David H. Shih

Synthetic carbapenem antibiotics III. 1-Methyl thienamycin

Total syntheses of 1α- and 1β-methyl thienamycin are reported. 1β-Methyl thienamycin retains the antibacterial activity of thienamycin and is highly resistant to hydrolysis by DHP-I enzyme.

Synthetic carbapenem antibiotics II. Stereoisomers of 7-hydroxyethyl-2,2,5-trimethyl-3-oxa-1-azabicyclo[4.2.O]octan-8-one

Abstract The titled compounds are key synthetic intermediates in the structure-activity relationship studies of novel 1-methyl carbapenem antibiotics. Preparation and structural determination of these stereoisomers by x-ray crystallography and proton NMR spectroscopy are reported.

Synthetic study of carbapenem antibiotics. I: (±)-2-Cyclopropyl-6-(1'-hydroxyethyl)-1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acid

Abstract A synthetic scheme extensively utilizing silylation-desilylation reactions to achieve the total synthesis of 2,6-substituted carbapenem antibiotics from readily available azetidinones is reported. An epimeric pair of new 2,6-substituted carbapenems, (±)-2-cyclopropyl-6-(1′-hydroxyethyl)-1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acids were synthesized.