A compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methoxy or formamido; R.sup.2 is an acyl group, in particular that of an antibacterially active cephalosporin; CO.sub.2 R.sup.3 is a carboxy group or a carboxylate anion, or R.sup.3 is a readily removable carboxy protecting group or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt-forming group or in vivo hydrolysable ester group; R.sup.4 represents hydrogen or up to four substituents, which may be present on any of the carbon atoms in the ring system shown, selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, amino, alkylamino, acylamino, dialkylamino, CO.sub.2 R, CONR.sub.2, SO.sub.2 NR.sub.2 where R is hydrogen or alkyl, aryl and heterocyclyl, which may be the same or different and wherein any R.sup.4 alkyl substituent is optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from the list from which R.sup.4 is selected; Y is O, S, SO or SO.sub.2 ; and m is 1 or 2, a process for its preparation, use as an antibiotic and intermediates thereto.
化合物的
化学式(I)或其盐,其中R.sup.1是氢、甲氧基或甲酰胺基;R.sup.2是酰基,特别是一种具有抗菌活性的
头孢菌素的酰基;CO.sub.2 R.sup.3是羧基或
羧酸根离子,或者R.sup.3是易于去除的羧保护基或药用盐形成基或体内
水解酯基;R.sup.4代表氢或最多四个取代基,这些取代基可以存在于所示环系的任何碳原子上,选自烷基、烯基、炔基、烷氧基、羟基、卤素、
氨基、烷基
氨基、酰基
氨基、二烷基
氨基、CO.sub.2 R、CONR.sub.2、SO.sub.2 NR.sub.2,其中R是氢或烷基、芳基和杂环基,可以相同也可以不同,并且其中任何R.sup.4烷基取代基可以选择性地被来自所选R.sup.4的列表中的一个或多个取代基取代;Y是O、S、SO或SO.sub.2;m为1或2,其制备方法,用作抗生素的用途及其中间体。