| abstract |
This invention relates to new bis(acyloxymethyl)imidazole derivatives; to compositions comprising these derivatives; and to processes for their utility as fungicides, bactericides and as inhibitors of the growth of cancer, particularly solid tumor cancer, in warm blooded animals of the formula: <IMAGE> wherein M is <IMAGE> or R; each R, R' and R'' are independently selected from hydrogen and Z substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkenyl, aryl, and heterocyclic ring wherein said ring comprises at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or silicon; provided that ted heterocyclic, and R' and R'' attached to the imidazole ring, may form a Z substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring; X is selected from at least one of oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and alkyl; provided further that silicon is not directly attached to oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen and R' is not hydrogen when X is oxygen or sulfur; and Z is selected from halogen, nitro, nitrile, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, carboxylic acid, carboxylic acid ester, carboxylic acid amide, ether, thioether, hydroxyl, acylated hydroxyl, sulfonylamide, sulfonylurea, sulfoxide, sulfone, substituted and unsubstituted amine or mixtures thereof. |