NOVEL 3-(SUBSTITUTED METHYL)-4-OXA-1-AZABICYCLO[3.2.0]HEPTAN-7-ONE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS ANTITUMOR AGENTS

摘要

The present invention is based on the discovery that certain 3-(substituted methyl)-4-oxa-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-7-one derivatives of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are useful as antitumor agents against sensitive and resistant tumor cells. In Formula (I) X is NH or O, when X is NH, R is hydrogen, -COR1, wherein R1 is (i) a C1-C6 alkyl group which may be substituted by 1-3 substituents selected from halogen, hydroxy, formyloxy, azido, carboxyl, heteroaryl or acetamide, (ii) a C2-C4 alkenyl group, (iii) a C2-C4 alkynyl group, (iv) a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, (v) a phenyl group which may be substituted by 1-3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C1-C6 alkoxy group or cyano, (vi) a C5-C6 heteroaryl group, (vii) an NR2R3 wherein R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl group or (7-oxo-1-aza-4-oxabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-yl)methyl group or (viii) benzyloxy group; -SO2R4 wherein R4 is a C1-C6 alkyl group or a phenyl group which may be substituted by 1-3 substituents selected from C1-C6 alkyl group, halogen or C1-C6 alkoxy group; 1-2 amino acid residue which may be substituted with protective group; when X is O, R is 1-2 amino acid residue which may be substituted with protective group.