Recent advances in β-lactam chemistry
Abstract
Beta-lactams are one of the essential heterocycles which have saved humans from deadly infections. Over the years many methods have been developed. This review classifies various methods based on reagents and reactions. It has been concluded that Ketene−Imine Staudinger Reaction is the method of choice.
Keywords
Beta-lactam, Antibacterial, azomethine linkage, antibacterial activity, antibacterial resistance