Epothilone derivatives

1. A compound of formula V,

wherein

Q is selected from the group consisting of

G is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, heterocyclo,

W is NR 15 ;

X is O;

Y is O;

Z 1 and Z 2 are independently CH 2 ;

B 1 and B 2 are OH;

D is selected from the group consisting of NR 28 R 29 , NR 30 COR 31 or saturated heterocycle;

R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 13 , R 14 , and are selected from the group H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, or aryl and when R 1 and R 2 are alkyl can be joined to form a cycloalkyl; R 3 and R 4 are alkyl can be joined to form a cycloalkyl;

R 31 is selected from the group H, alkyl, or substituted alkyl;

R 8 , R 11 , R 12 , R 28 , R 30 , R 32 , and R 33 are selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclo;

R 15 , and R 29 are selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclo, R 32 C═O, R 33 SO 2 , hydroxy, O-alkyl or O-substituted alkyl, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and any hydrates, solvates or geometric, optical and stereoisomers thereof

wherein,

“alkyl” means a straight or branched chain unsubstituted hydrocarbon group of 1 to 7 carbon atoms;

“substituted alkyl” means an alkyl group substituted with one to four substituents selected from trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, hydroxy, alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, heterocyclooxy, oxo, alkanoyl, aryloxy, alkanoyloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, aralkylamino, cycloalkylamino, heterocycloamino, disubstituted amines in which the 2 amino substituents are selected from alkyl, aryl or aralkyl, alkanoylamino, aroylamino, aralkanoylamino, substituted alkanoylamino, substituted arylamino, substituted aralkanoylamino, thiol, alkylthio, arylthio, aralkylthio, cycloalkylthio, heterocyclothio, alkylthiono, arylthiono, aralkylthiono, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, aralkylsulfonyl, —SO 2 NH 2 , substituted sulfonamido, nitro, cyano, carboxy, —CONH 2 , —CONH alkyl, CONHaryl, CONHaralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryl, substituted aryl, guanidine, indolyl, imidazolyl, furyl, thienyl, thiazolyl, pyrrolidyl, pyridyl, and pyrimidyl; wherein when the alkyl substituent is further substituted it will be with halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or aralkyl;

“cycloalkyl” means an optionally-substituted, saturated cyclic hydrocarbon ring systems containing 1 to 3 rings and 3 to 7 carbons per ring which may be further fused with an unsaturated C 3 -C 7 carbocyclic ring, wherein when substituted, the substituents will include one or more substituents as recited above as alkyl substituents;

“aryl” means a monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon groups having 6 to 12 carbon atoms in the ring portion;

“substituted aryl” means an aryl group substituted by one to four substituents selected from alkyl, substituted alkyl, halo, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, cycloalkyloxy, heterocyclooxy, alkanoyl, alkanoyloxy, amino, alkylamino, aralkylamino, cycloalkylamino, heterocycloamino, dialkylamino, alkanoylamino, thiol, alkylthio, cycloalkylthio, heterocyclothio, ureido, nitro, cyano, carboxy, carboxyalkyl, carbamyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylthiono, arylthiono, alkysulfonyl, sulfonamido, and aryloxy, wherein when the aryl substitute is further substituted, it will be with halo, hydroxy, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, substituted alkyl or aralkyl;

“heterocyclo” means an optionally substituted, fully saturated or unsaturated, aromatic or nonaromatic cyclic group which is a 4 to 7 membered monocyclic, 7 to 11 membered bicyclic, or 10 to 15 membered tricyclic ring system, which has at least one heteroatom in at least one carbon atom-containing ring, each ring of the heterocyclic group containing a heteroatom may have 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms, wherein the term “heteroatoms” shall include oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen; and wherein when substituted, the substituted heterocyclo group will include one or more substituents as recited above as alkyl substituents.

2. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein,

Q is selected from the group consisting of

G is selected from the group consisting of alkyl; substituted alkyl; substituted aryl; a 4 to 7 membered monocyclic, 7 to 11 membered bicyclic, or 10 to 15 membered tricyclic saturated or unsaturated ring system having between 1 and 3 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur;

W is NR 15 ;

X is O;

Y is O;

Z 1 and Z 2 are independently CH 2 ;

B 1 and B 2 are independently OH

R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 7 , are selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, and aryl, and when R 1 and R 2 are alkyl they can be joined to form a cycloalkyl, and when R 3 and R 4 are alkyl they can be joined to form a cycloalkyl;

R 6 is methyl;

R 8 is hydrogen or methyl; and

R 15 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, and substituted alkyl.

3. A pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more compounds of claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.