Tanabe Seiyaku Company, Limited

Hiroshi Ohmizu

Tameo Iwasaki

Kazuhiko Kondo

Masahiko Seki

Takeshi Yamanaka

Masami Takahashi

Akio Ohtani

Hitoshi Kubota

Hiroshi Sai

Yoshimasa Hashimura

Toshikazu Suzuki

Tsuyoshi Ohgiku

Keiko Tanaka

Jun Murakami

A novel butadiene derivative of the formula:

Butadiene derivatives and process for preparing thereof

Disclosed are a phenol compound represented by the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.0 represents H, alkyl or alkyloxy; R.sup.1 represents alkyl; R.sup.2 represents alkyl or alkyloxy; OR.sup.3 represents OH; R.sup.4 represents H, lower alkyl or acyl, each of the above substituents may be substituted; W represents O, S or NR.sup.7 ; where R.sup.7 represents H, alkyl, aryl, OH or alkyloxy, a group of the formula (2): ##STR2## represents an amino which may be mono- or di-substituted or heterocyclic group containing N atom, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a process for preparing the same.

Phenol compound having antioxidative activity and the process for

An N-�2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-oxopropyl!amine compound of the formula �III!: ##STR1## wherein Ring B represents a benzene ring which may be substituted; W represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom; Y represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom or N R.sup.0, R.sup.0 represents hydrogen atom or a substituent; Z represents a substituted methylene group which contains at least one chiral center; R.sup.5 represents an aralkyloxycarbonyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group; R.sup.6 represents hydrogen atom, an aralkyl group, an acyloxy group, a tri-substituted silyloxy group or an alkoxy group; or both of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 bond at their termini and combine with the adjacent nitrogen atom to form phthalimido group, and a process thereof are disclosed. Said compound �III! is useful as a starting compound of .beta.-lactam antibacterial agents.

Process for preparing acetoxyazetidinone derivative and intermediate

Novel process for preparing azetidinone compound of the formula �III!: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is H or lower alkyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 combine together with the adjacent nitrogen to form heterocyclic group, and R.sup.4 is protected or unprotected hydroxy-substituted lower alkyl, which comprises reacting an alkanamide compound of the formula �I!: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are the same as defined above, with a compound of the formula �II!: ##STR3## wherein L.sup.1 is a leaving group and R.sup.4 is the same as defined above, in the presence of a base, said compound �Ill! being useful as synthetic intermediate for 1-methylcarbapenem derivative having excellent antibacterial activity.

Heterocyclic alkanamide

An improved process for preparing a 4-mercaptopyrrolidine compound [I]: ##STR1## wherein R is H, lower alkyl or lower alkanoyl, R.sup.1 is H or SH-protecting group, and X is O or S, which comprises reacting halogenobutyric acid compound [VI], or a salt thereof, with amine compound [VII], or a salt thereof, and if necessary, followed by thiocarbonylating the product and/or removing the protecting group, said 4-mercaptopyrrolidine compound [I] being useful as intermediate for carbapenem antibacterial agents.

Process for preparing 4-mercaptopyrrolidine intermediate compounds and a

Novel process for preparing azetidinone compound of the formula [III]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is H or lower alkyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 combine together with the adjacent nitrogen to form heterocyclic group, and R.sup.4 is protected or unprotected hydroxy-substituted lower alkyl, which comprises reacting an alkanamide compound of the formula [I]: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are the same as defined above, with a compound of the formula [II]: ##STR3## wherein L.sup.1 is a leaving group and R.sup.4 is the same as defined above, in the presence of a base, said compound [III] being useful as synthetic intermediate for 1-methylcarbapenem derivative having excellent antibacterial activity.

Alkylation process for preparing azetidinone compound and starting

A novel process for preparing a naphthalene derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or both may combine to form a group of the formula ##STR2## one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen atom or a lower alkoxy group and the other is a lower alkoxy group; ring A is a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring, which is useful as a hypolipidemic agent, and a novel intermediate of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and ring A are the same as defined above.

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