Aminomethylene pyrazolones with therapeutic activity
A compound having the structure according to formula III wherein: X is NH or S; R 1 is H or (1C-4C)alkyl; R 2 is (1C-4C)alkyl, phenyl or a monocyclic aromatic ring having one or more N—, O— or S— atoms in the ring, which alkyl, phenyl or aromatic ring is optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from (1C-4C)alkyl, (1C-4C)alkyloxy, halo(1C-4C)alkyl, halo(1C-4C)alkyloxy, phenyloxy, phenylthio, halogen, or nitro; R 3 and R 4 are each independently H, (1C-6C)alkyl, (2C-6C) alkenyl, (2C-6C)alkynyl, cyano, (3C-6C)cycloalkyl, phenyl, a monocyclic aromatic ring having one or more N—, O— or S— atoms in the ring, a monocyclic non-aromatic ring having one or more N—, O— or S— atoms in the ring, each optionally substituted with hydroxyl, (1C-4C)alkoxy, phenyl, cycloalkyl, piperidyl, piperazinyl, furyl, thienyl, pirazinyl, pyrrolyl, 2H-pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, pyrrolidonyl, pyrrolinyl, imidazolinyl, imidazolyl, a monocyclic aromatic ring having one or more N—, O— or S— atoms in the ring, whereby each of these optional substituents is optionally further substituted with (1C-4C)alkyl, (1C-4C)alkyloxy, halo(1C-4C)alkyl, halo(1C-4C)alkyloxy, halogen, nitro or (1C-2C)dioxol forming a ring; or R 3 and R 4 form together pyrrolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrrolinylimidazolidinyl, imidazolinyl, piperidyl, piperazinylmorpholinyl, each optionally substituted with (1C-6C)alkyl, phenyl(1C-4C)alkyl, phenylketo(1C-4C)alkyl; R 5 is H, Cl, F, Br, Me, NO 2 , t-butyl, OCF 3 , OCH 3 , CF 3 ; R 6 is H, (1C-4C)alkyl, (1C-4C)alkyloxy, halo(1C-4C)alkyl, halo(1C-4C)alkyloxy, nitro or halogen; R 7 is H, F, Cl, Br, Me, NO 2 , t-butyl, OCF 3 , OCH 3 , CF 3 ; or pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof for use in treatments of carcinoma, in particular, to delay, prevent or reverse metastasis in prostate cancer.
1. A compound according to formula III
wherein:
X is NH;
R 1 is H;
R 2 is phenyl;
R 3 and R 4 are each independently H;
R 5 is H;
R 6 is H;
R 7 is H;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt thereof.
2. A method for the treatment of cancer, the method comprising:
administering the compound of claim 1 to a subject suffering from cancer.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the cancer is a carcinoma.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the carcinoma is selected from the group consisting of gastric cancer, bladder cancer, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and pancreas cancer.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the carcinoma is prostate cancer.
6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the treatment results in delaying, treating, or reversing metastasis.
7. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of claim 1 .