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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Frank Bennett, Cranford, NJ (US);
Jinlong Jiang, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Alexander Pasternak, Princeton, NJ (US);
Shuzhi Dong, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Xin Gu, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Jack D. Scott, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Haiqun Tang, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Zhiqiang Zhao, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Yuhua Huang, Westfield, NJ (US);
Dexi Yang, Livingston, NJ (US);
Katherine Young, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Li Xiao, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Zhibo Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Jianmin Fu, Beijing, CN;
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z, R, X, Xand Rare as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitor compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, optionally in combination with a beta-lactam antibiotic and/or a beta-lactamase inhibitor. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of one or more β-lactam antibiotics and optionally in combination with one or more beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds. The compounds of the invention are useful in the methods described herein for overcoming antibiotic resistance.