Chemistry of cephalosporin antibiotics. 30. 3-Methoxy- and 3-halo-3-cephems
作者:Robert R. Chauvette、Pamela A. Pennington
DOI:10.1021/jm00238a017
日期:1975.4
the 3-hydroxy compounds to 3-methoxy-3-cephem derivatives. Removal of the ester-protecting group at the C4-carboxyl afforded a select group of cephalosporins with direct halo and methoxy substitution at C3. A number of these compounds are potent antibiotics.
.alpha.-Aminoacylpenicillin antibiotics such as ampicillin and amoxycillin may be prepared in particularly simple manner by a process which comprises preparing a solution of 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA) in a water-immiscible organic solvent by treating 6-APA with an excess of a strong tertiary amine base in the presence of said solvent; neutralising the residual strong tertiary amine base in said solution; reacting the neutralised solution with a solution in a water-immiscible organic solvent of an acylating agent which is a mixed anhydride of a lower alkoxyformic acid and an N-protected derivative of an .alpha.-aminoacid wherein the N-protecting group is acid-labile, to yield a solution of an N-protected .alpha.-aminoacylpenicillin derivative; contacting the resulting solution with water and a strong acid to cleave the acid-labile N-protecting group; and isolating the thus-obtained .alpha.-aminoacylpenicillin from the resulting water-containing system. The use of water-immiscible solvents in the process obviates the need for a solvent evaporation stage during isolation of the .alpha.-aminoacylpenicillin product and thus renders the process of particular advantage in plant-scale operations.