• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.193-197
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• 1989

The three new Alkylene bisdithionreido $\beta$-lactam derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for antimicrobial activities. Treatment of cefadroxil.2DMF with alkylene diisothiocyanate which was obtained by the reaction of alkylene diamine with carbon disulfide, sodium hydroxide and ethyl chloroformate afforden alkylene bisdithioureido $\beta$ -lactam derivatiives. The antimicrobial activities of the compounds synthesized were ethylene bisdithioureido $\beta$-lactam derivative lost the sensitivity against Escherichia coli but showed potent antimicrobial activity against $\beta$-lactams Escherichia coli, but, tetramethylene bisdithioureido $\beta$-lactam derivative and hexamethylene bisdithioureido $\beta$ -lactam derivative compounds showed diminished or no antimicrobial activities.