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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990

Filed:

Aug. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jacques Gosteli, Basel, CH;

Ivan Ernest, Birsfelden, CH;

Marc Lang, Mulhouse, FR;

Robert B Woodward, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ; C07D / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
540357 ;
Abstract

The invention relates to azetidin-2-ones of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.a represents hydroxy-lower alkyl, R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, an organic radical bonded by a carbon atom to the ring carbon atom or an etherified mercapto group, R.sub.2.sup.A together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a protected carboxyl group and Z' is oxygen, sulfhur or an optionally substituted methylidene group, functional groups in the radicals R.sub.a, R.sub.1 and Z' optionally being in protected form. The azetidinones are useful intermediates for the preparation of penem antibiotics.


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