摘要 |
Disclosed is a process for the total synthesis of 1-carbapenem antibiotics (I) from L-aspartic acid via central intermediates II and III: <IMAGE> I <IMAGE> II <IMAGE> III wherein R is hydrogen, a pharmaceutically acceptable ester moiety or salt cation, or a readily removable blocking group; R6, R7 and R8 are, inter alia, independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl; R1'and Re are hydrogen, or a readily removable protecting group; Ra, Rb and Rc are selected from alkyl, aryl or aralkyl.
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