Tanabe Seiyaku Company, Limited

Tanabe Seivaku Co., Ltd.

Tadashi Nakatani

Tameo Iwasaki

Kenji Tsujihara

Kazuhiko Kondo

Ryuzo Yoshioka

Yoshihisa Arai

Osamu Ohtsuki

A process for preparing an optically active 4-mercapto-2-pyrrolidone derivative of the formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a protecting group and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a protecting group, which comprises subjecting racemic 4-amino-3-mercaptobutyric acid or a salt thereof to optical resolution by using 1-(trichlorophenyl)ethanesulfonic acid, followed by subjecting the product to cyclization reaction after protecting the functional groups thereof, if necessary, and further optionally removing the protecting groups therefrom. The present process is industrially advantageous than conventional processes for preparing optically active 4-mercapto-2-pyrrolidone derivatives which are useful as an intermediate for various medicines such as carbapenem antibacterial agents.

Process for preparing optically active 4-mercapto-2-pyrrolidone

A process for preparing an optically active 4-mercapto-2-pyrrolidone derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein a group of the formula: --SR.sup.1 is a protected or unprotected mercapto group, and the group of the formula: .dbd.NR.sup.2 is a protected or unprotected imino group, which comprises subjecting racemic 4-amino-3-mercaptobutyric acid or a salt thereof to optical resolution by using 1-(2,3,4-trichlorophenyl)ethanesulfonic acid, followed by subjecting the product to cyclization reaction after protecting the functional groups thereof, if necessary, and further optionally removing the protecting groups therefrom. The present process is industrially advantageous than conventional processes for preparing optically active 4-mercapto-2-pyrrolidone derivatives which are useful as an intermediate for various medicines such as carbapenem antibacterial agents.

Novel organic platinum complex of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 is hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl agroup, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkanoyl group, amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing hetero-monocyclic group, or an oxygen-containing hetero-monocyclic group, Alk is a lower alkylene group, X is carbonyl or sulfonyl group, n is 1 or 2, which has excellent anti-tumor activity against various tumors and is useful as an anti-tumor agent, and a process for the preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing said compound.

Novel Organic platinum complex and process for the preparation thereof

Novel organic platinum complex of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkanoyl group, a mono- or di-lower alkylamino group, a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing hetero-monocyclic group, an oxygen-containing hetero-monocyclic group, or a group of the formula:

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