Cyclopenta[g]quinazolines of the formula (I):—wherein: A is a group OR or NR
0
R
1
wherein R
0
and R
1
are each independently hydrogen C
1-4
alkyl, C
3-4
alkenyl, C
3-4
alkynyl, C
2-4
hydroxyalkyl, C
2-4
halogenoalkyl or C
1-4
cyanoalkyl, or R
0
and R
1
together with the intermediate N form a five- or six-membered heterocyclic ring; p is an integer in the range 1 to 4; R
2
is hydrogen, C
1-4
alkyl, C
3-4
alkenyl, C
3-4
alkynyl, C
2-4
hydroxyalkyl, C
2-4
halogenoalkyl or C
1-4
cyanoalkyl; Ar
1
is phenylene, thiophenediyl, thiazolediyl, pyridinediyl or pyrimidinediyl which may optionally bear one or two substituents selected from halogeno, hydroxy, amino, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl, C
1-4
alkyl and C
1-4
alkoxy; and R
3
is a group of one of the following formulae: -A
1
-Ar
2
-A
2
-Y
1
-A
5
-CON(R)CH(Y
4
) Y
5
-A
8
-X—Ar
4
and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof are of therapeutic value particularly in the treatment of cancer.
公式(I)的环戊基[g]
喹唑啉:其中:A是OR或NR0R1基团,其中R0和R1各自独立地是氢,C1-4烷基,C3-4烯基,C3-4炔基,C2-4羟基烷基,C2-4卤代烷基或C1-4
氰基烷基,或者R0和R1与中间的N一起形成五元或六元杂环;p是在1到4之间的整数;R2是氢,C1-4烷基,C3-4烯基,C3-4炔基,C2-4羟基烷基,C2-4卤代烷基或C1-4
氰基烷基;Ar1是苯基,
噻吩二基,
噻唑二基,
吡啶二基或
嘧啶二基,可以选择地带有一个或两个取代基,所述取代基选自卤代,羟基,
氨基,硝基,
氰基,三
氟甲基,C1-4烷基和C1-4烷氧基;R3是以下公式之一的基团:-A1-Ar2-A2-Y1-A5-CON(R)CH(Y4)Y5-A8-X—Ar4和其药学上可接受的盐或酯在治疗癌症方面具有治疗价值。