Radezolid (
INN
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, codenamed RX-1741) is a novel
oxazolidinone
2-Oxazolidone is a heterocyclic organic compound containing both nitrogen and oxygen in a 5-membered ring.
Oxazolidinones
Evans auxiliaries
Oxazolidinones are a class of compounds containing 2-oxazolidone in the structure. In chemistry, they are ...
antibiotic being developed by
Melinta Therapeutics
Melinta Therapeutics, founded in 2000 as Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, is an American publicly traded biopharmaceutical firm that focuses on the design and development of novel broad-spectrum antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infectio ...
, Inc. for the treatment of bacterial acne.
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Oxazolidinone antibiotics
Triazoles
Fluoroarenes
Acetamides
Biphenyls
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