Syntheses of some new 1,5‐benzothiazepine derivatives and their ribofuranosides as antimicrobial agents

(±)‐cis‐2‐(4‐Methoxyphenyl)‐3‐hydroxy/methoxy‐6‐ethoxy/phenoxy‐2,3‐dihydro‐1,5‐benzothiazepin‐4‐5H/5‐chloroacetyl/5‐(4′‐methylpiperazino‐1′)acetyl]‐ones have been synthesized by the condensation of 2‐amino‐3‐ethoxy/phenoxybenzenethiol with methyl‐(±)‐trans‐3‐(4‐methoxyphenyl)glycidate in xylene. Ribofuranosides, viz. (±)‐cis‐2‐(4‐methoxyphenyl)‐3‐methoxy‐6‐ethoxy/phenoxy‐2,3‐dihydro‐1,5‐benzothiazepin‐4‐5‐(2′,3′,5′‐tri‐O‐benzoyl‐β‐D ‐ribofuranosyl)]‐ones, have been synthesized by the treatment of 3‐methoxy derivatives of 1,5‐benzothiazepines with a derivative, sugar, viz. β‐D ‐ribofuranose‐1‐acetate‐2,3,5‐tribenzoate, in toluene in vacuo. The structures of all the synthesized ribofuranosides and their precursors have been characterized on the basis of elemental analyses and IR, ¹H NMR, and ¹³C NMR spectral data. These compounds were screened for their antimicrobial activity. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 13:620–625, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.10051