Method of re-sensitizing vancomycin resistant bacteria which selectively cleave a cell wall depsipeptide
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to pyrrolidine compounds of the general structure: where n is an integer 1-6 and R is hydrogen or a C 1 to C 6 straight chain or branched alkyl group, and wherein when n=1, R=CH 3 or H, useful for re-sensitizing vancomycin resistant Gram-positive bacteria in which resistance results from the conversion of an amide bond to an ester bond on the cell wall peptide precursors of the bacteria.
1. A compound having the structure:
wherein n is an integer from 1 to 6 inclusive and R is hydrogen or a C 1 to C 6 straight chain or branched alkyl group, and wherein when n=1, R=CH 3 or H.
2. The compound of claim 1 , wherein n=1 and R=CH 3 .
3. The compound of claim 1 , wherein n=1 and R=H.
4. The compound of claim 1 , wherein n=2 and R=H.
5. The compound of claim 1 wherein n=3 and R=H.
6. The compound of claim 1 , wherein n=5 and R=H.
7. The compound of claim 1 , wherein n=6 and R=H.