Patent Application: US-21980393-A

Abstract:
novel six - membered hetero &# 34 ; n &# 34 ; compounds having antibiotic activity , represented by the formula : ## str1 ## where x ═ s , o , ch 2 , or se y ═ oh , nh 2 , nhcor 9 , or sh r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , r 4 , r 5 , r 6 , r 7 ═ h , alkyl , or aryl r 9 ═ a β - lactam active side chain ; computer models for evaluating such compounds and processes for preparing them .

Description:
possible structures for peptides , penicillins and cephalosporins were examined using the computer programme mmp2 ( 85 ) which is available from the quantum chemistry program exchange ( qcpe ) at the university of indiana , bloomington , ind ., u . s . a . this programme calculates the strain energy of a molecule in terms of contributions to this energy associated with stretching of bonds , bending of bond angles , torsion about bonds , and electrostatic and van der waals interactions of non - bonded atoms . to carry out the calculation , it is necessary to enter the cartesian coordinates of all atoms , and define lists of connected and attached atoms . if the types of atoms present in the molecule of interest are known to the programme , the strain energy is minimized by application of the newton - raphson procedure to an unconstrained multivariable non - linear function that includes all of the individual contributions noted above . this function is termed the force field . for the minimization to proceed in a reliable manner it is important that the geometry entered at the beginning of the calculation already be reasonably accurate , and close to the bottom of an energy well . for each different molecule to be examined with mmp2 ( 85 ), it is first necessary to determine the parameters associated with the types of atoms present within this molecule . these parameters include , inter alia , standard bond lengths and bond angles , and stretching and bending force constants . bond lengths and angles are available from compilations of vibrational data , and others can be calculated by molecular orbital ( mo ) procedures . the general strategy for parameter development can be found in the monograph &# 34 ; molecular mechanics &# 34 ;, by u . burkert and n . l . alinger , published by the american chemical society , washington , 1982 . since the parameters for peptides ( e . g ., enzymes ), penicillins and cephalosporins in the force field of mmp2 ( 85 ) were previously unknown , these were first determined and tested for their ability to reproduce known experimental crystal structures , and known effects of solvent upon the conformations ( three - dimensional structures ) of the different structural types . the parameters are termed pepcon ( table 1 ) ( for peptides ), pencon ( table 2 ) ( for penicillins ), and ceparam ( table 3 ) ( for cephalosporins ). table 1______________________________________pepcon______________________________________159 39 9 123 39 78 . 505 6 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 305 3 9 1 0 . 00 15 . 00 0 . 003 9 1 6 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 009 1 6 5 - 2 . 50 3 . 00 - 1 . 006 1 9 14 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 001 1 1 1 0 . 20 0 . 27 0 . 091 1 1 3 0 . 26 0 . 00 0 . 061 1 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 271 1 1 8 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 061 1 1 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 061 1 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 401 1 1 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 801 1 1 19 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 601 1 2 2 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 101 1 3 7 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 041 1 3 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 041 1 3 11 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 091 1 3 12 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 201 1 4 4 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 101 1 4 26 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 101 1 4 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 101 1 6 21 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 301 1 8 23 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 301 1 9 1 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 121 1 9 3 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 061 1 9 14 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 061 1 13 23 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 201 1 15 1 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 701 1 15 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 801 1 15 25 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 201 1 19 2 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 051 1 19 23 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 051 2 2 2 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 001 2 2 5 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 001 3 9 1 1 . 80 6 . 49 0 . 001 3 9 1 1 . 80 19 . 00 0 . 001 3 9 14 0 . 00 2 . 66 0 . 001 3 12 24 0 . 60 0 . 00 3 . 201 4 4 5 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 001 4 4 26 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 001 4 26 4 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 001 4 26 23 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 001 4 27 2 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 001 4 27 27 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 001 9 1 3 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 121 9 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 121 9 3 7 0 . 00 7 . 19 0 . 001 15 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 701 15 15 1 0 . 00 - 7 . 60 1 . 701 19 2 8 0 . 00 4 . 50 0 . 00 * 1 19 2 19 0 . 00 4 . 50 0 . 002 1 1 3 0 . 26 0 . 00 0 . 062 1 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 272 1 1 8 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 062 1 1 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 062 1 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 062 1 3 7 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 352 1 3 9 0 . 00 - 0 . 50 - 1 . 702 2 1 3 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 902 2 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 052 2 2 2 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 002 2 2 5 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 002 2 2 6 0 . 00 3 . 80 0 . 002 2 2 27 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 002 2 6 21 0 . 00 1 . 80 0 . 002 2 27 4 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 002 2 27 26 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 002 2 27 27 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 002 19 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 052 27 4 4 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 002 27 26 4 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 002 27 26 23 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 002 27 27 2 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 002 27 27 4 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 002 27 27 26 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 003 1 1 3 0 . 26 0 . 00 0 . 063 1 1 4 0 . 26 0 . 00 0 . 063 1 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 163 1 1 6 0 . 26 0 . 00 0 . 063 1 1 8 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 063 1 1 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 083 1 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 063 1 1 15 0 . 26 0 . 00 0 . 063 1 8 23 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 303 1 9 3 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 063 1 9 14 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 063 1 13 23 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 303 9 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 064 1 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 274 1 1 8 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 064 1 1 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 064 1 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 064 4 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 104 4 26 4 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 004 4 26 23 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 004 4 26 27 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 004 4 27 27 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 004 26 4 5 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 004 26 4 26 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 004 26 27 27 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 004 27 2 5 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 004 27 27 26 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 005 1 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 245 1 1 6 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 505 1 1 8 0 . 00 0 . 49 0 . 165 1 1 9 0 . 00 0 . 49 0 . 165 1 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 405 1 1 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 405 1 1 19 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 305 1 3 7 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 045 1 3 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 045 1 3 11 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 095 1 3 12 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 065 1 4 26 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 105 1 4 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 105 1 6 21 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 305 1 8 23 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 305 1 9 14 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 065 1 13 23 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 205 1 15 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 805 1 15 25 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 505 1 19 23 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 055 2 2 5 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 005 2 2 6 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 005 2 2 27 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 005 2 27 26 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 005 2 27 27 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 005 3 9 14 0 . 00 2 . 33 0 . 05 4 4 26 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 005 4 4 27 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 005 4 26 23 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 005 4 26 27 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 006 1 1 8 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 066 1 1 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 066 1 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 067 3 1 8 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 047 3 1 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 047 3 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 047 3 9 14 0 . 00 2 . 66 0 . 007 3 12 24 0 . 00 0 . 00 3 . 108 1 1 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 068 1 3 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 098 1 3 11 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 098 1 3 12 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 069 1 1 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 069 1 3 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 049 1 3 11 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 099 1 3 12 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 069 3 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 0611 3 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 0912 3 1 13 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 0613 1 1 15 0 . 15 0 . 00 0 . 1019 2 19 23 0 . 00 4 . 50 0 . 0019 2 8 23 0 . 00 4 . 50 0 . 00 * 23 19 2 8 0 . 00 4 . 50 0 . 00 * 23 26 4 26 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 0023 26 27 27 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 0026 4 4 26 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 0026 4 4 27 0 . 00 3 . 80 0 . 01 1 4 . 40 1 . 525 1 . 510 fc st1 2 4 . 48 1 . 5041 3 4 . 75 1 . 5261 4 4 . 40 1 . 5041 5 4 . 60 1 . 0811 6 5 . 36 1 . 4251 8 5 . 10 1 . 4611 9 5 . 47 1 . 4521 13 5 . 15 1 . 4721 15 3 . 21 1 . 8151 19 5 . 27 1 . 460 * 5 6 4 . 60 0 . 9682 2 9 . 60 1 . 3822 5 4 . 60 1 . 1012 6 6 . 20 1 . 3812 8 5 . 10 1 . 331 * 2 19 5 . 10 1 . 3312 27 6 . 51 1 . 4003 5 4 . 8 1 . 1033 6 5 . 05 1 . 3303 7 10 . 01 1 . 2293 9 7 . 74 1 . 3303 11 5 . 11 1 . 2503 12 5 . 05 1 . 3286 21 4 . 60 0 . 9684 4 7 . 19 1 . 3714 5 4 . 60 1 . 1014 26 5 . 69 1 . 3944 27 5 . 39 1 . 4598 23 6 . 10 1 . 0159 14 5 . 78 0 . 99112 24 7 . 20 0 . 97213 23 6 . 03 1 . 02315 15 3 . 10 2 . 02415 25 3 . 80 1 . 35419 23 5 . 95 1 . 00723 26 6 . 05 1 . 01026 27 5 . 94 1 . 38027 27 6 . 21 1 . 4191 1 0 . 000 bond dipole1 2 0 . 1001 3 - 1 . 0201 4 - 0 . 1801 5 0 . 0001 6 2 . 5301 8 3 . 9801 9 2 . 6505 6 - 1 . 9601 13 1 . 7201 15 - 0 . 6711 19 2 . 058 * 2 2 0 . 0002 5 - 0 . 0582 6 0 . 8102 8 4 . 524 * 2 19 3 . 2602 27 - 0 . 7003 5 0 . 03 6 0 . 0003 7 3 . 0103 9 3 . 3203 11 3 . 9503 12 1 . 850 * 6 21 - 1 . 9604 4 0 . 0004 5 0 . 0004 26 2 . 1204 27 1 . 1208 23 - 1 . 4109 14 - 1 . 81012 24 0 . 00013 23 - 1 . 35015 15 0 . 00015 25 0 . 00019 23 - 2 . 27023 26 1 . 43026 27 - 1 . 03027 27 0 . 0004 0 . 044 1 . 94011 0 . 066 1 . 78012 0 . 050 1 . 74013 0 . 030 1 . 90014 0 . 017 0 . 93019 0 . 055 1 . 82025 0 . 036 1 . 25026 0 . 055 1 . 82027 0 . 044 1 . 9401 1 1 0 . 45 110 . 30 11 1 1 0 . 45 111 . 20 21 1 1 0 . 45 112 . 40 31 1 2 0 . 58 114 . 001 1 3 0 . 67 107 . 80 11 1 3 0 . 67 110 . 80 21 1 3 0 . 67 112 . 20 31 1 4 0 . 71 113 . 101 1 5 0 . 36 109 . 391 1 6 0 . 56 109 . 10 11 1 6 0 . 56 104 . 10 21 1 6 0 . 56 109 . 40 31 1 8 0 . 57 109 . 471 1 9 0 56 109 . 40 11 1 9 0 . 56 109 . 60 21 1 9 0 . 85 111 . 10 31 1 13 0 . 90 111 . 201 1 15 0 . 63 108 . 801 1 19 0 . 75 111 . 201 2 2 0 . 55 121 . 401 2 5 0 . 36 118 . 201 3 7 0 . 86 120 . 601 3 9 0 . 78 116 . 401 3 11 0 . 64 117 . 001 3 12 0 . 70 115 . 001 4 4 0 . 80 129 . 801 4 26 0 . 80 121 . 701 4 27 0 . 80 128 . 601 6 21 0 . 35 108 . 401 8 23 0 . 48 109 . 501 9 1 0 . 45 111 . 901 9 2 0 . 75 123 . 201 9 3 0 . 49 120 . 60 11 9 3 0 . 35 121 . 70 21 9 14 0 . 54 124 . 001 13 23 0 . 40 109 . 501 15 1 0 . 78 97 . 601 15 15 1 . 17 103 . 901 15 25 0 . 48 96 . 001 19 2 0 . 56 123 . 201 19 23 0 . 38 118 . 402 1 3 0 . 47 110 . 22 1 5 0 . 36 109 . 402 2 2 0 . 43 120 . 002 2 5 0 . 36 120 . 002 2 6 0 . 75 121 . 002 2 27 0 . 96 120 . 002 6 21 0 . 35 113 . 002 8 23 0 . 50 120 . 002 9 23 0 . 50 120 . 002 19 23 0 . 38 120 . 002 27 4 0 . 90 134 . 902 27 26 0 . 35 132 . 802 27 27 0 . 90 122 . 703 1 5 0 . 37 107 . 903 1 8 0 . 82 110 . 743 1 9 0 . 44 110 . 00 13 1 9 0 . 47 109 . 70 23 1 9 0 . 56 110 . 80 33 1 13 0 . 90 110 . 743 9 14 0 . 50 122 . 503 12 24 0 . 74 106 . 104 1 5 0 . 38 109 . 504 4 5 0 . 36 126 . 304 4 26 0 . 80 107 . 904 4 27 0 . 43 106 . 404 26 4 0 . 80 106 . 304 26 23 0 . 40 126 . 404 26 27 0 . 80 111 . 604 27 27 0 . 95 108 . 805 1 5 0 . 32 109 . 405 1 6 0 . 43 103 . 105 1 8 0 . 46 108 . 805 1 9 0 . 36 109 . 39 15 1 9 0 . 36 109 . 41 25 1 9 0 . 36 110 . 00 35 1 13 0 . 50 108 . 805 1 15 0 . 36 112 . 005 1 19 0 . 38 109 . 00 * 5 2 27 0 . 36 120 . 005 3 7 0 . 37 112 . 05 3 9 0 . 40 122 . 35 4 26 0 . 36 120 . 007 3 9 0 . 85 124 . 107 3 12 1 . 13 124 . 508 2 19 0 . 80 120 . 00 * 11 3 11 0 . 85 126 . 0014 9 14 0 . 50 120 . 0019 2 19 0 . 80 120 . 0023 8 23 0 . 50 106 . 8023 19 23 0 . 50 120 . 0023 13 23 0 . 50 109 . 5023 26 27 0 . 40 124 . 2026 4 26 0 . 90 110 . 9026 27 27 0 . 90 104 . 401 6 5 0 . 35 108 . 409 1 6 0 . 62 111 . 003 11 0 . 83 12 0 . 89 14 0 . 052 27 0 . 052 1 0 . 05 added o . p . a . ( mm2 ) 2 2 0 . 052 5 0 . 052 6 0 . 052 8 0 . 052 19 0 . 05 * ky3 1 0 . 83 5 0 . 8 * ky3 7 0 . 83 9 0 . 89 1 0 . 059 3 0 . 054 26 0 . 054 4 0 . 0527 27 0 . 0527 2 0 . 0527 4 0 . 0526 27 0 . 054 1 0 . 054 5 0 . 054 27 0 . 0527 26 0 . 05______________________________________ table 2______________________________________pencon______________________________________ 117 25 6 70 25 1 1 3 6 0 . 40 - 0 . 30 - 0 . 07 1 3 9 20 1 . 80 6 . 49 - 6 . 23 1 6 2 2 3 . 53 2 . 30 - 2 . 53 1 6 3 7 - 1 . 66 8 . 98 0 . 00 1 6 3 16 - 2 . 50 1 . 39 0 . 00 1 8 20 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 52 1 8 20 22 - 0 . 20 0 . 73 0 . 80 1 8 20 26 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 00 1 16 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 27 1 16 15 22 - 1 . 00 3 . 01 1 . 86 1 16 16 3 - 0 . 26 1 . 00 - 0 . 80 1 16 16 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 90 1 16 16 27 - 0 . 26 0 . 70 - 0 . 06 1 25 6 19 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 00 1 25 25 25 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 00 2 1 3 9 0 . 00 - 0 . 50 - 1 . 70 2 2 1 3 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 50 2 2 2 6 0 . 00 3 . 80 0 . 00 2 2 2 25 - 0 . 30 3 . 50 0 . 00 2 2 25 19 0 . 00 1 . 00 0 . 30 2 2 25 25 0 . 00 1 . 00 0 . 30 2 6 1 3 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 60 2 6 1 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 53 2 25 19 6 0 . 00 4 . 50 0 . 00 2 25 25 3 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 00 3 6 1 6 - 1 . 00 - 5 . 00 0 . 00 3 9 20 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 51 3 9 20 22 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 01 3 9 20 26 - 3 . 50 - 0 . 05 - 4 . 30 3 16 16 15 - 1 . 75 0 . 60 1 . 50 3 16 27 22 - 1 . 00 - 0 . 80 0 . 40 3 16 27 26 - 1 . 00 - 0 . 53 1 . 13 3 25 25 1 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 00 3 25 25 6 0 . 00 3 . 80 0 . 00 3 25 25 19 0 . 00 3 . 80 0 . 00 5 1 16 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 40 5 1 16 16 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 27 5 1 25 6 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 54 5 1 25 25 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 05 5 2 2 6 - 0 . 30 3 . 80 0 . 00 5 2 2 25 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 00 5 16 3 6 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 02 5 16 3 7 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 04 5 16 3 29 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 04 5 16 3 30 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 09 5 16 16 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 80 5 16 27 22 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 40 5 16 27 26 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 04 5 20 9 14 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 00 5 20 22 5 0 . 00 0 . 00 1 . 30 5 20 22 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 04 5 20 22 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 10 5 20 26 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 09 5 20 26 28 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 21 5 22 15 16 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 00 5 22 20 8 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 20 5 22 20 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 20 5 22 20 12 0 . 00 3 . 00 0 . 40 5 22 20 13 0 . 00 5 . 00 0 . 20 5 22 20 26 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 87 5 22 27 16 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 00 5 22 27 26 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 98 6 1 3 7 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 04 6 1 3 9 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 04 6 3 16 16 0 . 40 - 0 . 30 - 0 . 07 6 3 16 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 50 6 19 25 25 0 . 00 4 . 50 0 . 00 6 25 25 25 0 . 00 3 . 80 0 . 00 7 3 9 20 0 . 00 7 . 19 0 . 00 7 3 16 16 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 04 7 3 16 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 04 7 3 25 25 4 . 00 0 . 40 2 . 40 9 3 25 25 4 . 30 0 . 40 2 . 90 8 20 22 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 40 8 20 26 27 - 4 . 30 5 . 00 - 1 . 50 8 20 26 28 - 3 . 50 3 . 00 8 . 00 9 20 22 15 0 . 50 0 . 00 1 . 00 9 20 22 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 40 9 20 26 27 - 4 . 30 5 . 00 - 1 . 50 9 20 26 28 - 3 . 50 3 . 00 8 . 00 12 20 22 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 04 12 20 22 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 50 12 20 26 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 09 12 20 26 28 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 21 13 20 22 15 0 . 50 - 2 . 75 3 . 00 13 20 22 27 0 . 00 0 . 00 1 . 40 13 20 26 27 - 4 . 30 5 . 00 - 1 . 50 13 20 26 28 - 1 . 50 5 . 00 8 . 00 14 9 3 25 0 . 00 2 . 66 0 . 00 14 9 20 22 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 01 14 9 20 26 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . 01 15 16 16 27 - 0 . 75 2 . 00 - 0 . 90 15 22 20 26 0 . 00 1 . 00 1 . 00 15 22 27 16 - 3 . 00 7 . 00 0 . 00 15 22 27 26 0 . 00 1 . 00 0 . 30 16 15 22 20 - 2 . 50 3 . 60 - 3 . 00 16 15 22 27 - 2 . 50 3 . 00 - 1 . 00 16 16 3 29 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 20 16 16 3 30 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 09 16 16 15 22 0 . 00 2 . 50 0 . 40 16 16 27 22 - 1 . 00 - 2 . 50 0 . 40 16 16 27 26 - 0 . 50 0 . 50 2 . 50 16 27 22 20 0 . 00 1 . 00 - 0 . 50 16 27 26 20 - 4 . 00 3 . 00 0 . 40 16 27 26 28 - 1 . 00 3 . 00 2 . 00 19 6 25 25 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 00 19 25 25 25 0 . 00 3 . 80 0 . 00 20 9 3 25 1 . 80 6 . 49 - 5 . 234 20 22 27 26 1 . 50 10 . 00 1 . 004 20 26 27 22 - 1 . 00 8 . 50 5 . 004 22 20 26 27 - 1 . 00 9 . 00 3 . 00 22 20 26 28 0 . 20 3 . 50 - 2 . 50 22 27 26 28 0 . 20 8 . 00 - 4 . 70 25 6 19 25 0 . 00 3 . 50 0 . 004 26 20 22 27 - 2 . 65 6 . 10 0 . 20 27 16 3 29 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 06 27 16 3 30 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 0 . 09 1 16 5 . 26 1 . 525 1 25 5 . 48 1 . 512 2 25 9 . 60 1 . 526 3 16 4 . 45 1 . 550 3 25 9 . 60 1 . 332 5 16 4 . 60 1 . 070 5 20 4 . 39 1 . 080 5 22 4 . 38 1 . 090 6 19 4 . 32 1 . 410 6 25 4 . 09 1 . 350 8 20 5 . 10 1 . 510 9 20 5 . 47 1 . 449 12 20 3 . 23 1 . 793 13 20 2 . 30 1 . 926 15 16 3 . 98 1 . 851 15 22 3 . 98 1 . 810 16 16 4 . 50 1 . 565 16 27 4 . 30 1 . 476 19 25 6 . 50 1 . 310 20 22 2 . 56 1 . 553 20 26 2 . 58 1 . 527 20 27 4 . 30 1 . 484 25 25 5 . 83 1 . 380 26 27 4 . 79 1 . 393 26 28 8 . 65 1 . 201 1 16 0 . 000 1 25 0 . 100 2 25 0 . 000 3 16 5 . 872 3 25 0 . 000 5 16 0 . 000 5 20 0 . 000 5 22 0 . 000 6 19 0 . 081 6 25 0 . 212 8 20 3 . 980 9 20 0 . 000 12 20 1 . 940 13 20 1 . 790 15 16 4 . 464 15 22 3 . 653 16 16 0 . 000 16 27 2 . 304 19 25 0 . 330 25 25 0 . 000 20 22 - 0 . 062 20 26 1 . 547 22 27 0 . 712 26 27 2 . 280 26 28 1 . 533 16 0 . 044 1 . 920 20 0 . 044 1 . 920 25 0 . 044 1 . 920 26 0 . 044 1 . 920 27 0 . 055 1 . 820 28 0 . 066 1 . 740 1 6 2 0 . 77 117 . 00 1 8 20 0 . 63 110 . 00 1 16 1 0 . 45 110 . 90 1 1 16 1 0 . 45 111 . 20 2 1 16 1 0 . 45 112 . 40 3 1 16 5 0 . 36 109 . 40 1 16 15 0 . 63 109 . 80 1 16 16 0 . 45 110 . 30 1 1 16 16 0 . 45 111 . 20 2 1 16 16 0 . 45 112 . 40 3 1 25 6 0 . 50 117 . 00 1 25 25 0 . 55 134 . 00 2 2 25 0 . 43 120 . 00 2 25 19 0 . 43 120 . 00 2 25 25 0 . 43 128 . 00 3 1 6 0 . 70 106 . 00 3 9 20 0 . 49 121 . 20 3 16 5 0 . 37 107 . 90 3 16 16 0 . 67 113 . 90 3 16 27 0 . 44 111 . 30 3 25 25 0 . 60 129 . 00 5 1 16 0 . 36 109 . 40 5 1 25 0 . 36 109 . 40 5 16 15 0 . 36 112 . 00 5 16 16 0 . 36 113 . 36 5 16 27 0 . 50 100 . 00 5 20 8 0 . 36 98 . 90 5 20 9 0 . 36 98 . 90 5 20 22 0 . 33 113 . 50 5 20 26 0 . 63 113 . 50 5 22 15 0 . 36 112 . 00 5 22 20 0 . 45 119 . 30 5 22 27 0 . 37 112 . 40 6 3 16 0 . 65 107 . 10 6 19 25 0 . 90 106 . 00 6 25 25 1 . 38 109 . 00 7 3 25 0 . 50 118 . 00 7 3 16 0 . 86 110 . 60 8 20 22 0 . 56 117 . 30 8 20 26 0 . 56 115 . 00 9 3 25 0 . 50 115 . 00 9 20 22 0 . 56 118 . 70 9 20 26 0 . 56 116 . 50 12 20 13 1 . 03 111 . 11 12 20 22 0 . 35 115 . 30 12 20 26 0 . 35 114 . 70 13 20 22 0 . 36 117 . 70 13 20 26 0 . 36 110 . 50 14 9 20 0 . 54 137 . 90 15 16 16 0 . 95 104 . 10 15 22 20 0 . 63 119 . 50 15 22 27 0 . 95 104 . 10 16 15 22 1 . 10 93 . 00 16 16 27 0 . 95 105 . 70 16 27 22 0 . 70 117 . 40 16 27 26 0 . 95 126 . 10 19 6 25 0 . 71 109 . 00 19 25 25 1 . 46 111 . 004 20 22 27 0 . 27 87 . 504 20 26 27 0 . 52 92 . 20 20 26 28 - 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1 . 34715 22 0 . 67215 16 0 . 75515 22 0 . 4481 32 0 . 75616 16 0 . 00016 32 1 . 19220 22 - 0 . 34320 31 - 1 . 62822 32 0 . 97731 32 2 . 11728 31 - 1 . 659 16 0 . 044 1 . 920 20 0 . 044 1 . 920 30 0 . 066 1 . 740 31 0 . 044 1 . 920 32 0 . 055 1 . 820 28 0 . 066 1 . 7401 3 16 0 . 40 115 . 001 3 30 0 . 64 116 . 501 6 2 0 . 77 110 . 801 8 20 0 . 63 110 . 001 15 22 0 . 76 96 . 001 16 1 0 . 74 113 . 901 16 1 0 . 45 111 . 201 16 1 0 . 45 112 . 401 16 5 0 . 36 109 . 401 16 15 0 . 22 109 . 801 16 16 1 . 05 122 . 001 32 22 0 . 97 127 . 002 32 31 0 . 95 136 . 703 1 6 0 . 70 106 . 003 1 32 0 . 83 108 . 403 9 20 0 . 53 121 . 203 16 5 0 . 45 107 . 903 16 16 0 . 59 113 . 903 16 32 0 . 83 111 . 305 1 16 0 . 36 109 . 405 1 5 0 . 39 110 . 605 1 15 0 . 44 108 . 305 1 16 0 . 46 106 . 005 1 32 0 . 36 110 . 005 16 15 0 . 47 112 . 005 16 16 0 . 47 113 . 365 16 32 0 . 58 100 . 005 20 8 0 . 36 98 . 905 20 9 0 . 54 98 . 905 20 22 0 . 50 115 . 105 20 31 0 . 38 112 . 205 22 15 0 . 36 107 . 905 22 20 0 . 49 114 . 105 22 32 0 . 55 118 . 007 3 16 0 . 86 110 . 608 20 22 0 . 56 117 . 308 20 31 0 . 56 115 . 009 20 22 0 . 74 118 . 709 20 31 0 . 73 116 . 5012 20 13 1 . 03 111 . 1112 20 22 0 . 35 115 . 3012 20 31 0 . 35 114 . 7013 20 22 0 . 36 117 . 7013 20 31 0 . 36 110 . 5014 9 20 0 . 53 137 . 9015 1 16 1 . 09 117 . 0015 16 16 1 . 07 131 . 1015 22 20 0 . 39 116 . 0015 22 32 0 . 62 111 . 0016 1 3 0 . 67 112 . 7016 1 32 1 . 04 110 . 6016 3 30 1 . 17 116 . 5016 15 22 1 . 04 97 . 6016 16 32 1 . 16 120 . 0016 32 22 0 . 97 126 . 1016 32 31 0 . 41 134 . 004 20 22 32 1 . 17 88 . 304 20 31 32 0 . 94 90 . 3020 31 28 0 . 69 138 . 004 22 20 31 1 . 24 85 . 804 22 32 31 1 . 01 94 . 6030 3 30 0 . 85 126 . 0032 31 28 0 . 67 132 . 00 3 16 0 . 80 3 30 0 . 80 9 20 0 . 05 20 31 0 . 80 31 32 0 . 80______________________________________ a second necessary requirement for the use of mmp2 ( 85 ) is the provision of the initial set of cartesian coordinates . for small molecules , such as penicillins and cephalosporins , the coordinates of an experimental crystal structure can be used . minimization with the appropriate parameters then leads to a calculated structure that reproduces the experimental structure . from this structure it is possible to proceed to other conformations and to the global minimum of the molecule by a series of dihedral drives around each of the dihedral angles of the molecule . this is an option available in mmp2 ( 85 ), and it works well . however , such a strategy is impractical for the analysis of a peptide because of the very large number of dihedral angles that would have to be examined for any such molecule which contains more than two or three amino acid residues . therefore , the computer programme ecepp ( empirical conformational energy program for peptides ), which is available from qcpe , was modified to allow a random number generator to calculate the one - point energies of 200 , 000 initial structures containing permutations of the most probable backbone and dihedral angles . the fifty lowest energy structures identified in this manner are read out , minimized using a quadratic minimization procedure , and then converted to the mmp2 ( 85 ) format for final minimization by the newton - raphson procedure . the objective of this initial search is to identify , for example , damascus as a closer starting point than tokyo in a search for the dead sea . this strategy has been tested extensively , works well , and has been applied to the treatment of a pbp , as described below . with these procedures in place , an initial series of nine penicillins ( 1a - 1i ) was examined . of these nine compounds , 1a - 1d are highly active antibiotics widely used in medicine ( ampicillin , syncillin , penicillin g , penicillin v ), 1e - 1f are significantly less active , and 1g - 1i are biologically inactive . the conformational analyses of these compounds revealed that antibacterial activity is associated specifically with a three dimensional structure in which the carboxyl group and side chain n -- h project onto the convex face , and engage in hydrogen bonding lock and key interactions with the receptor , i . e ., the pbp . ## str10 ## next a conformational analysis was performed on the cephalosporins 2a - 2c . each of these has the phenoxyacetyl side chain , and can therefore be compared to penicillin v ( 1d ). the δ 3 - isomer 2a is biologically active , but undergoes a facile equilibration with the δ 2 - isomer 2b , which is biologically inactive . the reason for the lack of activity of 2b has not previously been established , but it has been suggested that the 4 - epi - δ 2 - isomer 2c would exhibit a better fit to the pbp receptor , and possess antibacterial activity . however , such compounds are also inactive . the reason for this lack of activity is , therefore , also unknown . each of 2a - 2c , like the penicillins 1a - 1d , is found to prefer a conformation in which the side chain n -- h occupies the convex face of the molecule . as with the penicillins , it can thus be postulated that lock and key interactions with the receptor involve primary binding by the carboxyl group and this side chain n -- h . ## str11 ## the active site serine d - alanyl carboxypeptidase - transpeptidase of streptomyces r61 has been crystallized with incorporation of β - lactam compounds , and the crystal structure has been partially solved . the ph - dependence of the same enzyme has also been examined . both kinds of studies suggest that the carboxyl group of a penicillin is closely associated with the protonated terminal amino group of the lysine residue of x - x - lys . the crystal structure confirms that , in the complex , the β - lactam ring of penicillin is in close proximity to the active site serine ; the ph - dependence study rules out involvement of a histidine residue in the chemical process , in contrast to the behaviour of chymotrypsin and related serine proteases . this result means that the serine o -- h participates in the chemical reaction with the substrate . these observations suggest that a valid model of the active site of a pbp can be obtained in terms of the amino acids that surround the unique serine residue , i . e ., in this case , val - gly - ser - val - thr - lys . accordingly , the peptide ac - val - gly - ser - val - thr - lys - nh - ch 3 was subjected to an ecepp search of 200 , 000 initial structures , followed by mmp2 ( 85 ) refinement of 50 low energy structures identified in this search . one low energy structure having the lysine and serine side chains in proximity was found . this structure is characterized by the set of dihedral angles summarized in table 4 , and is shown as fig1 . table 4__________________________________________________________________________dihedral angles of the model of the active site of the pbp ofstreptomyces r61dihedral angle ( deg ) residueφ ψ ω χ . sup . 1 χ . sup . 2 χ . sup . 3 χ . sup . 4 χ . sup . 5__________________________________________________________________________ac 180val - 72 121 180 - 60 178 180gly 160 - 179 178ser 79 - 62 - 177 - 55 62val 72 - 86 177 - 52 180 180thr - 71 152 176 - 172 176 - 179lys - 69 - 47 179 - 179 62 176 180 180__________________________________________________________________________ the structure of fig1 has several features of interest . the convex face is mainly hydrophobic , and the concave face , which includes the serine and lysine side chains , is mainly hydrophilic . the concave face also contains the amide oxygen of the n - terminal acetyl group . these three sites are noted on fig1 as s ( serine ), l ( lysine ) and a ( acetyl ). the existence of a lock and key relationship between the concave face of fig1 and the previously determined convex face of penicillin and cephalosporin now seems clear . in terms of such a relationship , contact is required between the carboxyl group of the antibiotic and the terminal amino group of lysine , and also between the side chain n -- h of the antibiotic and the acetyl oxygen . the construction of a supermolecule in which the receptor is docked to a substrate through nh 3 + . . . - o 2 c and n -- h . . . o ═ c hydrogen bonds is , therefore , desirable . to obtain the structure and energy of such a supermolecule using mmp2 ( 85 ), it is necessary to devise a procedure for the generation of a starting set of cartesian coordinates . a computer programme has been written based on the following approach to the problem . let a refer to a receptor molecule containing n 1 atoms , and b a substrate molecule containing n 2 atoms , which is to be docked to a . we assume that the geometries of a and b are known in cartesian or internal coordinates , and that transformation between the two types of coordinate systems is possible . we thus begin with ( 3n 1 - 6 ) and ( 3n 2 - 6 ) predetermined internal coordinates . to describe the geometry of the supermolecule containing ( n 1 + n 2 ) atoms requires 3 ( n 1 + n 2 )- 6 internal coordinates , i . e ., six new internal coordinates must be determined and minimized . these comprise , typically , one bond length , two bond angles , and three dihedral angles , and they may be termed &# 34 ; intermolecular &# 34 ; internal coordinates . to use the computer programme , summarized in table 5 , one of the desired hydrogen bonding interactions is selected , and its distance set at 1 . 7 - 2 . 5 å , a typical intermolecular hydrogen bonding distance . initial values are then given to the five remaining variables , and the energy is minimized , with the second hydrogen bond distance as a probe . the geometry of the resulting supermolecule , now expressed in cartesian coordinates , is considered appropriate for mmp2 ( 85 ) minimization when the second hydrogen bond distance is 1 . 7 - 2 . 5 å . table 5__________________________________________________________________________programme for docking of two molecules__________________________________________________________________________ sup00010 sup00020 sup00030parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup00040parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup00050character * 2 asym , title sup00060integer typea , typeb , typ sup00070common / cood / coord ( 3 , ng ), charge ( ng ) sup00080common / type / typea ( nt ), typeb ( nt ), typ ( ng ) sup00090common / symm / asym ( ng ), title ( 40 ) sup00100common / param / vep ( ng ), vra ( ng ) sup00110common / cord / xa ( nt ), ya ( nt ), za ( nt ), xb ( nt ), yb ( nt ), zb ( nt ) sup00120common / final / txb ( nt ), tyb ( nt ), tzb ( nt ), ca ( nt ), cb ( nt ) sup00130common / info / na , nb , ip1 , ip2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 , cip2 , cip4 , sup00140common / path / myway sup00150dimension x ( 5 ), e ( 5 ) sup00160data e / 5 * 0 . 01 / sup00170read ( 8 , 10 ) title sup00180format ( 40a2 ) sup00190read ( 8 , *) ip1 , ip2 , ip3 , ip4 , myway , r1 , r2 , sc sup00200myway = 1 : distance sup00210myway = 2 : energy sup00220sc = special charge sup00230call combin ( na , nb ) sup00240read ( 8 , *) theta , pi , xrot , yrot , zrot , scale , jcon , ee1 sup00250e ( 1 ) = ee1 sup00260e ( 2 ) = ee1 sup00270e ( 3 ) = ee1 sup00280e ( 4 ) = ee1 sup00290e ( 5 ) = ee1 sup00300read ( 5 , *) ( e ( i ), i = 1 , 5 ) sup00310special charge for ip2 and ip4 sup00320cip2 = sc sup00330cip4 = - sc sup00340iprint = 1 sup00350icon = 1 sup00360convert degree to radian sup00370degree = 57 . 29577951d0 sup00380x ( 1 ) = theta / degree sup00390x ( 2 ) = pi / degree sup00400x ( 3 ) = xrot / degree sup00410x ( 4 )= yrot / degree sup00420x ( 5 ) = zrot / degree sup00430nvar = 5 sup00440 sup00450read coordinate with mm format sup00460read ( 4 , 20 ) ( xa ( i ), ya ( i ), za ( i ), typea ( i ), i = 1 , na ) sup00470format ( 2 ( 3f10 . 5 , 15 , 5x )) sup00480read ( 5 , 20 ) ( xb ( i ), yb ( i ), zb ( i ), typeb ( i ), i = 1 , nb ) sup00490call symbol sup00500call iwrite sup00510call parm sup00520call charg sup00530 sup00540write ( 6 , 22 ) ( charge ( i ), i = 1 , 12 ) sup00550format ( 3x , 6f10 . 4 ) sup00560 sup00570call optim ( x , nvar , scale , iprint , icon , e ) sup00580 sup00590convert radian to degree sup00600do 30 j = 1 , 5 sup00610x ( j ) = x ( j )* degree sup00620write ( 6 , 35 ) x sup00630format ( 4x , ` optimized theta - pi - x - y - z angles `, //, 3x , 5 ( f10 . 5 , sup00640write bond distance between ip2 and ip4 sup00650x1 = xa ( ip2 ) sup00660y1 = ya ( ip2 ) sup00670z1 = za ( ip2 ) sup00680x2 = txb ( ip4 ) sup00690y2 = tyb ( ip4 ) sup00700z2 = tzb ( ip4 ) sup00710r12 = dist ( x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 ) sup00720write ( 6 , 40 ) ip2 , ip4 , r12 sup00730do 50 k = 1 , na sup00740coord ( 1 , k ) = xa ( k ) sup00750coord ( 2 , k ) = ya ( k ) sup00760coord ( 3 , k ) = za ( k ) sup00770continue sup00780ntot = na + nb sup00790do 60 kk = 1 , nb sup00800coord ( 1 , na + kk ) = txb ( kk ) sup00810coord ( 2 , na + kk ) = tyb ( kk ) sup00820coord ( 3 , na + kk ) = tzb ( kk ) sup00830continue sup00840format (//, ` bond length between `, i3 ,` of a and `, i4 ,` of b sup008501 , f10 . 5 , ` angstrom `, //) sup00860 sup00870call chemg ( ntot ) sup00880call mmdata sup00890write final cartesian coordinate for chemgraf sup00900write ( 6 , `(// 10x , &# 34 ; final cartesian coordinates &# 34 ;,/)` 0 sup00910write ( 6 , `( 4x , &# 34 ; no .&# 34 ;, 7x , &# 34 ; atom &# 34 ;, 9x , &# 34 ; x &# 34 ;, sup009201 9x , &# 34 ; y &# 34 ;, 9x , &# 34 ; z &# 34 ;,/)`) sup00930write ( 6 , `( i6 , 8x , a2 , 4x , 3f10 . 5 )`) sup009401 ( i , asym ( i ), ( coord ( j , i ), j = 1 , 3 ), i = 1 , ntot ) sup00950 sup00960stop sup00970end sup00980routine for output if initial coordinates sup00990subroutine iwrite sup01000parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup01010parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup01020character * 2 asym title sup01030integer typea , typeb typ sup01040common / cood / coord ( 3 , ng ), charge ( ng ) sup01050common / type / typea ( nt ), typeb ( nt ), typ ( ng ) sup01060common / symm / asym ( ng ), title ( 40 ) sup01070common / cord / xa ( nt ), ya ( nt ), za ( nt ), xb ( nt ), yb ( nt ), zb ( nt ) sup01080common / final / txb ( nt ), tyb ( nt ), tzb ( nt ), ca ( nt ), cb ( nt ) sup01090commoniinfo / na , nb , ip1 , ip2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 , cip2 , cip4 , sup01100write ( 6 , 15 ) title sup01110format ( 1h1 , /////, sup011201 10x , `******************************************`,/, sup011302 10x , ` coordinates of supermolecule `,/, sup011403 15x , 40a2 ,/, sup011504 10x , `******************************************`) sup01160write cartesian coordinate sup01170write ( 6 , `(// 10x , &# 34 ; initial cartesian coordinates of a &# 34 ;,/)`) sup01180write ( 6 , `( 4x , &# 34 ; no .&# 34 ;, 7x , &# 34 ; atom &# 34 ;, 9x , &# 34 ; x &# 34 ;, sup011901 9x , &# 34 ; y &# 34 ;, 9x , &# 34 ; z &# 34 ;,/)`) sup01200write ( 6 , `( i6 , 8x , a2 , 4x , 3f10 . 5 )`) sup012101 ( i , asym ( i ), xa ( i ), ya ( i ), za ( i ), i = 1 , na ) sup01220 sup01230write ( 6 , `(//// 10x , &# 34 ; initial cartesian coordinates of b sup01240write ( 6 , `( 4x , &# 34 ; no .&# 34 ;, 7x , &# 34 ; atom &# 34 ;, 9x , &# 34 ; x &# 34 ;, sup012501 9x , &# 34 ; y &# 34 ;, 9x , &# 34 ; 2 &# 34 ;,/)`) sup01260write ( 6 , `( i6 , 8x , a2 , 4x , 3f10 . 5 )`) sup012701 ( i , asym ( na + i ), xb ( i ), yb ( i ), zb ( i ), i = 1 , nb ) sup01280write ( 6 , `(///)`) sup01290return sup01300end sup01310subroutine optim ( x , n , escale , iprint , icon , e ) sup01320parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup01330dimension w ( 1000 ), x ( 5 ), e ( 5 ) sup01340maxit = 100 sup01350ddmag = 0 . 1 * escale sup01360scer = 0 . 05 / escale sup01370jj = n * n + n sup01380jjj = jj + n sup01390k = n + 1 sup01400nfcc = 1 sup01410ind = 1 sup01420inn = 1 sup01430do 1 i = 1 , n sup01440do 2 j = 1 , n sup01450w ( k ) = 0 . sup01460if ( i - j ) 4 , 3 , 4 sup01470w ( k ) = abs ( e ( i )) sup01480w ( i ) = escale sup01490k = k + 1 sup01500continue sup01510continue sup01520iterc = 1 sup01530iscrad = 2 sup01540call calcfx ( n , x , f , evv , eco , eids ) sup01550fkeep = abs ( f ) + abs ( f ) sup01560itone = 1 sup01570fp = f sup01580sum = 0 . sup01590ixp = jj sup01600do 6 i = 1 , n sup01610ixp = ixp + 1 sup01620w ( ixp ) = x ( i ) sup01630continue sup01640idirn = n + 1 sup01650iline = 1 sup01660dmax = w ( iline ) sup01670dacc = dmax * scer sup01680dmag = min ( ddmag , 0 . 1 * dmax ) sup01690dmag = max ( dmag , 20 . * dacc ) sup01700ddmax = 10 . * dmag sup01710go to ( 70 , 70 , 71 ), itone sup01720dl = 0 . sup01730d = dmag sup01740fprev = f sup01750is = 5 sup01760fa = f sup01770da = dl sup01780dd = d - dl sup01790dl = d sup01800k = idirn sup01810do 9 i = 1 , n sup01820x ( i ) = x ( i ) + dd * w ( k ) sup01830k = k + 1 sup01840continue sup01850call calcfx ( n , x , f , evv , eco , edis ) sup01860nfcc = nfcc + 1 sup01870go to ( 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 96 ), is sup01880if ( f - fa ) 15 , 16 , 24 sup01890if ( abs ( d ) - dmax ) 17 , 17 , 18 sup01900d = d + d sup01910go to 8 sup01920write ( 6 , 19 ) sup01930format ( 5x , 44nva04a maximum change does not alter function ) sup01940go to 500 sup01950fb = f sup01960db = d sup01970go to 21 sup01980fb = fa sup01990db = da sup02000fa = f sup02010da = d sup02020go to ( 83 , 23 ), isgrad sup02030d = db + db - da sup02040is = 1 sup02050go to 8 sup02060d = 0 . 5 *( da + db - ( fa - fb )/( da - db )) sup02070is = 4 sup02080if (( da - d )*( d - db )) 25 , 8 , 8 sup02090is = 1 sup02100if ( abs ( d - db ) - ddmax ) 8 , 8 , 26 sup02110d = db + sign ( ddmax , db - da ) sup02120is = 1 sup02130ddmax = ddmax + ddmax sup02140ddmag = ddmag + ddmag sup02150if ( ddmax - dmax ) 8 , 8 , 27 sup02160ddmax = dmax sup02170go to 8 sup02180if ( f - fa ) 28 , 23 , 23 sup02190fc = fb sup02200dc = db sup02210fb = f sup02220db = d sup02230go to 30 sup02240if ( f - fb ) 28 , 28 , 31 sup02250fa = f sup02260da = d sup02270go to 30 sup02280if ( f - fb ) 32 , 10 , 10 sup02290fa = fb sup02300da = db sup02310go to 29 sup02320dl = 1 . sup02330ddmax = 5 . sup02340fa = fp sup02350da = - 1 . sup02360fb = fhold sup02370db = 0 . sup02380d = 1 . sup02390fc = f sup02400dc = d sup02410a = ( db - dc )*( fa - fc ) sup02420b = ( dc - da )*( fb - fc ) sup02430if (( a * b )*( da - dc )) 33 , 33 , 34 sup02440fa = fb sup02450da = db sup02460fb = fc sup02470db = dc sup02480go to 26 sup02490d = 0 . 5 *( a *( db + dc ) + b *( da + dc ))/( a + b ) sup02500di = db sup02510fi = fb sup02520if ( fb - fc ) 44 , 44 , 43 sup02530di = dc sup02540fi = fc sup02550go to ( 86 , 86 , 85 ), itone sup02560itone = 2 sup02570go to 45 sup02580if ( abs ( d - di ) - dacc ) 41 , 41 , 93 sup02590if ( abs ( d - di ) - 0 . 03 * abs ( d )) 41 , 41 , 45 sup02600if ( da - dc )*( dc - d )) 47 , 46 , 46 sup02610fa = fb sup02620da = db sup02630fb = fc sup02640db = dc sup02650go to 25 sup02660is = 2 sup02670if (( db - d )*( d - dc )) 48 , 8 , 8 sup02680is = 3 sup02690go to 8 sup02700f = fi sup02710d = di - dl sup02720dd = sqrt (( dc - db )*( dc - da )*( da - db )/( a + b )) sup02730do 49 i = 1 , n sup02740x ( i ) = x ( i ) + d * w ( idirn ) sup02750w ( idirn ) = dd * w ( idirn ) sup02760idirn = idirn + 1 sup02770continue sup02780w ( iline ) = w ( iline )/ dd sup02790iline = iline + 1 sup02800if ( iprint - 1 ) 51 , 50 , 51 sup02810write ( 6 , 52 ) iterc , nfcc , f sup02820write ( 7 , 52 ) iterc , nfcc , f sup02830format ( 3x , ` iteration `, i5 , i9 , ` function value = `, f15 . 8 ) sup02840write ( 6 , 68 ) evv , eco , edis sup02850write ( 7 , 68 ) evv , eco , edis sup02860format ( 3x , ` rep . = `, f12 . 5 ,` att . = , ` f12 . 5 ,` r = `, f10 . 4 ) sup02870go to ( 51 , 53 ), iprint sup02880go to ( 55 , 38 ), itone sup02890if ( fprev - f - sum ) 94 , 95 , 95 sup02900sum = fprev - f sup02910jil = iline sup02920if ( idirn - jj ) 7 , 7 , 84 sup02930go to ( 92 , 72 ), ind sup02940fhold = f sup02950is = 6 sup02960ixp = jj sup02970do 59 i = 1 , n sup02980ixp = ixp + 1 sup02990w ( ixp ) = x ( i ) - w ( ixp ) sup03000continue sup03010dd = 1 . sup03020go to 58 sup03030go to ( 112 , 87 ), ind sup03040if ( fp - f ) 37 , 91 , 91 sup03050d = 2 . *( fp * f - 2 . * fhold )/( fp - f )** 2 sup03060if ( d *( fp - fhold - sum )** 2 - sum ) 87 , 37 , 37 sup03070j = jil * n + 1 sup03080if ( j - jj ) 60 , 60 , 61 sup03090do 62 i = j , jj sup03100k = i - n sup03110w ( k ) = w ( i ) sup03120continue sup03130do 97 i = jil , n sup03140w ( i - 1 ) = w ( i ) sup03150continue sup03160idirn = idirn - n sup03170itone = 3 sup03180k = idirn sup03190ixp = jj sup03200aaa = 0 . sup03210do 65 i = 1 , n sup03220ixp = ixp + 1 sup03230w ( k ) = w ( ixp ) sup03240if ( aaa - abe ( w ( k )/ e ( i ))) 66 , 67 , 67 sup03250aaa = abs ( w ( k )/ e ( i )) sup03260k = k - 1 sup03270continue sup03280ddmag = 1 . sup03290w ( n ) = escale / aaa sup03300iline = n sup03310go to 7 sup03320ixp = jj sup03330aaa = 0 . sup03340f = fhold sup03350do 99 i = 1 , n sup03360ixp = ixp + 1 sup03370x ( i ) = x ( i ) - w ( ixp ) sup03380if ( aaa * abs ( e ( i )) - abs ( w ( ixp ))) 98 , 99 , 99 sup03390aaa = abs ( w ( ixp )/ e ( i )) sup03400continue sup03410go to 72 sup03420aaa = aaa *( 1 . + di ) sup03430go to ( 72 , 106 ), ind sup03440if ( iprint - 2 ) 53 , 50 , 50 sup03450go to ( 109 , 88 ), ind sup03460if ( aaa - 0 . 1 ) 89 , 89 , 76 sup03470go to ( 20 , 116 ), icon sup03480ind = 2 sup03490go to ( 100 , 101 ), inn sup03500inn = 2 sup03510k = jjj sup03520do 102 i = 1 , n sup03530k = k + 1 sup03540w ( k ) = x ( i ) sup03550x ( i ) = x ( i ) + 10 . * e ( i ) sup0356ocontinue sup03570fkeep = f sup03580call calcfx ( n , x , f , evv , eco , edis ) sup03590nfcc = nfcc + 1 sup03600ddmag = 0 sup03610go to 108 sup03620if ( f - fp ) 35 , 78 , 78 sup03630write ( 6 , 80 ) sup03640format ( 5x , 37hva04a accuracy limited by errors in f ) sup03650go to 500 sup03660ind = 1 sup03670ddmac = 0 . 4 * sqrt ( fp - f ) sup03680if ( ddmag . ge . 1 . 0eg0 ) ddmag = 1 . 0e60 sup03690iscrad = 1 sup03700iterc = iterc + 1 sup03710if ( iterc - maxit ) 5 , 5 , 81 sup03720write ( 6 , 82 ) maxit sup03730format ( 15 , 30h iterations completed by va04a ) sup03740if ( f - fkeep ) 500 , 500 , 110 sup03750f = fkeep sup03760do 111 i = 1 , n sup03770jjj = jjj4 - 1 sup03780x ( i ) = w ( jjj ) sup03790continue sup03800go to 20 sup03810jil = 1 sup03820fp = fkeep sup03830if ( f - fkeep ) 105 , 78 , 104 sup03840jil = 2 sup03850fp = f sup03860f = fkeep sup03870ixp = jj sup03890do 113 i = 1 , n sup03890ixp = ixp + 1 sup03900k = ixp + n sup03910go to ( 114 , 115 ), jil sup03920w ( ixp ) = w ( k ) sup03930go to 113 sup03940w ( ixp ) = x ( i ) sup03550x ( i ) = w ( k ) sup03960continue sup03970jil = 2 sup03980go to 92 sup03990if ( aaa - 0 . 1 ) 20 , 20 , 107 sup04000write ( 6 , 200 ) sup04010write ( 6 , 201 ) sup04020write ( 7 , 201 ) sup04030format ( 5x , ` the function value has been minimized .`) sup04040write ( 6 , 200 ) sup04050format (/ 1x , `********************************************`/) sup04060return sup04070inn = 1 sup04080go to 35 sup04090end sup04100 sup04110subroutine parm sup04120parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup04130parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup04140character * 2 asym , title sup04150integer typea , typeb typ sup04160common / param / vep ( ng ), vra ( ng ) sup04170common / rnfo / na , nb , ip1 , ip2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 , cip2 , cip4 , sup04180common / type / typea ( nt ), typeb ( nt ), typ ( ng ) sup04190dimension veps ( 60 ), vrad ( 60 ) sup04200 sup04210data vrad / sup042201 1 . 900 , 1 . 940 , 1 . 940 , 1 . 940 , 1 . 500 , 1 . 740 , 1 . 740 , 1 . 820 , 1 . 820 , sup042302 - 1 . 0 , 1 . 780 , 1 . 740 , 1 . 900 , 0 . 930 , 2 . 110 , 1 . 920 , - 1 . 0 , sup042403 1 . 820 , 1 . 920 , 1 . 200 , 1 . 920 , 1 . 325 , 0 . 900 , 1 . 25 , 1 . 820 , sup042504 1 . 740 , 1 . 90 , 1 . 780 , 1 . 92 , 1 . 82 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , sup042605 - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , 17 * - 1 . 0 / sup04270data veps / sup042801 0 . 044 , 0 . 044 , 0 . 044 , 0 . 044 , 0 . 047 , 0 . 050 , 0 . 066 , 0 . 055 , sup042902 - 1 . 0 , 0 . 066 , 0 . 050 , 0 . 030 , 0 . 017 , 0 . 202 , 0 . 044 , - 1 . 0 , sup043003 0 . 055 , 0 . 044 , 0 . 036 , 0 . 044 , 0 . 034 , 0 . 015 , 0 . 036 , 0 . 055 , sup043104 0 . 066 , 0 . 044 , 0 . 066 , 0 . 044 , 0 . 055 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , sup043205 - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , - 1 . 0 , 17 * - 1 . 0 / sup04330if ( jcon . gt . 0 ) then sup04340do 10 j = 1 , jcon sup04350read ( 5 , *) itype , eps , rad sup04360veps ( itype ) = eps sup04370vrad ( itype ) = rad sup04380continue sup04390endif sup04400do 20 i = 1 , na sup04410vep ( i ) = veps ( typea ( i )) sup04420if ( vep ( i ). le - 0 . 0 ) then sup04430write ( 7 , 25 ) typea ( i ) sup04440endif sup04450vra ( i ) = vrad ( typea ( i )) sup04460tf ( vra ( i ). le . 0 . 0 ) then sup04470write ( 7 , 25 ) typea ( l ) sup04480format ( 4x , ` check your van der waal data of atom type `, sup04490endif sup04500continue sup04510 sup04520do 30 i1 = 1 , nb sup04530vep ( na + i ) = veps ( typeb ( i )) sup04540if ( vep ( na + i ). le - 0 . 0 ) then sup04550write ( 7 , 25 ) typeb ( i ) sup04560enndif sup04570vra ( na + i ) = vrad ( tyl ) eb ( i )) sup04580if ( vra ( na + i ). le . 0 . 0 ) then sup04590write ( 7 , 25 ) typeb ( i ) sup04600endif sup04610continue sup04620return sup04630end sup04640subroutine energy ( etot , ev , etot1 , edis ) sup04650function program for super - molecule sup04660parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup04670parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup04680character * 2 asym , title sup04690integer typea , typeb , typ sup04700common / cood / coord ( 3 , ng ), charge ( ng ) sup04710common / type / typea ( nt ), typeb ( nt ) typ ( ng ) sup04720common / cord / xa ( nt )* ya ( nt ), za ( nt ), xb ( nt ), yb ( nt ), zb ( nt ) sup04730common / final / txb ( nt ), tyb ( nt ), tzb ( nt ), ca ( nt ), cb ( nt ) sup04740common / param / vep ( ng ), vra ( ng ) sup04750common / info / na , nb , ip1 , ip2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 , cip2 , cip4 , sup04760common / path / myway sup04770calculation of van der walls energy ( only 1 - 5 and highter sup04780dielc = 78 . 5 sup04790go to ( 1 , 2 ), myway sup04800x1 = xa ( ip2 ) sup04810y1 = ya ( ip2 ) sup04820z1 = za ( ip2 ) sup04830x2 = txb ( ip4 ) sup04840y2 = tyb ( ip4 ) sup04850z2 = tzb ( ip4 ) sup04860etot1 = dist ( x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 ) sup04870etot1 = abs ( etot1 - r2 ) * 500 . 0 sup04880if ( myway . eq . 1 ) then sup04890etot = etot1 sup04900return sup04910endif sup04920 sup04930ev = 0 . 0 sup04940ec = 0 . 0 sup04950do 500 i = 1 , na sup04960xi = xa ( i ) sup04970yi = ya ( i ) sup04980zi = za ( i ) sup04990do 500 k = 1 , nb sup05000xk = txb ( k ) sup05010yk = tyb ( k ) sup05020zk = tzb ( k ) sup05030rik = dist ( xi , yi , zi , xk , yk , 2k ) sup05040ecoul = 332 . 0 * charge ( i )* charge ( na + k )/( dielc * rik ) sup05050vepi = vep ( i ) sup05060vepk = vep ( na + k ) sup05070vrai = vra ( i ) sup05080vrak = vra ( na + k ) sup05090eps = sqrt ( vepi * vepk ) sup05100rv = vrai + vrak sup05110p = rv / rik sup05120if ( p . gt . 3 . 31 ) go to 30 sup05130if ( p . lt . 0 . 072 ) then sup05140e = eps *(- 2 . 25 * p ** 6 ) sup05150go to 35 sup05160endif sup05170e = eps *( 290000 . 0 * exp (- 1 . 2 . 5 / p ) - 2 . 25 * p ** g ) sup05180go to 40 sup05190e = eps * 33g . 176 * p * p sup05200continue sup05210ev = ev + e sup0520ec = ec - ecoul sup05230continue sup05240etot = ev + etot1 + ec sup05250etot = fv + etot1 sup05260x1 = xa ( ip2 ) sup05270y1 = ya ( ip2 ) sup05280z1 = za ( ip2 ) sup05290x2 = txb ( ip4 ) sup05300y2 = tyb ( ip4 ) sup05310z2 = tzb ( ip4 ) sup05320edis = dist ( x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 ) sup05330return sup05340end sup05350function dist sup05360function dist ( x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 ) sup05370x = x1 - x2 sup05380y = y1 - y2 sup05390z = z1 - z2 sup05400dist = sqrt ( x * x + y * y + z * z ) sup05410return sup05420end sup05430subroutine calcfx ( nvar , x , etot , ev , ec , edis ) sup05440parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup05450parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup05460common / cord / xa ( nt ), ya ( nt ), za ( nt ), xb ( nt ), yb ( nt ), zb ( nt ) sup05470common / final / txb ( nt ), tyb ( nt ), tzb ( nt ), ca ( nt ), cb ( nt ) sup05480common / info / na , nb , ip1 , ip2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 cip2 , cip4 , sup05490dimension x ( 5 ), tx ( 150 ), ty ( 150 ), tz ( 150 ), xrot ( 9 ), yrot ( 9 ), sup05500dimension ctx ( 150 ), cty ( 150 ), ctz ( 150 ) sup05510conversion of polar coordinate to cartecian coordinate of ref . sup05520dx = r1 * sin ( x ( 1 ))* cos ( x ( 2 )) sup05530dy = r1 * sin ( x ( 1 ))* sin ( x ( 2 )) sup05540dx = r1 * cos ( x ( 1 )) sup05550fixing of probe 2 apart from probe 1 by r1 ang . in space sup05560px = xa ( ip1 ) + dx sup05570py = ya ( ip1 ) + dy sup05580pz = za ( ip1 ) + dz sup05590calculate distance vectors between probe p ( px , py , pz ) and probe sup05600dvx = px - xb ( ip3 ) sup05610dvy = py - yb ( ip3 ) sup05620dvz = pz - zb ( ip3 ) sup05630parallel movement of b molecule by ( dvx , dvy , dvz ) sup05640do 10 im = 1 , nb sup05650tx ( im ) = xb ( im ) * dvx sup05660ty ( im ) = yb ( im ) + dvy sup05670tz ( im ) = zb ( im ) + dvz sup05680continue sup05690move to make an origin of probe3 ( ip3 ) in order to rotate sup05700do 20 io = 1 , nb sup05710if ( io . eq . ip3 ) go to 20 sup05720tx ( io ) = tx ( io ) - tx ( ip3 ) sup05730ty ( io ) = ty ( io ) - ty ( ip3 ) sup05740tz ( io ) = tz ( io ) - tz ( ip3 ) sup05750continue sup05760tx ( ip3 ) = 0 . 0d0 sup05770ty ( ip3 ) = 0 . 0d0 sup05780tz ( ip3 ) = 0 . 0d0 sup05790rotation sup05800csx = cos ( x ( 3 )) sup05810ssx = sin ( x ( 3 )) sup05820csy = cos ( x ( 4 )) sup05830ssy = sin ( x ( 4 )) sup05340scz = cos ( x ( 5 )) sup05850ssz = srn ( x ( 5 )) sup05860x rotation sup05870do 30 i = 1 , 9 sup05380xror ( i ) = 0 . 0 sup05890xrot ( 1 ) = 1 . 0 sup05900xrot ( 5 ) = csx sup05910xrot ( 6 ) = ssx sup05920xrot ( 8 ) = ssx sup05930xrot ( 9 ) = csx sup05940do 40 i = 1 , 9 sup05950yrot ( i ) = 0 . 0 sup05960yrot ( 1 ) = csu sup05970yrot ( 3 ) = ssy sup05980yrot ( 5 ) = 1 . 0 sup05990yrot ( 7 ) = - ssy sup06000yrot ( 9 ) = csy sup06010do 50 i = 1 , 9 sup06020zrot ( i ) = 0 . 0 sup06030zrot ( 1 ) = csz sup06040zrot ( 2 ) = ssz sup06050zrot ( 4 ) = - ssz sup06060zrot ( 5 ) = csz sup06070zrot ( 9 ) = 1 . 0 sup06080do 60 j = 1 , nb sup06090coxx = xrot ( 1 )* tx ( j ) + xrot ( 2 )* ty ( j ) + xrot ( 3 )* tz ( j ) sup06100coxy = xrot ( 4 )* tx ( j ) + xrot ( 5 )* ty ( j ) + xrot ( g )* tz ( j ) sup06110coxz = xrot ( 7 )* tx ( j ) + xrot ( 8 )* ty ( j ) + xrot ( 9 )* tz ( j ) sup06120coyx = yrot ( 1 )* coxx + yrot ( 2 )* coxy + yrot ( 3 )* coxz sup06130coyy = yrot ( 4 )* coxx + yrot ( 5 )* coxy + yrot ( 6 )* coxz sup06140coyz = yrot ( 7 )* coxx + yrot ( 8 )* coxy + yrot ( 9 )* coxz sup06150ctx ( j ) = zrot ( 1 )* coyx + zrot ( 2 )* coyy + zrot ( 3 )* coyz sup06160cty ( j ) = zrot ( 4 )* coyx + zrot ( 5 )* coyy + zrot ( 6 )* coyz sup06170ctz ( j ) = zrot ( 7 )* coyx + zrot ( 8 )* coyy + zrot ( 9 )* coyz sup06180continue sup06190return to point p sup06200do 70 i = 1 , nb sup06210txb ( i ) = ctx ( i ) + px sup06220tyb ( i ) = cty ( i ) + py sup06230tzb ( i ) = ctz ( i ) + pz sup06240continue sup06250 sup06260call energy ( etot , ev , ec , edis ) supog270return sup06280end sup06290 sup06300subroutine coul ( etot , er , ea ) sup06310parameter ( nt = 150 ) supo6320parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup06330character * 2 asym , title sup06340common / cord / xa ( nt ), ya ( nt ), za ( nt ), xb ( nt ), yb ( nt ), zb ( nt ) sup06350common / final / txb ( nt ), tyb ( nt ), tzb ( nt ), ca ( nt ), cb ( nt ) sup06360common / info / na , nb , ip1 , ep2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 , cip2 , cip4 , sup06370er = 0 . 0 sup06380do 10 i = 1 , na sup06390x1 = xa ( i ) sup06400y1 = ya ( i ) sup06410z1 = za ( r ) supo6420do 20 j = 1 , nb sup06430x2 = txb ( i ) sup06440y2 = tyb ( i ) sup06450z2 = tzb ( i ) sup0646oer = er + ( ca ( i )* cb ( j ))/ drst ( x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 ) sup06470continue sup06480continue sup06490ea = 0 . 0 sup06500x1 = xa ( ip2 ) sup06510y1 = ya ( ip2 ) sup06520z1 = za ( ip2 ) sup06530x2 = txb ( ip4 ) sup06540y2 = tyb ( ip4 ) sup06550z2 = tzb ( ip4 ) sup06560ea = ea + ( cip2 * cip4 )/ dist ( x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 ) sup06570etot = er + ea sup06580return sup06590end sup06600 sup06610subprogram to generate atom type and net atomic charge sup06620subroutine charg sup06630parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup06640parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup06650intecer typea , typeb , typ sup06660common / cood / coord ( 3 , ng ), charge ( ng ) sup06670common / type / typea ( nt ), typeb ( nt ), typ ( ng ) sup06680common / info / na , nb , ip1 , ip2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 , cip2 , cip4 , sup06690dimension dchb ( 35 ) sup06700data dchb / 0 . 241 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 515 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 0 , - 0 . 539 , - 0 . 490 , sup067101 - 0 . 267 , - 0 . 509 , 0 . 0 , - 0 . 692 , - 0 . 54 , - 0 . 267 , 0 . 243 , sup067202 - 0 . 135 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 0 , - 0 . 622 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 304 , sup067303 0 . 0 , 0 . 243 , 0 . 15 , 0 . 131 , - 0 . 516 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 490 , sup067404 0 . 0 , - 622 , 0 . 515 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 0 , 0 . 0 ,/ sup06750do 20 i = 1 , na sup06760charge ( i ) = dchb ( typea ( i )) sup06770continue sup06780special side chain for carbone sup06790charges for hydanton sup06800do 30 i = 1 , nb sup06810charge ( na + i ) = dchb ( typeb ( i )) sup06820continue sup06830charge ( na + 1 ) = - 0 . 36 sup06840charge ( na + 2 ) = 0 . 44 sup06850charge ( na + 3 ) = - 0 . 41 sup06860charge ( na + 4 ) = 0 . 58 sup06870charge ( na + 5 ) = - 0 . 31 sup06880charge ( na + 6 ) = 0 . 03 sup06890charge ( na + 7 ) = - 0 . 41 sup06900charge ( na + 20 ) = 0 . 19 sup06910charge ( na + 21 ) = 0 . 20 sup06920charge ( ip2 ) = cip2 sup06930charge ( na + ip4 ) = cip4 sup06940write ( 6 , 22 ) ( charge ( i ), i = 1 , 12 ) sup06950format ( 3x , 6f10 . 4 ) sup06960return sup06970end sup06980 sup06990subroutine symbol sup07000parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup07010parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup07020character * 2 asym , title sup07030integer typea , typeb , typ , hh , nn , oo , cc sup07040common / cood / coord ( 3 , ng ), charge ( ng ) sup07050common / type / typea ( nt ), typeb ( nt ), typ ( ng ) sup07060common / symm / asym ( ng ), title ( 40 ) sup07070common / info / na , nb , ip1 , ip2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 , cip2 , cip4 , sup07080dimension hh ( 6 ), nn ( 7 ), oo ( 6 ), cc ( 10 ) sup07090data hh / 5 , 14 , 23 , 21 , 24 , 25 / sup07100data nn / 8 , 9 , 13 , 19 , 26 , 32 , 28 / sup07110data 00 / 6 , 7 , 11 , 12 , 28 , 30 / sup07120data cc / 1 , 2 , 3 , 1 , 16 , 20 , 22 , 27 , 29 , 31 / sup07130ntot = na + nb sup07140do 1 i = 1 , na sup07150typ ( i ) = typea ( i ) sup07160continue sup07170do 2 i = 1 , nb sup07180typ ( na + 1 ) = typeb ( i ) sup07190continue sup07700i = 0 sup07210continue sup07220i - 0 sup07230if ( i . gt . ntot ) go to 9 sup07240do 20 k1 = 1 , 6 sup07250if ( typ ( i ). eq . hh ( k1 )) then sup07260asym ( i ) = ` h ` sup07270go to 10 sup07280endif sup07290continue sup07300do 30 k1 = 1 , 7 sup07310if ( typ ( i ). eq . nn ( k1 )) then sup07320asym ( i ) = ` n ` sup07330go to 10 sup07340endif sup07350continue sup07360do 40 k1 = 1 , 6 sup07370if ( typ ( i ). eq . oo ( k1 )) then sup07380asym ( i ) = ` o ` sup07390go to 10 sup07400endif sup07410continue sup07420do 50 k1 = 1 , 10 sup07430if ( typ ( i ). eq . cc ( k1 )) then sup07440asym ( i ) = ` c ` sup07450go to 10 sup07460endif sup07470continue sup07480if ( typ ( i ). eq . 15 ) then sup07490asym ( i ) = ` s ` sup07500go to 10 sup07510else sup07520write ( 6 , 100 ) typ ( i ), i sup07530format ( 3x , ` undefined atom type : `, i3 ,` on line 1 , i4 ) sup07540endif sup07550continue sup07560return sup07570end sup07580subroutine chemg ( ntot ) sup07590 sup07600character name1 * 2 , name2 * 3 , ctemp * 80 , temp * 5 , asym * 2 sup07610paraxeter ( ng = 300 ) sup07620parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup07630integer ih , in , ic , io , is , hh , nn , cc , oo , ss sup07640common / cood / coord ( 3 , ng ), charge ( ng ) sup07650common / symm / asym ( ng ), title ( 40 ) sup07660 sup07670j = 0 sup07680ione = 1 sup07690write ( 10 , 1 ) ntot , ione , ione sup07700format (//, 13 , 15 , /, 16 ) sup07710 sup07720do 33 i = 1 , ntot sup07730read ( 4 , `( 1x , 3f10 . 4 , 5x , a1 )`, end = 999 ) x , y , z , name1 sup07740x = coord ( 1 , i ) sup07750y = coord ( 2 , i ) sup07760z = coord ( 3 , i ) sup07770name1 = asym ( i ) sup07780if ( name1 . eq . ` f `) go to 33 sup07790j = j + 1 sup07800if ( name1 . eq . ` h `) then sup07810ih = ih + 1 sup07820write ( name2 , `( i3 )`) ih sup07830elseif ( name1 . eq . ` n `) then sup07840in = in + 1 sup07850write ( name2 , `( i3 )`) in sup07860elseif ( name1 . eq . ` c `) then sup07870ic = ic + 1 sup07880write ( name2 , `( i3 )`) ic sup07890elseif ( name1 . eq . ` o `) then sup07900io = 10 + 1 sup07910write ( name2 , `( i3 )`) io sup07920elseif ( name1 . eq . ` s `) then sup07930is = is + 1 sup07940write ( name2 , `( i3 )`) is sup07950else sup07960write ( 6 , `(&# 34 ; you have a problem on line &# 34 ;, i4 , &# 34 ; in your cord sup07970 & amp ;,`) i sup07980endif sup07990if ( name2 ( 1 : 1 ). eq ` `) then sup08000name2 ( 1 : 1 ) = namei ( 2 : 2 ) sup08010name2 ( 2 : 2 ) = name2 ( 3 : 3 ) sup08020name2 ( 3 : 3 ) = ` ` sup08030if ( name2 ( 1 : 1 ). eq . ` `) then sup08040name2 ( 1 : 1 ) = name2 ( 2 : 2 ) sup08050name2 ( 2 : 2 ) = ` ` sup08060endif sup08070endif sup08080write ( 10 , `( i4 , a2 , a3 , 1x , 3f10 . 4 )`) j , name1 , name2 , x , y , sup08090continue sup08100endif sup08110return sup08120end sup08130subroutine writ ( x , y , z ) sup08140dimension x ( 150 ), y ( 150 ), z ( 150 ) sup08150do 5 i = 1 , 6 sup08160write ( 6 , 10 ) x ( i ), y ( i ), z ( i ) sup08170format ( 4x , 3f12 . 5 ) sup08180return sup08190end sup08200 sup08210subroutine combin ( na , nb ) sup08220dimension icon ( 16 ), iat1 ( 150 ), iat2 ( 150 ) sup08230character * 2 tt ( 30 ) sup08240read ( 4 , 10 ) na sup08250format ( 62x , 13 ) sup08260read ( 5 , 10 ) nb sup08270ntot = na + nb sup08280ione = 1 sup08290tfour = 4 sup08300time = 100 . 0 sup08310write ( 16 , 20 ) ntot , ifour , ione , time sup08320format ( 60x , i5 , i2 , 3x , 15 , f5 . 0 ) sup08330read ( 4 , 30 ) ncona , nata , nspa sup08340format ( i5 , 20x , i5 , 15x , i5 ) sup08350read ( 5 , 30 ) nconb , natb , nspb sup08360ncot = ncona * nconb sup08370natt = nata + natb sup08380nspt = nspa + nspb sup08390write ( 16 , 30 ) ncot , natt , nspt sup08400if ( nspa . ne . 0 ) then sup08410do 50 i = 1 , nspa sup08420read ( 4 , 40 ) tt sup08430format ( 30a2 ) sup08440write ( 16 , 40 ) tt sup08450continue sup08460endif sup08470if ( nspb . ne . 0 ) then sup08480do 60 i = 1 , nspb sup08490read ( 5 , 40 ) tt sup08500write ( 16 , 40 ) tt sup08510continue sup08520endif sup08530do 70 ia = 1 , ncona sup08540read ( 4 , 75 ) ( econ ( i ), i = 1 , 16 ) sup08550format ( 1615 ) sup08560do 80 iz = 1 , 16 sup08570isz = 16 sup08580if ( icon ( iz ). eq . 0 ) then sup08590isz = iz - 1 sup08600co to 85 sup08610endif sup08620continue sup08630write ( 16 , 75 )( icon ( i ), i = 1 , isz ) sup08640continue sup08650do 90 ib = 1 , nconb sup08660read ( 5 , 75 ) ( icon ( i ), i = 1 , 16 ) sup08670do 100 iz = 1 , 16 sup08680isz = 16 sup08690if ( icon ( iz ). eq . 0 ) then sup08700isz = iz - 1 sup08710go to 95 sup08720endif sup08730continue sup08740do 110 i = 1 , isz sup08750icon ( i ) = icon ( i ) + na sup08760write ( 16 , 75 )( icon ( i ), i = 1 , isz ) sup08770continue sup08780read ( 4 , 75 ) ( iat1 ( i ), iat2 ( i ), i = 1 , nata ) sup03790nata1 = nata + 1 sup08800read ( 5 , 75 ) ( iat1 ( i ), iat2 ( i ), i = nata1 , natt ) sup08810do 120 il = nata1 , natt sup08820iat1 ( il ) = iat1 ( il ) + na sup08830iat2 ( il ) = iat2 ( il ) + na sup08840continue sup08850write ( 16 , 75 ) ( iat1 ( i ), iat2 ( i ), i = 1 , natt ) sup08860return sup08870end sup08880subroutine for mm input sup08690subroutine mmdata sup08900parameter ( nt = 150 ) sup08910parameter ( ng = 300 ) sup08920character * 2 asym , title sup08930integer typea , typeb typ sup08940common / good / coord ( 3 , ng ), charge ( ng ) sup08950common / type / typea ( nt ), typeb ( nt ), typ ( ng ) sup08960common / symm / asym ( ng ), title ( 40 ) sup08970common / param / vep ( ng ), vra ( ng ) sup08980common / cord / xa ( nt ), ya ( nt ), za ( nt ), xb ( nt ), yb ( nt ), zb ( nt ) sup08990common / final / txb ( nt ), tyb ( nt ), tzb ( nt ), ca ( nt ), cb ( nt ) sup09000common / info / na , nb , ip1 , 1p2 , ip3 , ip4 , r1 , r2 , cip2 , cip4 , sup09010ntot = na + nb sup09020write ( 16 , 20 ) ( coord ( 1 , i ), coord ( 2 , i ), ( coord 3 , i ) typ ( i ), i = 1 , ntot ) sup09030format ( 2 ( 3f10 . 5 , i5 , 5x )) sup09040return sup09050end sup09060__________________________________________________________________________ fig2 - 5 show stereoscopic views of the results of docking of the receptor model with , respectively , penicillin v , δ 3 - cephalosporin v , δ 2 - cephalosporin v and 4 - epi - δ 2 - cephalosporin v . it can be seen that , in each case , the serine o -- h sits on the convex face of the β - lactam compound , in such a manner as to create a four - centred interaction between o -- h and ( o ) c -- n . this four - centred interaction is shown in closer detail for penicillin v in fig6 . from the cartesian coordinates of c -- o -- h and ( o ) n -- c of the optimized complexes it is possible to compute the root mean square deviations ( rms ) in å of the different four centred interactions , relative to a standard substrate , in this case penicillin v . when this is done for the series of penicillins 1a - 1i , it is found that all active penicillins have rms less than 0 . 2 å , and all inactive penicillins have rms greater than 0 . 4 å . for the series shown in fig2 - 5 , the rms deviations are 0 . 000 , 0 . 149 , 0 . 338 and 0 . 148 å . this implies that the &# 34 ; fits &# 34 ; of the biologically active δ 3 - cephalosporin and the biologically inactive 4 - epi - δ 2 - cephalosporin to the penicillin receptor are identical . the biologically inactive δ 2 - cephalosporin has a poorer fit . the biological activity of a drug depends not only on its ability to fit to a receptor , i . e ., step 1 of equation 1 , but also on its ability to react chemically with the receptor , i . e ., step 2 of equation 1 . the chemical reaction suggested by fig2 - 6 is a four centred process in which c7 - 0 ( ser ) ( see a ) and n -- h ( ser ) bond formation are concerted . this is an unprecedented chemical mechanism . the hydrolysis and alcoholysis of β - lactam compounds has received much experimental and theoretical attention . in water above ph 8 , the rate - determining step is addition to the carbonyl group to form a tetrahedral intermediate ; below ph 6 , there is rate - determining proton transfer to the β - lactam nitrogen , from the convex face of the molecule . hydrolysis is extremely slow in the biologically relevant ph range 6 - 8 , and the possible existence of a molecular ( four - centred ) mechanism in this region has not been established . likewise , all previous theoretical studies of β - lactam hydrolysis have emphasized anionic addition to the β - lactam carbonyl group . molecular orbital ( mo ) calculations of the ab initio type represent an accepted and well established procedure for the probing of the mechanisms of chemical reactions . such calculations can be performed using low level ( sto - 3g ) and high level ( 3 - 21g ) basis sets using the computer programmes gaussian 82 and gaussian 86 , available from gaussian inc ., pittsburgh , pa , u . s . a . molecular orbital calculations of the semi - empirical type can be performed on relatively large molecular systems , and are valid once they have been calibrated with respect to an ab initio calculation on the same system . the semi empirical procedures am1 , mndo and mindo / 3 are available in the computer programme ampac , available from qcpe . table 6 summarizes the ab initio data ( δδe ‡, kcal / mol ) for the reactions of n - methylazetidinone with water and with methanol via exo - oriented n - and o - protonated structures . for the hydrolysis reactions , the o - protonated structure is favoured by 1 . 75 kcal / mol at the lower sto - 3g level ( sto - 3g // sto - 3g ). one point calculations at the more appropriate 3 - 21g level ( 3 - 21g // 3 - 21g ) increases the preference for the n - protonated transition structure to 5 . 66 kcal / mol . analogous results are seen for methanolysis of n - methylazetidinone . these results prove that the four - centred interaction seen in fig2 - 6 reflects a genuine chemical process and , indeed , the energetically preferred chemical process . the n - and o - protonated methanolysis transition structures are shown in fig7 and 8 , respectively . table 6 also summarizes the semi - empirical results for the hydrolysis and methanolysis of n - methylazetidinone , and it is evident that only mindo / 3 correctly reproduces the preference for the n - protonated transition structure . accordingly , mindo / 3 was used to examine the activation energies for the reactions of a large number of bicyclic azetidinones with methanol . these are summarized in table 7 . table 6__________________________________________________________________________relative e . sup .≠ for the hydrolysis and methanolysis of n - methylazetidinone via n - and o - protonated transition structures .. sup . ats sto - 3g 3 - 21g // sto - 3g 3 - 21g // 3 - 21g am1 mndo mindo / 3__________________________________________________________________________hydrolysisn 1 . 75 0 . 00 0 . 00 8 . 46 7 . 31 0 . 00o 0 . 00 4 . 41 5 . 66 0 . 00 0 . 00 1 . 81methanolysisn 2 . 26 0 . 00 9 . 21 7 . 86 0 . 00o 0 . 00 4 . 39 0 . 00 0 . 00 1 . 20__________________________________________________________________________ . sup . a relative energies are in kcal / mol . within each row of table 7 , the reactions of the different structural types are compared to that of the parent penam ring system of penicillin , and the data are discussed row - by - row : ( 1 ) the relative reactivities are carbapenam & gt ; penem & gt ; oxapenam & gt ; penam . oxapenicillins and penems having the c3 and c6 substituents of penicillins are known to have antibacterial activity ; although the carbapenam ring system is known , carbapenicillins have not yet been prepared . ( 2 ) in the comparison of the penam and cephem ring systems , the relative reactivities are penam & gt ;& gt ; δ . sup . - cephem & gt ; δ 2 - cephem , acetoxymethyl - δ 3 - cephem . with a common table 7__________________________________________________________________________calculated δδ . sub . e ‡ ( kcal / mol , mindo / 3 ) relativeto n - methylazetidionefor the methanolysis of β - lactam compounds via exo formation of afour - centred n - protonated transition structure__________________________________________________________________________ ## str12 ## ## str13 ## ## str14 ## ## str15 ## ## str16 ## __________________________________________________________________________ acylamino side chain , penicillins are an order of magnitude more active than acetoxymethyl - δ 3 - cephalosporins and the latter are , in general , an order of magnitude more active than 3 - methyl δ 3 - cephems ; δ 2 - cephems are inactive . ( 3 ) introduction of the c3α - carboxyl group enhances the reactivity . it is believed that the carboxyl group assists the methanolysis through hydrogen bonding , because epimerization ( c3β ) decreases the reactivity significantly . ( 4 ) introduction of c2 - methyl substituents decreases the reactivity , unless a c3α - carboxyl group is present . ( 5 ) the 6β - acylamino substituent has almost no effect on the reactivity . consequently , the chemical reactivity of a penicillin differs only slightly from that of the parent penam . fig9 - 11 show , respectively , stereoscopic views of the n - and o - protonated transition structures for exo - methanolysis of a penicillin , and o - protonated endo - methanolysis of penam . such endo - oriented transition structures are ca 1 kcal / mol higher in energy than the o - protonated exo - structures and 5 - 6 kcal / mol higher in energy than the n - protonated exo - structures . table 8 summarizes the &# 34 ; fits &# 34 ; of penicillin v and 2a - 2c mentioned above , as well as the &# 34 ; reactivities &# 34 ; of the different ring systems , as given by δδe ‡ for the reaction of methanol with the carboxylated substrates shown . the product rms × δδe ‡ represents a combination of fit and reactivity , and is seen to order correctly the different classes of antibiotics in the order of their biological activities . based on this quantity , 2b is inactive because of its poorer fit to the receptor , and 2c is inactive because of its decreased reactivity . the difference between 2b and 2c can be compared to the differences seen in row 3 of table 7 . that difference is attributed to facilitation of the chemical process by hydrogen bonding of the attacking alcohol to the carboxyl group when this group is on the convex face of the molecule . thus 2c recovers the fit lost in 2b but concomitantly becomes less reactive . these considerations suggest that the attachment of a hydrogen bonding donor substituent on the convex face of 2c will restore the chemical reactivity while retaining the acceptable fit to the receptor . possible sites for the attachment of the required substituent are sulfur , c4 and c7 ( see table 8 d for numbering ). attachment of f , ch 3 o and ch 2 oh to c4 and c7 in the required manner does not enhance the reactivity of 2c , but an alpha - oriented sulfoxide ( 3 ) exhibits reactivity superior to that of penicillin . although a malonic acid derivative which combines the favourable properties of 2b and 2c ( 4 ) exhibits somewhat reduced reactivity compared to penicillin ( δδe ‡= 3 . 51 kcal / mol ), the product rms × δδe ‡ is intermediate between the active and inactive entries of table 8 . accordingly , 3 and 4 are novel β - lactam containing structural types of potential biological interest . table 8______________________________________root mean square ( rms ) difference ( å ), relative topenicillin v , of the cartesian coordinates of thecoh atoms of serine and the nco atoms ofthe azetidinone ring in the complexes of β - lactamcompounds with a model of the penicillin receptor ; activation energies ( kcal / mol ) for the reaction ofazetidinones with methanol , relative to the penamnucleus ; and the product rms x δδe ‡. substrate rms δδe ‡ rms × δδe ‡ ______________________________________2a 0 . 149 2 . 81 . sup . a 0 . 42penicillin v 0 . 000 0 . 00 . sup . b 0 . 002b 0 . 338 1 . 94 . sup . c 0 . 662c 0 . 148 4 . 65 . sup . d 0 . 69______________________________________ ## str17 ## ## str18 ## ## str19 ## ## str20 ## ## str21 ## ## str22 ## ## str23 ## it is also possible to design entirely new structural types compatiblewith the combination of fit and reactivity developed here . based on thedihedral angles of penicillin v , a carboxyl group oriented so that itmakes a dihedral angle of 150 °- 160 ° with a &# 34 ; reactive site &# 34 ;, and a hydrogen bonding donor such as n -- h or o -- h oriented so that itmakes a dihedral angle of - 150 to - 160 ° with the &# 34 ; reactive site &# 34 ; is required . the reactive site should be one that reacts with methanolvia a four - centred transition structure , and with δe ‡ no greater than 3 - 4 kcal / mol higher than that for the reaction with anazetidinone . systematic calculation of activation energies has identifiedthe imino moiety ## str24 ## as a functional group possessing the required reactivity , and incorporation of this moiety into a cyclic structure possessing dihedral angles of the required magnitude has identified 5 as a candidate structure having antibacterial activity by a penicillin - cephalosporin mechanism . the result is shown in fig1 . this polypeptide contains 46 amino acid residues , 327 heavy atoms , and 636 atoms including hydrogens . the published crystal structure includes diffraction data refined to 1 . 5 å . the cartesian coordinates of the heavy ( non - hydrogen ) atoms of this crystal structure were used as input to mmp2 ( 85 ), hydrogens were added using an option available in mmp2 ( 85 ), and newton - raphson minimization was performed using pepcon . the calculated structure shows an rms deviation from the experimental structure of 0 . 291 å for the heavy atoms of the backbone , and 0 . 310 å for all heavy atoms . repetition of the experiment of example 1 , with the cartesian coordinates of the crystal structure of penicillin v and the pencon parameters leads to an rms deviation of 0 . 1 å for all atoms . the cartesian coordinates of the crystal structure of a 2 - cephalosporin having the phenoxyacetyl side chain were entered , and the energy was minimized using mmp2 ( 85 ) in conjunction with the ceparam parameters . the resulting rms deviation was 0 . 35 å . application of the random number strategy and ecepp to the conformational analysis of a peptide the peptide gly - trp - met - asp - phe - nh 2 was entered into ecepp , and an initial search was performed on 200 , 000 initial conformations of this molecule . the fifty lowest energy structures identified in this manner were minimized in ecepp using a quadratic minimization procedure , and then refined using the pepcon parameters of mmp2 ( 85 ). one structure was strongly preferred , and the dihedral angles of this structure are identical to those of the gastrin tetrapeptide , which contains the trp - met - asp - phe - nh 2 moiety of the above compound . the peptide ac - val - gly - ser - val - thr - lys - nhch 3 was treated as described in example 4 , and the fifty final structures were examined . only one structure possessed lysine and serine side chains on the same side of the molecule . this structure is shown in fig1 and its dihedral angles are summarized in table 4 . the receptor model of example 5 was docked to penicillin v using the computer program of table 5 . several conformations of the penicillin were examined , and the final lowest energy complex is shown in fig2 . the invention will be further illustrated by way of the following specific examples of compounds that have been prepared : in formula i , x ═ s ; y ═ oh ; r 1 ═ r 2 ═ ch 3 , r 3 ═ r 4 ═ h . both d - and l - configurations at c 3 are prepared . ## str25 ## methyl isopropyl ketone ( 15 ml , 140 moles ) was added to a solution of potassium chloride ( 1 . 1 g , 14 . 8 moles ) in water ( 9 . 6 ml ). the mixture was stirred , warmed to 60 ° c ., and illuminated with a 350 watt tungsten lamp mounted beside the flask . bromine ( 11 . 9 g , 74 . 4 moles ) was then added dropwise . when the colour of the first few drops had disappeared , the heating bath was replaced by a cold water bath , and the 350 watt bulb was replaced by a 60 watt bulb . addition of bromine was continued at a rate sufficient to maintain the internal temperature at 40 °- 45 ° c . when the addition was complete ( 25 min ) the reaction mixture was allowed to stand for 2 h and the orgainic phase was then separated , washed with wwater - magnesium oxide and dried over anhydrous calcium chloride . fractional distallation afforded 7 g of al , b . p . 82 °- 86 °/ 145 torr . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 2 . 36 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 77 ( 6h , s ). ## str26 ## the bromeketine al ( 4 . 65 g , 28 moles ) was dissolved in glacial acetic acid ( 40 ml ), and freshly recrystallized lead tetraacetate ( 12 . 5 g , 28 . 2 moles ) was added . the mixture was heated at 100 ° c ., with stirring , for 2 h and cooled to room temperature . ethylene glycol ( 2 ml ) was then added to destroy unreacted lead tetraacetate . the reaction mixture was diluted with ether ( 100 ml ), washed successively with 10 % sodium carbonate , water and saturated sodium chloride , dried and evaporated . the residue was distilled , and the fraction boiling at 57 °- 60 ° c ./ 120 torr was further purified by chromatography ( silica gel , 5 %& gt ; 10 %-& gt ; 15 % ether - hexane ) to give the bromoketoacetate b1 . nmr ( cdcl 3 : 5 . 16 ( 2h , s ), 2 . 13 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 87 ( 6h , s ). ## str27 ## triethylamine ( 140 ml ) was added to methylene chloride ( 3 ml ). the solution was cooled to - 20 ° c ., and gaseous hydrogen sulfide was introduced during 10 min . then the bromoketoacetate b1 ( 200 mg ), in methylene chloride ( 1 . 0 ml ), was added dropwise with stirring during 10 min . the yellow solution was diluted with methlene chloride ( 30 ml ) 30 , washed successively with 2n hydrochloric acid , water and saturated sodium chloride , dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to yield the mercaptoketoacetate c1 . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 5 . 16 ( 2h , s ), 2 . 18 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 57 ( 6h , s ), 1 . 55 ( 1h , s ). ## str28 ## to triphenylphosphine ( 258 mg , 0 . 98 mole ) in dry tetrahydrofuran ( 1 . 0 ml0 , at - 78 ° c . under a nitrogen atomosphere , was added dropwise with stirring a solution of dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate ( 144 mg , 0 . 99 mole ) in tetrahydrofuran ( 1 . 0 ml ). the white slurry as maintained at - 78 ° c . for 10 min , and a solution of boc - l ( or d -)- serine ( 184 mg , 0 . 90 mole ) in tetrahydrofuran ( 1 . 0 ml ) was added dropwise . the temperature was maintained at - 78 ° c . for 20 min and the reaction mixture was then allowed to warm to room temperature ( 2 h ). the solvent was removed and the residue was chromatographed on silica gel . elution with 15 %-& gt ; 22 %- 30 %-& gt ; 35 % ethyl acetate - hexane afforded the beta - lactone d1 . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 5 . 29 ( 1h , br ), 4 . 92 ( 1h , br ), 4 . 34 ( 2h , br ), 1 . 07 ( 9h , s ) . ## str29 ## to a solution of c1 ( 79 . 6 mg , 0 . 45 mole ) in dry degassed dimethylformamide ( 1 . 5 ml ) was added dropwise a solution of lithium diisopropylamide ( 0 . 8 mole ) in tetrahydrofuran ( 1 . 5 ml ). the addition was carried out under nitrogen at - 60 ° c . the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to - 25 ° c . during 50 min , cooled again to - 55 ° c ., and a solution of d1 ( 56 . 4 mg , 0 . 30 mole ) in dry degassed dimethylformamide ( 0 . 5 ml ) was added dropwise . when the addition was complete , the mixture was warmed to - 20 ° c ., stirred for 25 min and then diluted with ethyl acetate ( 30 ml ) and washed with 0 . 5n hydrochloric acid ( 2 ml ). the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate ( 2 × 10 ml ) and the combined organic extracts were washed with water ( 2 × 5 ml ) and saturated sodium chloride ( 1 × 5 ml ), dried and evaporated . the oily residue was purified by preparative layer chromatography on a 10 × 20 cm plate coated with silic gel , using methylene chloride - ethyl acetate acetic acid ( 1 . 7 : 0 . 3 : 0 . 05 ) as eluant to give e1 ( 77 mg , 70 . 3 %). nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 5 . 43 ( 1h , br ), 5 . 20 ( 1h , d , 18 hz ), 5 . 04 ( 1h , d , 18 hz ), 4 . 46 ( 1h , br ), 2 . 97 ( 1h , br ), 2 . 78 , 2 . 74 ( 1h , dd , 4 . 5 , 9 . 0hz ), 2 . 17 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 48 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 47 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 44 ( 9h , s ). ## str30 ## the acid e1 ( 77 mg ) was dissolved in methylene chloride ( 10 ml ) and treated at 0 ° c . with an ethereal solution of diazomethane . the solvent was removed and the residue was purified on a 5 × 10 cm silica gel plate using hexane - ethyl acetate ( 1 . 4 : 0 . 6 ) as eluant to give the ester f1 ( 48 . 2 mg ). nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 5 . 32 ( 1h , br d ), 5 . 15 ( 1h , d , 11hz ), 5 . 07 ( 1h , d , 11hz ), 4 . 48 ( 1h , br , q ), 3 . 76 ( 3h , s ), 2 . 91 ( 1h , q , 4 , 12hz ), 2 . 74 ( 1h , q , 5 . 5 , 12 hz ), 1 . 47 ( 6h , d ), 1 . 44 ( 9h , s ). ## str31 ## the ester f1 ( 46 mg ), in tetrahydrofuran ( 1 ml ) was treated at room temperature with 0 . 25m lithium hydroxide ( 0 . 4 ml ). after 25 min an additional 0 . 4 ml of lithium hydroxide was added . the mixture was stirred for 35 min and then diluted with ethyl acetate ( 10 ml ) and washed with 0 . 5n hydrochloric acid ( 2 × 5 ml ). the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate ( 2 × 5 ml ) and the combined organic extracts were washed with water ( 1 × 5 ml ), followed by saturated sodium chloride ( 1 × 5 ml ), dried and evaporated . the residue was dissolved in the minimum of methylene chloride , treated with ethereal diazomethane , concentrated , and the residue was purified on a 10 × 20 cm silica gel plate . elution with hexane - ethyl acetate ( 1 . 4 : 0 . 6 ) gave g1 ( 14 . 4 mg ). nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 5 . 22 ( 1h , br ), 4 . 58 ( 2h , d ), 4 . 48 ( 1h , br ), 3 . 75 ( 3h , s ), 3 . 06 ( 1h , br ), 2 . 92 ( 1h , br ), 2 . 74 ( 1h , dd , 5 , 11hz ), 1 . 46 ( 9h , s ), 1 . 44 ( 6h , s ). ## str32 ## to a solution of g1 ( 5 mg , 0 . 015 mole ) in freshly dried pyridine ( 0 . 2 ml ) were added successively silver nitrate ( 3 . 4 mg , 0 . 02 mole ) and t - butyldiphenylchlorosilane ( 6 . 3 mg , 0 . 023 mole ). the solution was stirred for 15 min at room temperature under nitrogen . the solvent was then removed and the product was purified by preparative layer chromatography to give h1 ( 5 . 5 mg ). nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 7 . 69 ( 4h , m ), 7 . 41 ( 6h , m ), 5 . 07 ( 1h , br ), 4 . 70 ( 2h , s ), 4 . 41 ( 1h , br ), 3 . 72 ( 3h , s ), 2 . 70 ( 1h , dd ), 2 . 55 ( 1h , dd ), 1 . 43 ( 9h , s ), 1 . 28 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 26 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 10 ( 9h , s ). ## str33 ## the silyated ester h1 ( 5 mg ) was treated at room temperature with formic acid ( 0 . 2 ml ). after 33 min the reaction mixture was frozen and the solvent was removed by lyophilization to yield the enamine 11 . nmr ( cdcl 3 ): 7 . 69 ( 4h , m ) , 7 . 40 ( 6h , m ), 5 . 90 ( 1h , s ), 4 . 65 ( 1h , br ), 3 . 79 ( 3h , s ), 3 . 76 ( 1h , br ), 3 . 17 ( 1h , dd , 10 , 15hz ), 3 . 00 ( 1h , dd , 3 , 15 hz ), 1 . 49 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 31 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 08 ( 9h , s ). ## str34 ## the thiazine 11 was treated with lithium hydroxide , as described in step 7 , to remove the ester protecting group . the silylated protecting group was also removed in part to afford a reaction mixture which contained 3 - carboxy - 5 - hydroxymethyl - 6 , 6 - dimethyl 4 - 1 , 4 - thiazine . in formula ii , x ═ s ; y ═ oh ; r 1 ═ r 2 ═ ch 3 ; r 3 ═ r 4 ═ r 6 ═ r 7 ═ h ; r 5 ═ ch 3 . both d - and l - configuration at c3 are prepared , but the r - and s - epimers at c8 have not been separated ; the d - isomer is active . ## str35 ## a solution of ethyl 2 - methylcyclopropanecarboxylate ( 5 . 0 g , 38 . 9 moles ) in dry ether ( 5 ml0 was added dropwise , with stirring under nitrogen , to the grignard reagent prepared from magnesium turnings ( 1 . 935 g , 0 . 080 g - atom ) and methyl iodide ( 12 . 43 g , 87 . 6 moles ) in dry ether ( 42 ml ). the addition required 30 min ; stirring was continued for 2 . 75 h at room temperature and then for 2 h under reflux . the reaction mixture was cooled in an ice - bath and saturated ammonium chloride ( 10 ml ) wass added , with stirring . the layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with ether ( 2 × 20 ml ). the combined organic phase was dried , evaporated and the residue distilled at 132 °- 136 ° c . to give the tertiary alcohol a2 ( 4 . 24 g , 95 %) ## str36 ## to the alcohol a2 ( 4 . 24 g , 37 moles ) cooled in an ice - bath , was added ice - cold 48 % hydrobromic acid ( 15 ml ). the mixture was shaken vigorously in the ice - bath for 30 min . the two layers were then separated , the aqueous layer extracted with hexane ( 2 × 20 ml ), and the combined organic phase was washed successively with saturated bicarbonate ( 2 × 10 ml ), wate2 ( 2 × 10 ml ) and saturated sodium chloride ( 2 × 10 ml ), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate , and evaporated . distillation afforded 3 . 72 g ( 60 % 0 of the bromine b2 , b . p . 46 °- 54 ° c ./ 10 torr . ## str37 ## to a solution of the bromide b2 ( 3 . 72 g , 21 moles ) in glacial acetic acid ( 20 ml ) was added potassium acetate ( 3 . 1 g , 31 . 6 moles ). the mixture was heated under reflux for 12 h , cooled , and poured into water ( 30 ml ). extraction with ether ( 3 × 30 ml ), followed by succesive washing of the organic phae with aturated sodium carbonate , water and saturated sodium chloride , drying , and evaporation at room temperature yelded the acetate c2 , 2 . 82 g ( 85 %). nmr cdcl 3 ) 5 . 10 ( 1h , brt ), 4 . 88 ( 1h , q , 6hz ), 2 . 30 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 19 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 02 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 71 ( 3h , br s ), 1 . 62 ( 3h , br s ), 8 . 00 ( 3h , d , 6hz ). ## str38 ## the acetate c 2 ( 320 mg , 2 . 05 moles ) was dissolved in methanol ( 2 ml ) and treated dropwise with a 1 . 5m solution of potassium hydroxide in methanol ( 1 . 38 ml ). the reaction mixture was allowed to stand for 6 h and was then neutralized with 1 . 5 mmethanolic hydrogen chloride , and the solvent was removed . the residue was dissolved in methylene chloride , and this solution was washed successively with water and saturated sodium chloride , dried and evaporated to give the alcohol d2 ( 208 mg , 99 %). ## str39 ## the alcohol d2 ( 312 mg , 2 . 73 moles ) was dissolved in dimethylformamide ( 2 ml ) and to this solution were added successively t - butylidemethylchlorosilane ( 535 mg , 3 . 55 moles ). the mixture was stirred for 2 h and then filtered . the insoluble material was triturated with ether ( 20 ml ) and the combined organic material was washed successively with saturated sodium bicarbonate , water and saturated sodium chloride , dried and evaporated to give the silyated compound e2a ( 620 mg , 100 %). ## str40 ## the alcohol d2 ( 25 mg , 0 . 22 mole ) was dissolved in dimethylformamide ( 0 . 2 ml ), and the solution was treated successively with pyridine ( 27 1 , 0 . 33 mole ), t - butyldiphenylchlorosilane ( 90 l , 0 . 35 mole ) and silver nitrate ( 56 mg , 0 . 33 mole ). the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h , and the product was then isolated , as described in step 5a , to yield e2b . ## str41 ## the olefin e2a ( 624 mg , 2 . 73 moles ) was dissolved in acetine ( 3 ml ) and 18 - crown - 6 ( 100 mg , 0 . 27 mole ) and acetic acid ( 0 . 16 ml ) were added successively followed , dropwise , by a solution of potassium permanganate ( 603 mg , 3 . 82 moles ) in water ( 7 . 5 ml ). the mixture wa stirred for 1 hr and then diluted with methylene chloride ( 50 ml0 . the organic phase was washed successively with 20 % sodium bisulfite , 0 . 5n hydrochloric acid , saturated sodium bicarbonate , water and saturated sodium chloride , dried and evaporated . the residue wa subjected to flash chromatography on silical gel ( 7 g ). elution with 4 -& gt ; 15 % ethyl acetate - hexane gave 479 mg ( 70 %) of the ketol f2a . ## str42 ## the olefin e2b ( 77 . 5 mg , 0 . 22 mole ) was oxidized with potassium permangamate , as described in step 6a , to yield the ketol f2b . nmr ( cdcl 3 ): 7 . 72 ( 4h , m ), 7 . 43 ( 6h , m ), 4 . 43 ( 1h , q , 6hz ), 3 . 81 ( 1h , s ), 2 . 81 ( 1h , dd , 5 , 16hz ), 2 . 58 ( 1h , dd , 7 , 16hz ), 1 . 31 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 29 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 10 ( 3h , d , 5hz ), 1 . 04 ( 9h , s ) ## str43 ## to a solution of the ketol f2a ( 478 mg , 1 . 83 moles ) in methylene chloride ( 6 ml ) were aded successively triethylamine ( 0 . 76 ml , 4 . 0 moles ) and methanesulfonyl chloride ( 0 . 24 ml , 3 . 1 moles ). the reaction mixture was stirred for 5 h at room temperature and then diluted with methylene chloride ( 80 ml ). the solution was washed successively with water , 0 . 5n hydrochloric acid , saturated sodium bicarbonate , water and saturated sodium chloride , dried and evaporated . flash chromatography on silica gel ( 3 g ) and elution with 7 %-& gt ; 8 %-& gt ; 9 %-& gt ; 10 % ethyl acetate - hexane gave g2a ( 432 mg , 70 %). ## str44 ## the ketol f2b ( 277 mg , 0 . 72 mole ) was converted into the mesylate g2b ( 233 mg ), as described in step 7a . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 7 . 71 ( 4h , m ), 7 . 41 ( 6h , m ), 4 . 44 ( 1h , dq ), 3 . 08 ( 3h , s ), 2 . 95 ( 1h , dd , 6 , 18hz ), 2 . 27 ( 1h , dd , 7 , 18hz ), 1 . 63 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 61 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 15 ( 3h , d , 6hz ), 1 . 06 ( 9h , s ). ## str45 ## methylene chloride ( 5 ml ) was saturated with hydrogen sulfide at - 20 ° c ., and triethylamine ( 0 . 14 ml , 1 mole ) and a solution of the mesylate g2a ( 233 mg , 0 . 5 mole ) were added successively . the solution was stirred for 10 min at - 20 ° c . and for 45 min at - 20 ° c .-& gt ; 0 ° c ., and was then diluted with methylene chloride ( 30 ml ), washed successively with 0 . 5n hydrochloric acid , water and saturated ssodium chloride , dried and evaporated to give , after drying at 0 . 1 torr , the mercaptan h2a ( 170 mg , 85 %). nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 4 . 37 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 98 ( 1h , dd , 5 , 11hz ), 2 . 63 ( 1h , dd , 4 , 11hz ), 1 . 98 ( 1h , s ), 1 . 49 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 48 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 17 ( 3h , d , 5hz ), 0 . 84 ( 9h , s ), 0 . 05 ( 3h , s ), 0 . 01 ( 3h , s ). ## str46 ## the mesylate g2b was converted into the mercaptan h2b as described in step 8a . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 7 . 71 ( 4h , m ), 7 . 40 ( 6h , m ), 3 . 00 ( 1h , dd , 6 , 16hz ), 2 . 75 ( 1h , dd , 7 , 16hz ), 1 . 93 ( 1h , s ), 1 . 46 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 45 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 13 ( 3h , d , 6hz ), 1 . 05 ( 9h , s ) ## str47 ## under nitrogen , the nercaptan h2a ( 100 mg , 0 . 36 mole ) was dissolved in degassed dimethylormamide ( 1 . 0 ml ). the solution was cooled to - 55 ° c . and treated with 0 . 45 ml of a solution of lithium diisopropylamide prepared from n - butyllithium ( 0 . 8 ml of a 1 . 6m hexane solution ) and diisopropylamine ( 0 . 36 ml , 0 . 259 g , 2 . 56 moles ) in degassed tetrahydrofuran ( 0 . 8 ml ). the reaction mixture was stirred at - 45 ° c . for 30 min , and a solution of the beta - lactone d1 ( d - or l ) ( 56 . 8 mg , 0 . 30 mole ) in degassed dimethylformamide ( 0 . 8 ml ) was added . the mixture was stirred at - 30 ° c . for 20 min and then diluted with methylene chloride ( 10 ml0 and washed with 0 . 5n hydrochloric acid . the aqueous layer was extracted with methlene chloride ( 2 × 5ml ) and the combined organic extracts were washed with water , then saturated sodium chloride , dried and evaporated . the residue was dried under high vacuum and purified by flash chromatography ( silica gel , 4 g ; 0 %-& gt ; 8 % ethyl acetate - methylene chloride ( 1 % acetic acid )) to give the coupled product 12d or 12l 12d ( 88 . 6 %, [] d - 2 . 27 ( c 0 . 1 , chloroform )). nmr ( cdcl 3 ) ( one isomer ) 5 . 28 ( 1h , br t ), 4 . 48 ( 1h , br ) 4 . 32 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 83 , 2 . 71 ( 2h , m ), 2 . 71 , 2 . 62 ( 2h , m ), 1 . 44 ( 9h , s ), 1 . 43 ( 6h , s ), 1 . 16 ( 3h , d , 6hz ), 0 . 85 ( 9h ,), 0 . 05 ( 3h , s ), 0 . 00 ( 3h , s ). the nmr spectrum shows a 1 : 1 mixture of epimers in the 2 - hydroxypropyl side chain . ## str48 ## 12l ( 83 %, [] d + 2 . 33 ( c 0 . 1 , chloroforum )). nmr ( cdcl 3 ) ( one isomer ) 5 . 28 ( 1h , br t ), 4 . 48 ( 1h , br ), 4 . 32 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 86 , 2 . 79 ( 2h , m ), 2 . 70 , 2 . 61 ( 2h , m ), 1 . 43 ( 9h , s ), 1 . 42 ( 6h , s ), 1 . 16 ( 3h , d , 6hz ), 0 . 83 ( 9h , s ), 0 . 04 ( 3h , s ), 0 . 00 ( 3h , s ). the nmr spectrum shows a 1 : 1 mixture of epimers in the 2 - hydroxypropyl side chain . ## str49 ## to 12d ( 22 . 7 mg , 0 . 049 mole ) was added formic acid ( 0 . 3 ml ). the solution was shaken for 20 min at room temperature and the solvent was then removed by lyophilization . the residue wa dissolved in a mixture of ether ( 3 ml ) and water ( 1 ml ). the ether phase was extracted with water ( 1 ml ), and the combined aqueous phase wa neutralized with 5 % sodium bicarbonate and lyophilized to give 2 ( 5 mg , 40 %) having the d - configuration at c3 , as a mixture of epimers in the 2 - hydroxypropyl side chain . nmr ( d2o ) 4 . 23 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 80 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 30 ( 1h , q ), 2 . 70 - 2 . 85 ( 3h , m ), 1 . 40 ( 6h , s ), 1 . 15 ( 3h , d ). ## str50 ## the procedure of step 10a was repeated on 12l to give 2 having the l - configuration at c3 ## str51 ## the compound was assayed for antibacteral activity in plates inoculated either with sarcina lutea or escherichia coli . in the former case , penicillin g was employed as a standard . in the latter case , cephalexin was employed as the standard . the compound was found to be 800 times less active than penicillin g , and 10 times less active than cephalexin . the l - isomer of 2 was found to be inactive in both assays . in formula iii , x -- y ═ s -- s ; z ═ oh ; r 1 ═ r 2 ═ ch 3 ; r 3 ═ r 4 ═ r 5 ═ r 6 ═ r 7 ═ ch 3 . both d - and l - configurations of c 4 are prepared , but the r - and s - isomers at c9 have not been separated . the l - isomer is active ( fig1 ) ## str52 ## l - cysteine hydrochloride ( 4 . 1 mg , 0 . 026 mole ) was dissolved in 90 % methanol - water ( 0 . 35 ml ), and a solution of the mercaptan h2a ( example 2 , step 8a ) ( 7 . 1 mg , 0 . 026 mole ) in methanol ( 0 . 35 ml ) wa added , followed by iodine ( 6 . 5 mg , 0 . 026 mole ) and triethylamine ( 7 l , 0 . 050 mole ). the reaction mixture was left for 30 min at room temperature and the solvent was then removed under reduced pressure . the residue was partitioned between ph 7 phosphate buffer ( containing one drop of 10 % sodium thiosulfate ) and methylene chloride . the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate ( 1 × 5 ml ) and lyophilized . the residue was triturated with methanol , and the methanol extract was combined with methylene chloride and ethyl acetate extracts and evaropated . the product was purified on 10 × 15 cm alumina plate using methylene chloride - methanol - water ( 1 . 8 : 0 . 2 : 0 . 15 ) as eluant to give the disulfide a4 - l ( 8 . 9 mg , 80 %). nmr ( d 2 o ): 4 . 19 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 92 ( 1h , dd , 3 . 7 hz ), 3 . 18 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 04 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 92 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 76 ( 1h , m ), 1 . 43 ( 6h , s ), 1 . 12 ( 3h , d , 7hz ). the compound is a mixture of epimers in the 2 - hydroxypropyl chain . ## str53 ## repetition of this experiment using d - cysteine in place of l - cysteine gave a4 - d . ## str54 ## the amino acids a4 - d and a4 - l were dissolved in water containing sodium bicarbonate and asayed for antibacterial activity by plate assay using s . lutea . a zone of inhibition was observed with the l - isomer , but not with the d - isomer . the inhibition is ascribed to the formation of the cyclic tructure 3l , whose interaction with the model of the penicillin receptor is shown in fig1 . in formula iv , x ═ s ; r 1 ═ r 2 ═ ch 3 ; r 3 ═ r 4 ═ r 9 ═ h ; x ═ n ; z ═ oh . both d - and l - isomers at c3 are ??. ## str55 ## to a solution of d - cysteine ( 605 . 8 mg , 5 moles ) in methanol ( 10 ml ) were added uccessively ethyl bromoacetate ( 0 . 99 g , 5 . 95 moles ) and triethylamine ( 1 . 4 ml , 1 . 02 g , 10 moles ). the solution was stirred for 20 min at room temperature and ether ( 20 ml ) was then added . the product was collected by filtration , washed with ether and dried . five hundred mg of tthis material were suspended in dimethylformamide ( 5 ml ), and p - toluenesulfonic acid ( 458 mg , 2 . 41 moles ) was added . the reulting solution wa treated portionwise with diphenyldiazomethane until the color of the diazo compound persisted , and the reaction mixture was stirred overnight . it was then diluted with ether ( 20 ml ) and extracted with water ( 2 × 10 ml ). the aqueous extract was made alkaline by addition of saturated sodium carbonate , and was then extracted with ethyl acetate ( 3 × 10 ml ). the combined organic extracts were washed with water and saturated sodium chloride , dried and evaporated . a 370 - mg portion of the residue ( 0 . 99 mole ) was dissolved in 1 , 4 - dioxane ( 8 ml ), 2 - pyridone ( 47 mg , 0 . 49 mole ) was added , and the solution was heated under nitrogen at 102 ° c . for 7 h . additional 2 - pyridone ( 23 . 5 mg , 0 . 25 mole ) was then added and heating was continued for 4 h . at this time the solvent was removed under reduced high pressure and the residue was purified on 15 g of silica gel . elution with 8 % ethyl acetate - hexane afforded 252 mg ( 78 %) of the thiazinone benzhydryl ester a5 - d . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 7 . 34 ( 10h , m ), 6 . 96 ( 1h , s ), 6 . 48 ( 1h , s ), 4 . 46 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 33 ( 2h , s ), 3 . 21 ( 1h , dd , 4 , 15hz ), 2 . 98 ( 1h , dd , 9 , 15hz ) . ## str56 ## the thiazinone ester a5 - d ( 252 mg , 0 . 77 mole ) wa disolved in dry tetrahydrofuran ( 5 ml ) under nitrogen , and the reagent prepared from phosphoru pentaulfide and diphenyl ether according to tetrahedron letters 3815 ( 1983 ) ( 244 mg , 0 . 46 mole ) was added . the olution was tirred for 35 min , concentrated , and the residue wa purified on silica gel ( 8 g ). elution with 15 % ethyl acetate - hexane afforded 214 mg ( 81 %) of the thioamide b5 - d . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 8 . 59 . ( 1h , s ) , 7 . 35 ( 10h , m ), 6 . 98 ( 1h , s ), 4 . 39 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 79 ( 2h , s ), 3 . 32 ( 1h , dd , 4 , 15hz ), 3 . 02 ( 1h , dd , 8 , 15hz ). ## str57 ## the thioamide b5 - d ( 80 mg , 0 . 23 mole ) was dissolved with stirring in ice - cold dry tetrahydrofuran 92 ml ) under nitrogen and sodium hydride ( 80 %, 8 . 4 mg , 0 . 28 mole ) was added . after 5 min stirring in an ice - bath , the reaction mixture was treeated with 30 l ( 0 . 48 mole ) of methyl iodide . reaction was complete after 25 min . dilution with ether , followed by successive extraction with water , saturated sodium bicarbonate and saturated sodium chloride , drying and evaporation gave a product which was purified on silica gel ( 3 g ). elution with 10 % ethyl acetate - hexane afforded 59 . 1 mg ( 75 %) of the thiomethylimine c5 - d . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 7 . 35 ( 10h , m ), 6 . 96 ( 1h , s ), 4 . 53 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 27 ( 1h , dt , 5 , 18hz ), 3 . 15 ( 1h , dt , 5 , 18hz ), 2 . 99 ( 1h , dd , 3 , 13hz ), 2 . 81 ( 1h , dd , 4 , 13hz ), 2 . 37 ( 3h , s ). ## str58 ## the thiomethylimine c5 - d ( 59 mg , 0 . 165 mole ) was dissoled in tetrahydrofuran ( 0 . 5 ml ) and added to a solution prepared under nitrogen from hydroxylamine hydrochloride ( 68 . 8 mg , 0 . 99 mole ) and 1 . 65m methanolic sodium methylate ( 0 . 3 ml , 0 . 5 mole ) in methanol ( 0 . 7 ml ). the reaction wa complete in 10 min . the mixture was diluted with methylene chloride ( 10 ml ), washed successively with aturated sodium bicarbonate , water and saturated sodium chloride , dried and evaporated . chromatography on silica gel ( 1 . 5 g ) and elution with 12 % ethyl acetate - methylene chloride gave 52 . 7 mg ( 94 %) of the oximino ester d5 - d . nmr ( cdcl 3 ) 7 . 34 ( 11h , m ), 6 . 93 ( 1h , s ), 5 . 97 ( 1h , s ), 4 . 28 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 30 ( 1h , d , 13hz ), 3 . 21 ( 1h , dd , 3 , 13hz ), 3 . 16 ( 1h , d , 13hz ), 3 . 08 ( 1h , dd , 7 , 13hz ). ## str59 ## the ester d5 - d ( 47 mg ) was dissolved in formic acid ( 1 ml ). after 5 h at room temperature the reaction mixture was frozen and the solvent removed by lyophilization . the residue wa partitioned between ether and watter , the ether layer was extracted once with water , and the combined aqueous extracts were lyophilized again to yield 4 - d . nmr ( d 2 o ): 4 . 15 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 50 ( 1h , d , 14hz ), 3 . 34 ( 1h , d , 14hz ), 3 . 15 ( 1h , dd , 6 , 15hz ), 3 . 02 ( 1h , dd , 6 , 15 hz ). ## str60 ## the l - enantiomer of 4 was prepared as describbed above , but startin with l - cysteine in place of d - cysteine . ## str61 ##