Cefroxadine
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| Clinical data | |
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| AHFS/Drugs.com | International Drug Names |
| Routes of administration | Oral |
| ATC code | J01DB11 (WHO) |
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| Pharmacokinetic data | |
| Biological half-life | ~1 hour |
| Excretion | Renal |
| Identifiers | |
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| CAS Number | 51762-05-1 |
| PubChem (CID) | 443991 |
| ChemSpider | 4447587 |
| UNII |
B908C4MV2R  |
| KEGG | D01528 |
| ChEMBL | CHEMBL2104150 |
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.052.157 |
| Chemical and physical data | |
| Formula | C16H19N3O5S |
| Molar mass | 365.405 g/mol |
| 3D model (Jmol) | Interactive image |
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Cefroxadine (INN, trade names Oraspor and Cefthan-DS) is a cephalosporin antibiotic. It is structurally related to cefalexin, and both drugs share a similar spectrum of activity.[1]
It is available in Italy.[2]
Synthesis
Cefroxadine can be prepared by several routes, including one in which the enol is methylated with diazomethane as a key step. A rather more involved route starts with compatively readily available phenoxymethylpenicillin sulfoxide benzhydryl ester (1).
This undergoes fragmentation when treated with benzothiazole-2-thiol to give 2. Ozonolysis (reductive work-up) cleaves the olefinic linkage and the unsymmetrical disulfide moiety is converted to a tosyl thioester (3). The enol moiety is methylated with diazomethane, the six-membered ring is closed by reaction with 1,5-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-5-ene (DBU), and the ester protection is removed with trifluoroacetic acid to give 4. The amide side chain is removed by the usual PCl5/dimethylaniline sequence followed by reamidation with the appropriate acid chloride to give cefroxadine (5).
See also
References
- ↑ Yasuda K, Kurashige S, Mitsuhashi S (July 1980). "Cefroxadine (CGP-9000), an orally active cephalosporin". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 18 (1): 105–10. PMC 283947
. PMID 6998373. - ↑ [No authors listed]. "Oraspor". Prontuario.it (in Italian). Elsevier. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ↑ R. Scartazzini, H. Bickel, DE 2331133; eidem, U.S. Patent 4,073,902 (1974, 1978 both to Ciba-Geigy).
- ↑ R. B. Woodward and H. Bickel, U.S. Patent 4,147,864 (1979); Chem. Abstr., 91, 74633J (1979).