Chemistry:6-APA

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6-Aminopenicillanic acid
6-Aminopenicillanic acid
6-Aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA).gif
Names
IUPAC name
6β-Amino-2,2-dimethylpenam-3α-carboxylic acid
Systematic IUPAC name
(2S,5R,6R)-6-Amino-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 208-993-4
UNII
Properties
C8H12N2O3S
Molar mass 216.26 g·mol−1
Appearance colourless
Melting point 198 °C (388 °F; 471 K)
0.4 g/100 mL
log P 0.600
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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6-APA ((+)-6-aminopenicillanic acid) is a chemical compound used as an intermediate in the synthesis of β–lactam antibiotics. The major commercial source of 6-APA is still natural penicillin G: the semi-synthetic penicillins derived from 6-APA are also referred to as penicillins and are considered part of the penicillin family of antibiotics.[1]

In 1958, Beecham scientists from Brockham Park, Surrey, found a way to obtain 6-APA from penicillin.[2] Other β-lactam antibiotics could then be synthesized by attaching various side-chains to the nucleus.[3] The reason why this was achieved so many years after the commercial development of penicillin by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain lies in the fact that penicillin itself is very susceptible to hydrolysis, so direct replacement of the side-chain was not a practical route to other β-lactam antibiotics.[citation needed]

References

  1. Medicinal Chemistry (6th ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2017. p. 425. ISBN 978-0198749691. 
  2. Batchelor, F. R.; Doyle, F. P.; Nayler, J. H. C.; Rolinson, G. N. (1959). "Synthesis of Penicillin: 6-Aminopenicillanic Acid in Penicillin Fermentations". Nature 183 (4656): 257–258. doi:10.1038/183257b0. PMID 13622762. Bibcode1959Natur.183..257B. 
  3. F.P. Doyle, J.H.C. Nayler, G.N. Rolinson US Patent 2,941,995, filed July 22, 1958, granted June 21, 1960. Recovery of solid 6-aminopenicillanic acid.