Chemical category

Carbacephems

Description

A new class of beta-lactam antibiotics similar in structure to the cephalosporins. They differ from cephalosporins, however, in the substitution of a sulfur atom in the dihydrothiazine ring with a methylene group to form a tetrahydropyridine ring.

Ancestors

Organic compounds -> Organoheterocyclic compounds -> Lactams -> Beta lactams

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