3-ACYLOXYMETHYL-CEPHEM COMPOUNDS

摘要

Novel 3-acyloxymethyl-cephem compounds Novel 3-acyloxymethyl-cephem compounds of the formula: wherein R1 is hydrogen or an acyl group; W is acetonyl, or a group represented by -X-OH (X is an organic residue) or salts thereof were found to be useful as starting materials of such cephalosporins of the formula: wherein R3 stands for a residue of a nucleophilic compound and R1 has the same meaning as above.