Thymectacin

Thymectacin (NB-1011, NB-101) is an experimental anticancer prodrug of brivudine monophosphate. It is being developed by New Biotics and it entered in phase I clinical trials for colon cancer in 2006.^[1]

Other namesNB-1011; NB-101; N-[[5-[(E)-2-Bromovinyl]-2'-deoxyuridin-5'-O-yl]](phenoxy)phosphoryl]-L-alanine methyl ester

CAS Number

• 232925-18-7 ^Y

PubChem CID

• 6440764

ChemSpider

• 4945015 ^N

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Thymectacin

Clinical data
Other names	NB-1011; NB-101; N-[[5-[(E)-2-Bromovinyl]-2'-deoxyuridin-5'-O-yl]](phenoxy)phosphoryl]-L-alanine methyl ester
Identifiers
IUPAC name (2S)-methyl 2-((((2R,3S,5R)-5-(5-((E)-2-bromovinyl)-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)-3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methoxy)(phenoxy)phosphorylamino)propanoate
CAS Number	232925-18-7 Y
PubChem CID	6440764
ChemSpider	4945015 N
UNII	2ZRZ4TSW3F
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID00177862
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C21H25BrN3O9P
Molar mass	574.321 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES C[C@@H](C(=O)OC)NP(=O)(OC[C@@H]1[C@H](C[C@@H](O1)n2cc(c(=O)[nH]c2=O)/C=C/Br)O)Oc3ccccc3
InChI InChI=1S/C21H25BrN3O9P/c1-13(20(28)31-2)24-35(30,34-15-6-4-3-5-7-15)32-12-17-16(26)10-18(33-17)25-11-14(8-9-22)19(27)23-21(25)29/h3-9,11,13,16-18,26H,10,12H2,1-2H3,(H,24,30)(H,23,27,29)/b9-8+/t13-,16-,17+,18+,35?/m0/s1 N Key:CFBLUORPOFELCE-BACVZHSASA-N N
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Thymectacin is a small molecule phosphoramidate derivative of (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (BVdU) with potential antineoplastic activity.^[2] It is selectively active against tumor cells expressing high levels of thymidylate synthase (TS). Thymectacin is converted intracellularly by TS to bromovinyldeoxyuridine monophosphate (BVdUMP) which competes with the natural substrate, deoxyuridine monophosphate, for binding to TS. Unlike TS inhibitors, this agent is a reversible substrate for TS catalysis. Thus, TS retains activity and converts BVdUMP into cytotoxic metabolites.