Novel phosphorus-containing prodrugs
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- METABASIS THERAPEUTICS INC
- Publication Date
- 2007-10-25
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 153,127, filed Sep. 8, 1999, and Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 123,013, filed Mar. 5, 1999, and they are incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is directed towards novel prodrugs that generate phosph(on)ate compounds which are biologically active or are further phosphorylated to produce biologically active compounds, to their preparation, to their synthetic intermediates, and to their uses. More specifically, the invention relates to the area of substituted cyclic 1,3-propanyl esters wherein the cyclic moiety contains at least one amino attached to the phosphorus. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The following description of the background of the invention is provided to aid in understanding the invention, but is not admitted to be, or to describe, prior art to the invention. All cited publications are incorpora...