -SO 2 R C , alkylthio, carboxyl, and the like, wherein R c is alkyl or cycloal
  • arylene as used herein is intended to include divalent carbocyclic aromatic ring systems such as phenylene, biphenylylene, naphthylene, anthracenylene, phenanthrenylene, fluorenylene, indenylene, pentalenylene, azulenylene, and the like.
  • Arylene is also intended to include the partially hydrogenated derivatives of the carbocyclic systems enumerated above. Non-limiting examples of such partially hydrogenated derivatives are 1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthylene, 1 ,4- dihydronaphthylene, and the like.
  • heteroaryl ring where a carbon atom in an aryl group is replaced with a heteroatom, the resultant ring is referred to herein as a heteroaryl ring or Het 2 .
  • Het 2 or "heteroaryl" as a group or part of a group is defined as an aromatic monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic heterocycle having preferably 3 to 12 ring members, more preferably 5 to 10 ring members, and more preferably 5 to 6 ring members, which contains one or more heteroatom ring members selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, and which is optionally substituted on one or more carbon atoms by alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, hydroxyl, optionally mono- or disubstituted amino, nitro, cyano, haloalkyl, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkyl, optionally mono- or disubstituted aminocarbonyl, methylthio, methylsulfonyl, aryl, Het 1 , and an aromatic monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic heterocycle having 3 to 12 ring members; whereby the optional substituents on any amino function are independently selected from alkyl, alkyl,
  • Non-limiting examples of a Het 2 include: pyrrolyl, furanyl, thiophenyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, triazolyl, oxadiazolyl, thiadiazolyl, tetrazolyl, oxatriazolyl, thiatriazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, oxazinyl, dioxinyl, thiazinyl, triazinyl, imidazo[2,1- b][1 ,3]thiazolyl, thieno[3,2-b]furanyl, thieno[3,2-b]thiophenyl, thieno[2,3-d][1 ,3]thiazolyl, thieno[2,3- d]imidazo
  • heteroaryl can be 2- or 3-furyl, 2- or 3-thienyl, 1-, 2-, or 3- pyrrolyl, 1-, 2-, A-, or 5-imidazolyl, 1-, 3-, A-, or 5-pyrazolyl, 3-, A-, or 5-isoxazolyl, 2-, 4-, or 5- oxazolyl, 3-, A-, or 5-isothiazolyl, 2-, 4-, or 5-thiazolyl, 1 ,2,3-triazol-1-, -2-, -4-, or -5-yl, 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1-, -3-, -4-, or -5-yl, 1 ,2,3-oxadiazol-4- or -5-yl, 1 ,2,4-oxadiazol-3- or -5-yl, 1 ,2,5-oxadiazolyl, 1 ,3,4- oxadiazolyl, 1 ,2,3-thiadiazol-4- or -5-
  • halo or halogen as a group or part of a group is generic for fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo.
  • haloalkyl alone or in combination, refers to an alkyl radical having the meaning as defined above wherein one or more hydrogens are replaced with a halogen as defined above.
  • haloalkyl radicals include chloromethyl, 1-bromoethyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, 1 ,1 ,1-trifluoroethyl, and the like.
  • alkoxy as used refers to a radical having the Formula -OR d wherein R d is alkyl as defined herein.
  • alkoxy is C 1 -C 10 alkoxy or CrC 6 alkoxy.
  • alkoxy include methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, iso-butoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, hexanoxy, and the like.
  • aryloxy denotes a group -O-aryl, wherein aryl is as defined above.
  • haloalkoxy alone or in combination refers to a group of formula -O-alkyl wherein the alkyl group is substituted by 1 , 2, or 3 halogen atoms.
  • haloalkoxy includes -OCF 3 and -OCHF 2 .
  • alkylcarbonyl by itself or as part of another substituent refers to an alkanoyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenylalkanoyl group whose alkanoyl moiety has 1 to 4 carbon atoms, i.e. a carbonyl group linked to an alky radical more particularly, the group -COR 1 , wherein R 1 is alkyl or substituted alkyl, as defined herein.
  • alkylcarbonyl is C 2 -Cn alkylcarbonyl or C 2 -C 7 alkylcarbonyl.
  • alkylcarbonyl can be exemplified by acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, valeryl, pivaloyl, phenylacetyl, phenylpropionyl, and phenylbutytyl.
  • arylcarbonyl or “aroyl” by itself or as part of another substituents refers to a group of formula -C(O)-aryl, wherein aryl is as defined above, such as for example benzoyl also abbreviated herein as "bz" or "Ph-CO-".
  • arylalkyloxy or “aralkoxy” means alkoxy as defined herein, wherein an alkyl hydrogen atom is replaced by an aryl as defined herein. Examples of aralkoxy radicals include 2- phenylethoxy, 2-phenyl-1-propoxy, and the like.
  • hydroxyl refers to an -OH group.
  • carboxy refers to the group -CO 2 H.
  • a carboxyalkyl is an alkyl group as defined above having at least one substituent that is -CO 2 H.
  • nitro refers to a group of formula -NO 2 .
  • cyano refers to a group of formula -CN.
  • amino refers to the group -NH 2 .
  • aminoalkyl by itself or as part of another substituents refers to a group of formula -R 9 - NR h R' wherein R 9 is alkylene or substituted alkylene, R h is hydrogen, alkyl or substituted alkyl as defined herein, and R' is hydrogen or alkyl as defined herein.
  • alkylamino by itself or as part of another substituent refers to a group consisting of an amino groups attached to one or two independently selected and optionally substituted alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, arylalkyl, or cycloalkylalkyl groups i.e., alkyl amino refers to -N(R J )(R k ) wherein R J and R k are each independently selected from hydrogen, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, or alkyl.
  • Non-limiting examples of alkylamino groups include methylamino (NHCH 3 ), ethylamino (NHCH 2 CH 3 ), n-propylamino, isopropylamino, n-butylamino, isobutylamino, sec- butylamino, tert-butylamino, n-hexylamino, and the like.
  • arylamino by itself or as part of another substituent refers to a group consisting of an amino group attached to one or two independently selected aryl groups as described before.
  • Het 1 amino by itself or as part of another substituent refers to a group consisting of an amino group attached to one or two independently selected Het 1 groups as described before.
  • Het 2 amino by itself or as part of another substituent refers to a group consisting of an amino group attached to one or two independently selected Het 2 groups as described before.
  • alkylthio by itself or as part of another substituent refers to a group consisting of a sulfur atom attached to one optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, or cycloalkylalkyl.
  • alkylthio groups include methylthio (SCH 3 ), ethylthio (SCH 2 CH 3 ), n-propylthio, isopropylthio, n-butylthio, isobutylthio, sec-butylthio, tert-butylthio, n-hexylthio, and the like.
  • sulfato alone or in combination refers to a group of formula -O-SO 2 -OR P also written as -SO 4 R P , wherein R p is hydrogen or a counter ion such as Na, K Ca, Mg, or a quaternary amine such as quaternary ammonium or pyridinium.
  • sulfo alone or in combination refers to a group of formula -SO 2 -OR also written as - SO 3 R P , wherein R p is hydrogen or a counter ion such as Na, K Ca, Mg, or a quaternary amine such as quaternary ammonium or pyridinium.
  • alkylsulfonylamino alone or in combination refers to a group of Formula -NR V -SO 2 -R W wherein R v is hydrogen or alkyl as defined herein, and R w is alkyl as defined herein.
  • Het 1 alkyl by itself or as part of another substituents refers to a group having one of the aforementioned Het 1 group attached to one of the aforementioned alkyl group, i.e., to a group -R s - R* wherein R s is alkylene or alkylene substituted by alkyl group, and R* is a Het 1 group.
  • Het 2 alkyl by itself or as part of another substituents refers to a group having one of the aforementioned Het 2 group attached to one of the aforementioned alkyl group, i.e., to a group -R s - R u wherein R s is alkylene or alkylene substituted by alkyl group, and R u is a Het 2 group.
  • alkylsilyloxy by itself or as part of another substituents refers to a group of Formula -O- Si(R v ) 2 -R w wherein each R v is independently hydrogen or alkyl as defined herein, and R w is alkyl as defined herein.
  • sacryl by itself or as part of another substituents refers to a mono-, di-, tri-, oligo-, or poly-saccharide moieties made up of n sugar subunits linked to each other by glycosidic bonds, which subunits, when n is grater that 1 , may be the same or different in respect to the type of constituent sugar residues (e.g. homo- or heteropolymeric), the localization of axial and equatorial ring substituents, the number of carbon atoms and the ring carbon locations and orientations of hydroxyl groups.
  • Said saccharide moiety can be optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from alkyl, alkoxy, acyl, carboxy, carboxyamino, amino, acylamino, acetamido, alkylamino, alkylamido, halo, thio, nitro, oxo, and phosphatyl groups, wherein the substitution may be at one or more positions on the saccharyl.
  • the saccharyl may also be present as a deoxy saccharyl.
  • sacryl also encompasses the amino derivatives thereof (resulting from replacement of any hydroxyl in the saccharyl with an amino), the amido derivatives thereof (resulting from replacement of any hydroxyl in the saccharyl with an amido group), the thio derivatives thereof (resulting from replacement of any hydroxyl of the saccharide with a thiol group), the hydroxyl-protected derivatives thereof such as acetate or benzoyl derivatives thereof, or the carboxy derivatives thereof.
  • sacryl as used herein also encompasses stereoisomers, optical isomers, anomers, and epimers of said saccharyl moiety.
  • a hexose moiety for example can be either an aldose or a ketose moiety, and can be of D- or L-configu ration, can assume either an ⁇ or ⁇ conformation, and can be a dextro- or levo-rotatory with respect to plane- polarized light.
  • the glycosyl terms such as “glucosyl” (also named “glucopyranosyl”) "rhamnosyl” etc refer to the residue formed by detaching the hydrogen from the anomeric hydroxy group of a saccharide.
  • Non-limiting examples of saccharyl include glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xylulosyl, erythrosyl, erythrulosyl, rhamnosyl, threosyl, sorbosyl, psicosyl, tagatosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, xylofuranosyl, lyxosyl, talosyl, psicosyl, idosyl, gulosyl, altrosyl, allosyl, mannoheptulosyl, sedoheptulosyl, abequosyl, isomaltosyl, kojibiosyl, laminaribiosyl, nigerosyl, primeverosyl, rutinosyl, tyvelosyl,
  • said saccharyl moiety includes monosaccharide, L or D isomers thereof, ⁇ or ⁇ form thereof, pyranuronic or furanuronic form thereof, pyranose or furanose form thereof, combination thereof, deoxy derivatives thereof, carboxy derivatives thereof, hydroxyl protected derivatives thereof such as hydroxyl-protected acetate or benzoyl derivatives thereof, amino derivatives thereof optionally substituted, amido derivatives thereof, thio derivatives thereof, di-, tri-, oligo-, or polysaccharides thereof optionally substituted by one or more substituents.
  • substituted is meant to indicate that one or more hydrogens on the atom indicated in the expression using “substituted” is replaced with a selection from the indicated group, provided that the indicated atom's normal valency is not exceeded, and that the substitution results in a chemically stable compound, i.e. a compound that is sufficiently robust to survive isolation to a useful degree of purity from a reaction mixture, and formulation into a therapeutic agent.
  • groups may be optionally substituted, such groups may be substituted with once or more, and preferably once, twice, or thrice.
  • Substituents may be selected from, for example, the group comprising halo, hydroxyl, oxo, nitro, amido, carboxy, amino, cyano haloalkoxy, and haloalkyl.
  • alkyl, aryl, or cycloalkyl each being optionally substituted with” or “alkyl, aryl, or cycloalkyl, optionally substituted with” refers to optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, and optionally substituted cycloalkyl.
  • the term "compounds of the invention” or a similar term is meant to include the compounds of general Formula I or Il and any subgroup thereof. This term also refers to the compounds as depicted in Tables 3 to 8 and their derivatives, ⁇ /-oxides, salts, solvates, hydrates, stereoisomeric forms, racemic mixtures, tautomeric forms, optical isomers, analogues, pro-drugs, esters, and metabolites, as well as their quaternized nitrogen analogues.
  • the N-oxide forms of said compounds are meant to comprise compounds wherein one or several nitrogen atoms are oxidized to the so-called N-oxide.
  • a compound means one compound or more than one compound.
  • the compounds of the invention may be in the form of pharmaceutically and/or veterinary acceptable salts, as generally described below.
  • suitable pharmaceutically acceptable organic and/or inorganic acids are as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, acetic acid, and citric acid, as well as other pharmaceutically acceptable acids known per se (for which reference is made to the prior art referred to below).
  • the compounds of the invention may also form internal salts, and such compounds are within the scope of the invention.
  • the compounds of the invention contain a hydrogen-donating heteroatom (e.g. NH)
  • the invention also covers salts and/or isomers formed by transfer of said hydrogen atom to a basic group or atom within the molecule.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable salts are preferred, it should be noted that the invention in its broadest sense also included non-pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which may for example be used in the isolation and/or purification of the compounds of the invention.
  • salts formed with optically active acids or bases may be used to form diastereoisomeric salts that can facilitate the separation of optically active isomers of the compounds of Formula I or Il above.
  • the invention also generally covers all pharmaceutically acceptable predrugs and prodrugs of the compounds of Formula I or II, for which general reference is made to the prior art cited hereinbelow.
  • pro-drug as used herein means the pharmacologically acceptable derivatives such as esters, amides, and phosphates, such that the resulting in vivo biotransformation product of the derivative is the active drug.
  • the reference by Goodman and Gilman (The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th Ed, McGraw-Hill, Int. Ed. 1992, "Biotransformation of Drugs", p 13-15) describing pro-drugs generally is hereby incorporated.
  • Pro-drugs of the compounds of the invention can be prepared by modifying functional groups present in said component in such a way that the modifications are cleaved, either in routine manipulation or in vivo, to the parent component.
  • Typical examples of pro-drugs are described for instance in WO 99/33795, WO 99/33815, WO 99/33793, and WO 99/33792 all incorporated herein by reference.
  • Pro-drugs are characterized by increased bio-availability and are readily metabolized into the active inhibitors in vivo.
  • pre-drug means any compound that will be modified to form a drug species, wherein the modification may take place either inside or outside of the body, and either before or after the pre-drug reaches the area of the body where administration of the drug is indicated.
  • the compounds of the invention contain one or more asymmetric carbon atoms that serve as a chiral center, which may lead to different optical forms (e.g. enantiomers or diastereoisomers).
  • the invention comprises all such optical forms in all possible configurations, as well as mixtures thereof.
  • the compounds of the invention may exist in the form of different isomers and/or tautomers, including but not limited to geometrical isomers, conformational isomers, E/Z-isomers, stereochemical isomers (i.e. enantiomers and diastereoisomers) and isomers that correspond to the presence of the same substituents on different positions of the rings present in the compounds of the invention. All such possible isomers, tautomers, and mixtures thereof are included within the scope of the invention.
  • the compounds of Formula I or Il may be prepared as described in the experimental section below using methods and chemistries with which those skilled in the art shall be familiar.
  • Suitable protective groups as well as methods and conditions for inserting them and removing them, will be clear to the skilled person and are generally described in the standard handbooks of organic chemistry, such as Greene and Wuts, "Protective groups in organic synthesis", 3rd Edition, Wiley and Sons, 1999, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. It will also be clear to the skilled person that compounds of the invention in which one or more functional groups have been protected with suitable functional groups can find use as intermediates in the production and/or synthesis of the compounds of the invention, and as such form a further aspect of the invention.
  • Het 1 as a group or part of a group is selected from piperidinyl, 2-imidazolinyl, pyrazolidinyl, imidazolidinyl, isoxazolinyl, oxazolidinyl, isoxazolidinyl, thiazolidinyl, isothiazolidinyl, piperidinyl, succinimidyl, 3H-indolyl, indolinyl, isoindolinyl, 2H-pyrrolyl, 1-pyrrolinyl, 2-pyrrolinyl, 3- pyrrolinyl, pyrrolidinyl, 4H-quinolizinyl, 2-oxopiperazinyl, piperazinyl, homopiperazinyl, 2-pyrazolinyl,
  • Het 2 as a group or part of a group is selected from pyrrolyl, furyl, thienyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, triazolyl, oxadiazolyl, thiadiazolyl, tetrazolyl, oxatriazolyl, thiatriazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, oxazinyl, dioxinyl, thiazinyl, triazinyl, imidazo[2,1-b][1 ,3]thiazolyl, thieno[3,2-b]furanyl, thieno[3,2-b]thiophenyl, thieno[2,3-d][1 ,3]thiazolyl, thieno[2,3-d][1
  • the compounds of formula I or Il have one of the structural formula III, IV, V, Vl, VII or VIII,
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, or VIII, wherein R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, cycloalkyloxy, alkylthio, formylamino, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, or saccharyl
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfato, arylalkyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, cycloalkyloxy, alkylthio, formylamino, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, alkylaminoal
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, or VIII, wherein R 3 and R 4 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a dioxolane ring, said ring being optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from alky or aryl, and R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 have the same meaning as that defined hereinabove.
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, or VIII, wherein R 1 is hydrogen or hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylamino, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy, Het 1 , Het 2 , Het 1 alkyl, Het 2 alkyl, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, or saccharyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, or VIII, wherein R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, cycloalkyloxy, alkylthio, formylamino, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, or VIII, wherein R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, cycloalkyloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, aryloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xy
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, or VIII, wherein R 5 is hydrogen or a group selected from alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, cycloalkyl, Het 1 alkyl, Het 2 alkyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, or cycloalkylalkyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, aryl, aralkyl, Het 1 , Het 2
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, or VIII, wherein R 7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, aryloxy, sulfato, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, alkylaminoalkyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyloxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, sulfato, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy,
  • the present invention provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, or VIII, wherein R 7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aryloxy, aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyloxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, sulfato, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, ary
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 7 have the same meaning as that defined hereinabove,
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, arylamino, Het 1 , Het 2 , glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl,
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rib
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galacto
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I 1 II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfato, arylalkyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy,
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 5 is hydrogen or a group selected from alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, Het 1 alkyl, Het 2 alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, or cycloalkylalkyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, halo
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, aryloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyloxy, Het 1 alky
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 3 and R 4 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a dioxolane ring, said ring being optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from alkyl or aryl, wherein aryl as a group or part of a group is selected from phenyl or naphthyl, biphenylyl, biphenylenyl, indenyl, anthryl, indanyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, pyrenyl, and wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 have the same meaning as that defined hereinabove.
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I 1 II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein
  • R 1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, arylamino, Het 1 , Het 2 , glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xylulosyl, erythrosyl, erythrulosyl, rhamnosyl, threosyl, sorbosyl, psicosyl, tagatosyl, fucosyl, arabi
  • R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xylulosyl, erythrosyl, erythrulosyl, rhamnosyl, threosyl, sorbosyl, psicosyl, tagatosyl, fucosyl, arabinosy
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfato, arylalkyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xylulosyl, eryth
  • R 7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, aryloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyloxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, sulfato, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, alkenylamino, alkylcarbonylamin
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein
  • R 1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, arylamino, Het 1 , Het 2 , glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xylulosyl, erythrosyl, erythrulosyl, rhamnosyl, threosyl, sorbosyl, psicosyl, tagatosyl, fucosyl, arabi
  • R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xylulosyl, erythrosyl, erythrulosyl, rhamnosyl, threosyl, sorbosyl, psicosyl, tagatosyl, fucosyl, arabinosy
  • R 3 and R 4 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a dioxolane ring, said ring being optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from alkyl or aryl,
  • R 5 is hydrogen or a group selected from alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, Het 1 alkyl, Het 2 alkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, or arylcarbonyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, aryl, aralkyl, Het 1 , Het 2 , cycloalkyl, carboxyl, oxo, cyano, nitro, or amino, and
  • R 7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a group selected from alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, aryloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylalkyloxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, sulfato, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, alkenylamino, alkylcarbonylamin
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein
  • R 1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl or a group selected from alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, aryl, aralkyl, Het 1 , Het 2 , cycloalkyl, or saccharyl, more preferably R 1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl or a group selected from alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, ary
  • R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xylulosyl, erythrosyl, erythrulosyl, rhamnosyl, threosyl, sorbosyl, psicosyl, tagatosyl, fucosyl, arabinosy
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfato, arylalkyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, Het 1 carbonyloxy, Het 2 carbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, Het 1 alkyloxy, Het 2 alkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, or saccharyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, ary
  • R 3 and R 4 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a dioxolane ring, said ring being optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from alkyl or aryl,
  • R 5 is hydrogen or a group selected from alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, each group being optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, aryl, carboxyl, oxo, cyano, nitro, or amino, preferably R 5 is selected from hydrogen or a group selected from alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonylaminocarbonyl, alkyl
  • R 7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl or a group selected from alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxy, Het 1 oxy, Het 2 oxy, sulfato, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, alkylaminothiocarbonyloxy, arylaminothiocarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, alkenylamino, alkylcarbonylamino, arylcarbonylamino, formylamino, arylamino, cycloalkylamino, Het 1 amino, Het 2 amino, alkylsulfonylamino
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 1 is hydrogen or a group selected from hydroxyl, Ci -6 alkyl, phenyl, biphenylyl, biphenylenyl, naphthyl, indenyl, anthryl, indanyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, pyrenyl, Ci_ 6 alkylcarbonyloxy, methylcyclopentylcarbonyloxy, cyclopentylmethylenecarbonyloxy, phenylcarbonyloxy, biphenylylcarbonyloxy, biphenylenylcarbonyloxy, naphthylcarbonyloxy, indenylcarbonyloxy, anthrylcarbonyl
  • 6 alkyl chloromethyl, 1-bromoethyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, 1 ,1 ,1 -trifluoroethyl, C-
  • R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, Ci_ 6 alkylcarbonyloxy, methylcyclopentylcarbonyloxy, cyclopentylmethylenecarbonyloxy, phenylcarbonyloxy, biphenylylcarbonyloxy, biphenylenylcarbonyloxy, naphthylcarbonyloxy, indenylcarbonyloxy, anthrylcarbonyloxy, indanylcarbonyloxy, amino, Ci_ 6 alkylamino, phenylamino, biphenylylamino, biphenylenylalamino, biphenylenyla
  • R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, Ci_ 6 alkylcarbonyloxy, methylcyclopentylcarbonyloxy, cyclopentylmethylenecarbonyloxy, phenylcarbonyloxy, biphenylylcarbonyloxy, biphenylenylcarbonyloxy, naphthylcarbonyloxy, indenylcarbonyloxy, anthrylcarbonyloxy, indanylcarbonyloxy, piperidinylcarbonyloxy, azetidinylcarbonyloxy, imidazolinylcarbonyloxy, imidazolidinylcarbonyloxy, isoxazolinylcarbonyloxy, oxazolidinylcarbonyloxy, morpholinylcarbonyloxy, furylcarbonyloxy, thienylcarbonyloxy, pyrrolylcarbonyloxy, imidazolylcarbonyloxy, pyrazolylcarbonyloxy, isoxazolylcarbonyl
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, Ci_ 6 alkylcarbonyloxy, Ci_ 6 alkoxy, sulfato, Ci- 6 alkyloxycarbonylCi- 6 alkyl, carboxyCi_ 6 alkyl, Ci- 6 alkylaminod- 6 alkyl, 2-phenylethoxy, 2-phenyl-1- propoxy, naphthylmethoxy, phenylcarbonyloxy, biphenylylcarbonyloxy, biphenylenylcarbonyloxy, naphthylcarbonyloxy, indenylcarbonyloxy, anthrylcarbonyloxy, indanylcarbonyloxy, piperidinylcarbonyloxy, azetidinylcarbonyloxy, imidazolinylcarbonyloxy, imidazolidinylcarbonyloxy, is
  • scycloalkylcarbonyloxy 2-phenylethoxy, 2-phenyl-1-propoxy, phenyloxy, biphenylyloxy, biphenylenyloxy, naphthyloxy, pyridinium sulfato, sodium sulfato, ammonium sulfato, Ci- 6 alkylaminocarbonyloxy, phenylaminocarbonyloxy, biphenylylaminocarbonyloxy, biphenylenylaminocarbonyloxy, naphthylaminocarbonyloxy, d- ⁇ alkylanninothiocarbonyloxy, phenylaminothiocarbonyloxy, biphenylylaminothiocarbonyloxy, biphenylenylaminothiocarbonyloxy, naphthylaminothiocarbonyloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulos
  • Ci_ 6 alkylamino or R 3 and R 4 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a dioxolane ring, said ring being optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from Ci_ 6 alkyl phenyl, biphenylyl, biphenylenyl, naphthyl, indenyl, anthryl, indanyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, or pyrenyl,
  • R 5 is hydrogen or a group selected from Ci_ 6 alkyl, d-ealkoxycarbonyd-elalkyl, phenyl, biphenylyl, biphenylenyl, naphthyl, indenyl, anthryl, indanyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, pyrenyl, benzyl, naphthylmethyl, indenylmethyl, anthrylmethyl, C 2 - 6 alkenyl, 2-phenylethyl, 2-phenyl-1 -propyl, acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, valeryl, pivaloyl, phenylacetyl, phenylpropionyl, phenyl butytyl, phenylcarbonyl, biphenylylcarbonyl, biphenylenylcarbonyl, naphthylcarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, Ci. 6 alkoxycarbonyCi_
  • R 6 is hydrogen, oxo or thioxo
  • R 7 is hydrogen or a group selected from hydroxyl, C-
  • alkylthio glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, ribosyl, ribulosyl, xylulosyl, erythrosyl, erythrulosyl, rhamnosyl, threosyl, sorbosyl, psicosyl, tagatosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, xylofuranosyl, lyxosyl, talosyl, psicosyl, idosyl, gulosyl, altrosyl, allosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, trehalosyl, gentiobiosyl, melibiosyl, turanosyl, sophorosyl, isosucrosyl, raffinosyl,
  • 6 alkyl chloromethyl, 1-bromoethyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, 1 ,1 ,1 -trifluoroethyl, C-
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein
  • R 1 is hydrogen or a group selected from hydroxyl, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, 1-methylethyl, n-butyl, 1- methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1 ,1-dimethylethyl, n-pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3- methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, 1-ethylpropyl, n-hexyl, 1 ,1 -dimethyl propyl, 1 ,2-dimethylpropyl, 1- methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, 4-methylpentyl, 1 ,1-dimethylbutyl, 1 ,2-dimethylbutyl, 1 ,3-dimethylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylbutyl, 2,3-dimethylbutyl, 3,3-dimethylbutyl, 1-ethylbutyl, 2-ethyl
  • R 2 is oxo or a group selected from hydroxyl, methylcarbonyloxy, ethylcarbonyloxy, n- propylcarbonyloxy, i-propylcarbonyloxy, n-butylcarbonyloxy, i-butylcarbonyloxy, t-butylcarbonyloxy, pentylcarbonyloxy, hexylcarbonyloxy, 2-, 3-, or 4-methylcyclopentylcarbonyloxy, cyclopentylmethylenecarbonyloxy, phenylcarbonyloxy, biphenylylcarbonyloxy, biphenylenylcarbonyloxy, 1-naphthylcarbonyloxy, 2-naphthylcarbonyloxy, 1-indenylcarbonyloxy, 2- indenylcarbonyloxy, 3-indenylcarbonyloxy, 1-anthrylcarbonyloxy, 2-anthrylcarbonyloxy, A- indanylcarbonyloxy,
  • 2- or 3-thienyl 1-, 2-, or 3-pyrrolyl, 1-, 2-, A-, or 5-imidazolyl, 1-, 3-, A-, or 5-pyrazolyl, 3-, A-, or 5-isoxazolyl, 2-, A-, or 5-oxazolyl, 3-, A-, or 5-isothiazolyl, 2-, A-, or 5-thiazolyl, benzoyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl, carboxyl, oxo, cyano, phosphatyl, nitro, or amino, R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, methylcarbonyloxy, ethylcarbonyloxy, n-propylcarbonyloxy, i- propylcarbonyloxy, n-butylcarbonyloxy, i-butylcarbonyloxy, t-butyl
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, methylcarbonyloxy, ethylcarbonyloxy, n-propylcarbonyloxy, i- propylcarbonyloxy, n-butylcarbonyloxy, i-butylcarbonyloxy, t-butylcarbonyloxy, pentylcarbonyloxy, hexylcarbonyloxy, 2-, 3-, or 4-methylcyclopentylcarbonyloxy, cyclopentylmethylenecarbonyloxy, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, 1-methylethoxy, n-butoxy, 1-methylpropoxy, 2-methylpropoxy, 1 ,1- dimethylethoxy, n-pentoxy, 1-methylbutoxy, 2-methylbutoxy, 3-methylbutoxy, 2,2-dimethylpropoxy, 1-ethylpropoxy, sulfato, methoxycarbonylmethyl, ethoxycarbonylmethyl, methoxycarbonylmethyl, ethoxy
  • R 3 and R 4 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a dioxolane ring, said ring being optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, 1-methylethyl, n-butyl, 1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1 ,1-dimethylethyl, n-pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, 1-ethylpropyl, n-hexyl, 1 ,1-dimethylpropyl, 1 ,2- dimethylpropyl, 1-methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, 4-methylpentyl, 1 ,1-dimethylbutyl, 1 ,2-dimethylbutyl, 1 ,3-dimethylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylbutyl, 2,3-dimethylbuty
  • R 7 is hydrogen or a group selected from hydroxyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, 1-methylethoxy, n- butoxy, 1-methylpropoxy, 2-methylpropoxy, 1 ,1-dimethylethoxy, n-pentoxy, 1-methylbutoxy, 2- methylbutoxy, 3-methylbutoxy, 2,2-dimethylpropoxy, 1-ethylpropoxy, n-hexyloxy, 1 ,1- di methyl propoxy, 1 ,2-dimethylpropoxy, 1-methylpentoxy, 2-methylpentoxy, 3-methylpentoxy, A- methylpentoxy, 1 ,1-dimethylbutoxy, 1 ,2-dimethylbutoxy, 1 ,3-dimethylbutoxy, 2,2-dimethylbutoxy, 2,3-dimethylbutoxy, 3,3-dimethylbutoxy, 1-ethylbutoxy, 2-ethylbutoxy, 1 ,1 ,2-trimethylpropoxy, 1 ,2,2-trimethylpropoxy,
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, trehalosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobiosyl, maltotriosyl, isomaltotriosyl, mannotriosyl, or glucosaminyl, L or
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 2 is oxo, hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, trehalosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobiosyl, maltotriosy
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, melibiosyl, trehalosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobiosyl, maltotriosyl, maltotetrao
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfato, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, trehalosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobiosyl, maltotriosyl, isomaltotriosyl, mannotriosyl, or glu
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 5 is a group selected from hydrogen, aralkyl, alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, alkylcarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 6 , and R 7 have the same meaning as that defined herein.
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I 1 II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 7 is a group selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, haloalkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, haloarylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, haloalkoxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, glucosy
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein
  • R 1 is a group selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, trehalosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobiosyl, maltotriosyl, isomaltotriosyl, mannotriosyl, or glucosaminyl, L or D isomers thereof, ⁇ or ⁇ form thereof, pyranuronic or furanuronic form thereof, pyranose or furanose form thereof, combination thereof, deoxy derivatives thereof, hydroxyl-protected acetate or benzoyl derivatives thereof, amino derivatives thereof, amido derivatives thereof,
  • R 2 is a group selected from oxo, hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, trehalosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobiosyl, maltotriosyl, maltotetraosyl, isomaltotriosyl, mannotriosyl, or glucosaminyl, L or D isomers thereof, ⁇ or ⁇ form thereof, pyranuronic or furanuronic form thereof, pyranose or furanose form thereof, combination
  • R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, melibiosyl, trehalosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobiosyl, maltotriosyl, maltotetraosyl, isomaltotriosyl, mannotriosyl, or glucosaminyl, L or D isomers thereof, ⁇ or ⁇ form thereof, pyranuronic or furanuronic form thereof, pyranose or furanose form thereof, combination thereof, deoxy derivatives thereof, hydroxyl-protect
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfato, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, arabinosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, cellobiosyl, trehalosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobiosyl, maltotriosyl, isomaltotriosyl, mannotriosyl, or glucosaminyl, L or D isomers thereof, ⁇ or ⁇ form thereof, pyranuronic or furanuronic form thereof, pyranose or furanose form thereof, combination thereof, deoxy derivatives thereof, hydroxyl-protected acetate or benzoyl derivatives thereof, amino derivatives thereof, amido derivative
  • R 5 is a group selected from hydrogen, aralkyl, alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, alkylcarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, and
  • R 7 is a group selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, haloalkoxy, alkoxy, aralkyloxy, haloalkycarbonyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, haloarylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, haloarylcarbonylalkyloxy, arylcarbonylalkyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxycarbonylalkyloxy, hydroxycarbonylalkyloxy, aryloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, arylaminocarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, glucosyl, fructosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, fucosyl, isomaltosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, sucrosyl, isosucrosyl, lactulosyl, mannobiosyl, galactobios
  • Preferred compounds according to the present invention have one of the following structural formula I, II, III, IV, V, Vl, VII, VIII, 1111 , IV1 , V1 , VM , VIM , VIIH , III2, IV2, V2, VI2, VII2, VIII2, III3, IV3, V3, VI3, VII3, or VIII3, wherein R 1 is a group selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, preferably R 1 is hydrogen,
  • R 2 is a group selected from oxo, hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, amino, alkylamino, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, glucosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, lactosyl, L or D isomers thereof, ⁇ or ⁇ form thereof, pyranuronic or furanuronic form thereof, pyranose or furanose form thereof, combination thereof, deoxy derivatives thereof, hydroxyl-protected acetate or benzoyl derivatives thereof, amino derivatives thereof, amido derivatives thereof, thio derivatives thereof, di-, tri-, oligo-, or polysaccharides thereof, R 3 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkylaminocarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, glucosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, lactosyl
  • R 4 is a group selected from hydroxyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, sulfato, glucosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, L or D isomers thereof, ⁇ or ⁇ form thereof, pyranuronic or furanuronic form thereof, pyranose or furanose form thereof, combination thereof, deoxy derivatives thereof, hydroxyl-protected acetate or benzoyl derivatives thereof, amino derivatives thereof, amido derivatives thereof, thio derivatives thereof, di-, tri-, oligo-, or polysaccharides thereof,
  • R 3 and R 4 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a dioxolane ring, said ring being optionally substituted with one or two alkyl substituents,
  • R 5 is a group selected from hydrogen, aralkyl, alkyl, alkyloxycarbonylalkyl, aryloxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, alkylcarbonyl, aminocarbonyl,
  • R 7 is a group selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy aralkyloxy, haloaralkoxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, haloalkylcarbonyloxy, haloarylcarbonyloxy, carboxyalkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, glucosyl, galactosyl, mannosyl, rhamnosyl, maltosyl, lactosyl, L or D isomers thereof, ⁇ or ⁇ form thereof, pyranuronic or furanuronic form thereof, pyranose or furanose form thereof, combination thereof, deoxy derivatives thereof, hydroxyl-protected acetate or benzoyl derivatives thereof, amino derivatives thereof, amido derivatives thereof, thio derivatives thereof, di- , tri-, oligo-, or polysaccharides thereof.
  • the compounds of the invention may be used as a free acid or base, and/or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition and/or base-addition salt (e.g. obtained with non-toxic organic or inorganic acid or base), in the form of a hydrate, solvate and/or complex, and/or in the form of a pro-drug or pre-drug, such as an ester.
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition and/or base-addition salt e.g. obtained with non-toxic organic or inorganic acid or base
  • a hydrate solvate and/or complex
  • a pro-drug or pre-drug such as an ester.
  • the term "solvate” includes any combination which may be formed by a compound of this invention with a suitable inorganic solvent (e.g. hydrates) or organic solvent, such as but not limited to alcohols, ketones, esters, and the like.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds according to the invention include the conventional non-toxic salts or the quaternary ammonium salts which are formed, e.g., from inorganic or organic acids or bases.
  • acid addition salts include acetate, adipate, alginate, aspartate, benzoate, benzenesulfonate, bisulfate, butyrate, citrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, fumarate, glucoheptanoate, glycerophosphate, hemisulfate, heptanoate, hexanoate, hydrochloride, hydrobromide, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxyethanesulfonate, lactate, maleate, methanesulfonate, 2-naphthalene-sulfonate, nicotinate, oxalate, palmoate, pectinate, persulfate, 3-phenylpropionate, picrate, pivalate, propionate, succinate, tartrate, thiocyanate, tos, to
  • Base salts include ammonium salts, alkali metal salts such as sodium and potassium salts, alkaline earth metal salts such as calcium and magnesium salts, salts with organic bases such as dicyclohexylamine salts, N-methyl-D-glucamine, and salts with amino acids such as arginine, lysine, and so forth.
  • the basic nitrogen-containing groups may be quaternized with such agents as lower alkyl halides, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, and butyl chloride, bromides, and iodides; dialkyl sulfates like dimethyl, diethyl, dibutyl; and diamyl sulfates, long chain halides such as decyl, lauryl, myristyl, and stearyl chlorides, bromides, and iodides, aralkyl halides like benzyl and phenethyl-bromides, and others.
  • Other pharmaceutically acceptable salts include the sulfate salt ethanolate and sulfate salts.
  • the compounds of the invention are particularly advantageous since while being anti-proliferative and anti-migratory for cancer cells, the compounds according to the invention exhibit a low toxicity level on healthy cells.
  • toxicity or “toxic effects” as used herein refer to the detrimental effect(s) a compound may have on healthy cells, tissues, or organs.
  • the toxicity level of the compounds according to the invention is surprisingly low.
  • the compounds according to the invention combine the essential features of a good cytotoxic activity and a low level of toxicity.
  • the compounds according to the invention may be used in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of various cancers.
  • the compounds according to the invention may be used during longer periods of treatments.
  • the compounds according to the invention are particularly suitable for use as a medicament, preferably in the treatment of cancer. Therefore, in another embodiment, the invention relates to compounds according to the invention for use as a medicament.
  • the invention also encompasses the use of at least one compound of formula I or Il as defined above, for the preparation of a medicament for treating cancer.
  • the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a therapeutic amount of at least one compound according to the invention.
  • the invention also encompasses the use of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a therapeutic amount of at least one compound according to the invention, for the preparation of a medicament for treating cancer.
  • terapéuticaally effective amount refers to the quantity of compound or pharmaceutical composition that elicits the biological or medicinal response in a tissue, system, animal, or human that is being sought by a researcher, veterinarian, medical doctor or other clinician, which includes alleviation of the symptoms of the cancer being treated.
  • these terms refer to the quantity of compound or pharmaceutical composition according to the invention which is necessary to prevent, cure, ameliorate, or at least minimize the clinical impairment, symptoms, or complications associated with cancer in either a single or multiple doses.
  • the pharmaceutical composition can be prepared in a manner known per se to one of skill in the art.
  • At least one compound having formula I or II, one or more solid or liquid pharmaceutical excipients and, if desired, in combination with other pharmaceutical active compounds, are brought into a suitable administration form or dosage form which can then be used as a pharmaceutical in human medicine or veterinary medicine.
  • a suitable administration form or dosage form which can then be used as a pharmaceutical in human medicine or veterinary medicine.
  • such a formulation may be in a form suitable for oral administration, for parenteral administration (such as by intravenous, intramuscular, or subcutaneous injection, or intravenous infusion), for topical administration (including ocular), for administration by inhalation, by a skin patch, by an implant, by a suppository, etc.
  • Such suitable administration forms which may be solid, semi-solid, or liquid, depending on the manner of administration - as well as methods and carriers, diluents and excipients for use in the preparation thereof, will be clear to the skilled person; reference is again made to for instance US-A-6,372,778, US-A-6,369,086, US-A-6,369,087, and US-A-6,372,733, as well as to the standard handbooks, such as the latest edition of Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • Such preparations include tablets, pills, powders, lozenges, sachets, cachets, elixirs, suspensions, emulsions, solutions, syrups, aerosols, ointments, cremes, lotions, soft and hard gelatin capsules, suppositories, drops, sterile injectable solutions and sterile packaged powders (which are usually reconstituted prior to use) for administration as a bolus and/or for continuous administration, which may be formulated with carriers, excipients, and diluents that are suitable per se for such formulations, such as lactose, dextrose, sucrose, sorbitol, mannitol, starches, gum acacia, calcium phosphate, alginates, tragacanth, gelatin, calcium silicate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene glycol, cellulose, (sterile) water, methylcellulose, methyl- and propy
  • the formulations can optionally contain other pharmaceutically active substances (which may or may not lead to a synergistic effect with the compounds of the invention) and other substances that are commonly used in pharmaceutical formulations, such as lubricating agents, wetting agents, emulsifying, and suspending agents, dispersing agents, desintegrants, bulking agents, fillers, preserving agents, sweetening agents, flavoring agents, flow regulators, release agents, etc.
  • the compositions may also be formulated so as to provide rapid, sustained, or delayed release of the active compound(s) contained therein, for example using liposomes or hydrophilic polymeric matrices based on natural gels or synthetic polymers.
  • cyclodextrins are o, ⁇ -, or ⁇ -cyclodextrins (CDs) or ethers and mixed ethers thereof wherein one or more of the hydroxyl groups of the anhydroglucose units of the cyclodextrin are substituted with alkyl, particularly methyl, ethyl, or isopropyl, e.g.
  • ⁇ -CD randomly methylated ⁇ -CD
  • hydroxyalkyl particularly hydroxyethyl, hydroxypropyl, or hydroxybutyl
  • carboxyalkyl particularly carboxymethyl, or carboxyethyl
  • alkylcarbonyl particularly acetyl
  • alkyloxycarbonylalkyl or carboxyalkyloxyalkyl particularly carboxymethoxypropyl or carboxyethoxypropyl
  • alkylcarbonyloxyalkyl particularly 2-acetyloxypropyl.
  • complexants and/or solubilizers are ⁇ -CD, randomly methylated ⁇ -CD, 2,6-dimethyl- ⁇ -CD, 2-hydroxyethyl- ⁇ -CD, 2- hydroxyethyl- ⁇ -CD, 2-hydroxypropyl- ⁇ -CD and (2-carboxymethoxy)propyl- ⁇ -CD, and in particular 2-hydroxypropyl- ⁇ -CD (2-HP- ⁇ -CD).
  • mixed ether denotes cyclodextrin derivatives wherein at least two cyclodextrin hydroxyl groups are etherified with different groups such as, for example, hydroxypropyl and hydroxyethyl.
  • compositions may be formulated in a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of particles consisting of a solid dispersion of the compounds of the invention and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble polymers.
  • a solid dispersion defines a system in a solid state (as opposed to a liquid or gaseous state) comprising at least two components, wherein one component is dispersed more or less evenly throughout the other component or components.
  • a solid solution When said dispersion of the components is such that the system is chemically and physically uniform or homogenous throughout or consists of one phase as defined in thermodynamics, such a solid dispersion is referred to as "a solid solution".
  • Solid solutions are preferred physical systems because the components therein are usually readily bioavailable to the organisms to which they are administered.
  • the term "a solid dispersion” also comprises dispersions that are less homogenous throughout than solid solutions. Such dispersions are not chemically and physically uniform throughout or comprise more than one phase.
  • the water-soluble polymer is conveniently a polymer that has an apparent viscosity of 1 to 100 mPa.s when dissolved in a 2 % aqueous solution at 2O 0 C solution.
  • Preferred water-soluble polymers are hydroxypropyl methylcelluloses or HPMC.
  • HPMC having a methoxy degree of substitution from about 0.8 to about 2.5 and a hydroxypropyl molar substitution from about 0.05 to about 3.0 are generally water soluble.
  • Methoxy degree of substitution refers to the average number of methyl ether groups present per anhydroglucose unit of the cellulose molecule.
  • Hydroxy-propyl molar substitution refers to the average number of moles of propylene oxide which have reacted with each anhydroglucose unit of the cellulose molecule. It may further be convenient to formulate the compounds of the invention in the form of nanoparticles which have a surface modifier adsorbed on the surface thereof in an amount sufficient to maintain an effective average particle size of less than 1000 nm.
  • Suitable surface modifiers can preferably be selected from known organic and inorganic pharmaceutical excipients. Such excipients include various polymers, low molecular weight oligomers, natural products and surfactants.
  • Preferred surface modifiers include nonionic and anionic surfactants.
  • Yet another interesting way of formulating the compounds according to the invention involves a pharmaceutical composition whereby the compounds are incorporated in hydrophilic polymers and applying this mixture as a coat film over many small beads, thus yielding a composition with good bio-availability which can conveniently be manufactured and which is suitable for preparing pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral administration.
  • Said beads comprise (a) a central, rounded, or spherical core, (b) a coating film of a hydrophilic polymer and an antiretroviral agent and (c) a seal-coating polymer layer.
  • Materials suitable for use as cores in the beads are manifold, provided that said materials are pharmaceutically acceptable and have appropriate dimensions and firmness. Examples of such materials are polymers, inorganic substances, organic substances, and saccharides and derivatives thereof.
  • the preparations may be prepared in a manner known per se, which usually involves mixing the at least one compound according to the invention with the one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, and, if desired, in combination with other pharmaceutical active compounds, when necessary under aseptic conditions.
  • a manner known per se which usually involves mixing the at least one compound according to the invention with the one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, and, if desired, in combination with other pharmaceutical active compounds, when necessary under aseptic conditions.
  • the pharmaceutical preparations of the invention are preferably in a unit dosage form, and may be suitably packaged, for example in a box, blister, vial, bottle, sachet, ampoule, or in any other suitable single-dose or multi-dose holder or container (which may be properly labeled); optionally with one or more leaflets containing product information and/or instructions for use.
  • unit dosages will contain between 1 and 1000 mg, and usually between 5 and 500 mg, of the at least one compound of the invention, e.g. about 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 300, or 400 mg per unit dosage.
  • the compounds of the invention are particularly useful in the treatment of individuals suffering from cancer.
  • the compounds are also particularly useful in the prevention of metastatis.
  • anti-migratory refers to the ability of a compound of the invention to stop the migration of cells away from the neoplastic tumor tissue and thus to reduce the colonization of new tissues by these cells.
  • treating includes treating any one or more of the conditions underlying or characteristic of cancer.
  • Treatment of cancer means administration of a medicament with the result that cancer is reduced or the patient is cured.
  • the compounds of the invention may be especially used in (the preparation of a medicament for) the treatment of cancers such as but not limited to leukemia, non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, glioma, colon cancer, bladder cancer, sarcoma, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer, liver cancer, bone cancer, bone marrow cancer, stomach cancer, duodenum cancer, oesophageal cancer, thyroid cancer, hematological cancer, and lymphoma.
  • cancers such as but not limited to leukemia, non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, glioma, colon cancer, bladder cancer
  • said cancer is selected from non-small cell lung cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, bladder cancer, sarcoma, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, oesophageal cancer, or lymphoma.
  • the compounds can be used for the treatment of glioma.
  • Said glioma can be in the brain but also in the spinal cord or any other part of the CNS, such as the optic nerves.
  • the compounds can be therefore used for (the preparation of a medicament for) treating ependymomas, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, or mixed gliomas such as oligoastrocytomas.
  • the compounds can be used for (the preparation of a medicament for) treating astrocytomas including but not limited to pilocytic astrocytoma, diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic (malignant) astrocytoma, and glioblastoma multiforme.
  • the present invention provides a method for the treatment of cancer comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of at least one compound of formula I or Il as defined above as an active ingredient, such that the cancer is treated.
  • cancer is treated in a subject in need of treatment by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of formula I or II, effective to treat the cancer.
  • the subject is preferably a mammal (e.g., humans, domestic animals, and commercial animals, including cows, dogs, monkeys, mice, pigs, and rats), and is most preferably a human.
  • the compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be administered orally, parenterally, i.e. including subcutaneous injections, intravenous, intramuscular, intrasternal injection, or infusion techniques, by inhalation spray, or rectally, in dosage unit formulations containing conventional non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, adjuvants, and vehicles.
  • the at least one compound of the invention will generally be administered in an "effective amount", by which is meant any amount of a compound of the Formula I or Il above that, upon suitable administration, is sufficient to achieve the desired therapeutic or prophylactic effect in the individual to which it is administered.
  • such an effective amount will usually be between 0.01 to 1000 mg per kilogram body weight, more often between 0.1 and 500 mg, such as between 1 and 250 mg, for example about 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, 200, or 250 mg, per kilogram body weight day of the patient per day, which may be administered as a single daily dose, divided over one or more daily doses, or essentially continuously, e.g. using a drip infusion.
  • the amount(s) to be administered, the route of administration and the further treatment regimen may be determined by the treating clinician, depending on factors such as the age, gender and general condition of the patient and the nature and severity of the disease/symptoms to be treated.
  • said pharmaceutical composition can be administered separately at different times during the course of therapy or concurrently in divided or single combination forms.
  • the present invention is therefore to be understood as embracing all such regimes of simultaneous or alternating treatment and the term "administering" is to be interpreted accordingly.
  • the primary modes of treatment of solid tumor cancers comprise surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, separately and in combination.
  • the compounds according to the invention are suitable for use in combination with these medicinal techniques.
  • the compounds of the invention may be useful in increasing the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiation in radiotherapy and also in potentiating or enhancing damage to tumors by chemotherapeutic agents.
  • the compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates may also be useful for sensitizing multidrug-resistant tumor cells.
  • the compounds according to the invention are useful therapeutic compounds for administration in conjunction with DNA-damaging cytotoxic drugs or radiation used in radiotherapy to potentiate their effect.
  • the administration may be performed with food, e.g., a high-fat meal.
  • the term "with food” means the consumption of a meal either during or no more than about one hour before or after administration of a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention.
  • compositions of the present invention can be mixed with suitable additives, such as excipients, stabilizers, or inert diluents, and brought by means of the customary methods into the suitable administration forms, such as tablets, coated tablets, hard capsules, aqueous, alcoholic, or oily solutions.
  • suitable inert carriers are gum arabic, magnesia, magnesium carbonate, potassium phosphate, lactose, glucose, or starch, in particular, corn starch.
  • the preparation can be carried out both as dry and as moist granules.
  • Suitable oily excipients or solvents are vegetable or animal oils, such as sunflower oil or cod liver oil.
  • Suitable solvents for aqueous or alcoholic solutions are water, ethanol, sugar solutions, or mixtures thereof.
  • Polyethylene glycols and polypropylene glycols are also useful as further auxiliaries for other administration forms.
  • these compositions may contain microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, starch, magnesium stearate, and lactose and/or other excipients, binders, extenders, d is integrants, diluents, and lubricants known in the art.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound according to the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester and/or solvate thereof, is suitably accomplished by uniformly and intimately blending together a suitable amount of said compound in the form of a powder, optionally also including a finely divided solid carrier, and encapsulating the blend in, for example, a hard gelatin capsule.
  • the solid carrier can include one or more substances, which act as binders, lubricants, disintegrating agents, coloring agents, and the like.
  • Suitable solid carriers include, for example, calcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, talc, sugars, lactose, dextrin, starch, gelatin, cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidine, low melting waxes and ion exchange resins.
  • Oral administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound according to the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester and/or solvate thereof can also be accomplished by preparing capsules or tablets containing the desired amount of said compound, optionally blended with a solid carrier as described above.
  • Compressed tablets containing the pharmaceutical composition of the invention can be prepared by uniformly and intimately mixing the active ingredient with a solid carrier such as described above to provide a mixture having the necessary compression properties, and then compacting the mixture in a suitable machine to the shape and size desired. Molded tablets maybe made by molding in a suitable machine, a mixture of powdered compound moistened with an inert liquid diluent.
  • compositions When administered by nasal aerosol or inhalation, these compositions may be prepared according to techniques well-known in the art of pharmaceutical formulation and may be prepared as solutions in saline, employing benzyl alcohol or other suitable preservatives, absorption promoters to enhance bioavailability, fluorocarbons, and/or other solubilizing or dispersing agents known in the art.
  • Suitable pharmaceutical formulations for administration in the form of aerosols or sprays are, for example, solutions, suspensions, or emulsions of the compounds of the invention or their physiologically tolerable salts in a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent, such as ethanol or water, or a mixture of such solvents.
  • the formulation can also additionally contain other pharmaceutical auxiliaries such as surfactants, emulsifiers and stabilizers as well as a propellant.
  • the compound of the invention for subcutaneous or intravenous administration, the compound of the invention, if desired with the substances customary therefor such as solubilizers, emulsifiers, or further auxiliaries, are brought into solution, suspension, or emulsion.
  • the compounds of the invention can also be lyophilized and the lyophilizates obtained used, for example, for the production of injection or infusion preparations.
  • Suitable solvents are, for example, water, physiological saline solution, or alcohols, e.g. ethanol, propanol, glycerol, in addition also sugar solutions such as glucose or mannitol solutions, or alternatively mixtures of the various solvents mentioned.
  • the injectable solutions or suspensions may be formulated according to known art, using suitable non-toxic, parenterally-acceptable diluents, or solvents, such as mannitol, 1 ,3-butanediol, water, Ringer's solution, or isotonic sodium chloride solution, or suitable dispersing or wetting and suspending agents, such as sterile, bland, fixed oils, including synthetic mono- or diglycerides, and fatty acids, including oleic acid.
  • suitable non-toxic, parenterally-acceptable diluents, or solvents such as mannitol, 1 ,3-butanediol, water, Ringer's solution, or isotonic sodium chloride solution, or suitable dispersing or wetting and suspending agents, such as sterile, bland, fixed oils, including synthetic mono- or diglycerides, and fatty acids, including oleic acid.
  • these formulations When rectally administered in the form of suppositories, these formulations may be prepared by mixing the compounds according to the invention with a suitable non-irritating excipient, such as cocoa butter, synthetic glyceride esters, or polyethylene glycols, which are solid at ordinary temperatures, but liquidify and/or dissolve in the rectal cavity to release the drug.
  • a suitable non-irritating excipient such as cocoa butter, synthetic glyceride esters, or polyethylene glycols, which are solid at ordinary temperatures, but liquidify and/or dissolve in the rectal cavity to release the drug.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions of this invention can be administered to humans in dosage ranges specific for each compound comprised in said compositions.
  • the compounds comprised in said composition can be administered together or separately.
  • OAc acetoxy
  • -OBz benzoyloxy
  • Bz benzoyl
  • the present invention encompasses compounds 1 to 296 and stereoisomers, tautomers, racemates or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof.
  • Benzoyl chloride 43 ⁇ l, 1 eq was added to 3,4-(acetonide)-narciclasine (117 mg, 337 ⁇ mol) in 7 ml of dry pyridine under argon. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 day and two portions of benzoyl chloride (22 ⁇ l and 10 ⁇ l) were further added for complete consumption of starting material. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo and freeze-dried overnight.
  • Ethyl isocyanate (40 ⁇ l, 4 eq) was added to 3,4-(acetonide)-narciclasine (30 mg, 0.078 mmol) in 2 ml of dry DMF under argon. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 day and ethyl isocyanate (40 ⁇ l, 4 eq) were further added for complete consumption of starting material. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo. Chromatography (Cyclohexane/AcOEt 6:4 to 7:3) afforded compound 18 (20 mg, 62%). Rf 0.43 (cyclohexane/AcOEt 1 :1 ).
  • Lithium aluminium hydride (102 mg, 2.68 mmol) was added to compound 22 (300 mg, 0.671 mmol) in 13 ml of dry THF under argon. The reaction mixture was stirred and heated at reflux for 3h. Then
  • Tetrabutylammonium fluoride (1.31 ml of 1 M in THF, 4.42 mmol) was added to compound 26 (700 mg, 1.10 mmol) in 20 ml of dry THF under argon.
  • the reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 17h and heated at 5O 0 C for 3h.
  • the solvent was evaporated in vacuo .
  • the residue was then dissolved in 10 ml of methanol and 10 ml of K 2 CO 3 (5%) was then added.
  • the solution was stirred at 5O 0 C for 17h.
  • the solvent was evaporated in vacuo and freeze-dried overnight.
  • Narciclasine 500 mg, 1.63 mmol was dissolved in 75 ml of ethanol and 75 ml of CH 2 CI 2 . At this solution, 500mg of Pd/C 10% was added. Then triethylamine (0.996 ml, 7.17 mmol) and formic acid (0.27 ml, 7.17 mmol) were added. This solution was stirred and heated to 8O 0 C for 6h. The reaction mixture was filtered and the solvent was removed in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in 20 ml of water and extracted with ethyl acetate (4 x 200 ml). The organic phase was dried with Na 2 SO 4 and evaporated to dryness.
  • Example 3 In vitro and in vivo pharmacological evaluation (maximum tolerated dose) a) in vitro
  • MTT tests were performed in order to rapidly, i.e. within 5 days, measure the effect of compounds of this invention on the overall cell growth.
  • the test measured the number of metabolically active living cells that were able to transform the yellow product 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (herein referred as MTT) into the blue product formazan dye by mitochondrial reduction.
  • MTT yellow product 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide
  • the amount of formazan obtained at the end of the experiment measured by means of a spectrophotometer, is directly proportional to the number of living cells.
  • Optical density determination thus enabled a quantitative measurement of the effect of the investigated compounds as compared to the control condition (untreated cells) and/or to other reference compounds such as narciclasine.
  • cells were allowed to grow in 96-well micro-wells with a flat bottom with an amount of 100 ⁇ l of cell suspension per well with 1 ,000 to 4,000 cells/well depending on the cell type used. Each cell line was seeded in a well known MEM 10 % serum culture medium.
  • the detailed experimental procedure was the following: after a 24-hour period of incubation at 37 0 C, the culture medium was replaced by 100 ⁇ l of fresh medium in which the tested compound was previously dissolved, at the following molar concentrations: 10 ⁇ 9 M, 5.10 9 M, 10 ⁇ 8 M, 5.10 "8 M, 10 '7 M, 5.10 7 M, 10 '6 M, 5.10 6 M, and 10 '5 M. Each experiment was repeated 6 times.
  • the medium was replaced by 100 ⁇ l MTT dissolved in RPMI (1640 without phenol red) at a concentration of 1 mg/ml.
  • the micro-wells were subsequently incubated during 3 hours at 37° C and centrifuged at 400 g during 10 minutes. MTT was removed and formazan crystals formed were dissolved in 100 ⁇ l DMSO.
  • the micro-wells were shaken for 5 minutes and read on a spectrophotometer at wavelengths of 570 nm (maximum formazan absorbance) and 630 nm (background noise).
  • the maximum tolerated dose (herein after MTD) is defined as the maximum amount of a given drug which can be administered acutely (i.e. in one intraperitoneal, intravenous, subcutaneous or oral single dose) to healthy animals, i.e. animals not grafted with tumors.
  • compounds of the invention are particularly potent antiproliferative agents with IC 50 in the micromolar and sub-micromolar range.
  • the compounds of the invention are particularly advantageous since they are as potent as narciclasine in vitro, while being similarly or significantly less toxic in vivo.
  • Example 4 Impairment of cell proliferation and cell migration triggered by the isocarbostyril alkaloid derivatives of the present invention in cancer cells
  • Cells were seeded in 25-cm 2 at a low density, treated or not with the compounds of the present invention (at a concentration of 100 nM) and filmed thereafter for a period of 72h.
  • the analysis of the films was performed by two operators, working independently.
  • the effect on cell migration was characterized as +++ (high effect: cell migration of most cells is drastically altered for most of the duration of the film), ++ (medium effect: compound altering cell migration of an important proportion of the cells although less drastically), + (low effect: compound affecting cell migration of a small part of the cell population, or only for a limited part of the 72h incubation), - (no effect: as compared to the control conditions, no difference is observed).
  • the effect on the overall growth was measured by counting the number of cells on the first (Oh) and the last image (72h) of each film.
  • the global growth ratio (GGR) was then deduced by dividing the number of cells on the last image by the number of cells on the first image.
  • the ratio GGR tr eated DCis / GGR CO ntroi DCis. was further calculated thereby obtaining a value that describes the effect of compounds of the present invention on the overall cell growth.
  • the ratio GGR tr eated DCis / GGR ⁇ ntrai DCis was measured for compounds 10, 11 and

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La présente invention concerne de nouveaux dérivés d'isocarbostyryl alcaloïde présentant des activités antiprolifératives et anti-migratoires, en particulier des composés représentés par la formule (I) ou (II), des stéréo-isomères, des tautomères, des racémates, des promédicaments, des métabolites de ceux-ci, ou un sel et/ou un solvate de ceux-ci acceptable du point de vue pharmaceutique, où R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, et R7 ont la même signification que celle qui est définie dans les revendications. La présente invention porte également sur un procédé pour la préparation desdits composés, sur des compositions, en particulier des compositions pharmaceutiques comportant de tels composés, et sur des utilisations de tels composés dans le traitement et la prophylaxie du cancer.
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