Ten new spin-labeled derivatives of 5-fluorouracil (2a-8) were synthes
ized by introducing four kinds of stable nitroxyl radicals into N-1 an
d N-3 site of 5-Fu. The structures of and elemental analysis. The anti
tumor activities of these compounds were tested to be against KB, HCT-
8 and A2780. The preliminary results showed that the antitumor activit
ies of compounds 2a and 3a were stronger than that of 5-Fu and were si
milar to that of HCFU.