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An Improved Procedure for Preparation of Carbapenem Antibiotic: Meropenem
journal contribution
posted on 2007-07-20, 00:00 authored by Neera Tewari, Hashim Nizar, Bishwa Prakash Rai, Shailendra K. Singh, Vinod George, Mohan PrasadAn efficient synthesis of a 1β-methyl carbapenem antibiotic,
meropenem, is described. The present process does not involve
cryogenic temperatures, chromatographic purification, or reverse osmosis and is amenable to large scale synthesis.