Patent number: 5523400
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an acyl group derived from a carboxylic acid, hydrogen, or an amino protecting group;R.sup.2 is hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl-Q.sub.p -, cycloalkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, lower alkynyl, aralkyl-Q.sub.p -, aryl-Q.sub.p -, aryloxy, aralkoxy or a heterocyclic ring, the lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, lower alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl, aryloxy, aralkoxy and the heterocyclic ring being unsubstituted or substituted with at least one group selected from carboxy, amino, nitro, oxo, cycloalkyl, cyano, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, --N(R.sup.5)COOR.sup.9, R.sup.5 CO--, R.sup.5 OCO-- or R.sup.5 COO-- where R.sup.4 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or cycloalkyl; R.sup.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R.sup.9 is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or a carboxylic acid protecting group;Q is --CO-- or --SO.sub.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 1994
Date of Patent:
June 4, 1996
Assignee:
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
Inventors:
Chung-Chen Wei, Peter Angehrn