Abstract:
Covers a 4''''-deoxy-4''''-oxoerythromycin compounds and derivatives thereof which are useful as antibiotics having a formula selected from the group consisting of:
WHERE R is -CH2SR3, R2 is hydrogen or loweralkyl, R3 is loweralkyl, and R1 is hydrogen or loweralkanoyl;
WHERE R1 and R2 are as before defined;
WHERE R is hydrogen or CH3CO;
where R1 is hydrogen or RCO, R is loweralkyl, R2 is hydrogen, CH3CO or RCO where R is loweralkyl; and
WHERE R3 is hydrogen or RCO where R is loweralkyl.
Abstract:
Covers sulfonyl derivatives of erythromycin A, B and C falling within the following structural formula:
WHERE R is selected from the group consisting of amino, monoalkyl amino, dialkyl amino, alkoxy, morpholino, substituted morpholino, piperazino, substituted piperazino, piperidino, substituted piperidino, alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl, arylthio, substituted arylthio, arylsulfonyl, substituted arylsulfonyl, thiamorpholino, aziridino, substituted aziridino, benzylthio, substituted benzylthio, thiamorpholinosulfone, substituted thiamorpholinosulfone, benzylsulfinyl, substituted benzylsulfinyl, arylsulfinyl, substituted arylsulfinyl, benzylsulfonyl, substituted benzylsulfonyl, cyanoalkyl, halocyanoalkyl, haloalkanoate, dialkanoate, ketaolkyl, ketoalkanoate, benzylamino, substituted benzylamino, benzoxy, substituted benzoxy, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy, benzycyano, and substituted benzylcyano; R1 is hydrogen or mmethyl, R2 is hydrogen or loweralkanoyl, R3 is hydrogen or hydroxy, and R4 is selected from the group consisting of loweralkyl, cycloalkyl, subtituted cycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, benzyl, and substituted benzyl. The present sulfonyl derivatives of erythromycin A, B and C are useful as antibiotics.