Merck + Co., Inc.

Tsuneo Okonogy

Burton G Christensen

Seiji Shibahara

Shunzo Fukatsu

Taro Niida

Yasushi Murai

Tadashi Wakazawa

The subject invention includes a 1-oxa-1-dethia-cephalosporin compound represented by the general formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a group of the formula: ##STR2## where R.sup.5 is a methyl group, an ethyl group, a carboxymethyl group or a 2-carboxy isopropyl group, or R.sup.1 is a group of the formula: ##STR3## where R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom, a 4-ethyl-2,3-dioxopiperazine-1-yl group, a 3,4-dihydroxy phenyl group or a 5- and 6-membered heterocyclic radical having 2 ring nitrogens as the sole hetero substituent in the ring and having at least one hetero group on the carbon adjacent to the ring nitrogens.

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Tsuneo Okonogy