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US 4,369,187 AGranted
3-Substituted-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-7-one-2-carboxylic acid
AssigneeMerck & Co., Inc.
InventorsBurton G. Christensen, Ronald W. Ratcliffe
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Abstract
Disclosed are 3-substituted-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-7-one-2-carboxylic acids (I): ##STR1## wherein R is, inter alia, acyl, alkyl, and aralkyl. Such compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester and amide derivatives are useful as antibiotics. Also disclosed are processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of treatment comprising administering such compounds and compositions when an antibiotic effect is indicated.
Claims3
A compound having the structure:
- ##STR97## thereof, wherein:
- R is selected from the group consisting of monosubstituted and unsubstituted:
- alkyl, having 1-6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl and cycloalkylalkyl wherein the ring moiety has 3-6 carbon atoms and the alkyl moiety has 1-4 carbon atoms, aralkyl having from 7-16 carbon atoms, and acyl;
- wherein the substituent on the radical R are selected from:
- amino;
- mono- and di-alkylamino wherein the alkyl has 1-6 carbon atoms;
- alkoxyl having 1-6 carbon atoms;
- chloro, bromo, amidino;
- guanidino;
- and carboxyl;
- the term "acyl" as it relates to the definition of R is selected from the group consisting of:
- ##STR98## the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.