Abstract
The condensation of tert-butyl esters of 3-methyl-7-oxoceph-3-em-4-carboxylic and 6-oxopenicillanic acids with a series of 2-oxoalkylidene(triphenyl)phosphoranes gave tert-butyl esters of new cephalosporin and penicillin analogs with an alkylidene substituent in the β-lactam ring. Most of these products were oxidized by meta-chloroperbenzoic acid to the corresponding sulfones. The cephemes and penams synthesized including the oxidized products displayed high cytotoxicity relative to cancer cells in vitro. Some of the alkylidene-substituted cephems as the free acids, similar to Tazobactam, inhibit the catalytic activity of Enterobacter cloacae penicillinase.
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