Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a method of the preparation of compounds containing the core skeleton of carbapenem antibiotics, novel intermediate compounds used in this method, a method of the preparation of the intermediate compounds as well as the use of the intermediate compounds in the production of carbapenem antibiotics.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a method of the preparation of compounds containing the core skeleton of carbapenem antibiotics, novel intermediate compounds used in this method, a method of the preparation of the intermediate compounds as well as the use of the intermediate compounds in the production of carbapenem antibiotics.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.

Abstract: A description is given of (4-haloalkyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. A and Z are oxygen or alkylene.

Abstract: The present invention provides ?-methyl carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions. The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment. The present invention is also in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and is specifically provides an improved method of synthesis of ?-methyl carbapenems which are useful as antibacterial agents.

Abstract: The present invention provides ?-methyl carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions. The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment.

Abstract: Chromogenic or fluorescent carbapenems according to formula I, wherein Ar is a mono or disubstituted carbocyclic aromatic group or an optionally mono or disubstituted heterocyclic aromatic group, are useful compounds for the detection of bacterial carbapenemase.

Abstract: The present invention provides ?-methyl carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions. The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment. The present invention is also in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and is specifically provides an improved method of synthesis of ?-methyl carbapenems which are useful as antibacterial agents.

Abstract: The present invention provides ?-methyl carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions. The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment. The present invention is also in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and is specifically provides an improved method of synthesis of ?-methyl carbapenems which are useful as antibacterial agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to preparing carbapenem intermediates that are useful to produce Ertapenem, Meropenem and Doripenem.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition with broad-spectrum of activity against class A, class C and D enzymes comprising an antibiotic and a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), compounds of Formula (I), the use of a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds of Formula (I) as a broad-spectrum beta-lactamase inhibitor and the use of such a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of an infection in humans or animals caused by bacteria.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I) in particular compounds of formula (Ia), the use of a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds of formula (I) or (Ia) as a broad-spectrum antibiotic and the use of a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds for the treatment of bacterial infections in humans or animals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbapenem compound represented by formula (Ia) shown below: The carbapenem compound preferably has a crystalline form, and more preferably, the crystalline form has a powder X-ray diffraction pattern with peaks at 15.64, 9.93, 6.83, 6.52, 5.44, 5.01, 4.72, 4.50, 4.33, 4.24, 3.98, 3.85, 3.57, 3.41, 3.31, 3.10 2.76, and 2.67 as d-spacings (?).

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing an acid addition salt of a synthetic intermediate for carbapenem antibiotics and a novel acid addition salt of a synthetic intermediate for carbapenem antibiotics obtained from the process. The present invention also provides a process for preparing a carbapenem antibiotic using the acid addition salt. According to the process of the present invention, an acid addition salt of a synthetic intermediate for carbapenem antibiotics can be prepared in a high yield and high purity, without conducting column chromatography. Thus, the process of the present invention can be applied to mass production with an industrial scale. Furthermore, since the acid addition salts have solid forms, they are easy to handle and keep in a manufacturing site.

Abstract: The present invention provides ?-methyl carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions, wherein the compounds are generally of the Formulae The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment.

Abstract: Provided is a ?-lactamase antibiotic and a compound of formula I, a process of producing the compound, pharmaceutical compositions and the use thereof for the treatment of bacterial infection or disease in a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: Photoactivatable antimicrobial compounds and methods for the use thereof in the treatment of infections are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides ?-methyl carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions, wherein the compounds are generally of the Formulae The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment. The present invention is also in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and is specifically provides an improved method of synthesis of ÿ-methyl carbapenems which are useful as antibacterial agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbapenem compound represented by formula (Ia) shown below: The carbapenem compound preferably has a crystalline form, and more preferably, the crystalline form has a powder X-ray diffraction pattern with peaks at 15.64, 9.93, 6.83, 6.52, 5.44, 5.01, 4.72, 4.50, 4.33, 4.24, 3.98, 3.85, 3.57, 3.41, 3.31, 3.10 2.76, and 2.67 as d-spacings (?).

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel intermediate represented by formula (1), (3), or (4) for efficiently producing a 1?-methylcarbapenem compound for oral administration, and a process for producing the intermediate. That is, the present invention provides a process for producing a novel ?-lactam compound represented by formula (4), the process including allowing a ?-lactam compound represented by formula (5) as a starting material to react with a compound represented by formula (6) in the presence of a base to obtain a novel ?-lactam compound represented by formula (1), protecting the hydroxyl group, subsequently performing cyclization in the presence of a strong base, allowing the cyclized compound to react with diphenylphosphoryl chloride to obtain a novel ?-lactam compound represented by formula (3), and eliminating the protecting group therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an azetidinone compound extremely useful as a common intermediate for the synthesis of 1?-methylcarbapenem compounds. The present invention provides a crystallization method to obtain a crystal which has a higher quality and a higher stability than a conventional crystal and is excellent in filterability at the time of recovering crystal; an azetidinone compound having a low content of impurity; and an azetidinone compound which has a controlled particle size distribution of crystals and improved handleability and stability. The crystallization is carried out by adding a hydrocarbon solvent to a solution in which an azetidinone compound extremely useful as a common intermediate for the synthesis of 1?-methylcarbapenem compounds is dissolved in the presence of a seed crystal in an amount of 200% by weight or less based on the weight of the azetidinone compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by formula (1) and a process for producing the same. The use of these compounds can realize the production of carbapenem derivatives having potent antimicrobial activity and a wide antimicrobial spectrum in a safe and cost-effective manner.

Abstract: Carbapenem compounds represented by the general formula [1] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1 is C1-C3 alkyl or hydroxylated C1-C3 alkyl, R is hydrogen atom or a group which is hydrolyzed in vivo into a carboxy group, and G is a group represented by one of the formulae [G1], [G2], and [G3].

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a ?-lactam compound of the following Formula (3), which comprises the step of reacting a compound of the following Formula (1) with a trialkyl phosphite represented by the formula (R5O)3P (wherein R5 represents an ethyl group, etc.) in an amount of 2 to 5 moles per mole of the compound and the step of heating the resulting reaction mixture in a diluent, wherein said method is characterized by having the step of completely removing unreacted trialkyl phosphite from the reaction mixture prior to the step of heating. (wherein X represents S, etc., Y represents N, etc., n represents 0 or 1, R1 represents an optionally substituted alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, etc., R2 and R3 each represent an optionally substituted alkyl or heterocyclic group, etc., and R4 represents an alkenyloxy group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, etc., provided that R1 and R2 may together form a ?-lactam ring, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by formula (1) and a process for producing the same. The use of these compounds can realize the production of carbapenem derivatives having potent antimicrobial activity and a wide antimicrobial spectrum in a safe and cost-effective manner.

Abstract: A compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt represented by the following formula: The invention is a carbapenem compound which has a potent antibacterial activity over a broad range of Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria, especially penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP) which has been isolated at an elevated frequency in recent years and thus causes a serious clinical problem, and Haemophilus influenzae which has acquired resistance against the existing ?-lactam antibiotics over a wide scope due to penicillin-binding protein (PBP) mutations such as ?-lactamase non-producing ampicillin-resistant (BLNAR) Haemophilus influenzae, and has excellent oral absorbability.

Abstract: A process for producing organic substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic compounds including biaryl and biheteroaryl compounds in a two-step reaction. In the first step, the aromatic or heteroaromatic compound is borylated in a reaction comprising a borane or diborane reagent (any boron reagent where the boron reagent contains a B—H, B—B or B—Si bond) and an iridium or rhodium catalytic complex. In the second step, a metal catalyst catalyzes the formation of the organic substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic compound from the borylated compound and an electrophile such as an aryl or organic halide, triflate (OSO2CF3), or nonaflate (OSO2C4F9). The steps in the process can be performed in a single reaction vessel or in separate reaction vessels. The present invention also provides a process for synthesis of complex polyphenylenes starting from halogenated aromatic compounds.

Abstract: Carbapenem compounds having a substituted phenyl or a substituted thienyl directly attached to the 3-position of carbapenem nucleus as represented by the formula: wherein Ring E is benzene ring or thiophene ring; R1 is optionally OH-substituted C1-3 alkyl; R2 and R3 represent each H, optionally substituted lower alkyl, etc.; R is H, or a group which is hydrolyzed in the living body to regenerate a carboxyl group, etc.; X is O or S; and Y represents H, lower alkyl, etc., or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and medicaments containing said compound as the active ingredient.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein R? is hydrogen, optionally substituted (C1-6)alkyl or optionally substituted aryl; R? is hydrogen, optionally substituted (C1-6)alkyl or optionally substituted aryl; or R? and R? together form an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered heterocyclic ring with or without additional heteroatoms; R1 is (C1-6)alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by fluoro, a hydroxy group which is optionally protected by a removable hydroxy protecting group, or by an amino group which is optionally protected by a removable amino protecting group; R2 is hydrogen or methyl; and —CO2R3 is carboxy or a carboxylate anion or the group R3 is a removable carboxy protecting group. This invention also relates to processes for its preparation, intermediates and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to carbapenems and provides a compound of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof wherein: R1 is 1-hydroxyethyl, 1-fluoroethyl or hydroxymethyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R4 and R5 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, halo, cyano, C1-4alkyl, nitro, hydroxy, carboxy, C1-4alkoxy, C1-4alkoxycarbonyl, aminosulphonyl, C1-4alkylaminosulphonyl, di-C1-4-alkylaminosulphonyl, carbamoyl, C1-4alkylcarbamoyl, di-C1-4-alkylcarbamoyl, trifluoromethyl, sulphonic acid, amino, C1-4alkylamino, di-C1-4alkylamino, C1-4alkanoylamino, C1-4alkanoyl(N—C1-4alkyl)amino, C1-4alkanesulphonamido and C1-4alkylS(O)n— wherein n is zero, one or two: with the proviso that there is no hydroxy or carboxy substituent in a position ortho to the link to —NR3—. Processes for their preparation, intermediates in their preparation, their use as therapeutic agents and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide carbapenem derivatives which have strong antibiotic activity also against MRSA, PRSP, Influenzavirus, and ?-lactamase producing bacteria and are stable to DHP-1. The carbapenem derivatives according to the present invention are compounds represented by formulae (I) and (II) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1 represents H or methyl, R2 and R3 each independently represent H; halogen; substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; cycloalkyl; substituted or unsubstituted alkylcarbonyl; carbamoyl; substituted or unsubstituted aryl; substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio; morpholinyl; alkylsulfonyl; or formyl, n is 0 (zero) to 4, and Hy represents a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic group.

Abstract: A process for producing organic substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic compounds including biaryl and biheteroaryl compounds in a two-step reaction. In the first step, the aromatic or heteroaromatic compound is borylated in a reaction comprising a borane or diborane reagent (any boron reagent where the boron reagent contains a B—H, B—B or B—Si bond) and an iridium or rhodium catalytic complex. In the second step, a metal catalyst catalyzes the formation of the organic substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic compound from the borylated compound and an electrophile such as an aryl or organic halide, triflate (OSO2CF3), or nonaflate (OSO2C4F9). The steps in the process can be performed in a single reaction vessel or in separate reaction vessels. The present invention also provides a process for synthesis of complex polyphenylenes starting from halogenated aromatic compounds.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide carbapenem derivatives which have potent antibiotic activity against MRSA, PRSP, Influenzavirus, and &bgr;-lactamase-producing bacteria and are stable against DHP-1. The compounds according to the present invention are compounds represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1 represents H or methyl; R2 and R3 each independently represent H, halogen, lower alkyl or the like; R4 represents optionally substituted lower alkylthio or the like; and R5 represents optionally substituted lower alkyl or the like.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide carbapenem derivatives which have potent antibiotic activity against MRSA, PRSP, Influenzavirus, and &bgr;-lactamase-producing bacteria and are stable against DHP-1. The compounds according to the present invention are compounds represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1 represents H or methyl; R2 and R3 represent H, a halogen atom, alkyl or the like; and R4 represents substituted lower alkylthio or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel carbapenem derivative having a substituted imidazo[5,1-b]thiazole group at the 2-position on the carbapenem ring have high anti microbial activities against &bgr;-lactamase producing bacteria, MRSA, resistant-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, PRSP, enterococci, and influenza, and high stabilities to DHP-1.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I), salts and metabolically labile esters thereof, wherein R represents optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; A represents a propylene chain or A is a chain of 3 members one of which is selected from an oxygen or sulphur atom or the group NH or a substituted derivative thereof and the other two members are methylene groups, having antibacterial activity, processes for their preparation and to their use in medicine.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula and the salts, esters and amides thereof wherein Z is S, SO, SO2 or O; each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently H or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl (1-10C), substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted acyl (2-11C), substituted or unsubstituted aryl (6-14C), substituted or unsubstituted arylcarbonyl (7-15C), substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl (7-15C), substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl wherein substituents on any alkyl, alkenyl, or acyl moiety are selected from the group consisting of halo, and RO, wherein R is H or alkyl (1-6C), and substituents on any aryl or pyridyl moiety are selected from the group consisting of halo, and RO, where R is H or alkyl (1-6C), —CN and —CF3; with the proviso that R1 is not H and R1 and R3 are not identical and with the proviso that in formula (1), the B ring may contain one double bond that is located between positions 2 and 3, and in formula (2), the B ring may contain one double bond tha

Abstract: A process of synthesizing a carbapenem compound of formula (6) is disclosed, wherein R represents H or methyl, P and P* independently represent H or protecting groups and each R1 is independently selected from: H, halo, OH, OP wherein P is a protecting group, C1-6 alkyl or C1-6 alkyl substituted with 1-3 of halo, OH, OP, NH2, NHC1-4 alkyl or N(C1-4 alkyl)2, comprising reacting a carbapenem of formula (4′) with a compound of formula (7), wherein R, R1, P and P* are as previously defined and R2 represents acetate, C(O)OR′ or P(O)(OR″)2, wherein R′ and R″ independently represent Clot alkyl, benzyl or aryl, in the presence of a catalyst to produce a compound of formula (6).

Abstract: Disclosed are novel ethylidene derivatives of tricyclic carbapenems of the formula I wherein the ring marked C and X have the meaning as in the description, in the form of pure diastereoisomers and in the form of pure geometric isomers. Novel ethylidene derivatives of tricyclic carbapenems of the formula I are used as inhibitors of the action of the enzyme &bgr;-lactamase and/or as antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of bacterial infections of human and animal organisms comprising as an active ingredient a therapeutically effective amount of an ethylidene derivative of tricyclic carbapenems of the formula I in the form of an acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof and optionally in a combination with a &bgr;-lactam antibiotic, and usual pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and auxiliary substances.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel carbapenem derivative having a substituted imidazo[5,1-b]thiazole group at the 2-position on the carbapenem ring have high anti-microbial activities against &bgr;-lactamase producing bacteria, MRSA, resistant-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, PRSP, enterococci, and influenza, and high stabilities to DHP-1.

Abstract: A process of synthesizing a compound of structural formula 6 is disclosed wherein R1 represents H or a suitable protecting group for an alcohol; R2 represents a benzyl, C1-6 alkyl or aryl; Y represents C1-3 alkyl, O, NH or S; X represents O, NH, or S and R5 represents a carboxy protecting group, comprising reacting a compound of formula 5: wherein R1, R2, R5, X and Y are as previously described with a phosphite or phosphonite reagent to produce a compound of formula 6. Further disclosed is an efficient method for the synthesis of a compound of formula 2: which comprises reacting a 4-acyl-2-azetidinone with a titanium, zirconium or hafnium enolate of a 1-hydroxy-2-butanone derivative.

Abstract: A process for preparation of a compound of formula I: wherein: R1 represents CH3 or H; and P represents a protecting group; comprising reacting a compound of formula IV:  wherein R1 and P and are defined above and R4 represents triflate or SO2F; in the presence of a catalyst and (R3)3SnCH2OP″, wherein each R3 represents C1-4 lower alkyl, and P″ represents H or a protecting group, to yield the compound of formula I.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof useful as carbapenem antibacterial agents are disclosed wherein X is CH2 or C═O.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions useful as carbapenem antibacterial agents are disclosed.

Abstract: A compound of formula (1), salts and metabolically labile esters thereof, wherein R represents optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; A represents a propylene chain or A is a chain of 3 members one of which is selected from an oxygen or sulphur atom orthe group NH or a substituted derivative thereof and the other two members are methylene groups, having antibacterial activity, processes for their preparation and to their use in medicine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to carbapenem antibacterial agents in which the carbapenem nucleus is substituted at the 2 -position with a iodophenoxy linked through a group —Z—CH2—; The compound is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group. The compounds are represented by formula I: wherein Z represents trans-ethenediyl or ethynediyl. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: The carbapenem derivatives represented by the following formula (I) is disclosed.

Abstract: An efficient method for the synthesis of a compound of formula 2: 1

Abstract: Compounds of formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts therefor and compositions useful as carbapenem antibacterial agents are disclosed.