Claims
- 1. A compound of the formula ##STR18## wherein R.sup.4 is pyridinium, 3-methylpyridinium, 4-methylpyridinium, 3-chloropyridinium, 3-bromopyridinium, 3-iodopyridinium, 4-carbamoylpyridinium, 4-(N-hydroxymethylcarbamoyl)pyridinium, 4-(N-carbomethoxycarbamoyl)pyridinium, 4-(N-cyanocarbamoyl)pyridinium, 4-(carboxymethyl)pyridinium, 4-(hydroxymethyl)pyridinium, 4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridinium, quinolinium, picolinium or lutidium; and
- R.sup.5 is hydroxy or protected hydroxy or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or 4-carboxy ester which is the alkoxymethyl, alpha-alkoxyethyl, alpha-alkoxy-alpha-substituted methyl, alkylthiomethyl, acyloxymethyl or alpha-acryloxy-alpha-substituted methyl ester thereof.
- 2. A pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a compound of claim 1.
Priority Claims (2)
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24611/75 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of our copending application Ser. No. 191,934, filed Sept. 29, 1980, and now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 71,032, filed Aug. 28, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,298,606, granted Nov. 3, 1981, which in turn is a division under 37 CFR $1.60 of Ser. No. 900,233, filed Apr. 26, 1978, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of our copending application Ser. No. 642,356, filed Dec. 19, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,098,888, granted July 4, 1978. A further patent based upon the disclosure in the original parent application is our U.S. Pat. No. 4,355,160, granted Oct. 19, 1982.
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3971778 |
Cook et al. |
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4308380 |
Kamiya et al. |
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Divisions (1)
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Continuations (1)
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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