Abstract:
PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF RACEMIC OR OPTICALLYACTIVE CEPHALOSPORINE DERIVATIVES OF THE FORMULA
2,3-(-CO-N(-R1)-CH2-),7-NH2-2-CEPHEM
WHEREIN R1 IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, ALKYL, SUBSTITUTED AKYL, ARYL AND SUBSTITUTED ARYL, WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF REACTING AN AMINO ACID OF THE FORMULA
R1-NH-CH2-CH2-COOH
WITH BENZYL ALCOHOL, CONDENSING THE BENZYL ESTER THUS OBTAINED WITH AN OXALATE, CONVERTING THE BENZYL ESTER OF 2,3DIOXI-4-CARBOXY-PYRROLIDINE INTO THE CORRESPONDING ACID, SUBJECTING SAID ACID TO AMINOMETHYLATION, THUS YIELDING A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA
1-R1,3-OH,4-(R"-N(-R'')-CH2-)PYRROL-3-IN-2-ONE
CONVERTING SAID COMPOUND INTO THE CORRESPONDING 4-ACYLTHIOMETHYL DERIVATIVE, CONVERTING SAID DERIVATIVE INTO THE CORRESPONDING 4-THIOMETHYL DERIVATIVE, CONDENSING SAID DERIVATIVE WITH AN ENAMINE OF THE FORMULA
SUBJECTING SAID COMPOUND TO THE ACTION OF A TRITYLATION AGENT, RECOVERING THE THREO ISOMER OF THE TRITYLATED DERIVATIVE, LACTAMIZING SAID THREO ISOMER TO OBTAIN THE Y-LACTAM OF DL-6H,7H-CIS-7-TRITYLAMINO-3-AMINOALKYL-CEPH 3-EME-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID, DETRITYLATING SAID Y-LACTAM AND RECOVERING SAID RACEMIC OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVES. THESE COMPOUNDS ARE USEFUL AS INTERMEDIATES IN THE PREPARATION OF THE CORRESPONDING 7ACYLAMINO DERIVATIVES OF THE FORMULA
2,3-(-CO-N(-R1)-CH2-),7-(R2-NH-)-2-CEPHEM
WHEREIN R1 HAS THE ABOVE DEFINITION AND R2 IS THE ACYL OF AN ORGANIC CARBOXYLIC ACID WHICH COMPOUNDS ARE ALSO PART OF THE INVENTION AND ARE USEFUL AS ANTIBIOTICS.