Abstract:
The invention provides a method of identifying an inhibitor of LtaS comprising: (a) providing bacteria which comprise a mutation in the mbl gene or homologue thereof; (b) culturing the bacteria of (a) in the presence of a test substance under conditions of low magnesium; (c) monitoring the growth of the bacteria; wherein growth or more rapid growth of the bacteria compared to growth in the absence of the test substance is indicative that the test substance is an inhibitor of LtaS.
Abstract:
The invention provides a hapten comprising a 6-[D-α-aminoacetamido] penicillin derivative crosslinked at the α-amino group with a substituted or unsubstituted phenyldicarbaldehyde. In addition, the invention provides an immunogen comprising the aforementioned hapten coupled to an antigenicity-conferring carrier material, a conjugate comprising the aforementioned hapten coupled to a labelling agent, as well as, antibodies raised against the aforementioned immunogen and capable of binding with at least one structural epitope of an intact β-lactam ring.
Abstract:
1 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and n have any of the values defined in the specification, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are useful for inhibiting null-lactamase enzymes, for enhancing the activity of null-lactam antibiotics, and for treating null-lactam resistant bacterial infections in a mammal. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, and novel intermediates useful for the synthesis of compounds of formula I.
Abstract:
The crystal of the invention is crystal of diphenylmethyl 2-methyl-2-triazolylmethylpenam-3-carboxylate which is stable substantially without decomposition or degradation of properties even when left to stand at room temperature for 1 year. The crystal of the invention can be prepared by a process comprising the steps of concentrating a solution containing diphenylmethyl 2-methyl-2-triazolylmethylpenam-3-carboxylate represented by the formula (2) 1 wherein Ph is a phenyl group, diluting the concentrate with acetic ester and mixing the diluted solution with hexane or a solvent mixture of hexane and acetic ester to crystallize the diphenylmethyl 2-methyl-2-triazolylmethylpenam-3-carboxylate.
Abstract:
.alpha.-Fluoro-substituted N-acryloylamino acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## are used to make polymers optionally for chromatographic resolution of racemates into their enantiomers. The fluorine atom improves performance in many instances.
Abstract:
.alpha.-Fluoro-substituted N-acryloylamino acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## are used to make polymers optionally for chromatographic resolution of racemates into their enantiomers. The fluorine atom improves performance in many instances.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for preparing 2.beta.-substituted-methylpenicillin derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is H or carboxyl protecting group, R.sub.1 is H or halo, R.sub.2 is H, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, azido, lower alkylthio, phthalimide or a group --NHR.sub.3 (wherein R.sub.3 is H or acyl), and --N Y is an optionally substituted monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms in the ring structure, the process comprising reacting a compound of the formula ##STR2## wherein X is Cl or Br, and R, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined above with a heterocyclic compound of the formula ##STR3## wherein --N Y is as defined above.
Abstract:
Disclosed are an optically active, ethylenically unsaturated monomer represented by the following structural formula: ##STR1## wherein: A stands for S, SO or SO.sub.2 ; X and Y each stand for a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and acyl groups; Z stands for a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkoxy, alkylamino, hydroxyl and silyloxy groups; and X and Y can be bonded together to form a ring with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded or X and Y can be a single group bonded to said nitrogen atom through a double bond, with the proviso that at least one of X and Z is an alkenyl equivalent to said group, and polymers of this monomer. One typical instance of the monomer is benzyl 6-acrylaminopenicillanate.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a synthesis for preparing substituted 2-thioxopenams which are useful in the synthesis of penem antibiotics 7 which may be conducted in an enantiospecific manner; said process proceeds from azetidinone 1 via the azetidinone acetic ester 2, the 4-metallothiozetidinone 3, and the 4-dithiocarbonylazetidinone 4 to the substituted 2-thioxopenam 5: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independently selected from: hydrogen; R.sup.6 NH-- (R.sup.6 is acyl or H); substituted and unsubstituted: alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl; wherein said substituents are, inter alia: halo (chloro, bromo, fluoro, iodo), hydroxyl, cyano, carboxyl, amino, and the above-recited values for R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 ; in functional terms,R.sup.2 is a group which potentially forms a stable carbonium ion, for example: trityl (--C(C.sub.6 H.sub.5).sub.3),bis(p-methoxyphenyl)methyl, ##STR2## --2,4-dimethoxybenzyl, ##STR3## 2-(diphenyl)isopropyl, ##STR4## and the like; M is a thiophilic metal such as silver, thallium, mercury, or the like;and R.sup.1 is a protecting group such as allyl, p-nitrobenzyl or a biologically removable group (pharmaceutically acceptable ester moiety), for example: pivaloyloxymethyl, pivoloyloxyethyl, ethoxycarbonyloxymethyl, phthalidyl (5-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolen-4-yl)-; and X is a methyl leaving group such as phenoxy, p-chlorophenoxy, p-nitrophenoxy, phenylthio, alkylthio, alkoxy, chloro, or the like.R.sup.8 is inter alia, substituted and unsubstituted alkyl; the final penem products 7 are known, and their various embodiments are included by this definition.
Abstract:
A novel process for the preparation of 6-aminopenicilanic acid-1,1-dioxide and its non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable salts by deacylation of a penicillin-1,1-dioxide or its salts of which the 3-carboxylic acid is protected by such an easily removable group that a "one-pot process" is possible.