Pliva, Farmaceutska, Kemijska, Prehrambena I Kozmeticka Industrija,

Dina Pavlovic

Gorjana Lazarevski

Gabrijela Kobrehel

Nedjeljko Kujundzic

Zeljko Kelneric

The present invention relates to .beta.,.beta.-disubstituted derivatives of 9-deoxo-9a-N-ethenyl-9a-aza-9a-homoerythromycin A, new semisynthetic antibiotics of macrolide class of the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are mutually the same or different and represent nitrile, carboxy group of the formula COOR.sup.3, wherein R.sup.3 represents C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group, or keto group of the formula COR.sup.4, wherein R.sup.4 represents C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group, to their pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts with inorganic or organic acids, to a process for the preparation thereof, to a process for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions, as well as to the use of the obtained pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of bacterial infections.

.beta.,.beta.-distributed derivatives of

The invention relates to 9-N-ethenyl derivatives of 9 (S)-erythromycylamine, new semisynthetic antibiotics of the macrolide class of the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and represent nitryl, a carboxyl group of the formula COOR.sup.3, wherein R.sup.3 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group, or a keto group of the formula COR.sup.4, wherein R.sup.4 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group, to their pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts with inorganic or organic acids, to a process for their preparation, to a process for the preparation of the pharmaceutical compositions as well as to the use of the obtained pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of bacterial infections.

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