NOVEL BETA-LACTAMS AND THEIR PRODUCTION

摘要

A beta-lactam compound of the formula: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a 1-hydroxy(lower)alkyl group wherein the hydroxyl group is optionally protected, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a protective group for the nitrogen atom and R3 is a methyl group, a halomethyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, a protected hydroxymethyl group, a formyl group, a carboxyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or an ar(lower)alkoxycarbonyl group wherein the aryl group is optionally substituted, or R2 and R3 are combined together to form an oxaalkylene group and, when taken together with one nitrogen atom and two carbon atoms adjacent thereto, they represent a six-membered cyclic aminoacetal group, which is useful as a valuable intermediate in the stereospecific production of 1-methylcarbapenem compounds.