A chiral synthesis of P-thioxopenam, a highly useful synthon for penems, is described. S-ally1 penems undergo facile molecular rearrangements. Penems, first described by Woodwardl as a novel class of B-lactam antibiotics, have since been a center of attention' by virtue of their potency, broad-spect
Synthesis of optically active penems
β Scribed by V.M. Girijavallabhan; A.K. Ganguly; S.W. McCombie; P. Pinto; R. Rizvi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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β¦ Synopsis
A general synthesis for optically active penems is described. Penems undergo a novel thermal isomerisation reaction. Won-classical B-lactams, exemplified by thienamycin', olivanic acidl and the Woodward's novel synthetic "penem" have all been described as potent antimicrobial agents. Recently, Several Papers have appeared on the syntheses of Cs-substituted penems'+-a, A Merck group9 has also announced a chiral synthesis forpenems, which is now established to be inoperativelO-ll. In this communication, we wish to report a general chiral synthesis for novel Cs-carbon substituted penems. The relatively inexpensive and readily available 6-amino penicillanic acid (1) (6-APA) was diazotized and brominated using a modified12 Clayton procedure13. The crystalline methyl ester (2) was obtained (-70%) by esterification of the dibromo penicillanic acid with methyl iodide in the presence of K2C03 in DMF.
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