Anticancer anthrapyrazoles. Improved syntheses of clinical agents CI‐937, CI‐941, and piroxantrone hydrochloride

Improved processes for the synthesis of bulk quantities of the anthrapyrazole clinical agents CI-937, CI-941, and piroxantrone hydrochloride are reported. Reported also are detailed analytical and spectroscopic data for these agents and intermediates of the synthetic sequences.

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