Sankyo Company, Limited

Ube Industries, Inc.

Sanko Co., Ltd.

Masayuki Iwata

Tomio Kimura

Tetsushi Katsube

Yoshimi Fujihara

Teruhiko Inoue

Isao Kawamoto

Teruo Tanaka

Rokuro Endo

Masao Miyauchi

Tomoyuki Shibata

Kazuo Koyama

Koichi Kojima

Yukio Sugimura

Kimio Iino

Toshihiko Hashimoto

Shigeo Amemiya

Takashi Shiokari

Seigo Ueda

Yukinori Kawahara

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## (in which: R.sup.1 represents fluorinated methoxy: R.sup.2 represents a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group and R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or amino) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and amides thereof are valuable antibacterial agents, which may be prepared by reacting a compound similar to that of formula (I) but in which R.sup.2 is replaced by a halogen atom with a compound providing the required group R.sup.2.

4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives their preparation and their

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## (in which: R.sup.1 represents fluorinated methoxy; R.sup.2 represents a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group and R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or amino) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and amides thereof are valuable antibacterial agents, which may be prepared by reacting a compound similar to that of formula (I) but in which R.sup.2 is replaced by a halogen atom with a compound providing the required group R.sup.2.

Intermediates for certain 4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sup.1 is hydrogen or acyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; and Ar is phenyl or substituted phenyl and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof have valuable antibiotic activity, including against Methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus. The invention also provides a process for preparing the compounds and methods and compositions using them.

3-aryloxmethyl-cephalosporin derivatives, and their medical use

4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives and their use

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.a is a group of formula (II): ##STR2## where one of R' is a bond to the remainder of the compound, one more of R' is R.sup.2 and the others of R' are all hydrogen, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, alkanoylamino, alkanoyloxy, alkanoyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, cyano, --S(O).sub.j R.sup.9 where j is 0, 1 or 2 and R.sup.9 is alkyl, or --CONR.sup.6 R.sup.7 which is optionally substituted carbamoyl or heterocyclyl-carbonyl, --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 is optionally substituted amino or heterocyclic, and --COOR.sup.5 is carboxy, --COO.sup.-, --COOM.sub.x, where M is a cation and x is the reciprocal of the valence of the cation M or protected carboxy and, where --COOR.sup.5 is carboxy, --COOM.sub.x or protected carboxy, the compound of formula (I) also contains an anion; l, m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3, provided that (m+n) is an integer from 2 to 6; p is 0, 1 or 2; Y is a single bond, oxygen, sulfur or ##STR3## wherein R.sup.8 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkanoyl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Such compounds are useful as antibiotics.

2-(heterocyclylthio) carbapenem derivatives, their preparation and their

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.a is a group of formula (II): ##STR2## or a group of formula (III): ##STR3## (where one of R' is a bond to the remainder of the compound, one more of R' is R.sup.2 and the others of R' are all hydrogen), R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, optionally substiuted alkyl, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, alkanoylamino, alkanoyloxy, alkanoyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, cyano, --S(O).sub.j R.sup.9 (where j is 0, 1 or 2 and R.sup.9 is alkyl), or --CONR.sup.6 R.sup.7 (which is optionally substituted carbamoyl or heterocyclyl-carbonyl), R.sup.2a is hydrogen, alkyl or alkanoyl, --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 is optionally substituted amino or heterocyclic, and --COOR.sup.5 is carboxy, --COO.sup.-, --COOM.sub.x (where M is a cation and x is the reciprocal of the valence of the cation M) or protected carboxy and, where --COOR.sup.5 is carboxy, --COOM.sub.x or protected carboxy, the compound of formula (I) also contains an anion; l, m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3, provided that (m+n) is an integer from 2 to 6; p is 0, 1 or 2; Y is a single bond, oxygen, sulfur or R.sup.8 N&lt;(wherein R.sup.8 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkanoyl) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof are potentially valuable antibiotics.

2-(heterocyclylthio)carbapenem derivatives, their preparation and their

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: one or both of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are selected from a variety of organic groups;

2-(1-aceti

Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## (in which R.sup.1 is alkoxy, R is alkyl, haloalkyl, alkylamino, cycloalkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, X is chlorine or fluorine and Y is selected from certain specific heterocycles) have excellent antibacterial activity. They may be prepared by introducing the group represented by Y into the corresponding compound in which Y is replaced by a halogen atom.

Quinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives

Carbapenem derivatives useful as antibacterial agents have the formula ##STR1## wherein: X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and

Carbapenem derivatives

Administration of an N-acylated amino acid in association with a penem or carbapenem antibiotic relieves or eliminates the renal problems associated with administration of the antibiotic alone. The amino acid derivative and antibiotic may be formulated together as a composition or administered separately, either simultaneously or sequentially.

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Masayuki Iwata