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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Yat Sun Or, Cambridge, MA (US);
Tsvetelina Lazarova, Brookline, MA (US);
Sophie Binet, Roslindale, MA (US);
Jianchao Wang, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
There is described a novel class of ring contracted 14-membered macrolides, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and prodrugs thereof, having antibacterial activity, compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier as well as a method for treating bacterial infections by administering to a mammal a pharmaceutical composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention. There are also described synthetic processes for preparing the compounds of the invention.