Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restinosis, gynacomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

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 present invention relates to tricyclic carbapenem antibacterial agents in which the carbapenem nucleus is fused to a 6 membered carbocyclic ring. The compound is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group. The compounds are represented by formula I: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tricyclic carbapenem antibacterial agents in which the carbapenem nucleus is fused to a 6 membered carbocyclic ring. The compound is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tricyclic carbapenem antibacterial agents wherein X is CH2, CHRa, CHRb, C═CHRa, C═CHRb, O, S, SO, SO2, CO, COO<OCO, NRa, NRb; and Z is trans-ethenediyl or ethynediyl. The compound is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group. The compounds are represented by formula I: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: The present invention relates to carbapenem antibacterial agents of the formula I: as well as salts and hydrates thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included wherein X is present or absent, when present, represents a members selected from the group consisting of: CH2, C(R)2, C═CR2, O, S(O)x, with x equal to 0, 1 or 2; C(O), C(O)O, OC(O) and NR—.

Abstract: The present invention relates to penem antibacterial agents in which the releaseable liphophilic aromatic side-chain, tethered to the carbapenem nucleus via a methylene linker, necessary for anti-MRSA activity replaces the non-releaseable liphophilic side-chains found in 2-aryl and 2-benzothiazolylthio carbapenem compounds. The compound is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group. The compounds are represented by formula I: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tricyclic carbapenem antibacterial agents in which the carbapenem nucleus is fused to a 6 membered carbocyclic ring. The compound is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to carbapenem antibacterial agents in which the carbapenem nucleus is substituted at the 2-position with an iodo-substituted phenyl linked through a CH2—O— group. The compounds of the invention are represented by formula I: wherein A represent O, S or —CH2— attached at position 3, 4 or 6; Q is selected from the group consisting of: &agr; represents O, S or NRs; &bgr;, &dgr;, &ggr;, &mgr; and &sgr; represent CRt, N or N+Rs, provided that no more than one of &bgr;, &dgr;, &ggr;, &mgr; and &sgr; is N+Rs, balanced by L− or a carboxylate anion. Salts and hydrates thereof are included. The iodo-substituted phenyl ring is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tricyclic carbapenem antibacterial agents in which the carbapenem nucleus is fused to a 6 membered carbocyclic ring. The compound is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group. The compounds are represented by formula I: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: The present invention relates to carbapenem antibacterial agents in which the carbapenem nucleus is substituted at the 2-position with a naphthosultam linked through a --Z--CH.sub.2 group. The naphthosultam is further substituted with various substituent groups including cationic groups. The compounds are represented by formula I: ##STR1## Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: Compounds are disclosed represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Y is: ##STR2## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof. ##STR3## represents an aromatic 6 membered ring; zero or one of T, U, V and W represents N.sup.+ R.sup.y and the remainder of T, U, V and W are independently selected from C and N, such that one of T, U, V and W represents N.sup.+ R.sup.y or N.Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.

Abstract: A carbapenem antibiotic of the formula I ##STR1## is disclosed. The variable X.sup..crclbar. represents a counterion. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also disclosed.

Abstract: Carbapenems of the formula ##STR1## are useful antibacterial agents.

Abstract: Carbapenems of the formula: ##STR1## are disclosed as useful antibacterial agents.

Abstract: New antibacterial 6-amido-1-methyl-2-(substituted-thio)-carbapenems and process for their synthesis involving new azetidinone intermediates.