Acylthiourea compound or salt thereof, and use thereof

Abstract

To provide an antitumor agent which exhibits excellent c-Met inhibitory effect and mitigates side effects by virtue of selectively affecting to tumor cells in which c-Met is specifically expressed. The invention provides an acylthiourea compound represented by formula (I): (wherein each of R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C3-10 cycloalkyl group, an optionally substituted C6-14 aromatic hydrocarbon group, or an optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, or R1 and R2 may form, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; R3 represents a C1-6 alkyl group; and each of R4, R5, and R6, which may be identical to or different from one another, represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C1-6 alkylamino group, an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or an optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, or R5 and R6 may form a ring together with the phenyl ring to which they are attached) or a salt thereof.

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