Novel antibacterial agents

Abstract

This invention relates to novel multibinding compounds (agents) that are antibacterial agents. The multibinding compounds of the invention comprise from 2-10 ligands covalently connected by a linker or linkers, wherein each of said ligands in their monovalent (i.e., unlinked) state have the ability to bind to a an enzyme involved in cell wall biosynthesis and metabolism, a precursor used in the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall and/or the bacterial cell surface thereby interfere with the synthesis and/or metabolism of the cell wall. In particular the multibinding compounds of the invention comprise from 2-10 ligands covalently connected by a linker or linkers, wherein each of said ligands has a ligand domain capable of binding to penicillin binding proteins, a transpeptidase enzyme, a substrate of a transpeptidase enzyme, a beta-lactamase enzyme, pencillinase enzyme, cephalosporinase enzyme, a transglycoslase enzyme, or a transglycosylase enzyme substrate; Preferably, the ligands are selected from the beta lactam or glycopeptide class of antibacterial agents.

1 . A multibinding compound which comprises from 2-10 ligands covalently connected by a linker or linkers wherein each of said ligands comprises a ligand domain capable of binding to penicillin binding proteins, a transpeptidase enzyme, a substrate of a transpeptidase enzyme, a beta-lactamase enzyme, a pencillinase enzyme, a cephalosporinase enzyme, a transglycoslase enzyme, or a transglycosylase enzyme substrate provided that: 
 (i) all the ligands in a multibinding compound of Formula (I) cannot be either a beta lactam antibiotic, an optionally substituted glycopeptide antibiotic, or an aglycone derivative of an optionally substituted glycopeptide antibiotic;    (ii) when p is 2 and q is 1 then at least one of the ligands is a beta lactam antibiotic; and    (iii) when p is 2, q is 1, and one of the ligands is vancomycin attached via the [C], then the other cannot be cefalexin attached to the linker via acylation of its alpha amino group.    
   
   
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