The present invention provides a compound of the following formula and salts thereof:
Also provided is the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.
The Kochcarboxylicacidsynthesis with formic and sulphuric acids has been applied to oct-1-ene, 2-methylheptan-2-ol, n-pentylcyclopropane, and related cyclopropanes. Mass spectral breakdown shows that oct-1-ene and the cyclopropanes lead mainly to acids of the structural type Me2C(R)·CO2H and MeEtC(R)·CO2H. Example of Kochsynthesis with transannular cyclisation are described, and data relating to