Claims
- 1. A pharmaceutical composition for treating bacterial infections comprising an antibacterially effective amount of a penicillin of the formula: ##STR45## wherein the carbon atom designated by * constitutes a center of chirality;
- X is hydrogen, lower alkyl, monohalo(lower alkyl), dihalo (lower alkyl), trihalo(lower alkyl), lower alkoxy, or cyclohexyloxy;
- Y is lower alkyl; and
- B is phenyl or phenyl substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, monohalo, dihalo, or lower alkylthio;
- or a pharmaceuticaly acceptable nontoxic salt thereof, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic, inert diluent or carrier.
- 2. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 wherein each of X and Y is methyl.
- 3. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 wherein
- X is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, chloroethyl, chloropropyl, trichloropropyl, trifluoropropyl, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy, or cyclohexyloxy;
- Y is methyl, ethyl, or propyl; and
- B is phenyl, tolyl, chlorophenyl, methoxyphenyl, methylthiophenyl, or dichlorophenyl.
- 4. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 3 wherein C is in the (-)- configuration.
- 5. A composition according to claim 3 wherein said penicillin is a sodium salt.
- 6. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-formyl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 7. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-acetyl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 8. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-acetyl-3-ethyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 9. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-acetyl-3-n-propyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 10. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is .alpha.-(3-acetyl-3-methyl-ureido)-4-methylbenzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 11. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is .alpha.-(3-acetyl-3-methyl-ureido)-p-chlorobenzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 12. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is .alpha.-(3-acetyl-3-methyl-ureido)-thien-2-ylmethylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 13. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-propionyl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 14. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-.beta.-chloropropionayl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 15. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-iosbutyl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 16. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-.gamma.-chlorobutyryl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 17. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-.gamma.-triflurobutyryl)-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 18. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-.gamma.-trichlorobutryl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 19. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-methoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 20. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-ethoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 21. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-i-propoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 22. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(3-n-butoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 23. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is crystalline sodium (-)-.alpha.-(3-acetyl-3-methyl-ureido)benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 24. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.(3-methoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-2,6-dichlorobenzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 25. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (+)-.alpha.-(3-methoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-2,6-dichlorobenzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 26. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is .alpha.-(3-methoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-2,6-dichlorobenzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 27. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is .alpha.-(3-methoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-4-methoxybenzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 28. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is .alpha.-(3-ethoxycarbonyl-3-methyl-ureido)-4-methylthiobenzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 29. A method of treating bacterial infections in humans and animals which comprises administering to said human or animal an anti-bacterially effective amount of a penicillin of the formula: ##STR46## wherein the carbon atom designated by * constitutes a center of chirality;
- X is hydrogen, lower alkyl, monohalo(lower alkyl), dihalo (lower alkyl), trihalo(lower alkyl), lower alkoxy, or cyclohexyloxy;
- Y is lower alkyl; and
- B is phenyl, or phenyl substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, monohalo, dihalo, or lower alkylthio;
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salt thereof.
- 30. The method according to claim 29 wherein said amount is from 2.5 .times. 10.sup.4 to 10 .times. 10.sup.5 units/kg of body weight.
- 31. The method according to claim 29 wherein
- X is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, chloroethyl, chloropropyl, trichloropropyl, trifluoropropyl, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy, or cyclohexyloxy;
- Y is methyl, ethyl, or propyl; and
- B is phenyl, tolyl, chlorophenyl, methoxyphenyl, methylthiophenyl, or dichlorophenyl.
Priority Claims (2)
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CROSS-REFERENCE
This is a divisional of our copending application Ser. No. 425,966 filed Dec. 19, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,959,258 issued May 25, 1976, which in turn is a division of applications Ser. Nos. 145,809 and 145,877 filed May 21, 1971, now abandoned.
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Divisions (2)
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