Abstract
β-Lactam antibiotics display a range of biological activities. The origin of this diverse biological activity is discussed with reference to the chemical reactivity of the small ring system. The reactions of β-sultams and β-phospholactams with simple nucleophiles are reported and their potential as mechanism based inhibitors of bacterial and mammalian serine proteases is described.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5631-5638 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Tetrahedron |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 31 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Jul 2000 |