Nitrosourea derivatives are provided which possess a high level of inhibitory activity against leukemia and tumors and which are therefore useful for pharmaceutical purposes. The compounds have the structure represented by formulae (I), (II) and (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkanoyl or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 represents the residual group on the .alpha.-carbon atom of an .alpha.-amino acid; n represents 2 or 3; X represents a halogen atom selected from chlorine, fluorine and bromine; and Ac represents an alkanoyl group.
提供了一些具有高度抑制白血病和肿瘤活性的硝基
脲衍
生物,因此可用于药物目的。这些化合物的结构由公式(I),(II)和(III)表示:##STR1## 其中,R.sup.1,R.sup.2和R.sup.4可以相同或不同,并且每个代表氢原子或烷基,芳基,芳基烷基,脂肪酰基或杂环基;R.sup.3代表
α-氨基酸的α-碳原子上的剩余基团;n代表2或3;X代表从
氯,
氟和
溴中选择的卤素原子;Ac代表脂肪酰基团。