Patents by Inventor Peter K. Wolfert

Peter K. Wolfert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4183850
    Abstract: A process for preparing 2-acyloxymethylpenams and 3-acyloxycephams of the formulae 1 and 2 ##STR1## in which R represents the aliphatic, aromatic, or heterocyclic moiety of an amino-protecting group commonly employed in penicillin chemistry, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or represents a carboxy-protecting group commonly employed in penicillin chemistry, and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl which may also be substituted with Cl, OCH.sub.3, or CN, and phenyl which may also be substituted with CH.sub.3, F, Cl, OCH.sub.3 or NO.sub.2, by treating an unsym-azetidinone disulfide of the formula 3 ##STR2## in which R and R.sup.1 are as defined above and R.sup.4 is benzothiazol-2-yl or benzoxazol-2-yl with silver oxide, an acid of the formula R.sup.2 COOH, and iodine, or with a silver salt of the formula R.sup.2 COOAg and iodine, or with a Simonini complex of the formula R.sup.2 COOI.R.sup.2 COOAg, to obtain a mixture of the compounds of formulae 1 and 2, and optionally separating said mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: Connlab Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Darby, Peter K. Wolfert
  • Patent number: 4172078
    Abstract: Thiazolineazetidinone derivatives of the formulae 1,2, and 3. ##STR1## wherein R is derived from the commonly known carboxamido groups present in penicillins, R.sup.1 is a carboxy protecting group commonly used in penicillin chemistry, and R.sup.2 is Cl, Br, I, CN, lower alkoxy, lower acyloxy, SCN, SCH.sub.3, S-phenyl, S-heteroaryl such as 5-mercaptotetrazole or 2-mercapto-5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole, NO.sub.3, N.sub.3, NH-phenyl, and N(CH.sub.3).sub.2 with the proviso that R.sup.2 in the compounds of formula 1 is limited to Cl, Br, I, and lower acyloxy, and a process for preparing said compounds from 2-(substituted methyl) penicillin sulfoxides followed by treatment with a base.The compounds of formulae 1,2, and 3 are useful as intermediates in the synthesis of cephalosporins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Connlab Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Ronald G. Micetich, Chia-Cheng Shaw, Peter K. Wolfert