Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 6-?-fluoro pregnanes of formula I wherein R1 is an acyl group, R2 can be H, alpha methyl or beta methyl, and the dotted line can represent a double bond, comprising fluorination with electrophilic fluorinating agents in the 6 position of compounds of formula III, wherein R1, R2 and the dotted line have the meanings stated above, in an inert solvent, in the presence of a basic catalyst at temperatures ranging between 0 and 30° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 6-?-fluoro pregnanes of formula I wherein R1 is an acyl group, R2 can be H, alpha methyl or beta methyl, and the dotted line can represent a double bond, comprising fluorination with electrophilic fluorinating agents in the 6 position of compounds of formula III, wherein R1, R2 and the dotted line have the meanings stated above, in an inert solvent, in the presence of a basic catalyst at temperatures ranging between 0 and 30° C.

Abstract: A process for the optical resolution of racemic dropropizine, carried out using L(+)tartaric acid as the optical resolution agent in aqueous medium, is described.

Abstract: Quaternary salts of 11-acyl derivatives of 5,11-dihydro-6H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]benzodiazepin-6-one, 6,11-dihydro-5H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-5-one and 5,10-dihydro-11H-dibenzo[b,e][1,4]diazepin-11-one are described.Said quaternary salts are endowed with antiulcer, antisecretory, spasmolytic and antimuscarinic activity.

Abstract: 11-Acyl derivatives of 5,11-dihydro-6H-pyrido-[2,3-b][1,4]benzodiazepin-6-one, 6,11-dihydro-5H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-5-one and 5,11-dihydro-6H-benzo[2,3-b][1,4]benzodiazepin-6-one, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions endowed with antisecretory, antiulcer, antimuscarinic, spasmolytic activities containing the same, are described.

Abstract: There is described a new class of ketohydroxyimino derivatives of cephalosporins of the formula ##STR1## wherein: R is an alkyl radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl, or a 5-membered heterocyclic radical which may be substituted, containing nitrogen, oxygen and/or sulphur;R.sup.1 is an acetoxy, carbamoyloxy or S-heterocyclic group, which may be substituted, and the heterocyclic ring is a 5- or 6-membered ring containing one or more nitrogen atoms, alone or combined with sulphur;R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl or acetyl.The present compounds have an interesting broad-spectrum antibacterial activity.

Abstract: Formyl derivatives of hydrazinopenicillins of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is thienyl or phenyl, R' is hydrogen, formyl or alkyl containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and R" is hydrogen or formyl, provided that at least one of R' and R" is a formyl group, the carbon atom with the asterisk indicating a center of asymmetry of the molecule, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, as mixture or as separated epimers. These compounds have antibacterial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and are prepared by a process wherein the corresponding hydrazinopenicillin is reacted under anhydrous conditions with acetoformic anhydride to give the desired compounds.