Previously unreported analogues of the synthetic antitumor phospholipid ET-18-OMe (1- octadecyl-2-methoxy-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine), in which the 1-ether oxygen has been replaced by an amido group, have been prepared and evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic effects and for inhibition of protein kinase C. The title compounds exhibit cytotoxic effects against several tumor cell lines and are approximately equipotent to ET-18-OMe. The compounds ...