G. Burton et al., NOVEL C-2 SUBSTITUTED CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVES .1. SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY OF NONAROMATIC HETEROCYCLIC-DERIVATIVES, Journal of antibiotics, 49(12), 1996, pp. 1258-1265
A new series of carbapenems, having a saturated or partially unsaturat
ed heterocycle at C-2, has been synthesised. The in vitro antibacteria
l activity of these compounds and their stability to human dehydropept
idase-1 (DHP-1) are described. The stereochemistry of the C-2 side-cha
in and the presence of a double bond in the heterocycle were shown to
have significant effects on the stabilities of the compounds to DHP-1.