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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Arnaud Le Tiran, Croissy sur Seine, FR;
Anne-laure Grillot, Milton, MA (US);
Paul S. Charifson, Framingham, MA (US);
Yousef Laafiret Bennani, Lorraine, CA;
Hardwin O'dowd, Boston, MA (US);
Emanuele Perola, Brookline, MA (US);
Arnaud Le Tiran, Croissy sur Seine, FR;
Anne-Laure Grillot, Milton, MA (US);
Paul S. Charifson, Framingham, MA (US);
Yousef Laafiret Bennani, Lorraine, CA;
Hardwin O'Dowd, Boston, MA (US);
Emanuele Perola, Brookline, MA (US);
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein X and R are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as gyrase and/or topoisomerase IV inhibitors for treating bacterial infections. The compounds of formula (I) either possess a broad range of anti-bacterial activity and advantageous toxicological properties or are prodrugs of compounds having said activity.