US Patent 7820655 Ethanol or 1,2-ethanediol cyclohexyl antibiotic derivatives

The invention relates to antibiotic ethanol or 1,2-ethanediol cyclohexyl derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 represents (C1-C4)alkoxy; one or two of U, V, W and X represents) N and the remaining represent each independently CH or, in the case of V or X, may also represent CRa; Ra represents halogen; R2 represents H or OH; A represents CH2, CO, CH2CH═CH or COCH═CH; D represents a phenyl group optionally substituted one or two times by halogen atoms, or D represents a group of the formula (II) in which Q is oxygen or sulphur; and to salts of these derivatives of formula (I).