WHEREIN FUR IS A FURAN OR TETRAHYDROFURAN RADICAL LOWER ALKYL SUBSTITUTED OR NOT, R IS HYDROGEN OR LOWER ALKYL R1 IS ALKYLENE OF 1-4 CARBON ATOMS AND Y IS HYDROGEN HALOGEN OR LOWER ALKOXY, PRODUCED BY REACTING A 1,4NAPHTHOQUINONE OF THE FORMULA:
2-(FUR-R1-N(-R)-),3-Y-1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE WHEREIN FUR, R, R1 AND Y HAVE THE ABOVE MEANING AND X IS HYDROGEN, HALOGEN OR LOWER ALKOXY. THE COMPOUNDS ARE USEFUL AS BACTERICIDES, FUNGICIDES AND ANTI-TUMOUR AGENTS FOR ANIMALS EXCLUDING HUMANS. REPRESENTATVE COMPOUNDS ARE 2-FURFURYL-AMINO-1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE AND THE 3-CHLORO- AND 3-METHOXY-ANALOGS.
R-HN-R''-FUR
NEW AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTICALLY ACTIVE NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVES ARE PROVIDED OF THE FORMULA: