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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1982
Filed:
May. 13, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Cole, Dorking, GB;
Robert A Edmondson, Dorking, GB;
Assignee:
Beecham Group Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 43 ; 2602391 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of .alpha.-carboxy, 6, .alpha.-methoxy penicillin derivatives by the enzymatic hydrolysis of an esterified derivative. The process is for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents phenyl or 2- or 3-thienyl, which process comprises subjecting a compound of formula (IV): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is an ester-forming radical, to the action of the enzyme .alpha.-chymotrypsin or an esterase-producing strain of Streptomyces sp.