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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1980
Beecham Group Limited, , GB;
Abstract
The present invention provides the compounds of the formula (II): ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof wherein R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, a group HO.sub.3 S-- or a group R.sup.5 CO wherein R.sup.5 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, aryl, aryl(C.sub.1-6)alkyl or aryloxy(C.sub.1-6)alkyl; and R.sup.4 is an organic group other than methyl bonded to the --CO--NH-- moiety via a carbon atom; with the proviso that when R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or a group R.sup.5 CO the stereochemical configuration at the .alpha.-carbon atom of the C-6 substituent is S, and with the further proviso that when R.sup.3 is a group HO.sub.3 S-- the hydrogen atoms at C-5 and C-6 are cis. Their use is described as are processes for their preparation. Compounds wherein the R.sup.4 CO-- moiety is replaced by a hydrogen atom are also prepared.