1968 Volume 21 Issue 4 Pages 300-305
6-(Sydnone-3-acetamido) penicillanates and 7-(sydnone-3-acetamido) cepha losporanates were prepared by N-acylation of 6-APA or 7-ACA with sydnone 3-acetyl chloride. The new series of semi-synthetic antibiotics were compared with ampicillin and cephalothin. Sydonylmethylpenicillin (BBP-425) and sydnonylmethylcephalosporin (BBP-428) were active against gram-positive and gram-negative microbes both in vitro and in vivo.