This invention provides aryl-substituted acyclic enediyne compounds of formula (I):; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof,wherein R1=R2=H; or R1 and R2 together form a moiety represented by the formula; R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl having 4-30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 3-30 carbon atoms; andR4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 3-30 carbon atoms;with the proviso that R3 is not butyl, pentyl, tetrahydropyranyloxymethyl, tetrahydropyranyloxypropyl or phenyl when R1=R2=H and R4 is o-cyanophenyl,; and with the proviso that R3 is not butyl when R1=R2=H and R4 is phenyl. ;The compounds of formula (I) are found to have inhibitory activities against topoisomerase I or act as a S phase or G2/M phase blocker.
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