Anthracycline glycosides useful as antitumor agents of formula XV: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, one of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, the other of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group and X is a hydrogen atom or a trifluoro acetyl group.