CA2549561C - 36- derivatives of rifamycins - Google Patents

Abstract

An intermediate of general formula: (see formula I) for preparing rifamycin antibiotic derivatives, wherein Y, R6 and R7 independently are H or (C1-C4) alkyl, and R3 is (C1-C4) alkyl or (C3-C6) cycloalkyl; or R6 and R7 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom form a five or six membered heterocyclic ring, optionally containing one further heteroatom selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom, wherein one of the carbon or nitrogen atoms of the ring is optionally substituted by a (C1-C4)alkyl moiety; and an alkali metal salt thereof.

Description

f This is a divisional application of copending application 2,160,243, filed May 5, 1994.
This invention relates to novel rifamycin antibiotic derivatives of general formula I:
OH

H
RCHzC
3s I
R~
aad to the oxidated derivatives thereof of formula Ia:
OH

Ia z wherein:
R represents halo, hydroxy, thio, (C1'C4)alkoxy, (C1-Cq)alkylthio, (C1-C4)acyloxy, (C1-C4)alkylamino, di(C1-C4)alkylamino or a group of formula:

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Rs COO--Re N

wherein:
R3 represents (C1-C4)alkyl or (C3-C6)cycloalkyl;
R4 represents a group of formula Rs R~

wherein:
R6 and R~ independently represent hydrogen or (C1-C4)alkyl or R6 and R~ together with the adiacent nitrogen atom form a five or six membered heterocyclic ring, optionally containing one further heteroatom selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, wherein one of the carbon or nitrogen atoms of the ring is optionally substituted by a (C1-C4)alkyl moiety;
RS is hydrogen or halo;
or R4 together with RS form a bifunctional alkylenic chain, optionally containing 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms, of the following formula:
CH RS H ~H
\ \ N \
or 9 / \~
R CH R
wherein:

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R8 represents hydrogen or halogen;
R9 represents (C1-Cr,)alkyl, or a six membered heterocycle ring containing one or two nitrogen atoms, wherein the carbon and nitrogen atoms of the ring are optionally substituted with one or two (Ci-Ct,)alkyl moieties;
R1 is hydroxy in formula I or oxygen formula Ia;
RZ represents hydrogen, a five or six membered heterocyclic ring containing one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, wherein one of the carbon or nitrogen atoms of the ring is optionally substituted by a (Ci-C4)alkyl moiety, or a group of formula -Cg=N-R10 wherein R1o represents a six membered heterocycle ring containing one or two nitrogen atoms, wherein one of the carbon or nitrogen atoms of the ring is optionally substituted by (C~-C4)-alkyl or (C5-C6)cycloalkyl;
or R1 and R2 taken together form a group of formula =N-(CHRii)-X-, -NH-(CIiRii)-X-, or -N=(CR11)-X-, wherein:
X represents a sulfur atom or a -NH- group and gii represents hydrogen, (Ci-C4)alkyl, (Ci-C4)alkylamino or di(Ci-Cr,)alkylamino;
and the pharmaceutically acceptale base addition salts thereof .

In the present description, the terms used above in defining the meanings of the substituents R1 to R14 are intended to have the meanings commonly assigned to them in the art. Accordingly:

(C1-C4)alkyl represent a linear or branched hydrocarbon moiety containing ' '- 1 to 4 carbon atoms respectively, such as: " ":' .

. , f . r f -CH3~

-CH2-CH3, ..'.
-CH2-CH2-CH3, '...
-CH-(CH3)2, . , , -CH2-CHZ-CH2-CH3, -CH(CH3)-CH2-CH3, f ' t 1 f -C(CH3)2-CH2-CH3, -CH2-CH(CH3)-CH3 , . .
-C-(CH3)3 ' f ' ..

X

,.
f ' ' 1 ~ , f s X "..
r t . . a k X

_ -sH X

, ' s X

halo represents fluoro, chloro, bromo or iodo;
(C1-C4) alkoxy represents a linear or branched ether moiety containing 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, such as:
y1 A;~~rp,'J

-0-CH 3 s "0-Cg2-CH3~
-0-CHZ-CH2-CH3, -0-CH-(CH3)2~

5 -0-CH2-CH2-CHy-CH3, -0-CH ( CH3 )-CHZ-CH3, -O-CHy-CH(CH3)-CH3, -0-C-(CH3)3;
(C1-C4)acyloxy represents a carboxylic moiety containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as:

-0-CO-CH3, -0-CO-CH2-CH3, -0-CO-CH2-CHg-CH3, -0-CO-CH-(CH3)2t (C1-C4)alkylthio represents a linear or branched thioether moiety with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as:
-S-CH3, -S-CHy-CH3~
-S-CH2-CHZ-CH3 ~
-S-CH-(CH3)z, -S-CHy-CH2-CH2-CH3, -S-CH(CH3 )-CHy-CH3, -S-CHZ-CH(CH3)-CH3, -S-C-(CH3)3;
(C1-C4)alkylamino represents an amino moiety substituted with a linear or branched alkyl containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as:
-HH'CH3s -NH-CH2'CH3s '~-CH2-CH2'CH3 s 3 5 -NH-CH- ( CH3 ) 2 ~

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-~-CHZ-CH2"CH2-CH3~
-NH-CH(CH3)-CH2-CHg, -NH-CH2-CH(CH3)-CH3, -NH-C-(CH3)3~
(C1-Cr,) dialkylamino represents an amino moiety substituted with two linear or branched alkyl moieties containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as:
-N-(CH3)y, -N(CH3)-CHy-CH3, -N(CH2-CH3)2, -N(CH3)-CHZ-CH2-CH3!
-N( CHy-CH3 )-CHy-CH2-CH3, -N(CHZ-CHy-CH3)2, -N(CH3)-CH-(CH3)2, -N(CHy-CH3)-CH-(CH3)y, -N( CHg )-CHy-CHy-CH2-CH3, -N( CHZ-CH3 )-CH2-CH2-CHZ-CH3, -N(CHy-CH2-CH3)-CHZ-CH2-CHy-CH3, -N(CH2-C$2-CH2-CH3)2~
-N(CHZ-CHy-CHy-CH3)-CH-(CH3)2.
(C3-C6)cycloalkyl represent a cyclic hydrocarbon moiety containing from 3 to 6 carbon atoms such as:
cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl.
A five or six membered heterocyclic ring containing one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur (according to the definition of substituents 85 and R~ or Rg) is as heterocycle ring such as:

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W O W W
._N : --N : _N~ , --N~ ' J ~" ~--~S ,,.
NH~ W N~ O , -( ~ _ --~
~O ' N ~ ' ~O ' W
yy~ W ~ W
N ~
'~,.p : O i "Nv : "'N, ) i W
/ NH NH--~
-N i O i ~N-W i "'~N _W ~
O--/ NN"'l W W w W
\ / N_W
VI~ W ' NH--/
wherein W represents hydrogen or the various possible substituents of the 5 or 6 membered heterocycle ring, according to the definitions set out above;
A bifunctional alkylenic chain, optionally.
containing 1 or 2 nitrogen,atoms, according to the meaninings of x2 and &3 taken together, is a group which forms, with the two adiacent carbon atoms a six membered aromatic heterocyclic rings such as:
R8 t-~ R8 C
~H N'~' i o= ~ I
R9 CH Rs Rs wherein the substituents BS and 8~ has the same meanings as in formula I;
A group of formula =N-(CHR1~)-X-, -NA-(CHR11)-X- or -N=(Call)-X-, ~

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is a group which forms, with the adiacent carbon atoms in position 3 and 4, an heterocycle ring such as;
< 3 4 3 N~ i ~ ; N- ' ;
1''~S N~NH YS ~ HN~,S
R» R~ t R» R~ t wherein R11 is as above defined; obviously, the double bond between the nitrogen atom and the carbon atom in position 4 is only possible when the rifamycin is in l0 the oxidated form.
Di(C1-C4)alkylamino represents an amino moiety substituted with two linear or branched alkyl groups containing 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms such as:
"N-~CH3)2~
-N(CH3)(CHy-CHg), -N ( CHy-CH3 ) 2 s -N(CH3)(CHy-CH2-CH3), -N(CHy-CH3)(CHy-CH2-CH3), -N(CH2-CHy-CH3)y, -N(CH3)[CH-(CH3)2], -N(CHy-CH3)(CH-(CH3)2], -N(CH3)(CHy-CHy-CHZ-CH3), -N(CHy-CH;)(CH2-C8y-CHy-CH3), -N(CH2-CH2-CH3)(CH2-CHy-CHy-CH3), -N(CH2-CHy-CHy-CH3)2, -N(CH2-CH2-CHZ-CH3)(CH-(CH3)zj.
pharmaceutically acceptable base addition salts of the compounds of formula I are the rifamycin salts formed with alkali metal, earth-alkali metal, (C1-C~)alkylamines, (C1-C4)alkanolamines or basic aminoacids.

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As known in the art, the hydroxy groups linked in positions 1 and 4 on the naphtalenic ring of the compound of formula I, may be both in the reduced form (in such case R1 is hydroxy) or oxidated form (R1 is oxo in this case).
These compounds are derivatives of rifamycin SV and of rifamycin S, respectively. The conversion from one form of rifamycin to the other, and viceversa, is easily carried out by means of oxidating or reducing reactions well known in the art; for instance the oxidation reaction may be carried out with manganese dioxide or potassium hexacyanoferrate(III') in chloroform, while the reducing reaction with ascorbic acid or sodium ascorbate in an hydroalcoholic solution.
The hydroxy moiety in positioa 1 is also in the oxidated form when the substituent Ri together with 82 ( in the compound of formula I ) form a group of formula =N-(CHRII)-X-, wherein X and R11 are as above defined;
in this case the formation of the oxo moiety in 1 is a consequence of the double bonding between the nitrogen atom and the carbon atom in position 4.
Therefore when particular substituents are not present, which would preveat the conversion from the reduced form into the oxidated one, or viceversa, is the continuing of this specification the derivatives of rifamycin S are to be considered as being covertable in the SV form and viceversa.
In the following specifications the term "rifamycins" is intended to comprise within its meanings all the suitable rifamycin and rifamycin-like compounds known in the art, such as rifamycin S, SY, P, the 3- and/or 4-derivatives thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

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The rifamycin antibiotic compounds are well known in the art, as being widely used for long time in the treatment of infections caused by Mycobacteria and Gram 5 positive microorganisms and prophylaxis for certain Gram negative infections. The best known member of this antibiotic family is Rifampicin, which is one of the antibiotics of choice in the treatment of tuberculosis, whose main causative agent is MyCObacterium 10 tuberculosis.
Rifamycin SV corresponds to the compound of formula I wherein the substituent R at position 3b is replaced by a hydrogen atom, RZ is hydrogen and R1 is hydroxy;
rifamycin S is the oxidated form of rifamycin SV, as stated above; rifamycin P is the 4-desoxy-thiazolo-[5,4-cj rifamycin S.; rifampicin is the 3-{[(4--methyl-1-piperazinyl)iminoj-methyl} rifamycin SV.
The production of rifamycin SV may be obtained by fermenting variant cultures of the strain ATCC 13685 Nocardia mediterranei (previously named Streptomyces mediterranei, now renamed as Amycolatopsis mediterranei); for instance from Nocardia mediterranei ATCC 21271, as described in "The Journal of Antibiotics vol. 22, 12, 637, (1969)".
US 38847b3 discloses a process for preparing rifamycin SV or rifamycin S by aerobically fermenting an aqueous nutrient medium containing a strain of Micromonospora chalcea ATCC 21994. ' Rifamycin S and SV may also be obtained by chemical modificatioa of the rifamycin B as described in US
patent No. 3301753. Rifamycin B was first obtained as a component of a rifamycin complex by fermenting the ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94l2800Z PCT/EP941014.

Stre~tomyces mediterranei strain ATCC 13685 as described in US patent Ho. 3150046; rifamycin B may also be obtained as a single component by adding sodium ethyl barbiturate to the culture medium of Streptomyces mediterranei strain ATCC 13685, as described in US
Patent 2988490 or by fermenting a variant culture of the strain ATCC 13685, i.e. the strain ATCC 21796, as described in US Patent 3871965.
Rifamycin P may be obtained either by fermentation of Streptomyces mediterranei ATCC 31064, ATCC 31065, ATCC 310b6, as disclosed in US patent 4263404, or by chemical modification of rifamycin S, as described in US
patent 4144234.
US patent 4880789 discloses the preparation of the 2'-N,N-dialkylamino derivatives of rifamycin P, by treating rifamycin P with dialkylamine in ethyl acetate;
such derivatives may also be obtained by treating the 3-bromorifamycin S with H,N-dialkylthiourea, as described by "Cavalleri B. et al., J. of Med. Chem., 1990, 33, 1470-1476".
Rifampicin, which is a rifamycin SV bearing a ((4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-iminojmethyl group in position 3, may be obtained by reacting rifamycin SV with N-methylene-t-butylamine (obtained by reacting formaldehyde with t-butylamine) is the presence of manganese dioxide and then with 1-amino-4-methyl piperazine, as described in US patent 3542762.
Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of rifamycins are also well known in the art, and are easily obtainable by contacting the unsalified rifamycin derivative with the desired base.

For instance, US patent 3301753 discloses the alkali and earth-alkali metal salts of rifamycin SV; US Patent 4312866 discloses the preparation of rifamycin SV salts with basic aminoacids, such as arginine, lysine and histidine.
The reaction of 25-0-Deacetyl-3-morpholino rifamycin S-21,23-acetonide with malonic acid was described by W. Wehrli et al. (Journal of Antibiotics, Tokyo, 1987;
40, 1733). The obtained 25-0-Deacetyl-25-O-malonic acid-3-morpholino rifamycin S-21,23-acetonide was further ..
reacted with hydroxybenzotriazole in THF and then with 3-hydroxymethyl-1-methylpiperidine in dicyclohexilcarbo-diimmide, thus obtaining the 36-[[(1-methyl-3-piperidinyl)methoxyJcarbonyl]-3-morpholino rifamycin S.
25-O-deacety!-25-O-propionyl and 25-O-deacetyl-25-O pyvaloyl derivatives of rifamycin are described by Kump W. et aJ., NeJv. Chem. ~'.
Acta, 1973, 56 2323. .
It is known in the art that prolongated and extensive use of an antibiotic substance in the treatment of infections has the general drawback of the development of mutant strains of the pathogenic microorganism, which strains may show resistance against the specific antibiotic. It would therefore be desirable to produce new antibiotic substances, which are active both against the main causative agent, as well as against the mutant strains thereof which have developed resistance against the original antibiotic.
With the present invention, new antibiotic derivatives of rifamycin are provided which are mainly active against gram positive bacteria and gram positive as well as gram negative anaerobes, and show anti-microbial activity against rifamycin resistant strains.
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Preferred compounds of formula I are those compounds wherein:
R is ~-~-g~a~-~, halo, hydroxy, (C1-Ct,)acyloxy, (C1-Ct,)alkoxy, (C1-C4)alkylthio, di(C~-Cr,)alkylamino or a group of formula:
O ...~..
.
R5 CEO-- ~
......
.....
1 r R° N
f f f 1 3 ' ' R , ' .., wherein:
1:1.
R3 represents (CI-C4)alkyl or (C3-C6)cycloalkyl; ~r.>,' R4 represents a group of formula ' ' ' ~ J .
f R~2-~- ..
U : ; ' wherein R12 represents hydrogen or (C1-C4)alkyl; - ;';
. .
,.
RS is hydrogen or halo;
or R4 together with RS foron a bifunctional alkylenic chain, optionally containing 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms, of the following formula:
R8 / Cy Rs /Cv N.GCv or wherein R9 represents (C1-Ct,)alkyl, a group of formula R~3_ ~ -U

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wherein R13 is hydrogen or (C1-Cr,)alkyl, or a group of formula Rt5 N
Rt4 wherein R14 and R15 indipendently represent hydrogen or (C1-C4)alkyl;
R1 is hydroxy in the reduced form or oxygen in the oxydated form;
R2 represents hydrogen, a six membered heterocyclic ring containing one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, wherein one of the carbon or nitrogen atoms of the ring is optionally substituted by a (G1-C4)alkyl moiety, or a group of formula:
_CH=N_ ~ _R~s wherein R16 represents (Cl-C4)alkyl or (CS-C6)cycloalkyl;
or R1 and Rz taken together form a group of formula -N=CR11-S- wherein R11 represents hydrogen, (C1-Cr,)alkyl or di(C1-C~)alkylamino.
Among the above compounds, further preferred compounds are those of formula I wherein:
R is propyl, butyl, octyl, fluoro, bromo, chloro, iodo, hydroxy, formyl, acetyl, thiomethyl diethylamino or a group of formula:

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wherein:
10 R3 is ethyl or cyclopropyl, R4 is 4-methyl-1-piperazinyl and RS is hydrogen;
or R4 together with RS form a bifunctional alkylenic chain, optionally containing 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms, of formula:
F Cv CH3 CH - N ~ CH ~ N~ 'CH
3 ~..J CH3 CH N
~ ~ or CH3-N ~N/
CH3 N t...J
R1 is hydroxy in the reduced form or oxygen in the oxydated form;
R2 is hydrogen, 4-morpholinyl, {[(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} or {[(4-cyclopentyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl};
or R1 and R2 together form a group of formula $ /C2H5 , Particularly preferred compounds are those compounds of formula I wherein:

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Rs C00-R~ N

wherein:
R3 is ethyl, R4 is 4-methyl-1-piperazinyl and RS is hydrogen;
or R~ together with RS form a bifunctional alkylenic chain of formula:
F CH
CH, -~ CH
RI is hydroxy in the reduced form or oxygen is the oxydated form and R2 is hydrogen, 4-morpholinyl or t((4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-iminojmethyl}.
Representative examples of the compounds of the inveatioa are:
3b-bromorifamycin S
3b-fluororifamycin S
36-chlororifamycin S
36-iodorifamycin S
36-methylthiorifamycin S
3b-ethyltbiorifamycin S
36-hydroxyrifamycin S
36-methoxyrifamycin S
36-ethoxyrifamycin S
36-formylrifamycin S
36-acetylrifamycin S

' it--fir 36-diethylaminorifamycin S
3,36-dibromorifamycin S

3,36-dichlororifamycin S
36-bromo-3-cyanorifamycin S
r.r:..
36-butyl-3-bromorifamycin S ' 36-hydroxy-3-cyanorifamycin S "~ ~ ~ r 36-methylthio-3-cyanorifamycin S
r t . .
36-chloro-3-methylrifamycin S ~ ;
.".
36-bromo-3-ethylrifamycin S '~
. , , 36-acetyl-3-ethoxyrifamycin S ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ' 36-chloro-3-butoxyrifamycin S ' rr..
36-bromo-3-methylthiorifamycin S : ;
..,.
36-methylthio-3-ethoxycarbonylrifamycin S
r , , 36-butyl-3-(dimethylamino)rifamycin S '"' 36-chloro-3-(ethylpropylamino)rifamycin S ' 36-bromo-3-(diethylamino)rifamycin S
36-butyl-3-ethylthiorifamycin S
36-chloro-3-cyanorifamycin S . ;
36-methylthio-3-(dimethylaminomethylene)rifamycin S
36-bromo-3-(ethylmethylaminomethylene)rifamycin S
36-bromo-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
36-bromo-3-(4-(2-ethyl)-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
36-chloro-3-(4-(2-ethyl)-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
36-bromo-3-(1-piperidyl)rifamycin S
36-bromo-3-(3-(1-methyl)piperidyl)rifamycia S
36-iodo-3-(1-(3-methyl)-piperidyl)rifamycin S
36-chloro-3-(1-(3-methyl)-piperidyl)rifamycin S
36-acetyl-3-(1-piperazinyl)rifamycin S
36-bromo-3-(I-(3-methyl)piperazinyl)rifamycin S
36-hydroxy-3-(1-(3-methyl)piperazinyl)rifamycin S
36-fluoro-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
36-chloro-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
',~~-...~r.. ~, r-.
~~ 1 ~ . :: f . . . t' a 36-methylthio-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S

36-hydroxy-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S

36-formyl-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S

36-acetyl-3-(4--morpholinyl)rifamycin S

36-diethylamino-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S

x ."

36-bromo-3-(4-thiomorpholinyl)rifamycin S

36-iodo-3-(4-thiomorpholinyl)rifamycin S

36-bromo-3-(4-(3-ethyl)thiomorpholinyl)rifamycin S
., 36-fluoro-3-(3-thiomorpholinyl)rifamycin S

' 36-chloro-3-(2-thiomorpholinyl)rifamycin w S

36--methylthio-3-(4-thiomorpholinyl)rifamycin S

36-formyl-3-(4-thiomorpholinyl)rifamycin S ..

, '.
X ' '=

, X

t S
36-bromorifamycin P '.

36-fluororifamycin P

36-chlororifamycin P

3b-iodorifamycin P

36-hydroxyrifamycin P

36-methylthiorifamycin P

.25 36-formylrifamycin P

36-acetylrifamycin P

X

X

36-diethylaminorifamycin P

36-bromo-2'-(methyl)rifamycin P

36-fluoro-2'-(diethylamino)rifamycin P

36-chloro-2'-(diethylamino)rifamycin P

J
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36-methylthio-2'-(diethylamino)rifamycin P

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36-bromo-2'-(diethylamino)rifamycin P
36-hydroxy-2'-ethylrifamycin P
36-chloro-2'-(ethylamino)rifamycin P
36-bromo-2'-butylrifamycin P
36-acetyl-2'-(butylamino)rifamycin P
36-bromo-2'-(ethylmethylamino)rifamycin P
36-chloro-2'-ethylrifamycin P
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3b-[ ( 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1- ' " , , piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl)carbonyloxyJ rifamycin S
36-{jl-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-7-methyl-4-oxo-1,8- , naphthyridin-3-yl)carbonyloxy} rifamycin S , 36-{[8-ethyl-5,8-dihydro-2-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5- a , . .
oxopyrido[2,3-djpyrimidia-6-ylJcarbonyloxy} rifamycin S '. ~ '.
36-{[1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinylJcarbonyloxy} rifamycin S
36-{[1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-pyridinylJcarbonyloxy} rifamycia S
3b-[(1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl)carbonyloxy]-3-(4-morpholinyl ) rifamycia S
36-{[1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-7-methyl-4-oxo-1,8-napht-hyridin-3-yl)carbonyloxy}-3-(4-morpholinyl) rifamycin S
36-{[8-ethyl-5,8-dihydro-2-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5-oxopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-6-ylJcarbonyloxy}-3-(4-morpholinyl) rifamycin S
36-{[1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinylJcarbonyloxy}-3-(4-morpholinyl) rifamycin S
py,=~;GED S~tEET

3b-{(1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-pyridinyl ]carbonyloxy}-3-(4-morpholinyl) rifamycin S
5 36-((1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-pi perazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl)carbonyloxy]-3-{((4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV
36-{[1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-7-methyl-4-oxo-1,8-na phthyridin-3-yl) carbonyloxy}-3-{((4-methyl-1-10 piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV
36-{[8-ethyl-5,8-dihydro-2-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5-oxopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-b-yl]carbonyloxy}-3-{[(4-methyl-I-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV
1S 36-{[1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl]carbonyloxy}-3-{[(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)imino)methyl} rifamycin SV
36-{(1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(4--methyl-I-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-pyridinyl ] carbonyloxy}-3-{ [ (4--methyl-1-20 piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV
3 6-[(1-ethyl-b-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4--methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl)carbonyloxy]-3-{((4-cyclopentyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycia SV
36-{[1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-7--methyl-4-oxo-1,8-naphthyridin-3-yl) carbonyloxy}-3-{((4-cyclopeatyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV
3 6-{(8-ethyl-5,8-dihydro-2-(4--methyl-I-piperazinyl)-5-oxopyrido(2,3-d]pyrimidin-6-yl]carbanyloxy}-3-{[(4-cyclopentyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV
3 6-{[I-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl]carbonyloxy}-3-{((4-cyclopentyl-I-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV

W O 94128002 PCTIEP94lO 1 36-{[1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-pyridinyl]carbonyloxy}-3-{[(4-cyclopentyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl] rifamycin SV
36-{jl-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(dimethylamino)-4-oxo-3-pyridinyl]carbonyloxy}-3-{[(4-cyclopentyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV
36-{[1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(dimethylamino)-5-fluoro-4-oxo-3-pyridinyljcarbonyloxy}-3-{[(4-cyclopentyl-I-piperazinyl)imino]methyl} rifamycin SV
36-{[1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5-fluoro-4-oxo-3-pyridinyl]carbonyloxy}-3-{j(4-cyclopentyl-1-piperazinyl)iminojmethyl} rifamycin SV
Z5 36-[(1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl)carbonyloxyj-2'-(diethylamino) rifamycin P
36-{[1-ethyl-I,4-dihydro-7-methyl-4-oxo-1,8-napht-hyridin-3-yl)carbonyloxy}-2'-(diethylamino) rifamycin P
36-{[g-ethyl-5,8-dihydro-2-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5-oxopyrido[2,3-djpyrimidin-6-yljcarbonyloxy}-2'-(diethylamino) rifamycin P
36-{{1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyljcarbonyloxy}-2'-(diethylamino) rifamycin P
36-{{1-ethyl-l,4-dihydro-6-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-pyridiayljcarbonyloxy}-2'-(diethylamino) rifamycin P.
The preferred pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds of formula I are the rifamycin salts formed with alkali metal or basic aminoacids; most preferred are the salts with sodium, arginine, lysine or histidine.

The present invention also provides a process for preparing the compounds of general formula I. With said process it is also possible to prepare the rifamycin a derivatives of formula I wherein R is a (C1-C8)alkyl group. Thus, only when referring to the preparation method, the meaning of R will encompass also this further group.
A1_1 the suitable rifamycins known in the art may in general be used as starting materials for producing the compounds of the present invention. .-Further chemical modifications of the above rifamycins, which allow to obtain the suitable starting material for producing the compounds of the invention', are known in the art, or can easily be carried out by the skilled man, according to the common general.
~owledge.
For instance,~US 4086225 discloses the preparation.
of 4-desoxy-imidazolo~4,5-cJ rifamycin derivatives from Rifamycin S; US 4880789 describes the preparation.of 2'-dialkylamino derivatives of 8ifamycin P.
ZO Alternatively, 36-substituted.rifamycin S or SV may be obtained according to the present process while the desired substituents are introduced in the other positions of the molecule only afterwards. This procedure is preferably followed when said further substituents would prevent the normal course of reaction er.could itself undergo unwanted chemical modifications' during. the preparation of the 36-derivatives according to xhe process of the present invention For instance the presence of the group -C8=N-x~0, wherein R1o is as defined in formula I, in position 3 would prevent the protection of positions 21 and 23 of the ri~amycin molecule (i.e. the formation of 'the cyclic-21,23-(1-methylethylidene acetal)), which protection is necessary for obtaining the starting material of the present process. Therefore, after the desired 36-derivative of rifamycia SV has been obtained as described hereinafter, it will be further reacted, ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 wo 9anaoo2 ~r~~aioiau for instance with N-methylene-t-butylamine in the presence of t-butylamine and manganese dioxide and then with a compound of formula NHy-Rlo, in order to insert at the 3- position the desired substituent of formula -CH=N-R10, According to the common general knowledge, the skilled man will decide whether introduce such further substituents before or after the process of the present invention, depending on the specific characteristics of the desired substituent.
The compounds of formula I may be obtained by reacting the corresponding 25-0-deacetylated rifamycin with a suitable malonic acid derivative in the presence of a condensing agent.
The deacetylation in position 25 of rifamycin, is easily achieved according to the common hydrolysis techniques known in the art; for instance, US 4188321, discloses the preparation of 25-0-Deacetylrifamycin S, or derivatives thereof, by reacting rifamycin S, or derivatives thereof, with sodium hydroxide or sodium bicarbonate, respectively.
For the process of the invention, the above rifamycin starting materials may not be reacted as such, but has to be protected on the positions 21 and 23, before reacting it. Such protection is performed according to the methods known in the art for protecting geminal hydroxy groups and results in a ciclyzation of the two oxygen atoms of the hydroxy functions in position 21 and 23. As a general procedure, it is preferred to perform the deacetylation in position 25 after the protection reaction.
For instance, 25-0-deacetylrifamycin S cyclic-21,23-(1-methylethylidene acetal~- wherein B1 is oxo and x2 is 1'VO 9dI28002 ~ PC'T/EP94/0: ;

hydrogen - may be prepared by reacting rifamycin S with acetone and anhydrous cupric sulfate or with 2,2-dimethoxypropane and sulfuric acid, and then hydrolyzing with NaOH, according to "W. Kump and H. Birchel, Helv.Chim. Acta, 1973, 56, 2323"; the preparation of 25-0-deacetyl-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S cyclic-21,23-(1-methyl-ethylidene acetal) - wherein R1 is oxo and R2 is morpholinyl - by reacting 3-(4-morpholinyl) rifamycin S
with 2,2-dimethoxypropane is anhydrous acetone and then hydrolyzing with NaOH, is described in "W. Wehrli et al., Journal of antibiotics, 1987, 40, 1733".
The protected rifamycin P may be prepared by reacting the 25-0-Deacetylrifamycin S cyclic-21,23-(1-methylethylidene acetal) with N-bromosuccinimide and 1,1-diethylthiourea in dimethylformamide, thus obtaining the corresponding 25-0-Deacetylrifamycin P cyclic-21,23-(1-methyl-ethylidene acetal).
The process of the present invention therefore comprises:
a) reacting a compound of general formula II
H~
I

WO ya/28002 PCTBP941014.
wherein R1 and R2 have the same meanings as is formula I, with the proviso that RZ is not a group of formula:
-CH=N-R10~
with a malonic acid derivative of formula III:
COON
R--CH
'COON
wherein R is as above defined, in the presence of a 10 condensing agent;
b) removing the protecting group in positions 21 and 23 by means of an acidic cleavage of the acetonidic moiety;
c) contacting the deprotected compound with a cuprous salt or oxide or a mixture thereof in the presence of an inert organic solvent.
According to the first step of the above process one of the two malonic carboxylic moieties reacts with the hydroxy moiety in position 25 of the compound of formula II, thus forming an ester moiety in such position. The second carboa atom of this moiety is conventionally numbered as C36.
This reaction is generally conducted in the presence of an inert organic solvent which do not unfavorably interfere with the reaction course and is capable of at least partially solubilizing the antibiotic material.
Said inert orgaaic solvents are those commonly used in the art and comprise alkylamides, alkylnitriles, saturated linear or cyclic ethers, glycol ethers, phosphoramides, sulfoxides, chlorinated solvents or mixtures thereof.

w~ 9ansooZ pcT~~a~o~ z Preferred inert organic solvents are:
dimethylformamide, acetonitrile, dimethoxyethane, tetrahydrofuran (THF), hexamethyl-phosphoramide, dimethylsulfoxide, chloroform and dichloroethane or mixtures thereof; most preferred is tetrahydrofuran.
The condensing agent may be any substance commonly used in the art for the esterification reactions selected from carboxydiimides, dialkylaminopyridines, carbonylimidazoles, triphenilphosphine in carbon tetrachloride, substituted dithiocarbonates and diphenylphosphorilazides. Examples of said condensating agents are: 4-dimethylaminopyridine, N,N'-carboyl-bis imidazole, S,S'-bis-1-(phenyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yI)-dithioearbonate and 1,3-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimmide (DCC).
Preferred condensing agents are carboxydiimmides derivatives, 1,3-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimunide being the most preferred one.
The above reaction is preferably conducted at temperatures from about 0°C to 35°C, while the reaction time may vary from 1 to 2 hours. More preferably, the mixture is reacted at 0°C for about I5 minutes and then for about one hour at room temperature.
The.removal of the acetonidic moiety bridging positions 21 and 23 is performed under mild acidic conditions in the presence of an inert organic solvent, as above defined. The acids commonly used for the cleavage of such moiety can be here conveniently utilized; these acids have to be in diluted form, to avoid the demolition of the substrate. Suitable acids are mineral acids (e. g. hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid) or organic sulf onic acids (e. g. p-toluensulfonic acid), the preferred one being sulfuric acid.
The reaction is conducted between 30°C and 50°C, while the reaction time may vary from 14 to 18 hours. It WO 94128002 PC'TlEP94I014:

is generally preferred to carry it out at a temperature of about 40°C for about I6 hours.
Step c of the present process permits the removal of the free carboxy moiety linked to the C36, for obtaining the corresponding compound of general formula 1.
For the decarboxylation reaction any salt or oxide or a mixture thereof containing the cuprous ion can be employed. Examples of these compounds are: Cu20, Cu2S, CuCl, CuBr and CuyS04, most preferred being cuprous oxide.
Although all the cuprous compounds work well as decarboxylating agents, the use of CuCl or CuBr should be avoided when the malonic acid substrate is substituted with a bromine or chlorine atom respectively, because of a possible ion exchange side reaction. Of course, this problem arises only if the product has to be obtained in a pure form, while if a mixture of halogenated derivatives is desired, the use of CuCl or CuBr in this specific case is also possible.
The inert organic solvent to be used should be capable of at least partially solubilizing the antibiotic material and should not unfavorably interfere with the reaction course. The skilled man would be able to choose the most appropriate solvent among those commonly used in the art. Suitable solvents are those previously listed and, among those, the preferred solvent for this reaction is acetonitrile.
The reaction temperature is from 50°C to 75°C, preferably from 60°C to 70°C.
The reaction time may vary depending on the nature of substituent on the malonic moiety. For the most reactive compounds it is about one hour, while for the less reactive ones it raises up to 20 hours.

Wt, x/28002 PCT/EP94101 Although with the above described process it is possible to directly obtain the new rifamycin derivatives of the invention, some of these compounds are preferably obtained according to an alternative procedure, which comprises contacting a 36-halo rifamycin derivative obtained according to the above process with an appropriate reactant, in order to insert the desired substituent R in the position 3b:
With this alternative procedure it is therefore not necessary to prepare the specific substituted malonic acid derivative of formula III according to each meaning of R, but starting from halo-malonic acid most of the compounds of the invention are easily obtainable.
This procedure is particularly suitable when the desired substituent R in the position 36 of rifamycin is hydroxy, iodo, (C1-C4)acyloxy, (C1-Cr,)alkylamino, di(CI-C4)alkylamino or a group of fonaula:

2 0 Rs COO-I

Such further reactions for preparing these new rifamycin derivatives are all subsequent to the previous steps a to c described above and may be either alternative or subsequent one to each other; these further steps are illustrated hereinafter for each kind of substituent.
When R is iodo, the 36-chloro or 36-bromo rifamycin derivative obtained according to steps a to c of the WO 94128002 PCT/EP94/0~

above process, is contacted with an acetonic solution of an alkali metal iodide.
The halogen ion exchange reaction for obtaining the 36-iodo rifamycin derivatives is easily accomplished by contacting the corresponding 36-halo rifamycin derivative with a metal alkali iodide, preferably sodium iodide, in the presence of acetone, as commonly known in the art.
Such reaction is generally conducted at room temperature for about 3 to 5 hours.
When R is (C1-C4)acyloxy, the 36-chloro, -bromo or -iodo rifamycin derivative obtained as above described, is contacted with a (C1-C4)acylate salt, in the presence of sn inert organic solvent.
The (C1-C4)acylate salt is preferably an alkali metal, most preferred is potassium, or a silver salt, while the inert organic solvent is selected among those listed above, preferably being anhydrous dimethylformamide.
The reaction is generally conducted at room temperature for about 16 to 26 hours.
When R is (C1-C4)alkylamino or (C1-Cr,)dialkylamino the 36-chloro, -bromo or -iodo rifamycin derivative obtained as above described, is contacted with the correspondent alkyl or dialkylamine in the presence of an inert organic solvent.
The inert organic solvent is preferably tetrahydrofuran and the reaction is generally conducted at room temperature for about 2 to 6 hours.
When R is hydroxy, the 36-formyloxy rifamycin derivative obtained as above described, is hydrolized uader basic conditions.

WO 94128002 PCT/EP9aI01 The hydrolisis is conducted in an hydroalcoholic solution under mild basic conditions, at room temperature, for about 10 to 16 hours. Preferably, the reaction is performed with potassium bicarbonate in a 5 water/methanol mixture (rate from 1-2 to 1=3 v/v).
Finally, when R is a group of formula O
Rs COO' R° N

the 36-chloro, -bromo or -iodo rifamycin derivative obtained as above described is contacted with a salt of a 4-oxo-3-pyridinyl carboxylic acid derivative of general formula IV
O

wherein R3~ R4 and RS are as defined in formula I, in the presence of an inert organic solvent.
Preferably a litium, sodium, potassium or silver salt of the 4-oxo-3-pyridinyl carboxylic acid derivative is employed.
The 4-oxo-3-pyridinyl carboxylic acid derivatives, may be commercially available compounds such as Pefloxacia~, Nalidixic acid or N-methyl-pipemidic acid, ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94!28002 PCTIEP941014~

known compounds such as those described in US 5075319, or new compounds derived from the compounds of general formula Va or Vb:

COOY
COOP
Halo N Va Halo N~ Vb H
wherein Hal represents chloro or bramo and Y is ZO hydrogen or lower alkyl. The compounds of formula IVa and IVb may be prepared by saponification of the corresponding 4,6-di-halo-nicotinic acid or lower alkyl 4,6-di-halo-nicotinate, as disclosed in Israeli Patent 44327/2.
The compounds of formula Va are preferably reacted first with an alkylating agent, so to obtain the corresponding N-(C1-Cr,)alkyl or N-(C3-G6)cycloalkyl derivatives; afterwards this N-alkylated compound is reacted with a suitable amine in order to substitute the halogen with the desired moiety of formula -NR6R~, wherein R6 and R~ are as defined in formula I.
For instance, suitable starting materials for the process of the present invention may be prepared by reacting a N-alkyl derivative of a compound of general formula IVa with N-methylpiperazine.
The novel compounds of general formula VI

COOY
R~
'N N vi wherein Y is hydrogen or (CI-C4)alkyl and R3, R6 and R~
have the same meanings as in formula I, also fall within the scope of the present invention.
The inert organic solvent that may be used in the present process should be capable of at least partially solubilizing the antibiotic material and should not unfavourably interfere with the reaction course. The skilled man would be able to choose the most appropriate solvent among those commonly used in the art, partcularly in view of the teachings of the present disclosure. Suitable solvents are those listed before when dealing with reaction of the malonic acid derivative with rifamycin. Particularly preferred is dimethylformamide.
The reaction is conducted generally at a temperature between 15°C and 40°C.
The reaction time may vary from 10 to 24 hours.
Preferably, the salt of the compond of formula IV is first added to the inert organic solvent and stirred at room temperature for about 30 minutes, optionally in the presence of an activated molecular sieve, such as Union 2S Carbide type 4~ (FLUKA); afterwards, the suitable 36-chloro, -bromo or -iodo rifamycin derivative is added to the solution and the mixture is stirred for from 14 to 20 hours at room temperature.
Preferred 36-halo rif amycin derivatives which may be employed for the present process are the 36-iodo derivatives, whilst preferred carboxylic acid salt is potassium salt.

WO 94128002 PCTIEP9d/014 Separation and purification of the reaction products obtained according to the various steps of the present process is made according to the known per se techniques.
The separation of the reaction products is preferably accomplished by means of extraction with water-imaniscible organic solvents or by adding non-solvents.
The term "water-immiscible solvent" as used in this application, is intended to have the meaning currently given in the art to this term and refers to solvents that at the conditions of use are slightly miscible or practically immiscible with water in a reasonably wide concentration range, suitable for the intended use.
Examples of water-immiscible organic solvents that can be used in the extraction o~ the antibiotic substances of the invention from an aqueous phase are:
the usual hydrocarbon solvents which may be linear, branched or cyclic such as hexane or cyclohexane;
halogenated hydrocarbons such as chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane, dichloroethane, f luorobromoethaae, dibromoethane, trichloropropane, chlorotrifluorooctane and the like; aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, xylene and the like; esters of at least four carbon atoms, such as ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, and the like; alkanols of at least four carbon atoms which may 3~ be linear, branched or cyclic such as butanol, 1-pentanol, 2-pentanol, 3-pentanol, 1-hexanol, 2-hexanol, 3-hexanol, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butanol, 4--methyl-1-pentanol;
3-methyl-1-pentanol, 2,2-dimethyl-3-pentanol, 2,4-dimethyl-3-pentanol, 4,4-dimethyl-2-pentanol, S--methyl-2-hexanol, 1-heptanol, 2-heptanol, S-methyl-1-hexanol, W (r ~4I28002 PCT/EP94/01 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, 2-methyl-3-hexanol, 1-octanol, 2-octanol, cyclopentanol, 2-cyclopentylethanol, 3-cyclopentyl-1-propanol, cyclohexanol, cycloheptanol~
cyclooctanol, 2,3-dimethylcyclohexanol, 4-ethylcyclohexanol, cyclooctylmethanol, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-ol, 1-nonanol, 2-nonanol, 1-decanol, 2-decanol and 3-decanol; straight or branched alkyl ethers and mixture thereof such as petroleum ethers ethyl ether, propyl ether, butyl ether, etc; and mixtures or functional derivatives thereof; the preferred one being ethyl acetate.
Examples of precipitating agents are petroleum ether and lower alkyl ethers, such as ethyl ethers propyl ether and butyl ether; the preferred ane being petroleum ether.
Purification of the reaction products may be obtained by precipitation with non-solvents or by chromatographic techniques.
Precipitating agents suitable for purification are those listed above.
The chromatographic techniques suitable for purifying the reaction products of the present process are those commonly known in the art and comprise partition chromatography, reverse-phase partition chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography flash chromatography, affinity chromatography, HPLC techniques and the like. the preferred one being flash chromatography. Preferably the purification of the residue is accomplished by means of flash-chromatography; particulary preferred as stationary phase is silica gels while preferred eluent is methanol in dichloroethane.

~

WO 94128002 PCT/EP94Ift__ .8 The antimicrobial activity of the compounds of the present invention was demonstrated by a series of standard inuitrotests.

The minimal inhibitory concentration~(~IC) for the microorganisms was determined by broth microdilution methodology. Inocula were approximately 104 colony-forming units per ml (CFU/ml), except for Bacteroides 10 fra~ilis, Clostridium_perfrin~ens and Propionibacterium aches (105 CFU/ml).
Incubation was at 37°C. Neisseria t~onorrhoeae and Haemophilus influenzae were incubated in 5X carbon dioxide in air; C. perfrin~ens, P. aches and B. fraeilis 15 in nitrogen-carbon dioxide-hydrogen (80:10:10); other organisms in air. Incubation times were 48 hours for N. aonorrhoeae, H. influenzae, P. aches and B. fraeilis;
20-24 hours for other organisms.
The growth media were: Iso-Sensitest broth (Oxoid) 20 for staphylococci, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Proteus vu h~aris, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeru~inosa; Todd Hewitt broth (Difco) for streptococci; GC Base broth (Difco) + lx (v/v) IsoVitaleX (BBL) for N. eonorrhoeae; Brain Heart 25 Infusion broth (Difco) + lx (v/v) Supplement C (Difco) for H. influenzae; Wilkins-Chalgren broth (Difco) for C.
perfrin~ens, P. aches and H. fraf~ilis.
The following table I reports the antimicrobial 3Q activity of representative compounds of the invention.

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Compounds C22, C24, C25 arid C30 have also been tested on various clinical isolates of rifampicin resistant strains of S. aureus, showing in the most of cases a MIC of from 0.125 to 2 pg/ml.
Compound C30 has further been tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium, according to the following methodology:
M. tuberculosis was grown for 2-3 weeks on Lowenstein-Jensen medium (Sclavo) and M. avium on 7H10 agar (Difco) for 2 weeks. The cultures were suspended in 7H9 broth (Difco), diluted in Becton Dickinson diluting fluid, and inoculated into Bactec 12B vials (Becton Dickinson).
The inocula for control vials (without the compound to be tested) were 102-103 cfu/ml; vials with compound C30 were inoculated with 100 times this number of cells. The vials were incubated at 37°C and read daily in a Bactec 460 machine.
M. tuberculosis was considered sensitive to a given concentration of antibiotic if the difference between growth indexes on successive days in the vial was less than that of the control. M. avium was considered sensitive to a given antibiotic concentration if the growth index was less than that of the control.
The inhibitory concentration of compound C30 was found to be less than 0.2 against both the strains.
Some compounds of the invention were also tested in experimental septicemia in mice infected with Staphylococcus aureus Smith (Int. code L 819).
For this purpose, groups of five mice were infected intraperitoneally with about 1 x I06 CFU of S. aureus Smith suspended in 0.5 ml of Difco bacteriological mucin.

wo 9aizsoo2 pcT~~a~oi Untreated animals died within 48 hours.
The other animals were treated once immediately after infection. On the 7th day the value of ED50 (expressed in mg/kg) was calculated by the method of S Spearman-Karber (Finney, D.J., Statistical method in biological assay, page 254, C. Griffin Ltd., London, 1952), on the basis of the percentage of animals surviving at each dose.
The results are reported in the following table II:
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C30 ~ .6 0.72 SC=Subcutaneous; fV=Intravenous; n.t.=not tested As shown in table II, when the compounds of the invention are administered by subcutaneous or 25 intravenous routes, a good activity is observed in general. The activities of the above compounds were however negligible when administered orally.
In view of their properties the compounds of the 30 invention can be used as active ingredients in the preparation of medicaments for human or animal treatment.
In particular, the antibiotic compounds of general formula I are antimicrobial agents mainly active against ~

W(r 94/28002 PCT/EP94/O1 gram positive bacteria, and fastidious gram negative bacteria.
Furthermore, the compounds of the invention show a considerable antimicrobial activity against those strain which have developed resistance to rifampicin.
The main therapeutic indication of the antibiotic substances of the invention is thus in the treatment of infections related to the presence of a microorganism susceptible to it.
The term "treatment" is intended to encompass also prophylaxis, therapy and cure.
The patient receiving this treatment is any animal in need, including primates, in particular humans, and other mammals such as equines, cattle, swine and sheep;
and poultry and pets in general.
The compounds of the invention can be administered as such or in admixture with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and can also be administered in conjunction with other antimicrobial agents generally employed in the art along with rifamycin antibiotics. Conjunctive therapy, thus includes sequential, simultaneous or separate administration of the active compound in a way that the therapeutical effects of the first administered one has not entirely disappeared when the subsequent one is administered.
The amount of active substance in the finished dosage form is related to a certain extent to the minimal inhibitory concentration of active substance against the infection causative agents and its particular type of formulation.
The dosage may obviously be adjusted according to the severity of the infection, the type, age and V'O 94128001 PCTIEP9410.' conditions of the patient, the formulation selected for the administration, the administration schedule, etc.
Experimental tests for determining the sensitivity of the microorganisms isolated from the patient may also offer useful indication to select the appropriate dosage.
In general, effective antimicrobial dosages are employed per single unit dosage form.
Repeated administrations, e.g. from 2 to 6 times a day, are in general preferred. An effective dosage may be in general in the range 0.5-100 mg/kg body weight/day, preferably 5-50 mg/kg body weight/day.
Anyway, the prescribing physician will be able to determine the optimal dosage for a given patient in a given situation.
The antibiotic compounds of the invention may be administered by parenteral (intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous, etc.) or oral route; the nature of the compound will determine the specific route of administration that may be employed. When the compound is not inactivated and is absorbed from the gastro-intestinal tract, the oral route is generally preferred;
otherwise, and also in the case of the unconscious or uncooperative state of the patients parenteral administration of the active substance may conveniently be employed.
For oral administration the compounds of the invention can be formulated into solid or liquid preparations such as capsules, pills, tablets, troches, powder, solutions, suspensions or emulsions.
For instance, the solid unit dosage form can be a capsule of the ordinary gelatin type containing lubricants and inert filler, such as lactose, sucrose ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94128002 PCT/EP94101a..,~

and cornstarch. In another embodiment, the compounds of general formula I can be tableted with conventional tablet bases such as lactose, sucrose and cornstarch in combination with binders, such as acacia, cornstarch or gelatin, disintegrating agents such as potato starch or alginic acid and a lubricant such as stearic acid or magnesium stearate.
A unit dosage for oral administration may contain, for instance, from 50 to 700 mg of the active ingredient, preferably about 150 to 500 mg of the active ingredient.
For parenteral administration the compounds of the invention may be formulated into suitable injectable preparations containing a liquid vehicle. Such vehicle normally has no therapeutic effect and should not be toxic. Examples of suitable vehicles for preparing injectable dosage forms of the compounds of the invention_are water, aqueous vehicles (e. g. Sodium chloride injections, Dextrose injections, etc.), water miscible solvents (e. g. ethyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, etc.) and non-aqueous vehicles (e. g. "fixed oils" such as corn oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil and sesame oil). Optionally, the injectable preparation may further contain buffers for stabilizing the solution (e. g. citrates, acetates and phosphates) and/or antioxidants (e. g. ascorbic acid or sodiu~
bisulfite).
Also in the case of parenteral administration of the compounds of the invention, the nature of the product will determine the specific route of administration (e. g. intramuscular, intravenous or subcutaneous) that may be employed. Conversely, the desired route of administration will place requirements on the formulation. For example, suspensions would not be WO 94128002 ~ PCTBP9410Z

administered directly in the blood stream because of the danger of insoluble particles blocking capillaries, whilst solutions to be administered subcutaneously would require strict attention to tonicity adjustment, otherwise irritation of the nerve endings in the anatomical area would give rise to pronounced pain.
Useful indications for the preparations of suitable parenteral and oral dosage forms can be found in:
ZO Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 17th Edition, 1985 (Mack Publishing Company, Easton, Pennsylvania).
Besides their use as medicaments in human and veterinary therapy, the compounds of the invention may also be used as animal growth promoters.
For this purpose, a compound of the invention is administered orally in a suitable feed. The exact concentration employed will reflect the amount of active agent needed for a growth promotant effect and the amount of feed normally consumed.
The addition of the active compound of the invention to animal feed is preferably accomplished by preparing an appropriate feed premix containing the active compound in an efficacious amount and incorporating the premix into the complete ration. Alternatively, an intermediate concentrate or feed supplement containing the active ingredient can be blended into the feed.
The way in which such feed premixes and complete 3o rations can be prepared and administered, are described in reference books (such as "Applied Animal Nutrition", W.H. Freedman and CO., S. Francisco, USA, 1969 or "Livestock Feeds and Feeding", 0 and B books, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 1977).

44a The invention also provides a commercial package comprising a compound or composition of the invention and associated therewith instructions for the use thereof for treating an infection related to the presence of a microorganism susceptible to a compound of the invention.

For better illustrate the present invention examples of synthesis of compounds of general formula I
are given hereinafter.
For the sake of clarity, the preparation of the 5 starting material, of the intermediates and of the compounds of formula I has been so divided:
- Preparations A to G refer to the preparation of the ,.. ..
starting materials (the compounds obtained are marked ,' with letter P, i.e. P1 to P7);
10 - Examples A to I refer to the preparation of .,..
intermediate compounds (the compounds obtained are .,., marked with letter E, i.e. E1 to E9); , ,1 ,.:
- Examples 1 to 30 refer to the preparation of the compounds of formula I, and also of those compounds wherein R
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1 f 1 1 letter C, i.e. C1 to C30). ~ 1:1 In the following examples, the reaction is ~"~ ' , followed by means of TLC plates (silica-gel 60 F254 pre- ,.
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20 purification of the products obtained by flash-chromatography is performed on silica gel (32-63, 60 .~;
ICN Biomedicals GmbH), with methanol in dichloromethane ,_ as the eluent.
25 pr~aration A: 25-0-Desacetyl-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S cyclic-21,23-(1-methylethylidene acetal) (Compound P1) a) A mixture of rifamycin S (15 g), morpholine 30 (40 mI) and dioxane (40 ml) is stirred 2 hours at room temperature. The mixture is cooled in icy water and 5N
hydrochloric acid (45 ml) is added. Extraction with ethyl acetate (2 x 100 ml) and evaporation of the solvent give an oily residue which is dissolved in 35 chloroform (100 ml) and stirred 2 hours with a 25X
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'~~'C~ 94128002 PCT/EP94/014 solution of potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) in water (100 ml). The organic phase is separated, washed with water, dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 2X
methanol in dichloromethane gives pure 3-(4-morpholinyl) rifamycin S, of which, after crystallization from ethyl ether/ petroleum ether, 13.8 g are obtained;
m.p. 180-185°C (dec).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 5:95): black spot, to Rf 0.39.
b) Two drops of concentrated sulfuric acid are added to a mixture of 3-(4-ymorpholinyl) rifamycin S
(11 g), 2,2-dimethoxypropane (11 ml) and dry acetone (120 ml). The reaction mixture is stirred 45 minutes at room temperature. Anhydrous sodium carbonate (1 g) is added and stirring continued for 5 min. The solution is filtered and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 1X
methanol in dichloromethane affords 7.3 g of pure 3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S cyclic-21,23-(1-methylethylidene acetal) which is dissolved in a cold solution of 5X NaOH
in methanol (100 ml). The resulting mixture is stirred 18 hours at room temperature then diluted with icy water (100 ml), acidified (about pH 4) with citric acid and extracted with dichloromethane (3 x 100 ml). The combined extracts are dried and evaporated to dryness.
The residue, by crystallization from ethyl ether/petroleum ether, gives the pure title compound (6.4 g) m.p. 171-174°C (dec).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 5:95): black spot, Rf 0.33.
Analysis for Ct,2H54N2C12~ ~ = 778.904 Calculated C 64.76 H 6.99 N 3.59 Found C 64.57 H 7.01 N 3.39 ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 w':~ 94128001 PCT/EP94101d.

Preparation B: 25-0-Desacetylrifamycin S cyclic-21,23-(1-methylethylidene acetal) (Compound P2) The title compound is prepared as described by W. Kump and H. Birchel; Helv. Chim. Acta, 1973, 56, 2323.
Preyaration C: 25-0-Deacetyl-2'-(diethylamino)rifamycin P cyclic-21,23-(1-methylethylidene acetal) (Compound P3) N-Bromosuccinimide (2.2 g) in dimethylformamide (5 ml) is slowly dropped into a cold (5°C) solution of Compound P2 (7.7 g) and triethylamine (1.25 g) in dimethylformamide (25 ml). The reaction mixture is stirred for 3 hours at room temperature, then 1,1-diethylthiourea (1.8 g) in dimethylformamide (4 ml) is added. Stirring is continued for 1.5 h, then ascorbic acid (2.6 g1 in water (5 ml) is added. The mixture is allowed to rest overnight and then is poured into water (300 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 100 ml).
The organic extracts are combined, washed with brine (200 ml), dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 1.8x methanol in dichloromethane gives the pure title compound (6.5 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): orange spot, Rf 0.54.
Analysis for C43H57N3010S, MW = 808.031 Calculated C 63.92 H 7.11 N 5.20 Found C 63.59 H 7.26 N 5.06 WO 94128002 PCTIEP94101~

Preparation D: 1-Ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid dihydrochloride (Compound P4) a) ethyl 4,6-dichloronicotinate (17 g) is boiled for 4 hours with 24X sulfuric acid (400 ml). The white crystals that separate are filtered from the boiling solution and 4-chloro-6-hydroxynicotinic acid (6 g, m.p.
299-300°C) is obtained; the acidic solution is left overnight in the refrigerator. The crystallized solid is collected by filtration and dried under vacuum, thus obtaining 6-chloro-4-hydroxynicotinic acid (4.6 g) m.p.
231-233°C
b) A mixture of 6-chloro-4-hydroxynicotinic acid (4 g), absolute ethanol (120 ml), toluene (b0 ml) and sulfuric acid (13 ml) is gently refluxed for 8 hours.
After cooling the solvent is distilled off and the residue treated with icy water (100 ml). The solution is neutralized with a concentrated solution of Na2COg and then extracted with dichloromethane (3 x 100 ml). The combined extracts are dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The residue is dissolved in boiling ethyl ether (10 ml) then petroleum ether is added (10 ml); on cooling, ethyl 6-chloro-4-hydroxy-nicotinate (3.8 g) mp 59-61°C.
c) A mixture of ethyl 6-chloro-4-hydroxynicotinate (3.7 g), powdered potassium carbonate (3.7 g), iodoethane (S ml) and dimethylformamide (50 ml) is well stirred for 7 hours at 90°C. After cooling, the reaction mixture is filtered and the solvent evaporated off. The residue is treated with icy water (30 ml) and extracted with dichloromethane (2 x 30 ml). The combined extract are dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue is ~~O 94128002 PCTBP94/0.
. 49 boiled 90 minutes with 1N sodium hydroxide (18 ml).
After cooling the solution is extracted with diethyl ether (30 ml), that is discharged. The alkaline solution is concentrated to small volume, cooled and acidified to pH 4 with 1 N hydrochloric acid. The white material that precipitates is collected and crystallized from ethanol to give 6-chloro-1,4-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-oxo-3-pyridine-carboxylic acid (3 g) m.p. 155-57°C.
d) 6-chloro-1,4-dihydro-1-ethyl-4-oxo-3-pyridine-carboxylic acid (I.8 g) and N-~methylpiperazine (5 ml) are stirred S hours at 130°C. The excess of amine is distilled off and the residue dissolved in 1M
hydrochloric acid (10 ml). The acidic solution is evaporated to dryness and the residue crystallized from ethanol (4 ml). The alcoholic solution is kept overnight in the refrigerator, thus obtaining the title compound (1.1 g), m.p. 224-226°C.
Analysis for C~3H~gN303.2HC1 MW = 338.236 Calculated N 12.42 C1 20.96 Found N 11.97 C1 20.80 Preparation E: 1-Cyclopropyl-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-Pyridinyl)-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinoline carboxylic acid (Compound PS) a) Acetyl chloride (17 ml) is slowly dropped into a stirred mixture of 1-bromo-2,5-difluorobenzene (30 g) and aluminium trichloride (53 g) heated at 60°C and kept under argon. The reaction mixture is then stirred 90 minutes at 95°C. The mixture is cooled at 40°C and carefully poured into crushed ice (400 g) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (35 ml). The resulting mixture is stirred a few minutes and then extracted with ethyl ether (2 x 250 ml). The ethereal solution is ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 ~L'0 94I28G02 PCT/EP94/01 washed to neutral with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and the solvent is evaporated. The distillation of the oily residue gives 4'-bromo-2',5'-difluoroacetophenone (21.2 g) b.p.(0.05 mm) = 60°C
b) Sodium hydride (7.1 g, 55X in mineral oil) is added in small portions to a well stirred solution of 4'-bromo-2',5'-difluoroacetophenone (20.8 g) in diethylcarbonate cooled at 5°C. The resulting mixture is stirred 10 minutes at 5°C and 90 minutes at 80°C. After 10 cooling the reaction mixture is poured into crushed ice (800 g) and acetic acid (35 ml), then extracted with ethyl ether (3 x 200 ml). The combined extracts are washed to neutral with brine dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by ~5 column chromatography containing 450 g of silica-gel (silica gel 60, particle size 0.063-0.200 mm Merck).
Elution with 18X ethyl acetate in petroleum ether allows the separation of the less polar compound that, after crystallization from n-hexane gives ethyl 4-bromo-2,6-20 difluorobenzoylacetate (5.6 g) m.p. 49-52°C.
c) Dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (2.4 ml) is slowly dropped into a stirred solution of ethyl 4-bromo-2,6-difluorobenzoylacetate (5.4 g) in dry 25 t~trahydrofuran (15 ml). Stirring is continued overnight at room temperature, then the solvent is evaporated. The reddish oily residue is dissolved in dry tetrahydrofuran (22 ml) and cooled to 0°C; cyclopropylamine (1.3 ml) is added and the resulting solution stirred 1 hour at 0°C.
30 The solvent is evaporated under vacuum at room temperature. The residue, dissolved in dimethylformamide (25 ml), is stirred 1 hour at 100°C with anhydrous potassium carbonate (4.5 g). After cooling the solution is filtered and evaporated to dryness. The residue is 35 triturated with water, collected and recrystallized from i~'O 94128002 PCT/EP94/01a28 SI
ethanol to give ethyl 7-bromo-1-cyclopropyl-b-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylate (3.2 g), m.p.
251-z53°c.
d) A mixture of 2,6-lutidine-N-oxide hydrochloride (48 g) and phosphorus oxychloride (110 ml) is heated 6.5 hours at reflux. After cooling the reaction mixture is carefully poured into crushed ice (1 kg). While the temperature is maintained below 15°C, concentrated ammonium hydroxide is added up to reach pH 8. The product that separates is extracted with ethyl ether (2 x 500 ml) which is dried and distilled off. The residue is dissolved in ethanol (400 ml) and boiled 3 hours with triethylamine (ZO ml). After cooling, the solution is evaporated to dryness, treated with water (200 ml) and extracted with ethyl ether (4 x 150 ml).
The combined extracts are dried and the solvent evaporated. The residue after distillation gives .
4-chloro-2,6-dimethyl pyridine (25 g), b.p.(15 mm) 67-69°C. To a mixture of sodium (IO g, 30x dispersion in toluene) in anhydrous dimethyoxyethane (40 ml) cooled in an ice-bath and kept under argon, trimethyltin chloride (12.1 g) in dimethoxymethane (6 ml) is added over a one hour period while keeping the temperature at 0°C. The mixture is stirred 2.5 hours at 0°C; then 4-chloro-2,6-dimethylpyridine (7 g) in dimethoxyethane is slowly dropped into. Stirring is continued for an additional hour then the reaction mixture is allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture is diluted with ethyl ehter (100 ml) and filtered. The solvent is evaporated, the residue dissolved in ethyl ether (100 ml) and filtered again.
After evaporation of the solvent the residue is distilled giving 2,6-dimethyl-4-(trimethyl-stannyl)pyridine (8.8 g), b.p.~i5 ~) = 130-140°C.

' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94.l1$OQ2 pCT/EP94/O1 e) 2,6-dimethyl-4-(trimethylstannyl)pyridine (2.6 g) in dioxane (6 ml) is slowly dropped into a stirred mixture of ethyl 7-bromo-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylate (3.1 g), dioxane (55 ml) and hexamethylenphosphoramide (2.6 ml) kept under argon. To the stirred mixture, dichlorobis (triphenylphosphine) palladium (0.4 g) is added. The reaction mixture is heated under reflux for 24 hours.
After cooling it is poured in water (200 ml) and repeatedly extracted with dichloromethane. The organic extracts are dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue, after trituration with ethyl ether, gives ethyl 1-cyclopropyl-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylate (2.4 g) m.p. 196-199oC.
f) A suspension of ethyl 1-cyclopropyl-7-(2,6-dimethyl-~+-pyridinyl)-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylate (2.3 g) in 1.5x NaOH (50 ml)~is heated 2.5 h at reflux. The solution is decolorized with charcoal (1 g) filtered, cooled in an ice-bath and acidified with acetic acid. The separated solid is collected by filtration and crystallized from ethanol/chloroform to give the title compound (1.66 g) m~P~ 300-303°C.
Preuaration F: Potassium salt of 1-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(4-'methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid ( Compound P6 ) The potassium salt of compound P4 is prepared by adding 1N potassium hydroxide (6 ml) to the free acid dihydrochloride (676 mg - 2mmo1) dissolved in water (5 ml). The aqueous solution is evaporated to dryness and the residue treated with boiling ethanol (20 ml). The WO 94/28002 PCT/EP94/0~ .~t3 insoluble material (KCI) is filtered and the alcoholic solution re-evaporated to dryness. The solid residue is triturated with diethyl ether, collected by filtration and dried over phosphorous pentoxide under vacuum giving the desired potassium salt (575 mg).
Preparation G: Potassium salt of 1-Cyclopropyl-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinoline carboxylic acid (Compound P7) The potassium salt of compound PS is prepared by adding 1N potassium hydroxide (2 ml) to the free acid (705 mg - 2mmo1) dissolved in ethanol (10 ml). The resulting solution is evaporated to dryness and the solid residue is triturated with a 1:1 mixture of diethyl ether/ethanol, collected by filtration and dried over phosphorous pentoxide under vacuum giving the desired potassium salt (672 mg).
Example A: 36-Bromo-36-carboxyrifamycin S (Compound E1) a) 1,3-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (950 mg, 4.6 mmol) dissolved in dry tetrahydrofuran (2 ml) is slowly dropped into a stirred mixture of compound P2 (940 mg, 1.4 mmol), bromomalonic acid (840 mg, 4.6 mmol) and dry tetrahydrofuran (15 ml) cooled at 0°C. The reaction mixture is stirred 15 minutes at 0°C, then 1 hour at room temperature. The dicyclohexylurea that forms is filtered off and the solution evaporated to dryness. The wily residue is dissolved in ethyl acetate (20 ml) and washed with water (2 x 20 ml). After drying over sodium sulfate, the solvent is evaporated and the residue purified by flash-chromatography. Elution with 4X
methanol in dichloromethane gives pure (36-Bromo-36-' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WU 94128002 PCTIEPg4lp, j carboxy)rifamycin S cyclic-21,23-(1-methylethylidene acetal) (680 mg).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): Rf 0.34 b) A mixture of the above obtained compound (680 mg), tetrahydrofuran ($ ml) and 3X sulfuric acid (3 ml) is stirred at 40°C for 16 hours. After cooling, the reaction mixture is poured into water (20 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2 x 20 ml). The organic extracts are washed with brine to neutral, then dried and concentrated to a small volume. Dilution with petroleum ether gives a brownish precipitate which is collected and dried under vacuum yielding the title compound (490 mg).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): Rf 0.27 Analys i s f or C3gH44BrN0I4, MW = 818. 682 Calculated C 55.75 H 5.41 N 1.85 Br 9.76 Found C 55.85 H 5.60 N 1.70 Br 8.98 Example B: 36-Carboxy-36-fluororifamycin S (Compound E2) By following the procedure of Example A, but starting from Compound P2 (0.7 g) and fluoromalonic acid, the title compound is obtained (0.22 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): Rf p.20 Analysis for C3gH44FN014, MW = 757.771 Calculated C 60.23 H 5.85 N 1.71 Found C 60.00 H 5.94 N 1.70 WO 94128002 PCTIEP94/0~ .~d SS
Example C: 36-Carboxy-36-chlarorifamycin S (Compound E3) By following the procedure of Example A, but starting from P2 (9.6 g) and chloromalonic acid, the title compound is obtained (9.3 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 2:$): Rf 0.45 Analysis for C3gH4t,CINOlt" MW = 774.226 Calculated C 58.95 H 5.73 H 1.81 C1 4.58 Found C 58.49 H 5.61 N 1.73 C1 4.B0 Example D: 36-Carboxy-36-methylthiorifamycin S
(Compound E4) By following the procedure of Example A, but starting from Compound P2 (0.96 g) and methylthiomalonic acid, the title compound is obtained (0.47 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 2:$): Rf 0.39 Analysis for C39H47N014S, I~iW = 785.873 Calculated C 59.61 H 6.03 N 1.78 S 4.08 Found C 59.14 H 6.10 N 1.7b S 3.70 Example E: 36-Carboxy-36-ethylrifamycin S (Compound E5) By following the procedure of Example A, but starting from Compound P2 (0.96 g) and ethylmalonic acid, the title compound is obtained (0.40 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): Rf 0.34 Analysis for C4pH49N014, MW = 767.836 Calculated C 61.01 H 6.43 N 1.82 Found C 60.58 H 6.50 N 1.79 ~

WO 9dI28002 PCT/EP94I0 j Example F: 36-Carboxy-36-butylrifamycin S (Compound E6) By following the procedure of Example A, but starting from Compound P2 (0.96 g) and butylmalonic acid, the title compound is obtained (0.4 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.51 Analysis for C42H53N014, MW = 795.889 Calculated for C 63.38 H 6.71 N 1.76 Found C 62.96 H 6.75 N 1.70 Example G: 36-Carboxy-36-octylrifamycin S (Compound E7) By following the procedure of Example A, but starting from Compound P2 (0.96 g) and octylmalonic acid, the title compound is obtained (0.66 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.55 Analysis for C46R61N014~ MW = 851.998 Calculated C 64.85 H 7.22 N 1.64 Found C 64.47 H 7.30 N 1.62 Example H: 36-Bromo-36-carboxy-3-(4-snorpholinyl)-rifamycin S (Compound E8).
By following the procedure of Example A, but starting from Compound P1 (32 g) and bromomalonic acid, the title compound is obtained (26 g).
TLC (methanol:dichlaromethane, 2:8): Rf 0.43 Analysis for C42H51BrN2015~ ~"~ = 903.787 Calculated C 55.82 H 5.69 N 3.10 Br 8.84 Found C 55.30 H 5.70 8 3.04 Br 8.46 ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94128()02 PCTIEP94/Olv_. .

Example I: 36-Hromo-36-carboxy-2'-(diethylamino)-rifamycin P (Compound E9) By following the procedure described in Example A, from Compound P3 (3.3 g) and bromomalonic acid (2.5 g), the title compound (1.4 g) is obtained.
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 25:75): orange spot Rf 0.35.
Analysis for C43H54BrN3013S, MW = 932.894 Calculated C 53.36 H 5.83 H 4.50 Br 8.61 Found C 54.01 H 5.93 N 4.61 Br 8.04 Example 1: 36-Bromorifamycin S (Compound C1) Compound E1 (3.6 g) dissolved in anhydrous acetonitrile (40 ml) is very slowly added to a well stirred suspension of cuprous (I) oxide (Cu20) (100 mg) in anhydrous acetonitrile (160 ml) heated at 60°C and kept under argon. The resulting mixture is stirred 1 hour at 60°-70°C. After cooling, it is filtered and evaporated to dryness. The residue, dissolved in ethyl acetate (40 ml), is washed with 1N hydrochloric acid (3x20 ml) and with brine to neutral. The organic phase is dried, the solvent evaporated off and the residue purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 1.2x methanol in dichloromethane allowed the isolation of the pure title compound (1.6 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.61 ~alysis for C37H44BrN012, MW = 774.673 Calculated C 57.36 H 5.73 N 1.80 Br 10.31 Found C 57.60 H 6.10 H 1.76 Br 10.24.

wo ~ansooz pcT~~an 8 Example 2: 36-Fluororifamycin S (Compound C2) By following the procedure of Example 1, but starting from Compound E2 (0.14 g) and Cu20 (0.01 g), the title compound is obtained (0.04 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.65 Analysis for C37H~,4FN012, MW = 713.763 Calculated C 62.26 H 6.21 N 1.96 Bound C 61.60 H 6.34 N 2.04 Example 3: 36-Chlororifamycin S (Compound C3) By following the procedure of Example 1, but Starting from Compound E3 (18.6 g) and Cu20 (0.48 g), the title compound is obtained (9.3 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, I:9): Af 0.68 Analysis for C37H44C1N012, MW = 730.217 Calculated C 60.86 H 6.07 N 1.92 C1 4.85 Found C 61.00 H 6.30 N 1.76 C1 4.73 Example 4: 36-Methylthiorifamycin S (Compound C4) By following the procedure of Example A, but starting from Compouad E4 (0.43 g) and Cu20 (0,03 g), the title compound is obtained (0.22 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.54 ~'alysis for C38H47N0i2S, ~ = 741.863 Calculated C 61.52 H 6.38 N 1.88 S 4.32 Found C 61.54 H 6.75 N 1.90 S 4.30 ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94/28002 PCT/EP94101.. , Example 5: 36-Ethylrifamycin S (Compound CS).
The procedure is essentially the same of Example 1 but the reaction mixture is stirred for 8 hours at the reflux. From 0.23 g of Compound ES and 0.02 g of Cu20, the pure title compound is obtained (0.038 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.52 Analysis for C3gH4gN012, MW = 723.726 Calculated C 64.72 H 6.82 N 1.93 Found C 63.98 H 6.90 N 2.13 Example 6: 36-Butylrifamycin S (Compound C6).
The procedure is as same as in Example 1 but the reaction mixture is stirred for 20 hours at reflux. From Compound E6 (0.40 g) and Cu20 (0.035 g), the title compound is obtained (0.030 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.7 Analysis for C41H53N012, ~1 = 751.879 Calculated C 65.49 H 7.10 N 1.86 Found C 65.57 H 7.40 N 2.02 - Example 7: 36-Octylrifamycin S (Compound C7).
By following the procedure of example 5, but starting from Compound E7 (0.65 g) and Cu20 (0.050 g), the title compound is obtained (0.150 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.75 Analysis for C45H61N012, 1'~1 = 807~988 Calculated C 66.89 H 7.61 N 1.73 Found C 66.56 H 7.69 N 2.01 WU 94128002 PCT/EP94lO1 Example 8: 36-Bromo-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
(Com pound C8) By following the procedure of Example 1~ but 5 starting from Compound E8 (26 g) and Cu20 (0.70 g), the title compound is obtained (11.8 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.61 Analysis for C41HS1BrN2013, MW = 859.777 10 Calculated C 57.27 H 5.99 N 3.26 Br 9.29 Found C 56.91 H 6.03 N 3.07 Br 8.81 Example 9: 36-Bromo-2'-(diethylamino)rifamycin P
15 (Compound C9) By following the procedure described in Example 1, f rom~Compound E9 (1.6 g) and Cu20 (80 mg), the title compound (0.69 g) is obtained.
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): orange spot Rf 0.5.
Analysis for C42H54BrN3011S, MGI = 888.884 Calculated C 56.75 H 6.12 N 4.72 Br 8.99 Found C 55.89 H 6.05 N 4.68 Br 9.30 Example 10: 36-Iodorifamycin S (Compound C10) Sodium iodide (NaI) (0.47 g) dissolved in acetone (3 ml) is added to Compound Cl (1.12 g) dissolved in acetone (8 ml). The resulting mixture is stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. The solvent is evaporated off and the residue purified by flash-chromatogarphy. Elution with 1.4X methanol in dichloromethane gives pure title compound (1.1 g).

' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94/28002 PCT/EP941o. ,8 bl TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.59 Analysis for C37H44IN012, MW = 821.668 Calculated C 54.08 H 5.40 N 1.70 Found C 54.01 H 6.00 N 1.85 Example lI: 36-Iodo-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
( Compound C11 ) By following the procedure of Example 10, but starting from compound Compound C8 (1.25 g) and NaI (0.5 g), the title compound is obtained (1.05 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): black spot Rf 0.6 Analysis for C41HS1IN2013, MW = 906.772 Calculated C 54.31 H 5.67 N 3.09 Found C 53.82 H 5.75 N 2.79 Example 12: 3b-Diethylaminorifamycin S (Compound C12) A mixture of Compound C1 (300 mg), diethylamine (100 mg) and tetrahydrofuran (5 ml) is stirred 4 hours at room temperature, then poured into water (25 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 15 ml). The combined extracts are dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 2x methanol in dichloromethane gives the pure title compound (I35 mg).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.5 Analysis for Ct,1H54N2~12, ~i = 766.993 Calculated C b4.20 H 7.10 N 3.65 . Found C 63.64 H 6.95 N 3.38 ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 Wm 94/28001 PCT/EP94/Ol _...~

Example 13: 36-Acetyloxyrifamycin S (Compound C13) A mixture of Compound C10 (180 mg), silver acetate (250 mg) and anhydrous dimethylformamide (18 ml) is stirred 18 hours at room temperature. The solvent is distilled off at 40°C under vacuum. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 1.2X
methanol in dichloromethane allowed the recovery of unreacted Compound C10 (66 mg) as less polar component and the isolation of the pure title compound (41 mg).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): Rf 0.52 Analysis for C39H47N014, MW = 753.809 Calculated C 62.14 H 6.28 N I.86 Found C 61.48 H 6.40 N 1.85 Example 14: 36-Formyloxy-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
(Compound C14) A mixture of potassium formate (11.5 g), dimethylformamide (800 ml) and activated 4~ molecular sieves (30 g) is stirred for 20 minutes. Compound C8 (11.5 g) is then added in small portions and stirring continued for 24 hours at room temperature. The mixture is Filtered and the solvent removed at 40°C under vacuum. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography;
elution with l.Sx methanol in dichloromethane gives the pure title compound (8.6 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): black spot Rf 0.42 Analysis for C42H52N2015, ~1 = 824.886 Calculated C 61.15 H 6.35 N 3.40 Found C 60.41 H 6.37 N 3.30 ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94/2&002 PCT/EP94/O~,~g Example 15: 36-Hydroxy-3-(4-morpholinyl)rifamycin S
( Compound C15 ) A solution of potassium bicarbonate (18 g) in water (180 ml) is slowly added to Compound C14 (8.2 g) dissolved in methanol (450 ml). The resulting mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature, then evaporated to dryness at 30°C and under vacuum. Citric acid (IOX "/v) is carefully added. The mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate (2 x 150 ml), which is then evaporated off. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with I.BX methanol in dichloro-methane, after crystallization from ethyl ether, gives the pure title compound (4.3 g). M.P. 168-I71°C (dec).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 5:95): black spot Rf 0.33 Analysis for C41H5yN2014, MW = 79b.876 Calculated C 61.79 H 6.58 N 3.51 Found C 61.30 H 6.56 N 3.22 Example lb: 3b-Iodo-2'-diethylaminorifamycin P
(Compound Clb) Sodium iodide (NaI) (0.2 g) dissolved in acetone (2 Z5 ml) is added to compound C9 (0.55 g) dissolved in acetone (4 ml). The resulting mixture is stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. The solvent is evaporated off and the residue purified by flash-chromatogarphy.
Elution with 1.4X methanol in dichloromethane gives pure title compound (0.48 g).
TLC (methaaol:dichloromethane, 1:9): orange spot Rf 0.48 Analysis for C42H54IN3011S, MW = 953.879 Calculated C 53.90 H 5.82 N 4.49 S 3.42 Found C 54.04 H 5.82 N 4.48 S 3.21 ~
' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 W(~ 94128002 PC'T/EP9410 Example 17: 36-Bromo-3-t((4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-imino~methyl}rifamycin SV (Compound C17) a) N-methylen-t-butylamine (1.92 g) is slowly dropped into a cooled solution (15°C) of Compound C1 (3.3 g) in tetrahydrofuran (25 ml). After an addition of tert-butylamine (0.4 ml), the reaction mixture is stirred for 5 minutes, then manganese dioxide (1.7 g) is added and stirring continued overnight at 48°C. After cooling, the mixture is filtered and dropped into a cold solution (0°C) of 16X sulfuric acid (15 ml), ascorbic acid (3 g) and tetrahydrofuran (5 ml). The reaction mixture is stirred 3 hours at 45°C, then is poured in icy water (150m1) and finally extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 5 ml) that is dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 3X methanol in dichloromethane gives pure 36-Bromo-3-for~ylrifamycin SV
Za (500 mg).
TLC (methanol:dichloramethane, 85:15): red spot Rf 0.44 Analysis for C3gH46BrN013, MW = 804.699 Calculated for C 56.72 H 5.7b N 1.74 Br 9.93 Found C 56.06 H 5.94 N 2.00 Br 10.10 b) 1-Amino-4-methylpiperazine (50 mg) is added to the above obtained compound (300 mg) dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (7 ml). The solution is stirred 30 min 3~ at room temperature. The solvent is evaporated off and the residue dissolved in ethyl acetate; addition of petroleum ether leads to the precipitation of the pure title compound (280 mg).

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TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): orange spot Rf 0.65 Analysis for C43H57BrN4012, ~ = 901.862 Calculated C 57.27 H 6.37 N 6.21 Br 8.86 5 Found C 56.45 H 6.40 N 5.90 Br 8.34 Example 18: 36-Chloro-3-[[(4--methyl-1-piperazinyl)-imino)methyl}rifamycin SV (Compound C18) 10 a) By following the procedure of Example 17, step a, but starting from Compound C3 (4.1 g)~ N-methylen-t-butylamine (2.6 g), tart-butylamine (0.5 ml) and manganese dioxide (2.3 g), 36-chloro-formylrifamycin SV
is obtained (3.9 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): red spot Rf 0.47 Analysis for C3gH46C1N013, MW = 760.243 Calculated C 60.03 H 6.10 N 1.84 C1 4.66 Found C 59.61 H 6.22 N 1.80 C1 4.45 b) By following the procedure of Example l7, step b, but starting from the above obtained compound (3.9 g) and 1-Amino-4-methylpiperazine (0.67 g), the title compound (2.92 g) is obtained.
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): orange spot Rf 0.61 Analysis for C43H57C1N4012, MW = 857.406 Calculated C 60.23 H 6.70 N 6.53 C1 4.13 Found C 59.94 H 6.42 N 6.36 C1 4.40 V4'O 94128002 PCT/EP94/Olg,ra Example 19: 36-Iodo-3-{[(4-methyl-I-piperazinyl)-iminojmethyl)rifamycin SV (Compound C19) Sodium iodide (110 mg) is added to Compound C17 (300 mg) dissolved in acetone (3 ml). The mixture is stirred 4 hours at room temperature and then evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 3X methanol in dichloromethane gives pure title compound (160 mg).
Alternatively, Compound CI8 (2.9 g) is reacted with sodium iodide (1 g) as above described, thus obtaining the pure title compound (2.83 g).
i5 TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): orange spot Rf 0.63 Analysis for C43H5JIN4012, MW = 948.857 Calculated C 54.43 H 6.05 N 5.90 Found C 54.70 8 6.20 N 5.49 Example 20: 36-Bromo-3-{[(4-cyclopentyl-1-pipera-zinyl)iminojmethyl}rifamycin SV (Compound C20) a) By following the procedure of Example 17, step b, but starting from 36-Bromo-3-formylrifamycin SV (0.65 g) and 1-Amino-4-cyclopentylpiperazine (0.14 g), the title compouad is obtained (0.64 g).
TLC (methanol:dichloramethane, 15:85): orange spot Rf 0.64 Analysis for Ct,7H63BrN4012, ~ = 955.955 Calculated C 59.05 H 6.64 N 5.86 Br 8.36 Found C 58.38 H 6.39 N 5.60 Br 7.61 ~
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Example 21: 36-Iodo-3-{[(4-cyclopentyl-1-pipera-zinyl)iminojmethyl)rifamycin SV (Compound C21) b) By following the procedure of Example 19, but S starting from Compound C20 (730 mg) and sodium iodide (250 mg), the title compound (432 mg) is obtained.
Example 22: 36-[(1-Ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl)carbonyloxyJ-2'-(diethylamino)rifamycin P (Compound C22) (1-Ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl)carboxylic acid (Pefloxacin) potassium salt (440 mg) dissolved in dimethylformamide (44 ml) is stirred for 30 min with activated 4~ molecular sieves (Union Carbide type 4~, Fluka) (4.4 g). Compound C16 (444 mg) is added in small portions and stirring continued overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture is filtered and evaporated to dryness at 40°C under vacuum. The residue is purified by flash-chromatography; elution with 8X
methanol in dichloromethane allows the isolation of the pure title compound (380 mg).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1: 9): orange spot Rf 0.4 ~BlySis for C5gH73FN6014S, MW = 1141.313 Calculated C 62.09 H 6.45 N 7.36 S 2.81 Found C 61.20 H 6.36 N 7.05 S 2.44 Example 23: 36-{2-[(1-Ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinylJcarbonyloxy~
rifamycin S (Compound C23) Pefloxacin potassium salt (250 mg) is reacted with Compound C10 (250 mg) in dimethylformamide (25 ml) as WO 94/28082 PCT/EP94/Oly~o described in Example 22. In this way the title compound (178 mg) is obtained.
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): brown spot Rf 0.38 Analysis for C54H63FN4015 ~ ~ = 1027.120 Calculated C 63.14 H 6.18 N 5.45 Found C 62.50 H 5.98 N 5.06 Exam-ple 24: 36-{[1-Ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl]carbonyloxyj-3-(4~orpholinyl) rifamycin S (Compound C24) Compound C8 (460 mg) is reacted with Pefloxacin potassium salt (460 mg) in dimethylformamide (46 mI) as described in Example 22. The residue is purified by f lash-chromatography; elution with 6X methanol in dichloromethane gives pure title compound (354 mg).
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): black spot Rf 0.42 Analysis for CSgH~pFN5016, MW = 1112.225 Calculated C 62.63 H 6.34 N 6.29' Found C 61.72 H 6.37 N 5.95 Example Z5: 36-{[1-Ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl]carbonyloxy]-3-{[(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)imino]methyl)rifamycin SV
( Compound C25 ) By reacting Pefloxacin potassium salt (650 mg) with Compound C19 (650 mg) in dimethylformamide (65 ml), as described in Example 22, the title compound (480 mg) is obtained after twice purification by flash-chromatography (eluition with increasing percentages - 4 to 15X - of methanol in dichloromethane).

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' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 wo 9arisoo2 PcTn~~a~o. _a TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 2:8): orange spot Rf 0.47 Analysis for C6pH76FN~015, MW = 1154.310 Calculated C 62.43 H 6.63 N 8.49 Found C 62.06 H 6.1$ N 8.17 Example 26: 3-{[(4-Cyclopentyl-1-piperazinyl)-iminoJmethyl}-36-{[I-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinyl)carbonyloxy}-rifamycin SV (Compound C26) By following the procedure described in Example 25, but starting from the Compound C21 (400 mg) and Pefloxacin potassium salt (400 g), the title compound (280 mg) is obtained.

TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 2:8): orange spot Rf 0.60 Analysis for C64H82FN7015s ~ = 1208.403 Calculated C 63.61 H 6.84 N 8.11 Found C 63.70 H 7.00 N 8.02 Example 27: 36-{[1-Ethyl-1,4-dihydro-7-methyl-4-oxo-1,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)carbonyloxy}-3-{[(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)iminoJmethyl}rifamycin SV (Compound C27) According to the procedure of example 25, but starting from Compound C19 (500 mg) and [1-Ethyl-1,4-dihydro-7-methyl-4-oxo-l,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)carboxylic acid (Nalidixic Acid) potassium salt (S00 mg), the title compound (452 mg) is obtained.
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): red-orange spot Rf 0.49 Analysis for C55H6gN6015, MW = 1053.186 Calculated C 62.72 H 6.51 N 7.98 Found C 61.86 H 6.43 N 7.79 ' CA 02549561 1994-05-05 WO 94/28002 pCT/EP94101 ._~
Example 28: 36-{[8-Ethyl-5,8-dihydro-2-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-5-oxopyrido[2,3-djpyrimidin-6-ylJcar-bonyloxy}-3-{((4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)iminoj-S methyl}rifamycin SV (Compound C28) According to example 25, but starting from N-methyl-pipemidic acid potassium salt (400 mg) and Compound C19 (400 mg), the pure title compound (275 mg) is obtained.
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): red-orange spot Rf 0.36 Analysis for CSgH~SN9015, MW = 1138.295 Calculated C 61.20 H 6.64 N 11.07 Found C 60.89 H 6.60 N 10.71 Example 29: 36-{[1-Cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-I,4-dihydro-7-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinylJ-carbonyloxy}-3-{((4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)iminoj-methyl}rifamycin SV (Compound C29) According to Example 25, but starting from Compound F7 (500 mg) and Compound C19 (500 mg), the pure title compound (420 mg) is obtained.
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:9): red-orange spot Rf 0.45 Analysis for C63H73FN6015, MW = 1173.313 Calculated C 64.49 H 6.27 N 7.16 Found C 64.47 H 6.38 N 7.10 ..
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Example 30: 36-{(l-Ethyl-1,4-dihydro-6-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-pyridinyljcarbonyloxyJ-3-{[(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)iminojmethylJrifamycin SV
(Compound C30) According to example 25, but starting from Compound P6 (500 mg) and Compound C19 (500 mg), the pure title compound (320 mg) is obtained.
TLC (methanol:dichloromethane, 15:85): red-orange spot Rf 0.44 Analysis for C56H~5N~015, MW = 108b.260 Calculated C 61.92 A 6.96 N 9.02 Found C 62.00 H 6.96 N 8.91

Claims

CLAIMS:

1. A compound of general formula:
wherein:
Y represents a hydrogen atom or (C1-C4)alkyl;
R3 represents (C1-C4) alkyl or (C3-C6) cycloalkyl; and R6 and R7 independently represent a hydrogen atom or (C1-C4) alkyl; or R6 and R7 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom form a five or six membered heterocyclic ring, optionally containing one further heteroatom selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom, wherein one of the carbon or nitrogen atoms of the ring is optionally substituted by a (C1-C4)alkyl moiety; and an alkali metal salt thereof.