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Functionalized gold carbene napthaquinone complexes for use in the treatment of cancer

Grant US12577262B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM

Inventors

Jonathan L. Sessler, Sajal Sen, Jonathan F. Arambula, Zhengrong Cui

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to functionalized gold carbene naphthoquinone compounds and salts thereof. In some aspects, these compounds can be used to treat cancer including cancers which are resistant to one or more other chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin or platinum chemotherapeutic agents. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the gold carbene naphthoquinone compounds. The present disclosure also provides methods of preparing a cancer vaccine.

CPC Classifications

C07F 1/10 C07F 1/12 A61K 31/4178 A61K 31/4184 A61P 33/00 A61P 35/00

Filing Date

2020-05-22

Application No.

17595670

Claims

17