Synthesis and antineoplastic activity of mitosene analogs of the mitomycins

JC Hodges, WA Remers…

Index: Hodges, John C.; Remers, William A.; Bradner, William T. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1981 , vol. 24, # 10 p. 1184 - 1191

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Abstract

A series of 1-substituted mitosene analogues of the mitomycin antitumor antibiotics was prepared by total synthesis and screened for activity against P388 leukemia in mice. In general, analogues with moderately good leaving groups (mostly esters) at the 1 position were active, whereas analogues without such substituents were inactive or barely active. These results lend support to the idea that mitaenes with leaving groupa at position 1 are ...