Vinylthioacetamido oxacephalosporin derivatives

Abstract

A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein u represents hydrogen, carboxamido, N-hydroxycarboxamido, carboxy, azido, an aryl, an acylamino, a protected carboxy or an N-alkoxycarboxamido, or, together with v, can represent --S-- or --CH.sub.2 S--; v represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano or an alkylthio, or, together with u, can represent --S-- or --CH.sub.2 S--, or, together with w, can represent --(CH.sub.2).sub.3 CO--; w represents hydrogen, carboamoyl, cyano, carboxy, an N-alkylcarbamoyl, an alkyl, an aryl, a protected carboxy or a heterocycle, or, together with v, can represents --(CH.sub.2).sub.3 CO--; x represents halogen, trifluoromethyl, an alkylthio or an arylthio; y represents hydrogen, a light metal or a carboxylic acid protecting group; and z represents an acyloxy or a heterocycle-thio, each of the above radicals represented by the symbols u, v, w, x, y and z being optionally substituted by halogen or a carbon-, nitrogen-, oxygen- or sulfur-containing functional group, a process for preparing the compound, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, and a therapeutical use of the compound. A compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein u, v, w and x are as defined above, useful as a starting compound for preparing the compound (I) is also provided.