Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.

Keinosuke Miyauchi

Takashi Tsuruoka

Shigeharu Inouye

Masao Koyama

Taro Niida

Eiichi Akita

Fumio Kai

Kuniomi Matsumoto

Shinichi Kondo

Katsuyoshi Iwamatsu

Shigeo Seki

Yujiro Yamada

Shigeharu Inoue

Norio Ezaki

Triiodoallyl- or iodopropargyl-substituted tetrazole compounds which are prepared by reacting substituted tetrazole compound with reactive derivatives of corresponding triiodoallyl alcohol or iodopropargyl alcohol or by iodinating propargyltetrazole compounds, as well as antibacterial and antifungal compositions for medicinal, agricultural and industrial fields which contain as active ingredient said tetrazole compounds.

Iodoallyl and iodopropargyl substituted tetrazoles and anti-microbial

Triiodoallyl- or iodopropargyl-substituted heterocyclic aromatic compounds which can be prepared by reacting unsubstituted- or substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds with corresponding iodine containing alcohol reactive derivatives in the presence of a base in an inert organic solvent. These new heterocyclic aromatic compounds have remarkable antibacterial and antifungal activities and are useful as antibacterial and antifungal agents in medicinal, agricultural and industrial fields.

Antibiotic, designated as pyrrolomycin E is described, and which is obtained by cultivating an pyrrolomycin E - producing strain belonging to the genus Streptomyces, for example, Streptomyces sp. SF-2080 (FERM-P No. 5072, ATCC No. 31673), in a nutrient medium, and recovering pyrrolomycin E from the culture which contains also other antibiotic substances (pyrrolomycin A, B, C and D) together with the desired substance.

Antibiotic pyrrolomycin E

A 7.alpha.-methoxycephalosporin derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a heterocyclic ring or an --S-- heterocyclic ring; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a carboxy group or a --COOR.sub.5 group wherein R.sub.5 represents a lower alkyl group, a dialkylamino-lower alkyl group or a ##STR2## group wherein R.sub.6 represents a lower alkyl group, a lower acyl group or a lower alkoxycarbonyl group and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a carbamoyl group or a lower acyl group; R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a dialkylamino-lower alkyl group or a ##STR3## group wherein R.sub.6 and Y are defined as above; A and B, which may be the same or different, each represents a straight chain or branched chain alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and x represents 0 or 1; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a process for producing the same.

7.alpha.Methoxycephalosporin derivatives

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